Trapped in his arms
departed, I wa
ng. Unfortunately, there was nothing in the fridge for him to eat. We were hopeless, young, and
got my younger brother, who was seven at the time, ready and off to school we went
hungry," while gripping his st
w, just give me a few minutes" as I
to die, Alex?" Avery
about what would happen to my brother and me. Perhaps I even feared for
under my breath, annoyed b
, "But what about
ed, hungry, and irritated. I saw the tears start to
ok," I tried to soothe him. I took it as a consoling gesture at the ti
Avery distracted the shopkeeper, I stuffed as many candies as I could into my pockets. The shop's proprie
icious, he inquired. He saw that I was malnouris
to cover up my guilt, but I failed. Unless my bulging p
d, I was dazed and confused for a while. My head hurt so badly that I started to cry. I held back my tears because I needed to be a role mode
d dragged my sluggish self up. Avery, shocked at the wound on my temple, covered his lips. The scrapes and scratches on my knees didn't
ry in my arms, I
so mean?" Tears were fallin
u, not like that" left my mouth. Even when I w
nd produced a bottle of water, I saw a smile spread over his face. He snatched it from my hands and opened it at once, drinking from
dly on a little wall, with our feet still dangling o
rald. My hair and eyes were white and blue. Even though I suspect his biological
rin with one of his own. It took us around 10 mi
ry, trailing after me in bewilderment, ask
I let the truth sink in. When I was nine years old, I had to accept the
l "Oh," his de
was no way for me to tell whether it was still school hours or not
led look and inquired. In a firm nay, Avery shook his head. S
is?" I replied timidly, although I was awa
s too late. Where has your brain gone? When she received no rea
It was too risky for Avery to walk home in the dark, and it would take over an hour. In addition, he has a severe phobia of the dark. I was at
ooked up, I saw that black clouds were gradually covering the sky. As they came closer, I cou
stronghold to protect ourselves from tyrants. It was deep in the woods.
to Avery, "Come on!" One of my buddies used to us
imb under here,"
oks dangerous" as tea
pe that he would hear me and believe me. I had run out of choices. As I squeezed throu
ure there is to chop them down for "clean" environmental reasons, they refuse to do so
could sit in the base under a
e tarp and yanked it up. When Avery spotted all of our comics
As he looked aro
om used it anyhow, so it was plenty for our needs. For what seemed like hours, Avery and I sat and read comics. As the night closed in on
he stared at the com
e leaned his head on my shoulder after some time. I was about to brush him off when I saw that Avery w