Amelia's POV
I was sitting in the restaurant that I was supposed to be meeting my date in ,patiently looking through the menu for the third time even though I already knew what I wanted.
This isn't the first time I've been on a lousy date, sadly.
Sighing, I get up from the booth grabbing my things getting ready to leave, suddenly the sound of a bell fills the quite restaurant signaling that a customer has entered. I look up and recognize the face of the man walking towards me.
Jared Wallace , 20, in college majoring in psychology, that's what his bio says anyways. He walks up to me looking out of breath.
" I'm so sorry I'm late" he pants " there was traffic" I've heard that one before.
" yeah don't worry about it, it happens" I force out ,while putting up a fake smile. He gestures for me to sit.
" So Allison right" he says " It's Amelia actually" I state quite annoyed.
He's about to reply when my phone begins to ring,
"Sorry I need to take this" I say quite relieved that this conversation can end. I walk outside and read the caller ID,
Mrs. Williams
Arnie's babysitter whenever I'm busy or out on lousy dates like this,
" hello" I answer
"Amelia! I've had enough of this I can no longer watch him after tonight come home as soon as possible, I will be waiting outside in the driveway!" She screeches through the phone
I hang up the phone and sigh, that's the third one this month. I quickly walk inside and grab my things.
"Sorry I have an emergency at home I have to attend to" I say
"Oh, what happen is everything all right?" He replies "everything is fine it's just my brothers babysitter just canceled so I need to get going"
" oh really how old is the little guy?" He asked
"He's 22" I say "oh" he quietly responds " yeah he's autistic, well I should leave now, it was nice meeting you" I turn and quickly leave the restaurant and start driving home.
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I arrive at my house and pull into the drive way where I see Mrs. Williams standing by the door like she said she would.
I get out of the car and walk towards her, " Mrs. Williams please forgive my brother for whatever happened here, and please do not leave it's hard finding hel- "
" I can see why, that boy has a temper and cannot be controlled! I'm sorry but I can no longer be in service to you I wish you luck." She says walking towards her red slug bug, and drives off.
I open the door and walk inside I lock the door and lean my against it , preparing myself to deal with Arnie.
I open my eyes and see pillows thrown on the ground , our chairs in the kitchen were tipped over, some of the cabinets were open, last but not least the water was running,great.
Water bill is definitely going to be higher this month,I think to my self
I walk up the stairs and hear humming coming from my room, knowing that it's Arnie I walk in and kick off my shoes and lay in my bed. I see Arnie in the corner of my eye, see me through my vanity mirror that he likes to look at. He smiles and walks towards the bed and sits next to where I'm laying. "How was your dinner Lia?" He asks excitedly completely ignoring the fact that he scared away his sitter 40 mins ago. I don't answer him know the reaction I'll get out of him.
At first he waits for me to respond then he starts to giggle and nudges my arm. " Lia ,why are you ignoring me? Are you angry with me?" He ask
The thing with Arnie , he hates when I don't respond and he knows I only do it when I'm upset with him.
" Arnie that was the third sitter this month, why do you act out like this with them, you never do it when it's just us" I rant , my chest rising up and down from saying that all in one breath. I look at Arnie's face and it's a mixture of sadness and confusion.
"I didn't mean to make you upset Lia, I just don't like the ladies that come here, they don't know my routine like you do." He cries tears coming down his red flushed cheeks. I grab onto his arm and have him lay next to me, I wipe his tears and bring his head close to my chest trying to calm him down.
" I'm not mad at you Arnie, It's just, someday I won't be here to take care of you and I don't want you acting this way because who knows how your care taker will react" I say with worry laced in my voice.
Arnie stays quiet and lays his head close to my chest and wraps his arm around me , when I feel his breathing getting slower I know he's asleep. I close my eyes and smile enjoying this time with my brother.
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Hi to everyone who read this chapter! This is my first book and I'm really excited to write more and share this story with you, my cousin actually has autism so I'm just going off of experience with her she is a lot younger than 22 though lol.
I just want to clear that I mean to offend no one and if you see any errors let me know so I can edit
Sincerely
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