everything is red [jd.tj]

ch. 2

Tyler
The next morning, I woke up to a little kid poking my face. The same one I see almost everyday. I smile and sit up, stretching.

"Heya Ty!" She beams. I giggle and ruffle her hair.

She ruffles my hair too, mocking me. I snort, which makes her crack up. She reminds me a lot of Madison.

"Time to get up sleepy head." She pokes my cheek again, her tongue sticking out a bit. I nod in agreement and prop myself up on my elbows.

"My mommy has food for you!" She says, pointing at her mom, who's laughing lightly at her silly daughter.

"Let me go get it for you Ty Ty!" She yells and goes down the slide, screaming when she gets to the bottom. I see her run towards her mom, grabbing the McDonald's bag from her. I'm taken aback a bit, the bag is huge. I hear tiny footsteps come my way and Ashley appears by my side again. "Here ya go! Give some to Madi, Zackie, and Jay!" She shoves the bag in my hands, which makes me almost fall back. She yelps and rushes to my side. "Hehe, sorry Ty." She says.

I wave her off and motion towards her mom. She nods and turns around. "MOMMY, TY SAID THANK YOU!" She screams, making me jump.

"Jeez, I didn't say yell it." She giggles again and kisses my cheek.

"I gotta go, bye Tyler!" Then she's off. Ashley is such a sweet girl. She's gonna grow up to be a beautiful, independent woman. I bet my life on it.

I walk through the door quietly. I see my mom passed out on the floor, sweat glistening her whole body. I cringe and tip toe to the basement. I do our little secret knock. I immediately see the door open slightly, with a scared looking Madison.

"Hey Tyler." She whispers, letting me in and then shutting the door back. I nod at her and walk down the creaky steps, only to be met with a sleeping Jay and a mouth drooling Zack. I giggle and set the bag down on the mini coffee table. I gently shake Zack awake, his eyes opening slightly.

As he looked up at me, I motioned towards the giant McDonald's bag on the coffee table. His eyes shot open at that. Honestly same. He jumps up and goes straight to the bag, grabbing out the large 20 piece chicken nugget. I follow him and grab out the french fries, the sauce, and two double cheeseburgers. After its all out, I separate it to the designated people. Zack gets some chicken nuggets, so does Jay, Madison gets one burger, I get one burger, and we all share the fry. I go to the little cabinet by the bathroom and take out a liter of sprite we found in the dumpster. Don't worry, it was unopened. I set it down on the table and let the kids fight over it. It's quite amusing actually.

"Zaaacckk! I want some first. Ladies first, remember!"

"I don't see any ladies anywhere." I glare at Zack, and smack his arm.

"Really? Have you looked in the mirror lately?" I giggle at Madi's response, to which I get a glare back from Zack.

"Whatever you bum." He huffs and slouches in his chair, letting Madison pour her glass first. I get back up and go to Jay's crib. I gently pick him up and cradled him in my delicate arms. He flutters his eyes open and smiles at me, making grabby hands.

I tickle him lightly, making him giggle and poke out his lil tongue. I laugh, hearing a faint giggle from Madi. I set him down in our handmade crib and set a couple chicken nuggets down for him. He grabs one and stuffs it in his mouth. Also same.

My ears perk up as I hear the floor creak above is. Everyone else looks up as well, including Jay.

"Tyler? Madison? Zack?" I motion myself towards the door, while telling the others to quickly eat their food. Once they have shoved it all down their throats, I open the door and see my mom already standing there.

"You guys slept down there last night?" Of course she doesn't remember. I don't know why I thought she did. I shrug and nod.

"Well, I'm gonna get ready and go to work. Watch them while I'm gone." She works as a stripper/hooker. She probably has aids, I wouldn't be surprised. I nod again and watch the spot she was once in. I hear the steps creak and see Madi's head poking out in between my legs.

"Does she remember?" I shake my head. She sighs and goes back downstairs, probably to get the others.

Time for another day.