Bowham

1

"Charlie get up!"

I woke up to my mother yelling up the stairs. I jumped up and hit my head on the ceiling then fell out of my bed. Looking around, I sighed then got up and rubbed my forehead. I walked to my dresser and pulled out a navy shirt and dark jeans then started changing. I walked to my bed and and pulled out a pair of black boots from under then started putting them on fixing the silver buckles.

I stood up and walked downstairs looking at my mother in the kitchen. I walked in and sat down. My mother looked at me then set a plate in front of me. "You packed your extra phone right."
I sighed quietly then nodded.
"Charger?"

I nodded again.
"Pepper spray, and what about your tazer?"
" Yes, mom I packed them." She's been like this ever since my father and older brother disappeared. My father was off traveling and was supposed to come back in a month... He's been gone for five months. My brother got on a plane to New York for a job and he's been gone for three and a half months.

My mother looked at me sadly then kissed my forehead.

"Mom... I'll be fine. Promise."

"You better."