The television showed a happy man walking down the street happily. SNAP! He cringed forward and screamed "My spiiine!!!" The poor man fell to the ground, foam around his mouth, and started to have a seisoure. In big, bloodly red letters, the word "Diarrhea" exploded onto the screen.
'That had nothing to do with diarrhea.' Young Todd Casil thought. He sighed as his Daddy cracked open his seventh beer this hour and his Mommy laid on top off the kitchen table limbly with yet another bottle of pills she overdosed with in her numb hands. He squeezed his teddy bear named Shmee close. 'I don't know when she'll get here Shmee. Soon I hope...'
The door bell dinged and donged as Todd's hopes rose. He jumped off the couch and, with Shmee in hand, ran over to the door and yanked it open.
"Rachel!!" Todd squeeled as he wrapped his arms around the waist of his sixteen year old cousin Rachel Casil. Rachel was about 5'6'', long black hair, pale skin and emerald eyes. She smiled a warm smile , dropped her suitcases and picked up Todd giving him a hug.
"Hey Todd!" Rachel said as Todd wrapped his arms around her neck and smiled.
"I missed you Rachel!"
"I missed you, too, Todd!" She laughed. Todd pulled back and looked at her.
"C'mon. Lets go put your stuff away." He said. Rachel nodded and put him down. He grabbed one of the bags and Rachel grabbed the other. He led her through the living room where she stopped and said hi to her uncle only to be cursed and yelled at to move away from in front of the tv. She sighed when they reached the room she would be staying in.
"Your Daddy still hasn't changed has he?" Rachel asked and looked at Todd who was looking down.
"Well... h-he drinks a lot more..."He paused. "And yells...and c-curses." Rachel knelt down and put a hand on her younger cousins shoulder.
"Don't worry Todd." She smiled warmly. "I'll be here for awhile so he won't hurt you." He looked up at her and smiled. 'Daddy's not really who I'm afraid of...' Todd thought. He was about to tell Rachel about the scary neighbor guy but thought 'no. I don't want to scare her away from me. Not now that she's here.'
"Well let me unpack Todd and we'll talk when I'm done." Rachel said.
"A-alright."Todd smiled. He tried to hide the fact that HE was stopping over again tonight. 'Hopefully Rachel will stay in her room while HE's here.' Todd left Rachel's room and went into his room where a surprise guest sat awaiting Todd.