Little sister

Alone

It's been two days and we've mainly just been relaxing and going to the beach but currently my parents were out on a date night and are staying at a hotel so it was just us kids at the air bnb tonight and we were all chilling in the living room watching a movie.

I look over at rose and smirk as I see her and Jaxon cuddling with eachother under the blanket and Damon glaring at them. I'm sitting on the floor with my back against the bottom part of the chair Caleb is sitting in between his legs since there was no other seats and we continue watching the movie. Damon looks at his messages and then rolls his eyes "Hazel. Mom wants you to eat something" he says and gets up and goes into the kitchen. "I'm not hungry." I say annoyed because my
Mom always does this. "Too bad what sandwich do you want?" He asks grabbing out the bread and I don't answer him because I'm not hungry. "Hazel answer me and stop being so god damn difficult before I go over there and spank your ass." He says growing more frustrated and I roll my eyes. "Fine a peanut butter and jelly." I say annoyed and he starts making the sandwich.

After a few minutes he throws the sandwich at me and tells me to eat it which I do still upset and finish it. Alexander gets up and goes into the kitchen and comes back with two bottles of alcohol and everyone starts to cheer except me. "Hazel time for bed" rose says and I roll my eyes at her and get up. "Everyone treats me like a baby I'm sick of it." I say and walk into the bedroom and change into a big t-shirt and shorts and lay down in bed and fall asleep.

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                           Next day

By the time I'm done getting ready my parents are home and I walk out and sit on the back porch that outlooks the ocean and sit down on the porch swing and read my book for a few minutes before my mom comes out and sits next to me. "Hey hazelnut" she says looking nervous. "Umm we signed up for a water parasailing boat this afternoon but it's 16 and up and you're gonna have to stay back I'm sorry. But! I signed you up for a virtual meeting with your voice lessons teacher so you'll have something to do" She says and my face drops and I become very disappointed but I'm use to it. You know being left out. I guess that's what comes with being the youngest daughter thats always being pushed to hard by her parents. "Oh wow gee thanks mom. That's exactly what I wanted to do on vacation." I say with no emotion and get up and walk back inside and walk into the bedroom sit in the bed and sigh.

Rose comes in and crosses her arms "Hazel your so spoiled you know? Mom and dad spend hundreds of dollars every month on you to be able to do everything and just cause you can't do one thing with us you're gonna storm off." She says which catches me off guard and I look at her not wanting to believe she just said that to me. "No rose I'm not this is the first family vacation I've been able to go in in 3 years cause mom and dad over work me and don't give me a break. Do you think I want to miss a bunch of school, fail my classes just so I can go to dance till 8 every night and being pulled out of school for violin and voice lessons? Do you really think I want to not be able to enjoy holiday party's because mom makes me perform at them the whole time. I'm not spoiled I'm used. I have asked so many times for them to take me out of music classes and less dance privates but they don't listen. So DONT call me spoiled." I say tears forming in my eyes and walk away and outside again and sit on the porch swing.

A few hours pass and everyone is gone and I'm left alone again. I'm used to being alone with my thoughts but I grow bored and walk out into the beach and start tumbling. A round off back handspring, Dive roll you get the idea. That is before I hear a voice behind me and turn around to see a tall tan guy around my age walking towards me. What is going on.

"Hey I'm Jacob, I um I'm here on vacation, I'm guessing you are to?" He asks looking a little nervous I can tell because his nose and ears are getting red. I nod "ya I am where are you from?" I ask and we start talking and sit on the porch swing together.

30 minutes pass of us just talking about our lives and filling eachother in on stuff and it turns out he lives 3 hours from me. He also has two older brothers and a German Shepard. "So can I get your number we can keep in touch? Or if not that's cool to it's just my family is hosting like a block bonfire thing tomorrow and I wanted to know if you and your family would like to come over." He says his nose and ears getting red again and I nod "ya sure I'll talk to my family about it." I say and smile opening my phone up to the dial and hand it to him so he can put in his number.

After he gets my number he says he has to go and walks off. Alone again....  I go back inside and email my voice lessons teacher saying the meeting is canceled and turn on the tv inside the house and watch it.

It's now 9 o'clock and they're still not home; where are they?

                          Mom
                  Today, 9:05 pm
Me: hey are you on your way back?
                       9:30 pm
Me: are you guys getting dinner.

                      10:00 pm
Me: mom I know your mad at me but please answer I don't like being alone

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There's a tap on the window and I jump getting scared and pull my blankets up and stare at the window. There's another tap coming from the window in the kitchen and then I hear a door open.

If I've learned anything from the horror movies I've watched it's to not call out so I get up and start to walk to the kitchen to grab a knife as I'm walking I hear another tap from the bathroom window and at this point I fell horrified I thought it was a prank at first but it's getting to realistic.

As I approach the kitchen a hand covers my mouth and I scream as the other arm grabs me and pulls me In. I close my eyes terrified and my body gets lifted in the air, so I start thrashing around kicking my feet, everything. I finally open my eyes and there taking me outside. Through the back?

As he pulls me onto the back porch with me still thrashing around everybody pops out at me and I scream. The person holding me sets me down and I look to see who it is. Caleb.

"I hate you all." I say annoyed and turn to go back inside. "Come on Hazel don't be a buzzkill" Jaxon says and I roll my eyes at him to which my dad hits me upside the head. "Be nice" he says and I rub the back of my head annoyed at everyone.

"So what took you guys so long?" I say and look around. "We got dinner after." Alexander says and at this point I'm so over today so I just go back inside. "Hazel wait." My mom says but I don't and keep going. "Hazel I swear to god if you don't listen to your mother I'm going to whoop your ass infront of everyone." My dad says angrily and so I turn around. "Oh my gosh! What do you want!" I yell at her and she walks over to me. "Look I get your angry with me but I was trying to do something nice for your brother without having to worry about you and something happening where you get all angry and ruin the night." My mom says and my mouth opens and my eyes fill with tears. Ruin the night? "Well I'm sorry for being such a burden I guess I'll just stay out of everybody's way." I say and start to cry and then go lock myself in the bedroom.

I sit on the bed and pull my knees to my chest and continue to cry. I'm such a burden to this family. That's all they see. They don't even realize I'm struggling. They forced me to grow up so fast and push me so hard to do everything. And then have to "worry" about me, ya right more like don't want me to get hurt so I don't ruin the kid they get to show off and brag about. That's all I am just one more thing to make them better than everybody else.

The night continues to go on and it's around midnight when everybody starts coming in to bed so I grab my pillow and blanket to go sleep on the couch to stay out of everyone's way. Just like I said I would.

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