It was 5 p.m. and I was in my room, thinking. Thinking actually, about my sister's suicide attempt. This had happened so many times before but each time it was still a shock. It had also happened to my friend Shannon. And our sister Cecilia, once or twice. October had warned me several times what he would do what her plan was. She had dropped hints. But I didn't need hints to figure these sort of things out unlike most people. That was one thing October liked about me. Was how extremely perceptive I was. If only everyone else was the same.
We hadn't had dinner yet and I was hungry. I knew everyone else was as well.
Mom popped her head in to my room; "hey Luna?"
"Yeah?"
"Your dad and I just got a call from the school. Someone found October. Apparently, she's passed out. We're going to the school to see how she is. We don't know how long this'll take or when well be back. Would you mind starting on dinner? Anything we have is fine. I ordered pizza a few minutes ago."
"Ok. No."
"Ok bye."
"Bye."
Mom and Dad went down the hall, down the stairs and out the door. I went downstairs and found Summer, Cecilia, Autumn and Lucinda in the kitchen. Jennifer had gone out at 5 a.m. that morning and we hadn't seen her since.
"Hey what's for dinner?" Cecilia asked me when she saw me.
"That's what I came down here for, actually," I replied.
"To eat dinner?" Summer asked.
"Well yeah kind of. But moreso to see what all of you wanted."
"Oh."
"Where're Mom and Dad?" Autumn asked.
"They're at the school."
"Why, isn't it closed?"
"Yeah. But apparently, October's passed out."
"At the school?"
"Yeah."
"You realise they'll be there until morning because the school doesn't open until the next day," Lucinda informed me.
"Oh, so they will."
"Yeah."
"What does everyone want for dinner? Mom ordered a pizza a few minutes ago so we could have Italian, Indian, Irish, Mexican or a variety of things."
"How bout a variety?" Cecilia suggested.
"Ok."
I started on the pasta, Summer put the garlic bread in the oven, Cecilia made the salad, Autumn made the salsa; Lucinda made the potato curry. Fiona, Chelsea, Oceana and Shannon came over; Fiona made the naan, Chelsea made the mashed potatoes, Oceana put the chicken in the oven; Shannon made the refried beans, I put the biscuits in the oven and Summer made the Irish soda bread. By that time, the pizza had arrived. The reason we made so much food is because I knew a snowstorm would hit us Thursday morning. I often knew these things ahead of time.