Finally got around to posting the rest of these, now that I know someone reads them! 3 This one was the end of what was Five...
Subject: Nighttime
Character: Any
Chaos had dissolved into chaos with the shattering of the adolescent atmosphere. As soon as the couple walked through the door, screams erupted, drinks were tossed away, and windows were made into emergency exits. The man and woman hardly seemed to notice them- they were looking only for one boy.
They found Alex in the middle of their living room, calmly holding her best champagne glass, staring out at the scene around him with glazed, unfeeling eyes. He didn't seem to respond to his father's shouts. "EXPLAIN this now what the DEVIL HAVE YOU done Alex TALK TO ME TALK TO ME"- it all ran together in his mind, in one ear and out the other.
"I didn't invite them," he finally said. "They just showed up. I wasn't here when they got here."
"You're drinking!"
"This isn't my glass."
"Tell them to leave!"
"They're not my responsibility."
Little to say.
- Carth