Home
It's dark. That means I can roam free! I go around the room, The next morning, she wakes up and goes outside to feel the When she goes home, I stay next to her on the desk while she
staying clear of lights as Mama taught us to do before our holders
were born. I get bored though, so I reattach myself to Molly and
go to sleep.
warm air before getting changed and eating breakfast. Then she
cleans up and begins walking to school. The walk is full of
dangers for me. Two boys are playing shadow war. The game
terrifies me. They pick up long sticks and use their shadows to
jab other kid's shadows. Molly gets to school, and since I can't
take notes, I hide under her where it is nice, dark, and out of the
burning light from above.
does homework. Then I detach myself from where her feet
move and jump along with her hopscotch game until she goes
inside. She eats dinner and I stay to her left. Imitating her
movements exactly, then she goes to the bathroom. We go to
her bedroom and pray, her for peace on earth, me for all the
shadows forced to be jabbed with sticks. We go to bed, and
again I roam free.
Everything began to fall apart last Thursday night. It was We started putting boxes, chairs, mattresses, and a table into the Who knew dining room chairs could be so useful! I stopped being mad
summer, but that don't matter, the teachers don't usually
even notice if we don't show up. Tessa met me by the big rock
under the tree with her brother Jacob to say that they were
moving. She had been putting it off for weeks, but then she
really needed help from me and my two brothers, Dave and Alex.
truck, and the whole time I refused to talk to her. I knew it wasn't
her fault, but she shoulda said something. I didn't talk to her all the
way to Tallahassee. My job was to watch the dining room chairs, and
lemme tell ya, that wasn't an easy job. They kept moving, shaking,
and tipping. One almost fell out, and while I was grabbing for it, a car
smashed into the side of the truck. Everyone slid to the side as we almost
tipped over, and six dining room chairs were used as shields.
at Tessa.