Disclaimer: I don't own, as much as I might want to. Ah well.

This ones a short chapter. Next one is super long, I promise, and it will be the last. Woohoo, nearly finished. Aren't you glad?

Chapter 8

John looked at his watch in the predawn light and groaned, ten past six. He'd never get back home before his father and brother woke up. He just hoped they thought he'd gone into school early. He slid off the end of the table and looked around the viewpoint and sighed.

He couldn't take the main road back, in case someone who knew his brothers or his father saw him, then he'd really be in trouble, sneaking out after he'd been grounded. He decided to take the woodland route. It was about twenty minutes longer. But if he wasn't seen it would be ok.

He started walking home.

Xx

He got back to the house at twenty past eight. He climbed up and in his window. Everyone was already away. Probably didn't even notice I was gone. He sighed to himself, pulled his curtains closed and climbed into bed.

He'd go to school this afternoon.

Awww, poor Johnny, he still thinks they don't care. Next, the emotional confrontation you've all been looking forward to. 