I really hope you guys like this story, I feel like a have a very strong plot right now.. well we'll see. haha
I was standing in Sarah's room curiously glancing around at all the old things she'd left just sitting out while she was out with her friends. 'Would she even notice I took anything? She's so involved at school maybe she wont notice this,' I thought as I quickly grabbed a small red novel off the dresser next to her bed, 'Hrmm the Labyrinth, sounds odd...'
"Toby?"I heard Mom call out.
"Coming!" I yelled as I ran down the stairs clutching the small book.
"Toby, Tonight your father and I are going to a party," Mother started as she moved about her room gathering things to put in her purse, "Sarah should be back in an hour or so to watch you."
"But mother, I'm 14, I don't need Sarah to babysit me!" This is absolutely ridiculous, I shouldn't have to have Sarah watch over me anymore, she's a buzz kill anyways. Whenever I'm with her she refuses to let me do anything out of her sight, like she constantly worried someones going to come take me.
"Why can't I just stay alone by myself?" I protested towards her "It's Not FAIR!"
"Ah Just like your sister haha, and besides if I left you home alone god knows what I'd come back to, Likely you would've burn something down!" She chuckles to herself and continues getting ready.
"Now go to your room and read, you found a new book I see?" The woman knew my weaknesses, ever since I was little I loved stories, especially ones of romantic adventure, I know it sounded like such a lame thing for a boy to say but hey what can ya do? Agreeing with my mother I walked back up to my room across the hall from Sarah's, sat in my chair and began the story.
"Toby" My mom called up the stairs much later. "Toby were leaving, soon come down and wait for Sarah to come home."
I set down the little book just having finished it, it may have been small but the story was packed with adventure and a bit of romance which made it the perfect book, however the whole time I read it, I couldn't shake this slight feeling of deja-vu.
I walked down the stairs right as Sarah walked in.
"Dad just left with your mom, so what do you want to do?" Sarah asked in her usual attitude.
"Am I allowed to be by myself?" I inquired although I most likely already knew the answer.
"You don't what to spend time with me?" She exclaimed in mock horror.
"I guess we could watch a movie."
"Great which one?"
"Urmm..." 'I really dont want to watch any of them' I though but decided on letting her chose. And so i sat most of the night watching some movie called Howl's Moving Castle. It wasn't that bad.
As the movie finally ended I stood to leave, and Sarah who'ed been leaning against me, jumped awake yelling something like 'You Have No Power over me!' which again seemed fairly familiar, Oh I know it was in that book of Sarah's.
"Chill out Sarah, It's Only me" I said trying to calm her.
"Oh I'm sorry Toby...It was just a bad dream thats all"
"Dont worry so much, I think I'm going to head to my room."
"Oh I'll come with you!" she said. 'I dont need you too!' I thought slightly annoyed.
As we walked up the stairs I realized it was starting to storm.
"I'll be fine, you don't have to follow me everywhere!" I said getting slightly exasperated.
"but what if something awful happens?!" she was worried about something coming to get me? really?
"Oh grow up will you, there isn't anything to come get me!"
"How would you know!" she half whispered and stalked to her room. Good I just want to go to sleep and not have to deal with her! I got ready for bed and was laying down when I for some reason felt compelled to add something to the argument...
"I wish the goblin king would take you away Sarah, Wouldn't that be a sight to see, you and him stuck in a room for 13 hours! aha" I whispered out loud to the empty room, and I swore all the noise in the world went silent...