The Lost Ones

2

Finally the delivery man comes about an hour later and mother starts cooking.Today, in the box there was three chicken legs, a portion of broccoli and mashed potatoes.We had the same thing last week......scratch that ,more like every week.

I begin to set up the table, making sure the table is nice and clean to eat on. "What's for dinner?" Ramon asks while walking in the room.

"Same thing from last week" I say

Dinner is ready and mother starts putting down the plates on the table.We all sit down and begin to eat. "The other day I saw on the news that there had been a fire in the capital...." I say directly looking at Ramon.He completely ignores my eyes and keeps eating.

"I sai-"

"I know what you said" Ramon interrupts me almost yelling.

"It's becoming a regular thing now......fires and robbery, threats to the capital ....its suspicious,don't you think?" I ask both my mother and Ramon.

Nobody says anything for quite some time, but if you know me you know that I'm too curious and I can't stay shut.

"Come on, At least someone answer me?!" I say

"Yes it is very suspicious , but the capital is very sure it's a group of some sort" my mother says.

A group rebelling against the government? That has not been heard of.....ever. I look over at Ramon, to see him picking at a piece of broccoli on his plate. Then something starts itching at my brain.I just had to say it, Ramon had to hear me. I just love messing with him and getting him mad.

"Dad would've done some thing to stop the riots and threats" I blurt out.
Though I think dad would've actually done that ,I also just said that to get Ramon mad.

Ramon started to look furious, he then gets up and slams the table."Stop just stop" he says surprisingly calm. He was controlling himself , I could see it. He gets up and goes to his room and slams his door shut right behind him. I stay there shocked about how different he took it this time. I get back to reality when my mother presses a hand to my back.

"Don't make it worse for him" she says.

I wonder what she meant by that but I don't bother to ask ,I just immediately get up from the table and start walking towards Roman's room. I knock on his door, and immediately it flings open.He pulls me in and he slams the door shut right behind.

"Ethel......" He says while groaning  and suddenly turns into a laugh.

I glare at him blankly, why does he have to be so annoying?

"Why do you even care about him ? Why do you always bring him up?" He asks

I stand there, in the middle of my brothers messy room ,the room where I had many memories with him and where I had always gotten yelled at for not following the city orders. I realized right then and there how much  I have spent in Ramon's room. I think that maybe I always bring dad up because he has been a big part of my childhood as well not only my mother and my brother.And maybe not just because I like to annoy Ramon.
Then my anger works up.

"Well...well maybe...maybe because he left and never came back,it's been 7 years! " I yell. "And you don't question why he hasn't come back?!" I yell even louder. He just looks at me, no expression on his face at all.
I walk towards the door and leave the room. I go into my room and open up all of my drawers and start throwing clothes in a bag. I grab the bag and pull it over my shoulder. I walk towards my window,I open it and climb out. It's already dark out and many shops are closing already.

I decide to go over to my friend Aliza's  house.When I finally get there I climb up to her window, and I don't even bother to knock on it.I just open it and climb inside.

"What are you doing here?" Aliza asks me.

"I don't know I just don't want to sleep at my house because I just don't feel
Comfortable " I say

"Is this about Ramon ?"

"Eeehhh....sorta"

"Well Ill set up the mattress wait here" she says while flipping her hair.
I laugh at that, she's just so........Aliza.

I look around her room.
There are pictures.... many pictures.Aliza and I have been best friends since the first day of kindergarten.As I look around I see many pictures of us from our childhood and from up to date.The most recent one I see is from her birthday,her face is filled with icing and I'm in the back laughing my head off.

Aliza comes in with the mattress and sets the covers up. I set up my stuff and change into my pajamas. I cover my self up in the covers and stare up at the ceiling.

"Sorry if I bothered you" I say

"No it's fine,your always welcome here " Aliza says

"Yea I know, goodnight "

"Goodnight"

I really don't know what I'm doing,I don't know why I even left my house just for the night. I don't know why I snapped at Ramon like that either,I can be stupid sometimes but we all make mistakes I guess.

But it just seems that I'm trying to run away from my problems and I can't do that.
No one can.