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The Wonders of a New Family
Chapter 3: "I've always been an early bird."
It was Saturday morning; 0600 on a Saturday morning. I got up and went to the toilet that was at the other end of the hallway.
After I'd finished I wandered downstairs and into the living room. It was really quiet and peaceful. I liked it. I sat on the settee, there was no one around so I turned the TV on quiet and began to watch the news as nothing else was on that was worth watching. I tuned out of the news as it was never interesting.
"-lex?" I thought I heard someone call my name and I snapped my head round to my left where the social worker was stood at the doorway.
"Uh... yeah?" I said unsurely.
"Why are you up so early?"
"Habit, I suppose. I've always been an early bird." Anita came towards me and sat on the sofa next to me.
"How've you been settling in?" She asked me in a kind voice.
"Fine, thanks." I said, I wasn't sure if that was true or not. Sure I had made a friend or two, but my past was haunting me.
The rest of the day seemed to go well; I stayed in my room mostly. Thinking. I do way too much of it really; I always seem to think about Jack. I don't want to. It hurts me to think of the explosion that killed her.
Josh came into my room later that night. I had been sat in bed reading a book when he entered.
"I didn't think we were allowed in each other's rooms after eleven." I said.
"We aren't, but I don't care to be honest," He smiled at me. It was odd because as soon as he told me there was a knocking on the door. I saw Josh panic and he dashed under my bed. He wasn't big for his age which was good because he wouldn't have fit.
The door creaked open and I knew instantly something was wrong. A figure came in, he was dressed in back and he had a balaclava over his face. Only his eyes showed. The clouds moved out of the way of the moon and his eyes reflected the light, they were a dark chestnut brown and cold.
"Who are you?" I said, playing scared.
"No one; just your worst nightmare." He pulled out a gun and the black barrel glinted in the moonlight. He stepped towards me and I shuffled backwards to the wall. Another step, he raised the gun as if to hit me and came closer.
A slight creak from the door was enough to make him turn round and I dashed over to the window and saw another man come in, he grabbed the mysterious man around the neck and placed a hand over his nose and mouth to stop the choking noise. Just as he was about to pass out the new figure cupped the others chin and head and twisted with immense force. A sickening crunch and I knew he had snapped his neck.
"Alex?" the man said. He sounded worried.
"Yeah," I said shakily. "Who are you?" I asked. The man opened his mouth to explain. "Wait!" I said, remembering Josh under the bed. It would be disastrous if he found out something he wasn't supposed to.
"Josh... You can come out now." I heard a huffing and puffing as Josh eased himself out from the tight space. I smirked at the sight. He came and stood next to me looking at me as I stared at the man in front of me.
"Who are you?" Josh asked. The man turned around.
"Wait!" I shouted, quietly. He just looked at us and turned the light on.
"You!" I exclaimed. "Why are you here?"
"Someone has to look out for you."
... So who is it? Guess right and you get a cookie!
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