Short Stories

Misery

    It was 1:30am and I haven't been to sleep yet it is because I can't seem to stop thinking about what my dad said two days ago ,"Never let anyone know what you are actually feeling,never let anyone know what's behind the mask !,"those were the last words my dad said to me before he went to jail ,mom won't tell me why dad went to jail.Anyway,I really need to sleep because today is my first day of 11th grade and to make things worse it's my birthday.
  I close my eyes and try to sleep after a few minutes I finally get four hours and thirty minutes of sleep. I slowly get out of my warm bed,slide on my blue long sleeve shirt,denim jeans,and black Nikes. "Sam, come eat your breakfast!," Mom yells "Now!"
"I will right there, mom!,"I yell back excitedly.
I hurry and take my books and materials for school and shove it into by my backpack. I put one of my backpack arms onto my shoulder and run quickly to the kitchen,sit down in a wooden chair ,and place my backpack on the floor beside me.
"Happy Birthday,how is my handsome boy?,"mom says kissing my forehead while placing eggs,bacon,and pancakes onto my plate"I'm fine,mom.''
"Why do you look so sad,Sam? I made your favorite meal."
"I'm not sad, I just..."
I suddenly started to replay everything that happened on Saturday,my mother yelling at my dad saying, "What did you do?!Are you crazy?!"I ran to the living room to see what was the problem but before I made it to the living room I heard police sirens then I saw blue and red lights.Two police busted through our front door and handcuffed dad, I stand next to mother and watch as they take my dad away. Dad looks back and says, "Never let anyone know what you are actually feeling, never let anyone know what's behind the mask!"

"Sam!"
"Oh,Sorry. Umm... I am not sad mom.I'm scared about the first day."
"Honey,you don't have to be scared,you are going to do great."
"If you say so,"muttered Sam
After breakfast mom drives me to school. I stare out the window and watch everything pass by,I finally have the courage to ask my mom again about why dad went to jail.I take a deep
breath and turn to my mom, "Why did dad go to jail?"
Mom kept her eyes on the road and didn't say a thing.A minute went by and she said, "Your dad went to jail because he did something horrible."
"Well...what did he do?"
"You don't have to worry about that."
"Yes I do!"
"Sam,What did I just say?!"
"I don't have to worry about it but I want to worry about it, I...I'm scared for dad"
Mom didn't say anything else to me.After 20 minutes of silence we finally arrive at school. I get out of my mom's car as fast as I can and start speed walking to the door of "J.E. High School", I slowly turn my head around to see if my mom was watching me but see was gone. I turn back around and walk into the school.
As soon as I entered the school, hours are going like minutes and minutes are going like seconds.It is one o'clock,what I have been waiting for is now here,LUNCH. I look around the lunchroom to see if there's a seat somewhere,no luck.A girl with a perfect complexion,pink full lips,dark brown hair,and emerald eyes, waves at me.I think she is waving at someone else until she gets up from her seat and stands right in front of me and asks, " would you like to sit next to me?"I stare at her for a second and say, " Uh... Umm...Sure!" She did a short laugh and said, "Follow me"
We sit down at the table she left her lunch at,she turns to me and say, "So... how are you?"
" I am good,how are you?"

" I am better now that I am talking to a cute guy." My cheeks turn bright red when she said that.She started laughing,I started laugh too.
"What's your name?" she asks me
"Sam...Sam Redwine.What's yours?"
"Sophia Jones.It is nice to meet you Sam."
"You too,Sophia!"I say in excitement.
"How are you enjoying the first day?"
"Well...honestly this day started off not so great but then I met you"
"Aren't you a charmer,"Sophia says smiling wide.
"How are you enjoying eleventh grade?"
"It's ok.I thought it would be more,you know, "exciting".But I remember that school is never exciting,EVER!"
"Oh ok"
I had nothing else to say to her but the simple word "ok". We talk about almost everything,then the bell started to ring,lunch was over. We are now going to gym for the last hour of school,thank god! In gym everyone except me raise their hand to play the worst game ever,DODGEBALL.
I really don't want to play so I walk over and tell the teacher that my stomach hurts and I just want to sit out and watch,Mr.Finkel says in a deep voice," oh alright,Redwine.Hope you feel better tomorrow." I quietly watch all of the people get hit by a ball and get upset over it.Now,what I have been looking forward to but at the same time not looking forward to is now here,the Dismissal Bell.I grab my backpack and make my way towards the
Door until I hear someone call out my name. "SAM! SAM!"
I turn around and I see Sophia running to me.She stops right in front of me,out of breath.Sophia looks up to me and says "Good thing I catched you before you left.Do you want to...you know...hang out sometime."
I look at her in surprise,did she just...ask me out?...me!
"Umm...I would love that"
"Really?!"
"Yeah"

Sophia turned bright red.She gave me a piece of paper,"Bye,Sam"
I watch her until she is out of my sight then I walk out of the school and get in my mom's car. "How was school?"
"It was great''
"That's wonderful,Honey"
As mom drove us back home,I start to think about what dad was doing right at this moment.Fifteen minutes past and we finally make it home.Mom and I get out of the car at a quick past,as we walk into the house mom says, " I have a surprise for you but you're not going to get it until later tonight." I nod at her and go into my room to start my homework.

I just finished my homework,I can't believe they gave us homework on the first day! SERIOUSLY! I lay down in my bed relieved.I turn and look at my clock to see what time it is,FIVE O'CLOCK! I rush to the bathroom and take my shower.

As I leave the bathroom feeling clean and fresh I see mom putting icing on my cake.I hurry to my room and put on a blue pajama shirt and as I am putting on my black pajama pants I her my mom scream, " PLEASE NO.PLEASE...AHHHHH"
I run to the kitchen to see what was going on.I see dad!, he is stabbing my mom multiple times in the stomach,blood leaks out of mom's stomach like crazy! I just stand there and watch,I am so scared to move any closer,my mind is racing. A tear drops from my eyes and rolls down my cheek.I want to yell but I can't.Dad stops stabbing mom,she falls to the floor.He leaves the knife in her and walks towards me.