Bullets and Brain Damage

Chapter 9

Anna's POV
I'm curled up in my bed, I have barely moved in days. Only to use the bathroom and maybe get something to eat.

"Anna?"

Gabriel comes in.

"Anna, please, stop treating yourself like this! We all miss Michael, you're the only one doing this. Come downstairs, eat something, talk to us."

I burry myself deeper into the covers.

"Anna please,"

"None of you knew him like I did! Alfie barely remembers him! Neither do you!" I snap.

Gabriel is taken aback.

"I remember how close you two were. How he took are of you. Your date ditched you at the dance and when you came home crying he went and comforted you. I remember for that same dance he helped you do your makeup. I remember he wanted you as a groomsmaid at his wedding, but Mom freaked and said no. You cried then too. He let you do it anyway."

I'm silent.

"I remember him more than you think Anna, and I know he wouldn't want you to grieve like this."

He walks out of the room.

He's right......

Michael wouldn't want to see me like this.

I crawl out of bed and into the bathroom. I shower, I change, and I go downstairs and get some food out of the fridge.

"Anna?" Dad asks.

I break down crying and run into his arms. Everyone gathers around me and hugs me.

Sam just stares at us.

"Get in here, you're family now too." Gabe says.

He and Sam have gotten close.

"You know what we should do? Dinner and a movie. All five of us." Dad says.

That night we do, we go out to a nice restaurant.

"Order whatever you want kids." Dad says.

I order a large plate of noodles, Gabriel orders a GIANT sundae, Sam orders a salad, and Alfie orders a burger.

"Does the sundae really have to have that much more sugar Gabe? It already has three types of ice cream, two types of syrup, M&M's, and licorice!" Sam exclaims.

I chuckle.

"Of course it does Sammoose! There is never enough sugar in the world! Sugar makes everything better!"

He sprinkles a bit of sugar on Sam's salad.

"What'd you have to go do that for?" Sam asks.

"It makes it better!"

Gabe dumps a sugar packet into his mouth.

"Ew." Sam says.

Everyone laughs.

"Gabe and his sugar." I say.

We go to the movies and see Spider-Man Homecoming.

Gabriel gets a large popcorn with M&M's, licorice, junior mints, and a large soda.

"You're going to die of diabetes." Sam says.

"No I'm going to die because my evil backstabbing brother who is actually a total cutie is going to stab me with my own sword because another evil brother and him can't get along and the reason they can't get along is because the brother who killed me was daddy's favorite but he got cast out and now he's a wining teenager but the fandom still loves him. Oh and Anna does because the other brother killed her."

"What?"

"What?"

"What?"

Sam, Dad, and I ask.

"I have no idea where that came from. Oh well let's just go see the movie."

We go see the movie, and Alfie, Sam, Dad, and I can barely stay awake when we get out, while Gabriel is jumpier than a jack rabbit on a hot grill in July.

"Sam that movie was amazing Sam, isn't Marvel just great? Although where's my black widow movie, I WANT A BLACK WIDOW MOVIE ITS 2017 ASSHOLES WHERES MY BLACK WIDOW MOVIE?!?" Gabe half screams.

"Wonder Woman was better." Sam mutters.

"I ADMIT THAT MOVIE WAS AWESOME GO D.C. BUT WHERE IS MY BLACK WIDOW MOVIE?!?"

We finally get home and I crawl into bed and fall asleep.

Or try to anyway.

"SERIOUSLY, BLACK WIDOW MOVIE!!  AND DC SHOULD MAKE A HARLEY QUINN MOVIE SHE CAN KICK JOKERS ASS BUT YOU KNOW WHO ELSE CAN DO THAT BLACK WIDOW MARVEL GET ON IT!"

"GO TO SLEEP YOU ASSHOLE!" Sam yells.

"ILL GO TO SLEEP WHEN THERES A BLACK WIDOW MOVIE!"

I hear someone get up, and I know it's not Sam, too light.

It's Alfie.

"Gabriel get yourself into bed, if you don't I'll go buy Marvel and make sure there is NO BLACK WIDOW MOVIE!"

I hear a huff and then Alfie goes back to bed.

I slowly drift off to sleep, as today was a good day.

There better be a damn black widow movie soon Marvel.....
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