father on fire

Chapter one

My alarm clock went off and being the person I am I let it keep buzzing and kept sleeping when my brother walked in pouncing on my bed. "GET UP SCARLET!!" he shouts at me jumping up and down on my bed
"SCARLET ITS MY 10TH BIRTHDAY AND WE'RE ABOUT TO CUT THE CAKE"  as soon as I heard cake I sprung up from my bed,scaring Theodore my now ten year old brother also making him fall off the bed
"CAKE?THEO DID YOU SAY CAKE?" I ask,before he could answer I ran downstairs ice cream cake from carvel,of course. As soon as I walked into the kitchen my mother walked in.
"Scarlet....you can't cut the cake yet,Theodore hasn't made his wish yet" my mother says,I pout and sit on the couch waiting for Theodore to hurry up and finish whatever is was he was doing. I remember the day Theo was born, I'm 15 and he's now ten years old meaning he is only 5 years younger than me but he and I got along,he was from a different father but it's not like that really mattered to me,I remember how I was in kindergarten and mrs. Dala was teaching us reading,at that age I already knew how to read,my grandmother had been here for the 5 years of my life and had taught me all I needed to know about reading at 4,she was the best grandmother I could have asked for,she died when I was 7,I remember as Mrs.Dala continued teaching the class letter by letter the phone eventually rang and all the teacher told me was that my mom was going into labor,and then I told everyone about how my mommy swallowed the baby and left with my grandmother to go see Theodore being born,I was mad at him until I was 12 years old because he didn't watch me being born like I did but I realized that it was not his fault at 13,of course me being older than theo I bossed him around a lot,he never listened but hey I tried!!! Theodore was named after Theodore Roosevelt,my mothers favorite president,she never told us why but she always brags to neighbor's that she named her son after Theodore Roosevelt,Theo always asked who Theodore Roosevelt was and my mother never lets me go in depth about what he did only that he was a president,it was a stupid strict rule in the house,the only rule in the house actually.Once Theodore came downstairs my mother,step-father,older sister,older brother,and 3 year old sister gathered around to sing Theodore happy birthday. Eventually the cake was cut and there was dead silence at the table. "so,how are my little siblings" my eldest brother,Trace, asks. My older sister Tracy speaks up and says "just because I came out 1 minute after you doesn't make you older than me!im not your younger sister!!!" oh did I mention they're twins? they continued to argue about who was older while I finished my cake and washed the dishes,then Theodore came running to me all of a sudden
"SCARLET CAN WE GO TO THE PARK" I didn't really want to go but it's his birthday,would you say no?
"Sure,but I'm broke right now so I can't buy you food" I tell him before hand
Theodore speeds out the door right then
I grab a book and my phone before running out of the house
"THEO!!!I NEVER SAID RIGHT AWAY" he didn't even turn around,of course being 5 years older than him I chased after him and finally caught him. Finally by the time I caught him we were at the park. There were lots of little children who looked familiar, friends of Theo. I opened my book and began to read,sometimes laughing at the humor in the book,other times looking at Theo and making sure he was okay,or laughing at his clumsiness. I took my phone out to check the time and realized Theodore and I had been here for over an hour. I wasn't bored but knowing it was his birthday I figured mom would want him back home so I thought I should tell Theodore we have to go back home and he could see his friends later. I was about to call out Theodore's name to tell him we have to go home and I'll bring him back later and then all of a sudden I hear a dog barking right behind me and feel saliva on my neck then as I turn to see what is happening I feel my pony tail being pulled on hard "HEY WHAT IS HAPPEN-" I look behind and see a..A DOG LEASH IS TIED TO MY PONY TAIL?? the dog ran around and dragging me along with him...or her...I couldn't look cause I WAS BEING DRAGGED ACROSS DIRT!! The dog was dragging me around like some sort of toy or something! The dog dragged me around the whole park until finally I don't feel the dog pulling me rather I feel someones hand on my arm pulling me up. That was the day my life was forever changed for the good and the bad.