Zack Addy ran down his street, with blood all over him. . He got to his house and ran in, bumping into his brother as he ran upstairs to the bathroom.
"Zack, what's wrong?" His brother Tom yelled as Zack slamed the bathroom door.
"What was that slamming noise?" Their mom asked from the kitchen.
"Something's wrong with Zack" Tom answered. His mom ran out of the kitchen. "Where's he at?"
"He went upstairs to the bathroom, he had..."
"He had what?"
"Blood all over him"
His mom ran upstairs and to the bathroom door. She tried to opened it, but it was locked.
Zack honey, it's mommy please opened the door"
She could hear him crying in there.
"I didn't mean to do it, I'm sorry" Zack cried from behind the door.
"Honey, just come out I promise I won't be mad at you" His mom said.
Silence camed from behind the door, then she heard the lock turn and Zack opened the door. She looked at her 10 year old son, his shirt and pants were covered in blood. He had already washed off his hands, cause she could see the blood in the sink.
"Oh my god, honey what happened, did you hurt yourself?" she asked as she knelled down to look at him in the eyes.
He started to cry, and shooked his head.
"It's...not.. my... blood" he answered with tears runnung down his face.
His mom put her hand on his face and wiped the tears away.
"Honey, if you hurt an animal or something, It'll be ok, I know you didn't mean to do it, just telled me where it's at and I'll have your brother go bury it." His mom told him.
He didn't say anything, then he looked his mom in the eyes, and said the thing she never thought he would say.
"It's Billy Drake's blood, I hurt him really bad"
His mom stood up and started to cry.
"Mom, please don't cry, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry"
"Honey, it's going to be ok, so go take off those clothes, and put new ones on. Then go downstairs, to get something to eat, ok?" His mom said.
"So, I'm not in trouble?" Zack asked.
His mom gave a him a fake smiled and said, "No honey, I'm sure Billy's ok"
Zack ran to his room to take the clothes.
"Mom, what are we going to do? He could go to jail, if he killed him" Tom asked.
She turned to her son, and answered,
"Go get those bloody clothes and burn them, and asked your brother where this happened?"
"What are you going to do?" He asked.
"Call your father, and tell him to pick up the twins from their friend's house"
Walked off to Zack's room, he knocked then he entered.
"Hey Zack, could you hand me those bloody clothes, I'm going to wash them, ok?"
Zack smiled and gave his brother the clothes.
"Thanks, bro. This outfit is my favorite" Zack answered.
Tom smiled, and patted his little brother on the head.
"Hey could you tell me where you hurt Billy, so I can go see if he's ok" Tom asked.
"In the woods, by the lake" Zack answered.
"Thanks, now get some clean clothes on, love you"
"I love you, too"
Tom left the room and told his mom where Zack said Billy was.
"Ok, this is going to sound weird, but we have to everything to protect your brother."
"Tell me what to do"
She started to cry again, then said,
"That was a lot of blood, so... I know Billy's not still alive, I need you to go and bury... the body. Somewhere no one will ever find it, please"
Tom looked at his mom, then handed her the clothes to burn and he went into their shed and got a shovel. He went bacl inside and saw his brother sitting at the table.
"What's the shovel for?" Zack asked as he bit into a cookie.
"I found a dead bird in the yard and I'm going to bury it in the woods" Tom answered.
"Ok, can I help?"
"No, it's to nasty"
"Fine, hey when you talked to Billy can you asked if he will play with me tommorow"
Tears started forming in Tom's eyes, he knew his brother didn't know what he had done.
"Sure, buddy" Tom replied, then he walked outside and went to the woods to bury something he thought he would never have to bury.
Tom's mom watch as she say her son walked into the woods, she stood at the sink and started to cry.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Zack asked.
She turned to him and wiped her eyes off.
"Nothing honey, I had something in my eyes."
He didn't say anything. Suddenly he heard the front door opened. He heard as something dropped on the floor and footstepes ran towards the kitchen. He looked up when his dad ran into the kitchen with his two twin brothers behind him.
"Honey, what's the matter?" Zack's dad asked.
"Zack, Dylan, and Daniel, could you give mom and dad a minute."
They all nodded their heads and ran upstairs.
"Mary, tell me what's wrong?" Zack's dad asked.
Mary started to cry, Zack's dad put his arms around her.
"Kevin, it's so horrible" Mary said.
"What ever it is we can worked it out" Kevin told her.
Mary look up at her husband, and told him what Zack did.
"Oh my god"
"I know what are we going to do. Billy's mom is probably going to report him missing soon, and Zack's the only one he plays with. The police will come over here and take him away."
"Honey, I won't let that happen. Where's the body?" Kevin asked.
"I sent Tom to go bury it. I know that's horrible, but I couldn't let Zack live with the fact that he killed his best friend." Mary answered.
"I would have done the same thing, I know what were going to do. If the police come, were going to tell them Zack's been home sick all day, and he hasn't been outside, ok?" Kevin said.
Mary nodded, and said
"But what if they find him and they can tie it back to Zack?"
"Don't worry, they won't even know were to look, I promise they will never know it was Zack"
"You know he didn't meanit, he's a good boy, Kevin."
Before Kevin could answered, Tom walked in the back door and a looked at his parents.
"Did you do it?" Mary asked.
"Yes" Tom answered.
"Ok, go upstairs and tell your brother Billy's ok, but he can't come over to play fo a while" Mary told him.
"Ok, but what happens when he keeps asking to play with Billy after a while."
"We will figure that out later." Mary said.
Tom walked away, and went upstairs.
"I know this is horrible, but we have to forget this ever happen, and move on with our lives." Kevin told his wife.
"I know" Mary repiled. Then she hugged her husband, and they both cried.
They wiped their eyes and went back to their daily routine.
Kevin was walking out of the kitchen, but then stop and turned back to his wife.
"Do you want me to go pick up the girls from camp?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah, all four of them"
Kevin nodded, grabbed his keys, kiss his wife goodbye, and then left.
Later on that night when her husband got home with the girls, the Addy's sat down for dinner.
"Why did we have to come home so early, mom?" Mary's fourteen year old daugther Amber asked.
Mary was about to answered but there was a knock at the door. Mary looked at her husband with fear in her eyes.
"I'll get it" Zack said as he jump from the table and ran to the front door. Before his mom could day no Zack opened the door and saw two police men standing at the door.
"Is your mom and dad home" one of the cops asked.
Before he answered his dad was already at the door.
"Zack why don't you go up back to the table"
"Ok" Zack said and he ran back to the kitchen.
"May I help you, officers?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah, it seems that I little boy by the name of Billy Drake has gone missing, and his mom told us that he was coming over here to play with his friend, and we were wondering if you seen him.
"Oh my god, that's horrible. Yeah his friend with my youngest Zack, but he was sick today." Kevin told the officer.
"So he didn't come here"
"He did, but my wife sent him back home, she offered to give him a ride but he said he could walk. "
"Do you remember what time that was?"
"I'm not really sure, I think around noon."
"Ok, thanks." the officer said then the two them walked off.
"Your welcome officer, have a goodnight" Kevin said.
He then shut the door and went back to the kitchen.
"What did they want honey?" Mary asked.
"Did Billy tell on me?" Zack asked.
"Oh, no Zack. They were just wondering if I seen any lost dogs around here" Kevin replied.
Mary looked at his wife and they both knew that this horrible secret was going to haunt them for the rest of their lives.
A couple of months had pass, and no one found Billy. After some more of looking the cops finally stopped. The Drakes move to a new town. The Addy's went on with their daily lives, Zack stopped asking to play with Billy after a month or so. No one ever mention the Drakes again.
