Need A Stack

Chapter 7: The Night.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. IT DOES.- William James.

"Amanda!you just won't believe what I'm about to tell you ....you know what?!...."

Two hours since the neighborhood rumours began and they don't even seem to end anytime soon.

"Remember Kelvin?..the one from the blue painted house a kilometer before getting to our home?.. yeah that one....his dad and mom just had a divorce last week and it was so dramatic here.... Kelvin is finding it hard to take it...I pity that kid!...and how can I forget! You should be knowing Dean and Diana...their last born twins.... it's so complicated since they now don't know how they'll separate them when they both want to leave with all of them....you can imagine what's really going on in that house right now....infact Kelvin is talking about disappearing to an unknown city and try to manage his own life...."

Mom...that's touching but I'm not interested...I don't know why you not saying anything about Alvin..is he around or not... at least let me know that...

"Woah and how am I forgetting this!"..after a long chatter she said this at last.

"Yes and what's that?"..someone's answering my prayers somewhere...guess she's now about to tell me about Alvin ...for sure how can she forget this of all things.

"Your Dad is leaving the country for a contract in England....and that's next week....we still don't know when he'll be back but hopefully he's going to be safe."

Well! That's not what I expected but...so Dad's leaving...for how long..nobody knows. Okay how am I to feel now. Is Alvin around anyway!??

"So you say! Daddy is leaving...I'll surely miss him..will he be visiting at least once in a while?!" I managed this...I had to react to this.. I've been staring at Mom's curious face all this time with my boring sagged cheeks wondering why she's not saying what I really want to hear. Thou this was time I had to start replying to her several news before she notices my funny behavior.

"Uhmm I still don't know if in the contract there's anywhere he's allowed to get back to his family. But whatever the case we just have to stay strong and have each other as we wait for him to ever come if in case it one day happens."

I hope it does thou.

So..back to my thoughts....is Alvin really here.... we're close to three hours in my room and mom isn't saying anything...leave her .I'm not seeing any traces of Alvin's presence in the house ...

Donny of all people should be even telling me if Alvin is around because as far as I know...with that small age almost turning eleven in a month now..he is a snitch...a good snitch thou...but he's not around and no one is ever going to tell me anything.

It's 7:00 o'clock now and I think it's time we get to the kitchen and get something nice for dinner. It will feel better if I get engaged in some work instead of all time thinking about Alvin who maybe I was all lied to from the beginning.

It can be true... Alvin was not around...the call never happened. Mommy never talked to me in a new number and told me anything about being with Alvin who will be staying for a month with us..I think I was just dreaming all this time! I'm so stupid...I mean how could I!

What am I really turning into....my brain's all reading Alvin in whatever I do...ever since I had that dream that mom called me in Alvin's phone...that shite made me sick and I'm still sick! It sounds so crazy why I didn't have any other dream instead I had that...this world thou..

As I was thinking through my dreams and blamed my ass for being so awkward...my phone rang...I hope this is not Alvin again because trust me this time I won't play soft! He can't be calling in my dreams and my realities too! Ow it's Juliet...hhh.