The Difference Between Us

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L O G A N

Today is our free day as well as the day we would all go back to school work. The trip has been fun, except when Ayo tried to run away from the girls trying to hit on him and ran towards me instead, which resulted in the girls noticing me and I joining the fun of running away. Note the sarcasm.

I decided to take a walk because I was not feeling so well. The air smelt bad, as if something was about to happen...I shook the thought off and wore my jacket and vans.

"Where are you going?" Ayo asked, looking up from the guitar he was tuning.

"Taking a walk." I replied. He dropped his acoustic guitar and picked up his black hoodie with funny cat ears (don't ask me, I also wonder why a seventeen year old wears that) and wore his jordan sweatpants and matching jogging shoes.

"Let's go together." He said.

We grabbed our phones and headed out, only to be met by the others also heading out so we decided to join the wandering party. We originally wanted to walk around the hotel premises and fool around but one way or the other, we found ourselves in the neighborhood strolling along side walks and chattering like birds, well all of us except Scarlet, Ayo and I.

While we walked about I saw a house at the end of a street. The house was huge, no doubt, heck it could be called a mansion but it was barricaded by police tapes saying do not cross. The tapes were old and torn and the house itself looked like it had been abandoned for years. Something in me rang loudly to turn back and catch up with my friends who I have strayed away from but another thing in me drew me closer to this house...no mansion.

I don't know, for some reason this house triggers a part of my memory that I didn't know was there. It was as if a voice was calling me from that mansion; a low and soft voice which soon turned into voices. I sent Ayo a quick text to tell him where I was before I wandered into the mansion.

"♪The moon is shining in the sky, such a beautiful night...♪"

A voice sang in my head, it was a feminine and sweet voice to hear.

"♪The owl is flying in the sky when you're sleeping at night...♪"

It continued to sing its soft lullaby as I ventured farther in the house.

"The bogeyman is going to get you!"

A woman screamed playfully in my memories and chased after a young boy with brown hair and mismatched green and blue eyes...a younger me?! Who is she?! Mother? Father never told me about mother. Anytime I asked I was in for deep trouble. I never did remember her at all but here I am having strange visions about my mother and I running around this mansion.

I walked around the dusty mansion and climbed the rusty stairs up to the second storey to view the rooms up there which, by the way, were HUGE! A room was bigger than my whole studio apartment with some closet space to spare. I closed the door (I wonder why I did that though) and went into another room in that house...er mansion. I'm not kidding but my legs hurt from exploring the mansion and my head hurts from the sudden influx of memories. I don't know why this house triggered them but if I can just remember how my mom looked like, I would put up with it. I opened the faded blue door and walked inside the room.