My new story… Blah blah blah blah. I don't own Heinz or Perry. Or the Kids down the street… (:

I woke up to my little brother shaking me awake; I opened my eyes to see my actual brother still in his pajamas that had camouflage on them. My adopted brother was also wearing pajamas. Which as my friends would say is weird for a platypus. I asked "What guys?" Rodney pointed outside and I got out of bed, I looked and saw a little boy about my brother's age standing outside in the cold wearing a lawn gnome costume. I looked at the time and saw it was one o'clock. I said "What's that little kid doing out there at this time?" I said to my brothers "You guys go back to sleep, I'll be right back". They shook their heads and both "No! We want to help". I sighed and said "Fine, Perry you stay here and if Daddy wakes up tell him exactly what me and Rodney are doing. In the meantime you can go find the air mattress". Perry said "Okay!". He left; I grabbed my black blanket and my jacket. My brother got his jacket and put it on. I took my brother's hand and went outside; I went over to the house where the boy was.

Rodney let go of my hand and walked over to the boy, He asked "What are you doing out here? Why aren't you inside asleep?" The boy answered in a whisper, looking around him like as if something was out to get him, "My parents, they told me I have to stay out here". Rodney asked "Why?" The boy shrugged, I said "You shouldn't be out here in this cold, Come with us". I put the blanket around the boy and took off the silly hat. He hesitated, Rodney said, "Come with us, its okay". Rodney got him to come with us; we walked back to my house. I walked inside and let in my brother and the boy. I shut the door carefully and locked it. Rodney took the boy to his room. I followed them and opened one of my brother's drawers. I took out a pajama shirt and pants. I gave them to the boy and said, "Here, Put these on". I left the room and instead of going back to bed, I went to the living room and watched TV. My brother came into the room and asked me, "Can you make up some hot chocolate?" I said "Sure", I got up and went into the kitchen, and I made up four cups of hot chocolate. I put them on the dining table so the boys could get them. I grabbed one and went into the living room again.

By 2 o'clock, my brothers were asleep in their rooms. The little boy though was still up; He sat at the other end of the couch. I asked the boy as commercials were on, "What's your name?" He answered with a very soft voice "Heinz". I said "Ah… I am Brooke… How old are you?" He answered "Five and a half". I said "Oh…" I said to myself "Why would people make a five year old stand outside after dark? Especially at One o'clock in the morning?". He said, "Because they needed me to. Simple".

"But it's wrong. Did they ever let you sleep?"

He shook his head, "I would usually take a quick sleep each night before they woke up… But I've accidentally slept too late and…" He stopped in mid-sentence. He gulped and said, "It wasn't good…"

I could tell his parents really were bad to him. I pulled him close to me and hugged him; I said, "Don't worry any more… I promise you they won't hurt you, be mean to you or even lay a finger on, or even talk to, you. You're safe here". He asked "Really?". I said "Really. I promise". The boy smiled a bit, I smiled and held him in my arms. His eyes closed after a while, I smiled again and let him sleep. I put the blanket on the couch over him. I said "Sweet dreams".

5 o'clock

I was now lying on the couch playing on my iPhone my dad got me for my birthday. Speaking of my dad, He came out of his bedroom and saw me up, He asked "What are you doi-" He saw Heinz asleep; He asked, "Who's that?" I said "Oh… Umm". I sat up and then stood up, "It's a long story…" My dad said "Really? Then tell me in the kitchen…". He and I went into the kitchen. He got a cup of coffee while I started to explain. He didn't believe half of it, "There's no way".

"But its true dad, His parents really did make him dress as a lawn gnome; His parents won't let him sleep ever! I think they even hurt him for sleeping!" My dad rolled his eyes, I said, "You don't believe me? Ask Rodney! Ask him! They will tell you!"

"They are kids; their imaginations are wild at their ages".

"But it's true! If it wasn't then I won't be up at this time, I'd be still asleep! Or at least in my room!".

My dad still didn't believe me; I sighed and said "Dad, if I am lying to you then… You can take all my Cirque du freak books, all my posters, my iPhone, Laptop, Guitar even my TV! You can take all my CDs, all my DVDs, everything! I'm not lying dad!" He looked at me and said "Really?" I nodded and said, "I am not lying dad…" My face stayed straight the whole time. My dad said, "You're not lying, are you? My God… Everything you said is true?", I nodded, he said, "That's wrong for them to do that!". I said, "I know right! Especially in this kind of cold!". My dad got up and I asked, "Where are you going?". He said "Somewhere… You stay here and watch your brothers before your mom gets up". I said standing up "No… Where are you going?". He said half way out the door "Like I said somewhere". He left; I sighed and went back into the living room. I went to my brothers room, they were both still asleep. I grabbed the air mattress that was lying on my floor and started blowing it up with the air pump.

I grabbed a couple of my pillows and a blanket and put them on the mattress. I left my room and went upstairs. Up there was what was going to my future bedroom to the right, Boys room to the left and a little family area in the middle. But it was still being prepared up. After it was all done we were going to fix up the whole house, Knock out some walls (Easier then it sounds since my dad made a device (Yes he can do stuff like. He is like a genius… Unlike his father…) to easily get that done) and have more like pillars. Then we would have a living room in our front of our house. In the back we would have a like a guest room/den area. This project was going on for like months now. I went to what would my wing. I had like an office area kind of. A closet, Bathroom and a bedroom. Then a deck. The boys had their rooms like a bedroom, Small hallway kind of thing, a bathroom then the second bedroom. The family area was a simple room with like another deck kind of. I heard someone ask "You getting tired of waiting?".

"How did you get in here Nicky?" I asked turning around to see my best friend, He held up a key and said "With this key your dad gave me before he rushed off somewhere". I said "Nice…". Nick asked, "How's Kerri?".

"She's okay. She's recovered a lot; she doesn't have to take that medicine anymore. Which is great".

"Yeah that is good! Thank God, she's better. I was really worried for her!".

"Me too. So did the boys. They couldn't sleep without worrying about her".

"Aww. Hey Brookie, Have you had breakfast yet?".

"Nope.

"Then come on Brookie!". He took my hand and took me to my kitchen. He pulled out a chair and I sat down. He made me up some breakfast; I smiled as he was trying to make me want to be his girlfriend. I could tell it. He put the food on the table and I said, "I know what you're doing". He sat down and said "Well?"

"Well… I don't know Nicky. But thanks for breakfast" I ate it.

We heard someone ask, "Who are you?" We turned around and saw Heinz. Nick looked at me and asked, "Who's he? You guys didn't adopt another kid did you?" I said, "He's Heinz. It's a long story…" Nick said "Oh…" He looked at Heinz and said "Hi. I'm Nick".

"Hi Nick…" Heinz looked down at his feet. I asked, "What's wrong Heinz?" He said "Nothing at all". Nick whispered, "He's really shy…" He went over to Heinz and kneeled down, "What's wrong buddy?" Heinz looked at Nick and said, "Nothing is wrong…" Nick said, "It's okay to tell us Heinz". I said "Yeah its okay…" He said "I-I am just remembering w-what my parents did to me". Nick asked, "What did they do?" Heinz said, "I don't want to talk about it…" He turned around and left. Nick said, "Okay… I'm going to go hang out with those kids down the street". I said, "Okay, I'll come meet up with you guys later". Nick said "Alright". He left and I sat down at the dining room table again.

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