Family Portrait

Chapter 5

2 months later#

It's been two months since the funeral and mum has been visiting me every night she said the night when she left was that I only get to see her two hours every night which is sad but we laugh and talk and I'm really enjoying seeing her, but tonight I'm going out with me friends tonight to the skateboard park, and then we are gonna come back to my place to chill ax and watch some movies, I'm super excited I mean I haven't hung out with my friends since my mum dies, which is sad.

Running a hand through my hair in a swift motion I hear my dad yell from downstairs that make is here. Jake is like my best friend we used to hang out all the time and then mum got sick so we stopped hanging out but he said he understood and that he would of done the same thing if it was one of his parents. I ran down the stairs to see my dad playing with jakes hair and jake standing there with a awkward facial expression on as for his stance he looked absolutely uncomfortable, I coughed loudly.

Dad looked up startled at hearing my cough, he smiled "hi, son, uh jakes here, Yep um this is when I leave" he shook his head and let go of jakes hair and I hear jake let out a sigh of relief, as dad walked out jake gave my dad a weird look before looking towards me and walking over to where I was standing. "Hey bro, what's up with your dad?" He asked I shrugged my dad had gotten over mum in the first couple of weeks and I guess I did in a way as well, "who knows"

Jake and I grabbed our skateboards and said goodbye to dad, as we walked down the familiar old streets of the ripped out town, I started remembering of when mum used to take me to the skate park when I was younger, that's how I learnt to ride, of course dad helped me a bit but it was mostly mum, "oy bro, whatcha thing bout" jake asked me, I looked to see him staring at me "just remembering of when mum took me to the park" I said to him he nodded and said "we don't have to go, Bro"

"Nah, man it's fine I mean i have to get Over her one day, I can't just be haunted by her memories all my life I mean I gotta admit sometimes she did act like a bitch" I said I looked at jake as he had a shocked expression on. "You know, there's an old legend that if anyone died in this town and someone talked nasty about them after they died then their spirit would come back and haunt them." He said "but you know it's probs just a legend just be careful k" he continued , we let walking.

I was kinda scared now after jake told me the legend, I mean I already see mum enough now, I don't want her haunting me, as we reached the park in no time to see my other two friends Cody and Cain their twins but they dint live together which is kinda sad but when their parents divorced their mum went crazy and ran over all his clothes with a ride on lawnmower, I now right so normal,  I did a bro hug with the twins and then climbed up on one of the ramps and took a breath" Alright"

I breathed out and let myself fall with the skateboard beneath me I let myself feel the wind blow against my skin and through my hair, coming up the second ramp quick, I bent down slightly to catch momentum then I flung my self into the air about two metres then I flipped myself over so I as started falling back to ground I was facing downwards I bent down again to get ready for the impact of the ramp. As soon as I was back onto the ramp I swerved and kicked my skateboard up onto the edged railing.

As I stood up straight picking up my skateboard I heard the whoops and calls from my friends beneath me, "You still got it D" Cain yelled out I laughed "yeah I can still beat your slow ass" I yelled back laughing he shrugged and nodded agreeing with what I said before we all started laughing, as I climbed down the ramp, I felt a hot and cold rush up my arm, I shook it off knowing it was mum, forgetting all about what jakes said about the legend, I whispered "mum go away I'm trying to hang with friends"

Next thing I know the hot and cold feelings disappeared and then Jake started choking, "Jake mate you ok, be careful you might fall" Cody yelled trying to catch Jake before he fell. It all sorta happened in slow motion, one minute Jake was fine the next minute he was choking and he looked like he slipped because his skateboard fell then he tumbled after it. I know I might be crazy but I swear I saw mum behind Jake. I must of been imagining it. I ran over to Jake as he was coughing and shaking form the fall.

"Dylan, what have you done! Man you must of said something after your mum died, she was there with me up there on the ramp she was choking me mate" Jake rumbled looking at me wth a scared expression then back at the ramp. "Man you must of hit your head, come on let's get you home bro" Cody said always being the matrons he helped Jake up "yeah, come on...... Let's go Dylan" Cain said walking with the other boys towards the street, I hopped up from where I was standing and followed the boys back to my house.