Rex POV
I sat up in bed as I heard whispering in my room. Rubbing my eyes, I looked at my clock who proudly proclaimed that it was 3 in the morning. I looked around my room and by the moonlight that was streaming through my window, I could see that there was no one in my room.
I pushed the whispering out of my mind and laid back down into my bed and swaddled myself with my blankets as I tried to fall back asleep. As I felt myself being entrapped into a sleep-induced haze, I heard the whispering again. This time, I stayed still as I tried to figure out what the words were saying.
"Is he asleep?"
"I don't know, maybe we should leave Rex alone for tonight, we can visit him next week."
"SHH, Rex is awake!"
I sat up in bed quickly as I frantically looked around my room again. There was no one in sight. I put my head into my hands.
What were the voices? Who did they belong to? Who is Rex? Why were a man and a woman in my room?
I looked around my room again and I was unnerved by the fact that I was by myself in my room. I quickly got out of my bed and went down the hall to my dad's room. I opened the door and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Dad."
Even though it was a small whisper, he woke up and turned on his side to look at me with sleepy eyes.
"Neo? What's wrong?"
"I keep on hearing voices in my room."
"It's probably a dream, go back to sleep."
He turned onto his side again with his back to me, I shook him again.
"Dad, can I sleep with you?"
"You're already 13 Neo, you're a little bit too old for this."
"But Dad, the voices keep on called me Rex and it's freaking me out."
He was silent for a little bit and then I heard a sigh.
"Get in here you knucklehead."
I climbed onto his bed and laid down next to him. I started to squirm around when I felt his hand wrap around my waist and pull me closer to him.
"Dad, I'm too old for this."
"If you're not too old to sleep in my bed with me, you're not too old to cuddle with me."
I huffed in slight frustration when I realized that he was right. Even though in the inside I felt safe with him right behind me.
"Fine, goodnight dad."
"Goodnight kiddo."
I smiled to myself as the felt the entrails of sleep wrapping around me once again. I fell asleep this time with dreams that played out my memories of the three of us together.
Time skip
"Neo, time to wake up, you have school."
I groaned and put the pillow over my head to block the light that was streaming overhead.
"If you don't wake up, you won't have enough time to eat your favorite breakfast."
I sat up immediately at the mention of French toast being served for breakfast, I ran out of the room and into my room. I passed Ben in the hallway as I did so.
"Pfffft, you slept with dad?"
"Be quiet Cassius, last time I checked, you slept with me 2 days ago.
"Dad!"
Even though I wasn't looking at his face, I could practically imagine Bens red face. I quickly got dressed, washed my face and I was at the dinner table in record time. And right in front of me was a glorious plate of French toast.
I looked at the time and saw that I only had 20 minutes to savor it. I ate slowly as the French toast disappeared from my plate. I gave a sad sigh when I saw that I had finished it, but I didn't have enough time to morn my loss.
I got up from the table and grabbed my stuff from my room and waited by the front door where Cassius is waiting for dad too. He looked at me up and down.
"You have P.E today right."
"Yup and I'm already wearing an undershirt so don't worry."
He nodded his head in approval and opened the front door and we both sighed when we saw the gloomy rain.
"It's raining."
"I noticed."
"Pain here we come."
As if on cue with Cas's words, I could feel the scars on my back started to ache with the low pressure that came along with rain. I rubbed my shoulder in an effort to make the pain go away
"Oh, it's raining."
I turned around as I heard dads voice. He already had his face scrunched up in displeasure.
"Well, I was hoping that the three of us would have a good day but that's out the window since it's raining. Don't forget to call me if the pain starts to get to you."
We nodded our head in agreement as we put on our jackets and ran to the car before we could get wet by the rain. Of course, it didn't work but it was a valiant effort.
I put on my seatbelt as dad turned on the car and drove us to the school. We got there relatively quick since we lived 10 minutes away but dad doesn't want us to walk or take the bus for some odd reason.
I took off my seat belt as dad pulled up to the curb and parked.
"See you guys, have a nice day, love you."
"Love you too dad, see you later."
Me and Cas walked together to the front doors and walked into respective classes after we agreed to play basketball during lunch. I walked into my class and sat next to my friends who were eating breakfast. We continued to talk until class started and our teacher made us sit in our assigned seats.
The rest of the day uneventful, it went pretty well despite the fact that my scars were aching. As I waited for my dad to pick us up, I thought about the voices I heard earlier. Was it a dream or am I going crazy?
Before, I could continue my thinking, dad pulled up in the car and ushered us inside. As soon as I got home, I went to sleep, exhausted from the aches and the regular school day
