DREAMS OF FAITH

Ten

Dust is like a blanket covering the entire room. Spider webs can be seen in every nooks and it does smell like an old book.

My footprints are apparent on the floor. The entire room deteriorated after so many years. There are pieces of drawings pinned on the walls and scattered around the bed.

I picked one in amusement. The child who drawn it seems to be not a fan of drawing because it was disarrayed and disorganized. But even in the chaotic and messed up lines and curves of the drawing, I still manage to make out the image and it does look familiar.

A realization came crushing me like a tidal waves. My heartbeat acceleration in excited of the situation. It was a drawing or the blue print of the tree house. There were descriptions of how the tree house should looked like. And at the left bottom part of the paper written the messy words ' I want to build a house when I grow up just like daddy. But I'm still a baby according to Tori so I'll just draw it for now'.

I stand rigidly when I heard a door being open just a couple of steps to where I was hiding. I had completely forgotten about it that I almost shriek at the sound.

"Where have you been?" Louis asked me curiously.

I busied myself so Louis won't notice that I was lying. I wasn't used of lying and the thought of me lying to someone I considered a family make me feel sick.

"I was in my room reading and I didn't notice that I fell asleep".

"Is that so? Zac and I bought a take out from your favorite fast-food restaurant on our way home. And that was an hour and a half ago, so I don't know if Sonny ate them all but you know him". He said chuckling.

"I heard my name. I know that I am irresistible but it is rude to talk about me without me knowing. You can always ask but do it politely and I'll give you my time". He grinned and winked.

I made a sour face while looking at Sonny and Louis made a vomiting sound. Sonny is very funny at times, but sometimes it just too much.

"What?" Sonny said utterly confused. "Oh come on! Don't be shy about it. I can totally understand". He said thoughtfully.

Zac laughed uncontrollably who was listening the whole time. He was leaning against the door, crossed arm watching us amusedly.

Megan appeared at the door asking what was happening to be answered by a hysterical laughers of Sonny and Zac. Louis groaned in annoyance but didn't say anything.

"Come on people, let's have a movie marathon". Zac said when his laughers ceased.

It had been months since the last time we had a movie night. It had been our tradition since my first day living with the family. It was their way of making me feel at home that time but now, it becomes their bonding. 

We agreed to do it in Zac's room since mine is a mess, Louis' have a lot of musical instrument, Megan's room is a 'library' and well Sonny's room is not included in the option, even when he insisted of having it instead in his room, no one really paid him any attention to his dismay.

I placed myself in the middle of Zac and Louis because I can't take the twins bickering. And what does they arguing about? Same old story. Sonny makes a bad comment about Megan's 'room'. So we all decided to separate the two. Megan sat besides me  and Sonny sat besides Louis.

"Popcorn anyone?", Zac called cheerfully holding a bowl of popcorn but no one said anything because we were very engrossed in the movie. We were watching a sci-fi movie and it's just, so cool that we cannot take our eyes off the screen.

"It's so cool!" Zac exclaimed.

"Horror movies is much more interesting to watch." Sonny mumbled.

"Says who can't take off his eyes on the TV screen". Louis said loudly. Clearly teasing a guilty Sonny.

"That's Zac", he made a horrified expression as if he can't expect Louis to tease him.

Louis is a quiet guy. He often locked himself in his room. He has a very short temper that he often get mad at Zac and Sonny for being loud.

"Oh no, I think that was you. You even threw your fist in the air when the protagonist accomplishes the task, eyebrows burrow in concentration, biting your lower lip in excitement-"

"Okay okay! I am. Happy?" He huffed annoyed.

"Of course", We said in chorus.

The doorbell rang in the air.

"Someone's at the door"

"Of course there is. The doorbell won't ring on its own. And I thought Megan your smart, I guess that was just a fake news". Sonny retorted while rolling his eyes clearly trying to build his dignity which crumbled earlier.

"Come on guys, open the door", Zac laid lazily against the mattress looking comfortable.

"What if it was the killer?" Megan asked worriedly.

"The officers didn't say that the killer is in this area. They just want us to be vigilant and in fact, if that was the killer he shouldn't have knocked, instead find another door to walked in without the house owners knowledge". Louis explained.

"Wow, how did you know what the killer is thinking? Are you him?" Zac teasingly countered, maybe trying to get into his nerves and he did as Louis glared at Zac before storming out.