The rest of my summer had been similar to that, except for when I finally had to come home. My mother was sitting outside of the airport, waiting for me. She doesn't say a word as I approach, and we walk to the car. My brothers and sister are in the car, in the back seat, youngest one in the middle. I wave to them, and smile. On the way home, my mother blasts music that fills the whole car with it's sound. It's the music I'm used to, but it takes over all of my thoughts.
When we get home, I go straight to my room. My suitcase is full of my clothes still, they're all clean and folded because of my grandmother. I slide it slightly under my bed. My mother cooked for us, but I just skipped dinner, took a shower, then went to my room. I looked around my room, for a phone I had hidden that someone bought for me. I found it and charged it up, then hid it again for later.
I heard everyone slowly start to get into their beds. I waited two more hours , when I was sure everyone was asleep. I quietly closed my door and eased my suitcase from under my bed. I had already showered earlier, so I just immediately changed my clothes. My weather app said 72° currently. Tomorrow was a high of 84° (Fahrenheit). It was supposed to be windy, so I dressed in a short sleeves shirt,tight fitting blue jeans, with Nike running shoes and a blue jacket.
I put my charged phone and earbuds in my pocket. I opened the door to my room, and walked out slowly and quietly with my suitcase. I heard my brother call my name. "Yes?" I say, voice cracking. "Come here," he says, gesturing me into his room. I close the door. "Yeah?" I ask. "Can I go with you?" he asks. I think for a bit. "Okay," I finally say, "but don't wake anyone up."
I walk toward his clothing bin and gather 5 shirts, 5 pants + shorts, and 7 pairs of any undergarments. I fold them up small, then put them in a plastic bag that I place strategically in my suitcase. He picks 3 pairs of favorite shoes and puts 2 pairs into my suitcase along with mine. We have to pack light. We can buy other things later. I tell him to wear a his black Adidas pants with the white stripes on the sides and his comfortable shoes out of the 3 favorites he chose. He put on a tee shirt and a jacket. "Do you want food?" I say, in a whisper, of course. I was fine without food for a long time, but a 6 year old boy? I wasn't so sure if he would be. "Yeah, mimi," he said. He either called me mimi or mana (mana is what he calls a shorter word for sister). I carried my suitcase out into the hallway and sat it down, leaving him in the room.
I crept into the kitchen to get food for both of us, and in a quiet hurry, put the food into my large jacket pocket. I went back into my room to grab $200 I forgot that I had saved up and put it in my front jeans pocket. I unlocked the front door, then went back to get my brother and suitcase.
Peering in the house from the outside, we said our goodbyes silently, and left. _____________________________________ _first day of my life-gnash (ft. Goody Grace)
get well soon-gnash (ft.liphemra)
Deadroses-Blackbear
My Heart is Lost-Blackbear
4u-Blackbear
Idfc-Blackbear
feelings fade- gnash
Fumes-EDEN
Loving Someone-the 1975
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In Bloom
Teen Fiction[ON GOING] Marisol is planning to leave her abusive mother and home. Will her plan succeed? And where will she end up?
