Thanx 4 reviewing! Just 2 clear this up Ben is NOT reynolds!LOL sry 4 any mixups!

MONSTER IN THE CLOSET- Part One

I was four years old.

Still a baby to my parents.

You'd think they would've taken better care of their baby.

But my father was too busy with his alchohol for a little girl,

and my mother was preoccupied with worshipping the ground my older

brother walked on.

So I was left alone, to fend for myself.

One day I decided to go play at the park across the street. Alone.

I didn't even try to tell my parents where I was going.

And even if I had wanted to, I couldn't. I didn't talk yet.

I knew how, but they say that I refused to.

They sent me to a therapist when I was nine, and still not talking.

But no one really cared.

It didn't scare me when a red car just managed to swerve around me

as I crossed the street. I was fearless then.

As I walked into the park, I noticed a man sitting on

one of the benches watching me. I smiled at him and waved.

I grinned even wider when he smiled back.

I headed straight for the swings. I loved the feeling of freedom that I had

while flying through the air. Like I was leaving all of my sadness behind.

There was another little girl there, Callie.

She was five, only a year older than I was.

After about an hour her father came towards us with ice cream.

He was the man I'd waved to earlier.

"I thought you might want some, so I bought two."

He said to me.

I nodded.

"She doesn't talk. Her name's Gillian." Callie told him.

"Gillian, that's a pretty name. Do you mind if I call you Gill? My name's Ben"

I blushed and nodded again, taking a bite of ice cream,

forgetting that it was cold.

My face must've been hilarious, because Callie and Ben burst out laughing.

Indignantly I narrowed my eyes and placed my hands on my hips,

causing them to laugh harder.

It's not funny! I thought.

"Okay, okay. We get it. Stop laughing." He said, raising his hands in surrender.

Ben sat and watched Callie and I for a while, laughing when I smeared ice cream on her face.

By the time it was getting dark we'd had an all out ice cream fight.

And Ben had to apologize to a few parents for their kids going home a bit stickier than when they'd come.

he didn't seem to mind, though.

"Callie, it's time to go home."

"But daddy, I wanna stay here with Gill!"

"Gill has to go home too sweetheart."

I was suddenly filled with dread.

I'd never stayed out so late before, and I was covered in ice cream!

Without thinking I ran towards Ben and threw my arms around him.

I don't wanna go home! I screamed in my head,

wishing he could hear me.

"I promise we'll be here tomorrow. At noon okay?"