The Pointe Of The Game

Chapter 7

Charlie Williams

After talking to my parents for about almost an hour after I got back from Olivia's, I finally collapse on my bed. Today was such a hectic and long day I just want to crawl into a hole and never get out. I would get out for Ollie though, If she needed me I would get out.

My monitor beeps, making me aware of its presence and my low blood sugar. Sighing, I heave myself off the bed and check my monitor. My level is 4, which is ok but I need to get it up because my levels usually go down when I sleep. I walk downstairs and go into the kitchen where I grab an apple from our fruit bowl. I look around and notice that everyone has retreated to their rooms for the night. Even though it's only nine o'clock, they must be exhausted from the first day in a new town with a new routine. Gwen has been back in Illinois since the day after Christmas, but she makes sure to call frequently, so it's just my parents and me.

I didn't really make any friends yet except Ollie. It beat me up today seeing her already getting pushed around. It's just so unfair. People should be more aware of their surroundings. Even though she's tiny, she's still a person and still can get hurt. If anything she gets more hurt than others because she is so small. It just made me so angry seeing other people push her around. I want to be able to protect her from all the hurt in her life. I want to be that person she goes to and unwinds and unloads all her crap with. I want to take her away and never bring her back. I don't just WANT her to be safe, I NEED her to be safe and I might not deserve her love and beauty, but I'm sure going to try my best to get it.

Nevertheless, I saw the way she looked at me earlier. I could see how uncomfortable she was with me. She definitely is not used to being coddled, which is not even close to what I was doing, but it's the closest definition to it. I just don't understand why she doesn't get that it's super important to take care of your body and your health.

I finish my apple, then go back upstairs and get a shirt and pants out to sleep in. After I'm changed, I go to the connecting bathroom and brush my teeth. Finally I can go to bed. I turn off my light and call for Bella, who bounds into the room like it's not almost 10:30 at night. I crawl under my covers and Bella curls up on the foot of my bed. This house is finally starting to actually feel like a home and it's one of the best feelings ever. I quickly start to feel drowsy and start to drift off to a peaceful night's rest.

The next day, I wake up at 5 am. No particular reason except that I couldn't fall back asleep. I decide that I'll go for a run while waiting for school. Even though it's 30 degrees outside, I put my jacket on and get ready to go out. I sneak into my parents room and tell them I'm leaving and then I head outside. As I'm starting to run on the sidewalk, I hear music from Ollie's house; specifically her garage. I pull out my phone and send her a quick text asking her if she's awake. She answers almost immediately telling me that she is. Interesting. Seems like we're on the same schedule.

I finish my run and go back to my house and take a shower before school. After my shower, I walk downstairs to the kitchen where I see my dad making breakfast.
"Good morning son." he says

"Good morning! how did you sleep?" I ask him

"Great, what about you?"

"Awesome, until I woke up at 5. But it gave me an opportunity to go on a run" I say

He gives me a smile and hands me a plate of eggs, bacon and fruit. My mom walks down a minute later and repeats the same thing I did. Our family has insanely busy schedules, so instead of eating dinner together as a family, we eat breakfast together. Which in my opinion, is nicer because it doesn't give me a reason to stress over being home for dinner. A little while later, I'm getting my stuff together to go to school. I start to head out to my car and see Ollie getting ready to go too. She's loading up all her siblings into what I've figured out is her mom's car. It's a white escalade Cadillac SUV that looks like the newest model. She's on the phone with someone and she seems pretty annoyed with them. Once her siblings are in the car, she goes to the front and starts the car and walks back inside. A minute later her mom comes out, gets in the car, and drives away. Ollie walks back out and walks to her own car, an Audi R8 that's got a custom paint job of baby pink, and starts it.