Corgon

Chapter 3 - Friendship bond

Lucy's house was silent as she entered. The coat hooks were empty and her mothers keys weren't in the blue glass bowl on the cabinet by the door. She was home alone as usual. At quarter to nine her mum would be at the office and her dad would be at the hospital. 

Both of Lucy's parents were workaholics, with her mum being a solicitor and her dad being the top doctor at the local hospital, neither had much time for her. Lucy had no brothers or sisters and often became lonely in her house, with no one for company except her pet gold fish Jerry. She, did however, have a nice life and regularly received almost anything she wanted, except of course, the one thing wanted more than anything else. A family who cared.

She took off her jacket and hung it on the middle hook. She placed her keys in the red bowl which was in the middle of her mothers blue one and her fathers green one. The cream walls were mark-less and the wooden floors were polished so they shined, teamed together with the silence, the house appeared to have no inhabitants. 

Lucy hated coming home to an empty house, with no one to talk to. She had always wished of coming home to a mother who was baking in the kitchen and a father who would sit and read the newspaper. The idea of having parents who asked what her day was like was a dream to Lucy. She also wanted a sibling, not a lot just one or two which were her age, so she had someone to talk to.

But that's what Same was. Sam was like Lucy's brother and she was glad she had him. Sam was the one who stopped people from bullying Lucy in primary school when she had broken her arm and had to wear a cast for 6 weeks. He walked her home everyday and often stayed when her mother was away on business trips and her father worked nights at the hospital. 

                                                                                        *

Sam was also the one who was there for Lucy when her grandad died. Lucy was seven and she was close to her grandad as he looked after her more than her parents. Sam looked after her and stayed over every night for a week to make sure she was okay. He kept her busy and tried his hardest to stop her getting upset. But at night when there was nothing to do Lucy would start to think and get upset, Sam would be there for her at these times and let her cry on his shoulder until she would drift off into sleep. He would then lie her down on the sofa and get her duvet off her bed to cover her up. He would take off her shoes for her and place a pillow under her head. 

Lucy always loved the caring side of Sam, and she was happy that he was only like this with her. She didn't have a crush on Sam and she'd never wanted to go out with him, but he meant the world to her. He was there even when no one else was, when her parents didn't care, Sam did. She was thankful to have him in her life. 

                                                                                        *

But unfortunately he wasn't always there, like when she got home. He only stayed over less than he used to as his mother depended on him more since Luke left. So she was about to spend her night the same was as every other day.

She strolled into her living room and went over to her fish tank. This was the home of her pet goldfish, Jerry. Sam had given Lucy Jerry for her last birthday to help with her loneliness, it was a very thoughtful gift and Lucy loved having Jerry. It gave her someone to talk to, no one knew she spoke to her fish except from Sam, but Sam was happy she spoke to Jerry because that was why he bought her the fish. 

There were other fish in the tank that her parents had bought her, but she only cared about Jerry. Jerry was easily noticeable, this was due to a small black mark near his tail. The mark was the reason Sam had bought the fish for Lucy, for if you looked closely, which was hard as Jerry moved a lot, the shape was a small star. This made Lucy smile as it matched her birthmark near her ear.