I watched in horror as a black and grey cat prowled the tree trunk making the tiny little bird uneasy and nervous, it hopped around on the branch in panic looking for an escape.

Why wouldn't it fly?

Why was I suddenly so attached to it?

The cat jumped up at the bird clawing the trunk, its back still slightly arched, it couldn't get up the trunk, but it could taunt the little bird out.

And hats just what it did, blackbird made a leap trying to glide away but quaver and fall was all it could manage as it tumbled out of the sky at its own expense.

The cat instantly went for it, I couldn't bare it any longer and I jumped up shooing the cat away carefully cradling the injured little bird in my hands, it saved me, i had to save it.

I stroked its delicate feathery head with the tip of my finger calming its skittish nature a little before gently tucking it into the large pocket of my hoodie and quietly sneaking it inside to my room.

I shut the door quietly hoping people wouldnt realise i had come inside again and took out my little blue plastic box.

It wasnt massive but it was plenty big enough for the baby bird i heald in my hands.

Its poor broken body would be almost imposible to mend.

"its okay were gonna get you fixed up in no time at all" i said placing him inside the box whilst i got my scissors poking air holes into the thin plastic.

"right youll be wanting, twigs moss leaves bugs ewww water and light gotta have light" i said making a mental note before going mission impossible style around the house collecting everything.

"first to toby's old room" i thought, mr hampsters spare bowl would do nicely for water.

After that i went out to the garden to dig up some worms, they were the bugs that didnt creep me out much and would have a hard time escaping my box, the last thing i wanted was to wake up surrounded by woodlice.

Finally yhe twigs and the moss, theyed be easy to get hold of, i picked a load up from the floor underneath the old oak tree at the bottom of the garden and smiled returning to my bedroom.

"right, lets get to work my friend" i said turning my ipod on quietly as not to scare the blackbird but to drown out its pained tweets he made every now and again.

When i was finished i stepped back to admire my creation, there was a little bird bath thing, a few ground down walnuts from the kitchen moss and twigs everywhere and the odd worm wriggled around, i plced the bird down gently in the box before lightly plceing the translucent lid on top before placing the box under my bed with i small lamp on next to it, at night i could turn the light off and tada black bird was happy, i hoped.

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The sun crept through the curtains waking me at 6 am, i hated it when that happened.

My mouth was dry, my body felt cold and shakey, and i had a bangin headache, brilliant, it was obvious that today was going to be bad, something was going to happen, i could feel it in my bones.

What i didnt know was that shock would scare sick feeling in my stomach away and that actually the worst that could happen today and that would happen today was something way out of my control that would only lead to one thing.

Revenge.

At half six i gave up on pacing, i gave up on staring absentmindlessy at walls, i stopped listening to headfirst for halos on repeat and i stopped trying to block the hunger from my mind.

Walking down the staris silently was a hard thing to pull off but so far i think i was doing okay, i didnt wake anyone anyway.

I certainley didnt alert Mike who was busy on the phone talking in quite a urgent yet hushed tone that i was there and listening to his every word.

Afterall perhaps if i had this story wouldnt be quite so interesting.

"look i know that hope and you are very close but the law is the law and i wont risk my job and her safety so that you can make some half hearted apology to her for what you did!" Mike sounded angry, why was he angry at Riley, was he even talking to Riley?

He couldnt have been, Riley had nothing to apologize for.

"i dont care how close to elm tree you'll be it makes no difference, riley you have got to understand that the law is the law and i nor you nor hope nor anyone else for that matter is an exception to it. Not even if your band have a gig it the apollo next month"

They what? A gi at the apollo perfect, they couldnt stop me from going to see a band could they?

"look please just leave this in the hands of the council they know what is best for hope, i understand that you are upset but there really is nothing i can do, if you care about her that much then you will let the profesionals deal with the situation"

I didnt want to keep listening to him talk to Riley in this way, with every sentence he convinced my brother to stop trying to get me back, to give up, if i never saw my brother again i swore id kill Mike Milligan.