Somewhat the Beginning (A Falling Skies Fanfiction)

Morning

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! I quickly sat up and took in my surroundings. It was bright in the room and my eyes took a second to adjust. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! I got out of bed. "I'm coming!" I called. I walked towards the door, but decided to make a quick detour to the mirror I set up on the wall. I combed out my hair as quickly and as thoroughly as I could with my fingers. I went back to the door and put my ear to it, a trick my Mom taught me. "Who is it?" I called. "Ben. I was wondering if I could talk to you." Weird. I thought. I took my ear off the door, unlocked, and opened it. "Hey Ben, come in." I moved out of the way and he walked past me. He sat on a chair by the wall and I sat on my bed.

"You looked pretty stressed. What's up?" I asked.

"Well I saw you and Hal talking yesterday, and I was wondering...did you tell him about what happened with the transmitter?" He asked.

"No I didn't." I answered. He seemed to relax. "Why?"

"I just don't want him to know. You know how brothers can be, telling on you every chance they get." He laughed.

"Yea I know. And Ben I've been meaning to talk to you about that, the transmitter."

He looked stressed again, "I don't know. I think it may be the spikes. I just feel different."

"Hal said your acting differently. Why don't you also talk to him about what's going on?"

"It just isn't easy to talk to him. I know he's my brother and all, but I've only been able to talk with friends, you know?"

"I know what you mean. I never talked to my family about things, but I always talked to Hal."

"You don't really talk about your family much."

"There's not much to talk about." I said.

He looked awkwardly at his hands and changed the subject, "What should I do? People here don't really like me."

"I have an idea." I walked over to the drawer by my bed. I opened it and picked up one of the empty notebooks inside and a pencil. I walked over to Ben and handed them to him, "Here."

"What are these for?" He asked, confused.

"Try writing stuff down, like in poems or something."

"Poems?Cool, I'll try it." Ben got up and started walking towards the door. "Could you not tell Hal about this, or my dad?"

I lifted up my right hand, "Client confidentiality." I put my hand back down and walked Ben out of the door. "See you later." I said.

"Bye."

I closed the door and went to the window. I opened the blinds and the sun burned my eyes. The sun hung slightly above the trees and faced my window, so it was still early. I guess I can catch a few more Z's. I went back to bed and went to sleep.

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I admit this wasn't my best chapter, but it is still is pretty important.