"Calvin! Your mother is still in the hospital! I don't have time for this! Please go to the bus, NOW!"
It was the day after Gwynn was born Calvin had spent most of the night at the hospital, talking to his mom and reading his book. He'd looked at his little sister quite a lot. She was the big deal in the room and all that anyone had done was talk about her. For once in his life, Calvin felt unimportant.
When he got to the bus stop, Susie noticed his bad mood. "What's wrong, Calvin?" she asked, concerned.
"I now have a baby sister. Her name is Gwynn and she was born last night." Calvin responded, sighing, "And now I'm of little to no, probably no, importance to my so-called "family"."
Susie seemed ecstatic, and also seemed to have missed the last half of his sentence, "Really, Calvin! You have a baby sister!? Can I see her? CanIcanIcanIcanIcanI? Pleeeeeease!"
Calvin ignored her, making her ridiculous pleading moot.
Later that day, when Calvin got home from school, he opened the door to his house and said, "I'm home."
No Hobbes pounced on him, no scrapes came on him, he didn't roll across the street. Calvin was completely alone. He went upstairs to his room, but heard his mom call from the living room, "Calvin! Come here, I just got home an hour ago and I want you to meet your baby sister!"
Calvin slumped toward the door to the living room. He opened it and saw that his mother, Gwynn, and Hobbes were all in the living room. Hobbes waved and said, "Hey, Calvin, how's it going? Isn't your sister the greatest. She loves to give me hugs."
Calvin looked at him, his eyes bugged open. He managed a "Hi mom", then slipped back to his room to do his homework, a drawing of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
This horrible cycle continued for a month, and soon it was October 12th. It was a Thursday, and Calvin arrived home from school, muttered, "I'm home", and, when Hobbes didn't pounce on him, went up to his room to work on his homework. Hobbes was to busy playing with his new best friend, Mom was making dinner and taking care of her daughter, Dad was working at the office, and when he got home, would play with Gwynn, and Calvin. Calvin was truly, horribly, awfully alone.
