paint || c.h

2:58

i thought about it all night. i was gonna be friends with the boy next door, whether i like it or not. i usually couldn't sleep until three am, but i fell asleep at exactly 2:58, a new personal best.

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i woke with a slight shake to my shoulder. mama had woken me up.

"bacon and eggs are done, i've already made your plate." she smiled warmly. yet again, i wasn't hungry. i grab a piece of paper, and scribble down two words, crumble it into a ball, and throw it at her.

"'not hungry' well, sorry about that, but i made you food. come on." she sighed. "and hey, why won't you actually say it out loud instead of just writing it down?" she questioned. my eyebrows scrunch together in annoyance, and i begin to write on the same notepad. because i don't talk to people who do bad things to me. it said. as soon as she read the words, her face fell.

"sorry for whatever i did." she turns around and just leaves my room like nothing ever happened. i just shrugged and went to my art easel. i pick red, and start to work on my painting. i paint a big red tear right below the huge eye i sketched. it represented how if you kept the tears in, it would soon force it's way out of you.

i hear the doorbell go off, and i rush down the stairs to see who it is, we barely ever get visitors, since nobody knows me, and most of the town are homophobes. it's really a shame how we're perfectly normal, and everyone hates my moms for loving each other. it's just dumb.

"hi, we just moved in next door, we're the hood family. we just wanted to come meet out neighbors." a lady smiles happily at me and my two mothers who had gathered behind me. she didn't seem bothered at all by the sight of the two. the other two with her seemed interested more in the conversation they held, which didn't bother me one bit.

"calum! david! pay attention!" her voice all of a second became strict.

"my name is joy, and this is calum, and that's david." she points to the other two next to each other.

"oh, we're katy, annabeth, and clara." mama points to each of us.

"i hope to see you guys more often!" the lady smiles, then walks back home. that was weird, they're quite weird.

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that night i fell asleep at 2:58 again.

-rileigh-