Tag: siblings

  • Remission

    “Quit going easy on me,” I told Derrick.  “There is no way I am going to get better if you aren’t even trying to win.”  I tried not to breathe too hard because if I did and if Derrick thought I was exhausted, I knew he would stop.  I knew he still thought of me as the helpless,…

  • Blaze of Glory

    “If this is my last day, I want to go out in a blaze of glory.  I want to be remembered.”  I listened to my brother through our thin apartment wall and wondered what he was thinking about.  Why would he be wanting or needing to go out in a blaze of glory?  I struggled…

  • The Hiding Place

    Everything had gone perfectly.  Until it didn’t.  I blame the mess I was in squarely on Nathan’s shoulders.  If he had listened to me and done what I asked, we would be free and clear at this very moment.  Nathan was the reason I couldn’t paint anymore.  Couldn’t write anymore.  If he had not started obsessively…

  • Final Apocalypse

    “It’s happening right now  The final apocalypse.  Prepare now.  Pray now and maybe you’ll be saved.”  I snapped back to attention as I heard the minister.  The apocalypse?  He spent a lot of time talking about crazy shit I didn’t believe in, but this was the first I had heard about any apocalypse.   My older sister started…

  • Curfew

    “She’s always home by curfew,” I said, pacing in front of the front door.  “I don’t know what’s happening tonight.  Do you know who she was going out with?”  “She’s eighteen.  She’s going to miss curfew a few times here and there.  I wouldn’t worry about it too much,” my husband said relaxing back into…

  • Vanishing Act

    “You’re the only one who hasn’t let me down,” I whispered.  “Why do you have to leave me now?”  “I have to go,” Sarah whispered back.  “I can’t stay here any longer.  If I don’t go back to college they are not going to let me back in with my scholarships.  I’ll be back as much as…

  • Coming Back to Life

    The twisting of my hair brought me screaming back to real life.  The man who kidnapped me from right outside my dorm room was waking me up by yanking me off the floor by my hair.  I didn’t know who he was or what I was doing here so I was trying to figure out…

  • From the Stars

    “You will watch over us from the stars,” I said staring at the stars from the backyard.  I could still hear my sister and her boyfriend fighting.  It was like the wanted the entire neighborhood to hear them fighting since they only left the windows open when they were fighting.  Maybe it was an unconscious thing they had since they literally fought every time the windows…

  • Possession

    “Possessions matter little,” I tried to tell myself as I watched my house go up in flames.  I knew I shouldn’t care about the material items I was losing right before my eyes, but my home.  Where would I sleep tonight and what would I wear to work tomorrow?  Would I even go to work tomorrow?  Was this finally my…

  • Body Language

    His body language said he had something to hide.  He was trying to hold still, but couldn’t stop fidgeting.  Scott had never been able to sit still so it wasn’t entirely the fact he was hiding something.   “Scott.  Is there something you want to tell me?  Something you want to talk about?”  I asked putting my book down.  My brother paused, but…