Beep beep beep....
"Found anythin yet?" asked Maggie
"Nope, let's just head or place now I’m tired and need my beauty sleep as you know"
"ya we know you need a lot..."
"Hey! Watch it Mags!!"
"Don’t call me that!!"
Im Zie and I’m 18 years old. I live with my little sister Maggie which is 12 in a cheap apartment in Florida. We've been alone for 3 years since our dad and mother died due to some stupid jerk that wanted to walk out in the middle of the road while drunk and caused my parents to swerve and hit a light pole that soon fell on them and electrocuted them because it was raining that night. So ever since then I’ve taken care of my sister and myself. Since we didn't want to be separated and be put in foster homes, we ran away and moved to Florida. We have other family, but we couldn’t handle being a burden to them at that time. So we did the only logical thing to do, run away and never look back. I got my first job at a local country cabin café which was enough to pay the bills for our cheap apartment. Maggie is home schooled by me and I have to say, I’m a pretty darn good teacher. I love Maggie and want the best for my little sister. I’m a drop out but that doesn’t affect me at all because I got a job and it keeps a roof over my head and little food in our stomachs so I’m all good for now.
Right now Maggie and I were metal detecting around in some woods near us to see if we could find something worth selling at the local pawn shop for some extra cash. We didn’t find anything so now we are heading back to our apartment which is about 15-20 minutes away.
“I hope we find something very expensive one day wouldn’t that be awesome sis”
“Yay that would be nice.”
We are about 5 minutes away from our apartment when I decide to go into the store for some Oreos for Maggie because she loves those things and I feel like treating her for always being there with me.
When we enter I buy the double stuffed Oreos , gum, bagels and a case of water. Then we are making our way back to our place. When we arrived, I get my key out and unlock our door. I get inside place out stuff in the kitchen. Our place is very small. There is a mattress with a few blankets, a portable TV and a mini fridge. The living room is bare with no couch, but a simple glass table. The walls are white and so is the worn out carpet. Our place is pretty empty and feels like “home” to us. So we pretty much have a living room, one bedroom with a bathroom that I share with Maggie, and a so called kitchen.
When I look back into the kitchen, I see Maggie alrady chowing down on the oreos. I say
“Hey, slow down Mags they ain’t going anywhere”
She scowls at me and says, “ha ha ha you think your soooo funny Zie”
“Oh but I KNOW not think Know I’m funny Mags”
“Whatever you so full of yourself and stop calling me Mags I hate that nickname”
I just laugh and walk into the living room and turn on our cheap box TV. I grab one of the movies I got at the pawn shop a few days ago and put that in.
“OHHHH I love this movie!!!!!!”
“Me too and that’s why I got it”
The movie I got is “Napoleon Dynamite” and I’ve only seen it like a million times.so for the rest of the night we watched the movie and soon drifted into a dreamy sleep.
