A Secret Kept Hidden

Unexpected Absence

 "Earth to Selene!" Ryan screamed while Rinnah was waving in my face.

"Selene? Selene sweetheart are you still there?" "Yeah, mom I'm here."

"Are you alright?" "Yeah, I was just caught off guard I didn't expect it to be so long."

"I'm sorry, but there's no guarantee it will take that long." "Yeah, you're right. Wait but why are you telling me this now, couldn't you have just said this when I got home?"

"Your father was just told, and we have to leave immediately. So we won't be here when you and your brothers get home." "Oh, ok."

"I'm really sorry sweetheart, your father and I don't want to leave but we-" "No mom It's ok its dad's job he can't help it, and I completely understand."

"Thank you, and I'm really sorry sweetheart. I want you to watch your brothers and try to make sure that they don't destroy the house ok?" We both shared a chuckle since we knew that this was probably going to happen or they were going to break next to everything in the house. "Ok, mom you and dad be careful ok?"

"We will sweetheart, we love you and tell your brothers we love them too. Oh, and tell Dallas there's his favorite hamburger waiting for him since he helped me with cleaning the house the other day, and I finished cleaning his room." "Ok mom I will, I love you guys too, be safe, bye."

"Wait, Selene, before you hang up, I want you to know that friends of your father and I are going to have their sons stay with you. They are around your age and they're there to keep you guys safe and to watch over you all. I'm sure they'll help keep your brothers in line so you don't have to do everything. That's the only other thing I needed you to know, Bye sweetie we love you." After that, I ended the call and started to think about the current situation that I'm in. No parents for four months, this seems like every highschoolers dream, but is it mine? Who are the boys that are going to be in our house?

"Selene are you ok? What did mom say?" Macy looked worried. "Mom and Dad are on a business trip with some CEOs to become business partners or something."

"How long will they be gone?" Rinnah was playing with her food with her fork.

"We overheard some and know at least two weeks but what's the longest they'll be gone?" "Up to four."

"Four weeks isn't that bad." Rinnah was about to place the fork into her mouth when I spoke. "Months." She immediately dropped her fork, and all of the girls' eyes went wide.

"Four months!" They all screamed. "Yo quit screaming already. Jesus! I want to hear for my birthday."

"Your parents trust you to be home by yourselves for four months?" Rinnah looked surprised. "It's not like they have a choice. Plus they said that a friend of theirs' sons would be coming over to stay with us."

"Wait your gonna have older guys in your house with you?" "Yeah?" Didn't I just say that? "Trey, Dylan, and Dallas will be there too."

"You know how they are though, they'll go off and do something with some of their other friends, and then you'll be left alone, with strangers, in your house."

"Which may we remind you, your house is in the middle of nowhere." Macy looked worried, and kind of scared. "Guys, they are sons of my parents' friends, they wouldn't send them over if they didn't trust them."

"True but still-" "But nothing, they're not serial killers, they're just boys." The moment I ended my sentence my ears were pierced with the screams of girls. "What the hell is wrong with people today? Why is everyone screaming?"

"I don't know?" Ryan was trying to look at what the girls were screaming at when girls started to run towards the cafeteria doors.

"Hey." Rinnah stopped a girl that was running. "What's going on, why are people screaming?"