Born To Be Alone

C H A P T E R O N E

I woke up to the sound of a shriek . "Must be George again," I grumbled sleepingly. My brother had been having nightmares for the last six months and nobody really knew why .
I heard my mother soothing voice as she sung to him to go to sleep and I also slept in the process . She always had the voice of an angel that could calm anyone and reassure anyone in trouble .
The rest of the night went on without a hitch and I woke up the next morning feeling so great . I had a long weekend since I was helping mum organize a dinner for their shareholders.
She was always busy going on business trips with him and leaving me alone with George, our nanny Alice and Nathaniel our butler.
We had a chauffeur to drive us to school and pick us up in the evening so we hardly ever saw our parents. To most kids, this would be awesome, but I always felt like I was missing a part of me in their absence.
I hurriedly prepared for school and went down to take breakfast with my parents . This would be the last time I would see them in four weeks . They were going to travel across Europe and check on their branches along with attending meetings. It was going to be a long week.
George came down wearing black leather pants and a pale green shirt. He had bags under his eyes , a sight I was used to, showing he hadn't slept as well as I did. He sat down next to me .

"Hey bro.. The dream was worse this time but I'll tell you after school coz mum's around and I don't wanna worry her " he said.
I nodded and waited for our parents to come down to take breakfast with us.
The clink of heels and soft laugh made us sit straight in our chairs . Mother always hated it when we slouched and we were once beaten severely for doing so. Mother approached is with dad behind her as they chuckled softly and exchanged a kiss.
Ew.
She came over and gave each one of us a kiss in the forehead before sitting down.
"Morning boys" my dad said .
"Morning "
We ate breakfast while we discussed about school and other stuff before parting our own ways . Before leaving dad told us " I have a surprise for you guys but you'll have to wait till next week to find out " .
He winked then left .
Ok....... That was just wierd