"Hey where's Riley?" Matt asked as he walked into the lounge room
where his father and Jeff were sitting "I thought she was with you" Jeff
replied as he set his empty cereal bowel down on the table "have you
checked her room?" Gill asked looking up from his paper "yeah she's not
there" Matt replied "well you obviously haven't checked the yard" Gill said
as he pointed out the window to where she was sitting on the trampoline
"thanks" Matt said as he quickly walked out the back door.
"Hey" he said as he slid onto the trampoline "hey" I replied as I adjusted my sunglasses and wiped away my tears "how you feeling today?" he asked knowing it was a stupid question "I don't know" I replied as I started to feel teary again and Matt wrapped his arms around me "you know this all just feels so weird you know. I mean I still cant believe that you guys are my brothers and that my mothers gone. I miss her so much Matt" I said as I buried my head into his shoulder "I know you miss her and I miss her too but were going to get through this together ok" he replied as I pulled away and wiped my face "really" I said softly "yes really" he replied with a smile.
We sat there for a few more minutes enjoying the silence "hey Riley Shannon just rang" Jeff said as he walked out the back door and over to the trampoline "what did he say?" I asked as he slid onto the trampoline "just wanted to know how you were and if yah up to it to maybe give him a ring back" Jeff replied "thanks" I said with a smile as I slid off the trampoline "hey where yah going?" both Matt and Jeff yelled after me "I'm just going to take a walk you know clear my mind and stuff. I. I just want to be alone for a while I won't be long" I replied with a fake smile as I walked out the gate.
I walked down the street and headed towards my old house I rounded the corner and there it was the house that I grew up in. I walked round the back to where mom and I tried to build a cubby house in the back yard I crawled inside and sat myself up against the wall I pulled my knees closer to my body and I looked over my shoulder to where mom and I had engraved our names in the wood I traced my fingers over the etching of her name and let the memories of that day fill my head and then I let the tears that I couldn't hold inside any longer fall.
"Hey" he said as he slid onto the trampoline "hey" I replied as I adjusted my sunglasses and wiped away my tears "how you feeling today?" he asked knowing it was a stupid question "I don't know" I replied as I started to feel teary again and Matt wrapped his arms around me "you know this all just feels so weird you know. I mean I still cant believe that you guys are my brothers and that my mothers gone. I miss her so much Matt" I said as I buried my head into his shoulder "I know you miss her and I miss her too but were going to get through this together ok" he replied as I pulled away and wiped my face "really" I said softly "yes really" he replied with a smile.
We sat there for a few more minutes enjoying the silence "hey Riley Shannon just rang" Jeff said as he walked out the back door and over to the trampoline "what did he say?" I asked as he slid onto the trampoline "just wanted to know how you were and if yah up to it to maybe give him a ring back" Jeff replied "thanks" I said with a smile as I slid off the trampoline "hey where yah going?" both Matt and Jeff yelled after me "I'm just going to take a walk you know clear my mind and stuff. I. I just want to be alone for a while I won't be long" I replied with a fake smile as I walked out the gate.
I walked down the street and headed towards my old house I rounded the corner and there it was the house that I grew up in. I walked round the back to where mom and I tried to build a cubby house in the back yard I crawled inside and sat myself up against the wall I pulled my knees closer to my body and I looked over my shoulder to where mom and I had engraved our names in the wood I traced my fingers over the etching of her name and let the memories of that day fill my head and then I let the tears that I couldn't hold inside any longer fall.