"hey, honey." dad greets me when i walk through the door after school. i mumble a 'hey' under my breath, and my little sister runs up to me.
"sissy!" she delightedly shouts, wrapping her arms around my waist. i put my hand on her back for a brief moment, kicking off my vans. the ones that my best friend and i drew on when i first got them. dad most certainly was not pleased, but the doodles remain.
when the little girl lets go of me, i walk passed her and upstairs, eager to shut myself in my bedroom, do things that i don't in front of other people. no one but ethan. but he isn't here right now.
"where you goin'?" sammie asks, clearly following me.
"can you please get out?" i ask when she trails into my bedroom, and my backpack falls to the floor with a thud.
"daddy!! ellie's bein' mean!" sammie shouts, crossing her arms stubbornly. then i hear dad's footsteps come up toward my room.
"sammie, let's give her some time. she just got home from school."
he picks her up in his muscular arms. a grumpy look stands on her face when she looks between us.
"thanks." and with that, i shut the door in their faces, drawing my curtains as soon as i know that i'm alone. i reach in my closet, grabbing a container of dvds. my home movies that i had dragged ethan with to get changed from tapes to dvds.
he's in a lot of them.
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these chapters are short on purpose ;)
