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His mother was seeing someone. He was sure.

The stares, the invites for dinner, and the looks...

His mother. His eagle-eyed mother who made him take three pills a day. One for anxiety, one for flu, and one for cold.

His mother was seeing Greta Keenes stepdad. The same man that provided Eddie with his pills and supplied his daily intake of medicine from his inhaler.

Eddie shook his head and tugged on his red sneakers. The bus was coming, and he was not going to be late again.

"Eddie bear! Leaving?"

"Yes mommy! i'll see you later!" Eddie yelled and rushed out the door before his mother could hug him. Close call, he thought as he got onto the bus and sat at the back.

Inside the bus, it was a whole other world. Like a indoor hell, minus the fires and red.

Eddie sighed and took out his book. Harry Potter and the philosophers stone greeted Eddies hungry eyes as he read and read. Immersed in the world of magic and wizards.

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