I am alone...

It's dark here...

I'm afraid...

There's no light...

I need someone...

Like my brother...

Or a friend...

But no one's here...

I hear breathing...

Is anyone here?

...Yeah I am.

I gasped. I woke up stunned and I found myself on my bed.

Oh thank god. It was just a dream...

...I'm sorry. It wasn't.

I gasped, this time loud and more like yelling.

My brother, Kiyo, rushed into my room. "What happened?"

"I heard something..." I cried.

"Oh come on. It was nothing."

Zatch came in and rubbed his eyes. "What was all that screaming?"

"Oh. Julie, here, just had a nightmare that's all."

"No it wasn't! I woke up and I heard someone in my room here!" I frowned.

"Ok so you heard something but don't make a big deal out of this..."

I looked at him with my watery eyes and asked him. "Can you spend the night in my room?"

"What?"

"Spend the night?"

"Yeah I heard what you said but...you...are already...uhh...grown up?"

"Please? Just one night...I won't ask anymore."

"Ughh...uhh...fine then."

My brother, Kiyo, spent the night in my room and I didn't hear anything. Little did I know that someone was watching me...

The next day Kiyo and I began our day getting ready for school. Zatch, obviously, grabbed my brothers leg and asked him if he could go to school as well.

"Please?" he asked.

"No.." Kiyo mumbled.

"Please."

"No."

"Please...No...Please? ...No...Kiyo, PLEASE!"

I, on the other hand, was brushing my hair and making sure everything was nice and neat. I ran downstairs and saw my mother.

"Morning mom!"

"Morning, sweetie!" She kissed me on the cheek.

Kiyo and I got our lunches and schoolbags and headed out the door.

"Please let me go to school with you! I won't bother you, I promise. Just take me to school!" Zatch clung on the my brother's leg.

My brother got annoyed and screamed. "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

At that moment Zatch started to cry. I comforted him.

"Kiyo, that's not nice! You better take him to school!" my mother scolded him.

"Oh geezz...what a wimp. But he better not bother me."

"WWOOOOOPPPPPHHHIIIIEEEE!" Zatch yelled and race out the door.

Kiyo, Zatch, and I walked to school the whole way. After 10 minutes we made it to school and went toward our classes.

"Bye." I said.

"Bye..." Kiyo mumbled back.

Zatch got a bit confused but he went with Kiyo. Throughout the day everything was going swell. I talked with my friends, ate lunch, and went back home. Everything was the same until I went grocery shopping. It was dark and my mother made me run errands since I was already done with my homework and chores. I went and got everything that my mother wanted me to and I saw a boy. He looked as if he were hungry and homeless. I looked at him and felt sorry. I raced back home and then came back. He was still there with his head down. I quickly went to the bakery and bought some pasteries.

I went up to the boy. "Here, eat this."

The boy stared at me. He looked down at the pastery and looked back up to me. He smiled and took it. I watched him gobble it down. After he was done, I offered him some more.

"Thank you..." he said.

His voice sounded so familiar to me but I just shrugged. It looked as if the boy was really hungry since he finished it so quickly. I smile and began to walk back home. I heard footsteps behind me and I turned around. The boy was following me.

Oh dear...now he's following me. What would mom say if I brought a homeless boy here?

I just shrugged again and decided to take the boy home.