Something New - Chapter 1 / Death Knock
Troy
I can't believe mom and dad have gone out and left me to baby sit again! What do they think I am? It's a Friday night and I'm 18 years old, I have better things to be doing then looking after a 13 year old and a 10 year old. My parents have a better social life then me and they promised that they would stay in tonight so that I could go out with Chad to a party. Apparently something really 'important' come up and they had to go out.
The sound of little footsteps on the wooden stairs made me look up from my seat on the couch and there I saw my 10 year old sister Chloe making her way down the stairs holding onto her beloved bear, Teddy. When she reached the bottom of the stairs she came over to me and without any warning she climbed into my lap and snuggled into my chest. She did this often if she woke up during the night, she would come into my room and wake me up and want to sleep in the bed with me.
My hand stroked her back as she cuddled Teddy tightly "What's the matter?" I asked her softly but she just shook her head at me meaning that she didn't want to talk right now she just wanted a cuddle. I wrapped my arms around Chloe and cuddled her tightly to me, I loved the little cuddles me and Chloe have they always seem to make me feel better. Sometimes it feels like she looks to me as more of a dad to her then our real dad Jack.
Don't get my wrong Jack isn't a bad dad he's just not great with his emotions. He's the 'fun' parent that will take you to all the cool places and go on all the rides with you at the theme park but if your upset and need a hug… he's not the best person to go to. Which is why Chloe comes to me first instead of my parents and when my now 13 year old brother Olly used to do it as well but now he's 'cool' and 'grown up'.
I looked down at Chloe and saw that she was fast asleep again so I stood up carefully so that I didn't wake her and then I carried her up the stairs and into her bed. I knew by the time I went to bed she would have slithered her way under my covers, like she does most nights. I put the cover on top of her and placed a kiss on the top of her head before leaving her room and closing the door behind me.
Whilst I was up here I might as well see what Olly's doing. I know he'll still be awake but I better make sure he's not playing any of my video games so I opened his bedroom door and saw him on his laptop "You ok?" I asked him. He looked up at me and nodded before going back to his laptop "Whatcha doing?" I asked him.
"Just talking to Jack on IM" He replied.
"Ok well be quiet, I just got Chloe to sleep" I said.
I went back downstairs and went into the kitchen to get myself a drink when I heard my phone ringing loudly in my pocket, I got my phone out and saw Chad's name flashing up on my screen "Hey man" I said as I answered.
"Hey… this party is amazing! I can't believe you're at home" He said.
"Yeah I know it sucks" I replied.
"There are so many hot girls here! They have hardly any clothes on and they are so out of it I'll be surprised if half of them know their own names" He told me.
"Well don't be silly, wrap your willy" I teased.
"You're such a dick" He replied "Look I gotta go, they're starting a game of beer pong and you know how good I am at that!" He told me.
"Alright man, I'll call you tomorrow" I said.
"Alright, see ya" He replied and hung up.
I put my phone back in my pocket and went back into the living with my drink of orange juice, sat back down in my chair and changed the channel on the TV. I wasn't really watching what was on, I just couldn't believe that I was missing out on this party that sounded awesome! As you can tell Chad is an only child with no brothers or sisters to baby sit if his parents wanted to go out.
As much as I love Olly and especially Chloe I was still pretty pissed that I was sat here instead of out like everyone else. My parents had their teen years and college years to go out all the time, now they're parents and they need to be home at the weekend instead of out for dinner (which lasts 6 hours apparently) with friends or going out to the bar with their friends. I thought old people didn't have friends… clearly I was wrong.
Looking at the clock on the wall I saw that it was 1:48am. My parents wouldn't be home until at least 3am and then tomorrow morning they would be hungover and I would have to get up with Chloe at 9am and do her breakfast for her, get her washed and make sure she got dressed. God I make my parents sound horrible but they're not. During the week they're perfect parents it's just when it comes to the weekend, they want to let lose and relax but they seem to forget that I do to.
Knowing I was going to be up early I decided that I should probably go to bed so I turned the TV off and grabbed my glass to take up to bed with me. Just as I was about to turn the downstairs lights off the door bell rung out, it was odd that someone would come round here at this time of night… unless it was Chad who couldn't go home because he was so drunk and his parents would kill him, that happens a lot.
I opened the door and saw a man and woman standing there in office looking clothes "Are you Troy Bolton?" The woman asked and I nodded at her "Hi, I'm Detective Karen Johnson and this is my partner Detective David Blaine… can we come in?" She asked me and I just nodded and led them through to the living room "You might want to sit down" She said and I did as I was told.
The two of them stood in front of me for a few seconds and I was getting worried about whatever it was they were about to tell me "I'm sorry to have to tell you this son but I'm afraid I have some bad news" David said "At 12:13am a drink drive hit your parents car on the highway, he hit them at very speed making the car roll over. Emergency services got there as soon as they could but I'm afraid your parents were declared dead on scene" He explained to me.
"Dead? They can't be dead. Are you sure you have the right car? Maybe someone stole it… there's no way my parents are dead" I told them but they just looked at me sympathetically "Are you sure it's them?" I asked.
"Well we have to have someone come and ID the bodies for official purposes but it doesn't have to be right now" Karen told me.
"My 13 year old brother and 10 year old sister are upstairs… what do I tell them?" I asked.
"We can tell them if you want" David said.
"No I'll do it" I replied.
"Is there someone we can call for you? To come and stay with you?" Karen asked.
"Erm yeah… could you call Diane and Tony Danforth please? They're my parents best friends and like second parents to me" I said and wrote down the phone number for them. David went off to make the call whilst Karen came and sat down on the sofa next to me "I can't believe… they… they wasn't supposed to go out tonight" I said "Did you arrest the guy that did it?" I asked her.
"Yes he's in custody right now" She assured me.
I heard walking upstairs and sighed. Olly suddenly appeared half way down the stairs and he looked at Karen in confusion "Troy what's going on?" He asked me as he got to the bottom of the stairs "Is everything ok?" He asked.
"Could I have a minute?" I asked Karen and she nodded, she got up from her seat and went outside, Olly sat down next to me "It's mom and dad… they've been in a car accident" I told him.
"Are they ok? Can we go to the hospital to see them?" He questioned.
"They died" I stated.
Olly stood up in shock and then tears welled up in his eyes and fell down his face "No! They can't be dead! They're not dead!" He shouted as he cried. I got up from my chair and went to hug him but he pushed me away, I was stronger then him and I managed to wrap my arms around him in an embrace and I let him cry into me.
"Di and Tony are on their way round" I told him "We gotta be quiet so we don't wake Chloe up… I don't want her to know yet" I said to him in an effort to try and calm him down. He protects Chloe and we both shelter her a lot and I know he wouldn't want her knowing this so he instantly became quieter but I could still hear him sobbing.
Hearing him sobbing made tears start to well up in my eyes and fall down my face… it hit me. My parents were dead. Someone had killed my parents. I was never going to get to see them ever again, not even half hour ago I was saying how annoyed I was at them and this whole time… I stood there hugging Olly as we both cried.
I heard talking outside and when I looked up I saw Diane and Tony, who were Chad's parents but they were like second parents to all of us and they were my parents best friends. Olly let go of me instantly and ran into Diane's arms as Tony wrapped his arm around my shoulder and I couldn't contain the tears that were forming, they just slipped down my face "Where's Chloe?" Diane asked.
"She's in bed asleep. She doesn't know" I told her.
"Ok good, we'll tell when she wakes up but for now… let her sleep" She said to me.
"Have you called Chad? He'll want to be here with you" Tony said.
I nodded and went into the backyard for some piece and quiet and got my phone out of my pocket. I called Chad's number and he picked up on the second ring "My main man!" He called out loudly as he answered.
"Chad… something's happened" I said.
"What? Is Olly ok? Chloe?" He questioned suddenly sounding sober.
"Is my mom and dad" I replied.
"What happened?" He asked.
"They're dead" I told him.
"I'm on my way over" He said instantly and before I could say anything else he hung up the phone. I put the phone back in my pocket and looked up at Chloe's bedroom window. Right now Chloe was sound asleep having dreams or unicorns or fairies or something and she didn't know that she wasn't going to get to see her mommy or daddy again because some dick got in his car whilst drunk and killed them.
I didn't want to go in the house right now so I walked over to the little basketball court my dad made, well I say court it was a square my the back gate, I sat down in the middle of it and tried to calm myself down a little but I just couldn't. I was so angry and this guy… whoever he was… he killed my parents and now because of him our family is broken, Olly and Chloe have no parents, they won't get to have the kind of life I had.
A short while later I heard the back door open and I looked up to see Chad standing there so I stood up. He came over to me and stood in front of me, he looked lost, he didn't know what to say "They're gone" I stated and new tears formed.
Chad was the only person until tonight who had seen me cry and as soon as I did he bear hugged me and I could tell he was crying as well. His parents were second parents to me and my parents were second parents to him, he has clothes and a toothbrush here and a key to the house "I'm so sorry man" He said as we pulled away from the hug.
Thank you for reading I really hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Let me know what you think as I'd love to hear your feedback... good and bad. Thanks again and don't forget to check out my other stories :) x
