The Missing Piece

The Dark Wood

It was Sunday, and Sunday's aren't really the best for me, something bad always goes down.

As i walking outside my school about to head to the car with my parents and sibling in it, someone pulled my arm and made trip backward.

"Hey!, did you forget our deal we go to the gym at the middle school first thing tomorrow. Got it!" She said while still holding onto my arm very tightly, like she was hoping it would rip of like one of Frankie steins arms did.

"It's pretty hard to forget something when an annoying person keeps on reminding you every freaking hour and second on the clock." I said yanking my arm from her tight and strong grip. 'why can't i ever be not bothered, i don't even really talk to anybody except my best-friend katie. i wish they would just leave me alone, unless I bothered them'. I thought as i started to walk to my car, and ignoring everything the annoying girl behind me was saying.

When i got in the car my mom smiled and looked at me in the mirror and asked me, "how was your day at school today?", i looked back at her said 'it was okay', and then i just shrugged and put my headphones on and started listening to music while i watched my little brother rage on his game.

>>1 hour later>>

After hours and minutes of driving we finally got to my dads work place. When we parked, my mom called him and told him that we were outside so we waited a few minutes before he actually came out to the car ready to go.

"Why it take you so long daddy, i'm hungry!" my little brother said while looking at our dad about to drive off.

"Well i had to finish my work or i wouldn't get paid, and speaking of getting paid, what would you guys like to eat tonight?" Me and my brother both looked at eachother and yelled,

"PIZZA!!" After we said that our parents started to laugh and we drove to 'Dominos'.

After we got pizza we headed home and got inside and me and my brother changed into our pajamas and then our parents called us down to eat and watch a movie.

"What type of movie are we watching?" my brother said as he was eating a piece of his pizza sitting in the middle of me and my parents.

"We're watching 'Caroline', i heard it's really good from my friend and her kids liked it" my mom said as she pressed the play button on the remote.

"i don't wanna watch Caroline, it too scary. i can't go to sleep when i see something scary" my brother said as he was tighting his hug/grip on his stuffed dino. I turned to my brother and pulled him closer to me and said,

"it's okay baba, I'll protect you and if you get scared I'll read you a bedtime story after the movies over." my borther hugged me and after 25 minutes into the movie he fell asleep. i knew he was gonna fall asleep before the scary stuff starts happening then he would wake up during the last part of the movie and say, 'that was a GREAT movie, we should watch it again!', while yawning and walking off to his room.

After we cleaned up our dishes and all went to bed, i went downstairs to my brothers room and checked to see if he was okay. I always go to my brother before he falls asleep again just to make sure he feels safe.

I thought as i was tucking him in his bed and then gave a goodnight kiss on his forhead and went back upstairs to my room and started to think and stare at the ceiling for a few seconds, 'He's still a baby, he doesn't see through the dark like anyone else would.... not now at least'