The Difference Between Vulnerability And Desolation Is Fear | Aphmau AU

Twelve/Seventeen

The 4th of May, Friday, 2018.

We didn't have to carry our stuff to the house we were staying at because employees had to check it over for any bombs or drugs, but offered to bring it back to our house when they were done. So we went to the border and had a full body scan and gave them our tickets, and we were let in with a rule book and a map. We had the house number on our tickets (we had one in every part of Starlight so we had to look for the right one) so we knew which one to look for on the map. But unfortunately Melissa was in charge and we got lost.
   "Oh for heaven's sake." Dad stole the map from her and took a look at it after two hours searching.
   They started arguing while I just stared at a store that was selling candy. Mom caught my glance and grabbed my arm. "You two try and sort that out and find the house. Text me when you find it." She said, leading me to the store. I couldn't help but smile and didn't make her let go, looking around.
   "Man-child." She said, but it was obvious that she wasn't being serious, but didn't stop me from getting a huge stick of liquorice. I laughed though when she got a box of chocolates (fancy ones that were $40 for 10), a chocolate bar in the shape of a star and a mix of a different flavours of hard boiled candy. 
   While she paid, I stared at a box that was heart shaped that was purple and red, full of dyed raspberry chocolates, the red ones for humans and purple ones for werewolves. Mom caught my stare and grabbed that too, paying for it as well. The cashier smiled and gave us a fancy hand-painted box to carry our stuff in as we paid over $100 dollars for it all, plus a $5 tip.
   We walked out around the island freely, stopping at a taco stand for food an hour later until her phone buzzed in her pocket. She checked and sighed loudly. "Finally! They found it. Do you have your map?" I shook my head, looking at the floor. I'd lost it half an hour ago but didn't say anything about it. She noticed and quickly looked around. "Don't worry! We'll find another one, there's bound to be another." She says, and we start walking to find one. Soon we found one on a wall of a gift store, so my mom consulted her phone for the number then pointed out the street it was on.
   The store clerk noticed us and gave us a map with the route there, and smiled at us. We thanked her a lot and bought four pens that had 'Starlight Wonderland' on them just so we could also give her a $5 tip too.
   We made our way to the house in 20 minutes since the island was so large. When we got there, I kept on staring. "It's huge!"
   "Well duh. There will be a lot of people staying here." 
   We walked up to the door and suddenly I was pounced on, pinned to the ground. I grunted and immediately started to fight whoever it was until I got up. "Jeez!"
   I looked at whoever it was and saw Blaze, clutching his eye. "Blaze?!"
   "You didn't have to hurt me..." He muttered, getting up. He smiled at me anyway. "Hey."
   "Hi." I muttered, but slowly walked back. I saw Dottie, Rylan, Daniel and Maria walk up too, making me even more nervous.
   "Aaron!" Dottie ran over and hugged me, making me stagger back and whimper. I hugged back anyway but everyone else saw it scared me.
   "Uh, I need to talk to you five before you can start hanging out with Aaron. Is that okay?" Mom asked, smiling.
   "You paid for us to go to Starlight Wonderland. You can have anything you want." Rylan said, and the others agreed.
   She nods and smiles. "Aaron your father will tell you were your room is if you ask, but can you stay within the house grounds?"
   Nodding, I walked in the house and saw Melissa and dad on the couch, on their phones. Mom led all five up the stairs. I slowly walk over to dad. "Can I see my room?" I asked since I knew I was about to have a breakdown from too many people. I was already shaking.
   He could sense this so he looked and me and nodded, getting up. "Follow me." He said, walking across the room and up the same set of stairs. I followed nervously, expecting to see the others, but they weren't there. He walked into a different room and smiled faintly. "Are you ok?"
   "I just want to be left alone." 
   Nodding, he left politely. I ran to the door and locked it. I started shaking more as I started crying and tried to move as far away from the door as possible. Whenever I had breakdowns, walking became difficult.