Unstable

Chapter One

"I remember it scared me, it was the dead of night and the only thing casting light in the dark street was a lamppost, but even the light itself was dimming as fI walked by. It was giving me a horrible feeling, and suddenly I felt I wasn't as alone as I thought I was. I felt I was being watched, and my mistake was brushing the feeling aside. I would later regret it"

I was listening to the radio like every other night after coming home from work. Mom wasn't around, I was already used to coming home to no one being in the house or just minding their own business. I was listening to Jim Harold's paranormal podcast, not really caring about where the story was getting at anymore. I knew that somehow the girl had gotten cornered inside an old, abandoned house, which was really idiotic if you ask me. It was hot in my room, it was probably my mother who turned off the AC thinking that she would pay a lot more for the bill if she left it on all night, so I opened my window, welcoming the soft breeze of the Texas nights. I got ready for bed, changing from my work clothes to my hoodie and basketball shorts, trying to lay down in bed and get some shut-eye.

I couldn't sleep. It's been like this for a while now, and I didn't know what it was that was keeping me up. Part of me thought it was what the twins called it "Senior Year Stress" due to applying to colleges and all our teachers making our lives a living hell. Another part of me knew that it was my past trying to surface and make me remember everything that happened a couple of years ago. I turned on the podcast again, filling the room with some noise and checking my Instagram feed. Even though I still had to do some school work, I was trying to put that off for the longest. Probably not a good idea.

Masondabest: what r u doing awake? We have school tomorrow. Go to bed.

SkyeC00p3r: trying. Can't really sleep. What r u up to? :p

Masondabest: Mateo is being annoying.

I chuckled and imagined what could possibly be going on in their end, knowing well that they would start to wrestle around like always. I still can't believe how I'm friends with those two, its unbelievable.

Masondabest: See u tomorrow?

SkyeC00p3r: Cool. Goodnight.

I set my phone down and stared at my ceiling once again. I was restless. I looked at my school books and finally decided to do my work. After a few minutes I gave up and threw my head back on the pillow, kicking everything off my bed and turning the light off. I forgot to shut my window, but I decided to leave it open since it was going to be a lot warmer if I were to shut it. Again, I was restless and was rolling all over my bed, trying to find that one spot that was comfortable enough. It was almost two in the morning, and I had to wake up early to catch a ride with the twins.

"Fuck" I muttered, thinking back to where my life had made a wrong turn. Ryder. I thought to when it did. Meeting him was a mistake that I made, and falling in love with him was worse. I was able to pull myself out of the dark hole that I was digging, and even though it was late I grabbed my speaker and played one of my playlists. I was in the middle of a song when my brother slammed my door open and glared at me.

"What happened?" I asked standing up and looking at him confused. He didn't say anything, and before I could stop him he had already marched across my room, grabbed my speaker and slammed it to the floor. I saw it all break into pieces, and I had to take a calming breath to not kill my brother on the spot.

"You know the rules." Was all he said. He smirked when he saw me and I immediately ran towards him and was about to knock him out when he stopped me by putting his hands out. He was taller than me and a lot stronger, yet I could still beat him up if I chose to. I didn't, so I let him hold me back like he used to when we were younger. I stood up straight and shot him a cold glare.