18-09-2020, 04:57 PM
"You're not alone," I whispered.
Mom's arm squeezed me tighter but she didn't reply. When Dad exited the greenhouse and walked toward the house, we parted again in tacit agreement that this was another moment meant only for us.
The rest of the afternoon passed slowly and dinner was excruciating. I told Mom and Dad I was going out. Mom looked surprised and I think a little disappointed.. I wasn't actually going anywhere, having already told my friends I was sick but I had to get out of the house. I drove around for an hour or so and returned home. It wasn't even ten but when I entered the darl house I knew right away that my parents had gone to bed.
As I topped the stairs, I was disappointed to see no light shining from Mom's bedroom, not even the dim light from her dresser. I went into my room and got changed for bed anyway, thinking I would play some games or cruise the net. I couldn't believe Mom hadn't waited for me after the 'understanding' we had shared earlier today. Naked, I searched for a new pair of pajamas but there weren't any fresh ones in my drawer, nor could I find the ones I'd worn last night. I guess Mom had put them in the wash sometime during the day. I sat down at my computer buck nake but within moments I stood up, bored and uninterested in games or the web.
I don't know why I wandered out of my room and down the hall to Mom's room. The door was open about a foot and I quietly slipped inside and stopped, letting my eyes get used to the dark, listening past my Dad's snoring for any sign that Mom was not asleep. I stepped closer, straining to hear and was startled when my foot bumped into another.
"Mom?" I whispered.
"Michael?" Mom's reply drifted faintly from below, directly in front of me.
Mom's arm squeezed me tighter but she didn't reply. When Dad exited the greenhouse and walked toward the house, we parted again in tacit agreement that this was another moment meant only for us.
The rest of the afternoon passed slowly and dinner was excruciating. I told Mom and Dad I was going out. Mom looked surprised and I think a little disappointed.. I wasn't actually going anywhere, having already told my friends I was sick but I had to get out of the house. I drove around for an hour or so and returned home. It wasn't even ten but when I entered the darl house I knew right away that my parents had gone to bed.
As I topped the stairs, I was disappointed to see no light shining from Mom's bedroom, not even the dim light from her dresser. I went into my room and got changed for bed anyway, thinking I would play some games or cruise the net. I couldn't believe Mom hadn't waited for me after the 'understanding' we had shared earlier today. Naked, I searched for a new pair of pajamas but there weren't any fresh ones in my drawer, nor could I find the ones I'd worn last night. I guess Mom had put them in the wash sometime during the day. I sat down at my computer buck nake but within moments I stood up, bored and uninterested in games or the web.
I don't know why I wandered out of my room and down the hall to Mom's room. The door was open about a foot and I quietly slipped inside and stopped, letting my eyes get used to the dark, listening past my Dad's snoring for any sign that Mom was not asleep. I stepped closer, straining to hear and was startled when my foot bumped into another.
"Mom?" I whispered.
"Michael?" Mom's reply drifted faintly from below, directly in front of me.
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