Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 02:04:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bunny Tsukino <bunnyempire@aol.com>
Subject: Dreamless Sleep Chapter two

Disclaimer: What up pimps and hoes! Yes still being weird anyway! Places,
areas, and references are all used in fiction and I own nothing of that and
stake that all this story is false.. I own nothing but this story.

If you aren't 18 or your state doesn't allow you do not read this story.
Well it doesn't have bad things yet but you get the point. This is a gay
romance story. The romance will happen soon. A few chapters to set it up.

Sorry if the beginning is a little hard to read. Got lazy and stopped
fixing it. Don't judge me. *eats a cookie*

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				Chapter Two
		       Dreaming of loves first kiss


"Noah~!" The person behind me started hugging me from behind.

I had a feeling of who it was.

I pushed myself up a bit as I blew some dirt off my nose. "Will you get off
me?"

She got stopped hugging my back and got off. I grabbed Ashley's extended
hand and got up. After dusting myself for a bit I looked at the excited
girl.

"Noah's back!" She kissed me on the lips and hugged me all over again. "I
was looking for you all day today!" She gave a little frown as she looked
up at me. "Why didn't you call me or visit me?"

I rolled my eyes and patted her back. "Seeing as you lost your phone
privileges, again. How could I tell you? Also if I recall you're grounded."
She had a real addiction to her cell phone. But what person didn't? She had
her cell phone taken so many times by her parent's, I was surprised they
haven't taken it away completely.

"I guess...." She rubbed her face on my chest. "Noah's back..."

I rubbed her back and smiled. "Yeah.... I am."

Ashley watched with a smile as we hugged. It was about eight years since I
have seen Erika. We traded pictures and had some Skype sessions sure. But
to see each other in person again.

"You're bigger in person." She let me go and looked me up and down.

I sniggered. "That's what they all say." I waggled my eyebrow.

"Perv." She moved a strand of red hair behind her ear. "What are you guy's
doing?" She looked at Ashley then back to me.

"Well, we were going to go do our homework at my house." She had his
eyes. Well there were a few differences. The main one being her's were
darker in color.

She reached over and took my right hand in her hands. "That would sound so
much better if it was at my house?" She looked up with honey brown eyes.

Shit.

"Would Liam be there?" I raised my eyebrow.

She rolled her eyes. "I doubt it. He usually hangs out with his friends
after school." She raised up her right hand. "Remember you made me promise
not to tell him shit." I nodded. "Good."

"Same house right?" She nodded. "Do you have a way to get home?" We walked
over to the bike rack. Bike was still there.

"Well, my Mom couldn't pick me up." She twirled a strand of her hair. Which
meant she was lying.

"Ash did you bring your dad's car or took the bus?"

"The car."

"Wanna go with her or...." I pulled out my bike and got on. "Wanna take a
ride in my sweet ride?" Would have been sounded better if it was my
motorcycle. But no, Steve thought it was too dangerous.

She smiled. "Hell yeah."


It took about fifteen minutes to get to Erika's house. It was almost like
time stopped when we got there. It looked completely unchanged. Even the
window that was cracked years ago was still there. Why didn't he get that
fixed?

"Doesn't look different huh?" She got off the bike.

"No." If I tried hard enough I could hear the laughter of children. Well
there was kids running around the house over. But I could imagine us
running around the front yard. The house was trapped in a little bubble in
time.

"What took you so long Ash?"

I looked back and saw Ashley parking the car. What did take her so long?

She turned off the car and got out. "Fucking construction work all over the
place." She got her backpack and walked over to us. "Not to mention those
morons who walk in the middle of the street."

"Hey! I'm one of those morons who walks in the middle of the street. It's
fun." I followed Erika towards the garage. I always liked garages. Didn't
know why but I just did.

"Well don't come crying to me if you end up like a pancake." We watched as
Erika opened up the garage. They still didn't add a lock to it. All they
needed was a brave enough person to come by and take there tools.

"Your dad still overseas?" Last time we spoke of her dad was when he was
leaving to Europe or something.

"Yeah. You can leave your bike anywhere. " She opened the door leading to
the kitchen. I was pretty certain I remembered the layout of the house.

I left the bike next to a table filled with tools. The garage was pretty
messy. Maybe. Just maybe a car would be able to park inside. But seeing the
way it was organized I doubted it. It seemed so much bigger back then. But
I was shorter back then.

"Do you guys know how big of a fire hazard this is?" Ash kicked a can of
empty paint on the floor.

"Yeah I know. You keep telling me every time you come over." Erika pressed
the garage closer. "You know I don't touch monkey grease."

"It's good to get dirty now and then." I closed the door behind me. The
kitchen was just as shiny as before. They got a new table, fridge, and
stove but it was mostly the same.

"Well I don't like that kind of dirty." Erika passed by Ashley.

Holy. "Wow, your about six inches taller then Ash huh?"

Ash flipped me the bird.

"That's not lady like you know?" I stuck out my tongue out at her.

"Hey kids don't be-" I turned over to look at the person who just came into
the kitchen. "Who might you be?"

I backed up and clutched my heart. I put the best horror stricken face
on. "You... don't..." I felt the tears forming in my eyes. She looked
genuinely worried. "Remember me?" I covered my face and pretended to cry.

No one said anything as I sobbed.

"Oh mom!" Erika gave me a hug. "Play time?" She whispered, I nodded. "How
could you forget him? Do you have no soul?" She pulled me into her chest as
I continued to sob.

"What-whats going on? I don't understand."

"Guys-" Ashley started.

"No no Ash. Mom is being completely heartless." She started rubbing my
back. "How could she forget dear Noah." I started hiccuping.

It was quiet as I hiccuped. I was really a good actor. Not many people
could hiccup on command.

"Are you serious?" Mrs. Heart asked.

"Yup." Erika let me go and I turned around. Tear free.

I put a finger on my cheek. "Mrs' Heart can I please have a cookie?" I
tilted my head slightly and looked up. Well kinda. I was a little taller
than her.

"Oh you!" She had water in her eyes as she ran up to hug me. Hard. Erika
must have gotten that from her. "I knew there was something familiar." She
squeezed me tight as she rested her head on my shoulder.

I wrapped my arms around her waist and rested my head on hers. She had the
same color hair as her soon. A little graying but still the same. Curly
like he used to have it. So this was what it was like to have a mom hug you
again. Ashley's didn't really count. Which would make her mad if I said
something.

But I knew Mrs. Heart longer. She changed my diaper.

She pulled back but still held me. "Been about eight years now hasn't it?"

"Yeah. Sorry for not keeping in touch."

She touched my cheek. "Erika told me she talked to you...." She
paused. "But I didn't think you were going to come back."

I smiled. "I made her promise not to tell you."

She looked over to Erika and frowned. "Why didn't you tell me? I could have
made some food!"

Erika pointed at me as Ashley grinned like the Cheshire cat. She was loving
this. "He said it would be a better idea to surprise you. By the way this
counts as my mothers day gift."

Mrs. Heart looked back at me. "Did your family come with? I don't see Steve
that often. Always working."

It was quiet for a minute.

"Just me. Grandma is at the hospital right now."

"Oh goodness why?"

"Last stages of lung cancer."

"Oh no." She gave me another tight hug. "I'm so sorry son."

A little part of me warmed up inside. Just a little part.

"It's okay. She's sleeping mostly so it doesn't hurt her." I patted her
back.

"Okay. How about your parents?" She backed up and looked expectantly at me.

"Mom...." Erika walked over and pulled me near her. "Remember I told you
that things happened."

Mrs. Heart covered her mouth. "Are they hurt or sick?"

Well this was going to be hard to say. Mom and her were very close. They
were like sisters. They raised there kids together. How would she take it?

"Mrs. Heart I think you should sit down." Ashley patted the stool right
next to her.

She sat down anxiously. "What's going on?"

I took a deep breath. "Both of my parents and my grandpa died seven years
ago."

Everyone was silent. Erika was rubbing my back with her and Ashley was
doing the same to Mrs. Heart. A few minutes passed by as it soaked in. Only
a few people knew of there deaths.

It wasn't something we liked to relive. It was hell for Steve and I. Not to
mention for my grandma. She lost three special people that day. Almost five
if they didn't come sooner.

"How did they...." She couldn't finish the sentence.

I opened my mouth but couldn't finish the sentence. It was hard to put into
words.

"Mom its not important. It happened suddenly. Steve and Noah almost died
too! You should be happy they didn't die!"

Mrs. Heart got up and gave me another hug. "You almost did?" I
nodded. "Well you guys still have your second mother." She pulled back and
kissed my cheek. "How are you guys holding up?"

"Fine. With grandma at the hospital a little hard though."

She nodded and let me go. "Don't worry you have me and Henry now." Her eyes
were slightly teary but she was holding back her tears. Probably for my
benefit. "Are you guys hungry?" She turned around and headed to the fridge.

"Starving! Why don't you make something sweet. You know how Noah loves
sweet things." Erika pulled me and Ashley to the table. The heavy
atmosphere was shifting back to normal.

"That's good..." Mrs. Heart took out a few things from the fridge. "Losing
a baby then dieing a year later...."

"Mom!"

She turned to us and blushed. "I'm sorry Noah. Just still a shock to me."

I nodded. "If you want to see her. She's at the town cemetery."


The subject, thankfully, was dropped and moved a way after a few awkward
silences. I was pretty sure Mrs. Heart had a few question she wanted
answered but she didn't wanna push. It wasn't a subject people really like
to talk about. Especially one I didn't like to talk about.

Homicide.

"Remember when Noah won the candy contest?" Ashley started putting her
homework away. We finished with our homework and waiting for the food to be
finished.

I gave Steve a message telling him I was over at Erika's house. He was
going to pick me up in three hours in his truck. "Knowing that we all
do.... you still are going to remind us anyway...."

"Wasn't the contest guessing how many jelly beans were in z jar?"
Mrs. Heart was the one who took us to the candy store when we were really
'good'. 'Good' meaning not getting dirty outside.

"Yeah. You didn't let me participate." Erika did a little huff.

"I didn't want you getting too hyper now."

"But Noah was like a cat on crack!"

Ashley sniggered.

"I wasn't like a cat on crack...." I kicked her under the table.

"Ow!"

"Noah, son, you were a kitten on crack back then." She touched my arm. "At
least when you were on sugar."

"See I was a cute kitten on crack! Big difference there!" I leaned over and
kiss Mrs. Heart's cheek.

"Anyways all the kids had guessed around fifty or sixty right?" Ashley put
her backpack down. "But our dear Noah guesses zero. But why would he guess
zero? There was a lot of jelly beans inside this jar."

I smiled. The jar was on top of a table covered by a rag. It wasn't that
hard to take the rag off and eat the jelly beans inside. Sure it was hard
to eat over fifty jelly beans but it was sure worth it.

"He ate all those jelly beans." She looked at me. "He made sure he was the
last kid to guess. And guess what? He was right! There was no jelly beans
in the jar!"

I burped.

"That's right the little kitten ended up eating all of the jelly beans! So
he won a giant bag filled with candies."

I pushed the chair back and made my stomach go all big. Hard to do but
still made it happen. "Those were some good candies." I rubbed my belly.

"Oh don't do that Noah." Mrs. Heart swatted my arm.

We all laughed as I gave out another burp.

I shared a few pieces with my friends and the other kids. The rest didn't
even last a day. A great month for my dentist though. He had a field day
working on my teeth.

"How about the time you got head in a tree" I poked Ash's head. Back then
she had a big head compared to her body. Her head stayed at normal size now
while her hair expanded.

"I wasn't the only one who got stuck in a tree!" She smacked my shoulder.

"Well to be fair you were the only one to get there head stuck on a tree."
Erika promptly got slapped too. Ashley wanted to see the elves making
cookies.

"Didn't you get stuck in a rabbit hole too?" I got smacked again. She
wanted to visit wonderland.

Ashley glasses slid a bit off her nose. "Enough about how I got myself
stuck in strange situations. Lets talk about how when Noah got lost in the
closet."

"Hey! You weren't suppose to mention that again!" I blushed.

"Sorry princess. But you weren't suppose to mention the rabbit hole."

We glared at each other for a few seconds before we started laughing.

"Remember the time I lost you guys in the supermarket?"

We all looked at Mrs. Heart.

"Did I say that out loud?"

"Mom did you lose us at the supermarket?"

She turned a shade of red. "It was only for thirty minutes."

"What took you so long to realize we were gone?" It had to be something to
make her not pay attention to us.

"Well the cashier asked where you guys were at." She got brighter.

"Really? Mom?"

"But I found you guys underneath the day old bread."

We talked for an about an hour about miscellaneous things. Mostly some dumb
shit we used to do as things. Which was mostly what I did. But I understood
that it was a while since I was with them so of course most of the chat had
to go to me.

"Do I have to show you guys?" I had my hands beneath my shirt.

"Well you let it slip. Mom hasn't seen it yet." Erika stuck her tongue
out. I was tempted to stick it back at her but that would probably get me
in trouble with Mrs. Heart.

Chances are my tattoo was going to be covered by my underwear so I wasn't
going to get into much trouble. It was just a belly button
piercing. Grandma was the one who took me to go get it. Though I was going
to do it even if she didn't let me.

"It's not like you have a hairy chest or anything."

"And how would you know that young lady?" Mrs. Heart turned to look at
Erika.

I chuckled. "I took lots of pictures of me sun bathing." I lifted up my
shirt and showed them my belly button. It was a little ball this week. One
I saw a while ago at a swap-meet. Nothing too flashy.

"Do you have anything else pierced?" Mrs. Heart asked.

I raised up my shirt up a little higher showing my right nipple. A little
silver bar across it.

"Does it feel good?" Mrs. Heart asked shyly.

"Mom!" Erika blushed red. The last conversation we had was about my
sexuality, Mrs. Heart was very accepting since her brother was happy
married to another man.

"I saw that fifty shades of whatever under your book young lady. So stop it
with the innocent act."

Erika turned a shade lighter than her hair. She was almost a tomato.

"So your the one who took my book!" Ashley got up from the table and looked
at Erika. "I was halfway through it before I lost it!" She turned red when
she realized what she said.

"Well aren't we all fre-" I stopped when I heard the door to the garage
open.

"Hey mom who's bike is that in the garage...." Liam looked around the
table. Erika bright red, Ashley halfway up slightly red, me with my shirt
up, and his mom in the end. I like to point out he looked a t me a bit
longer.

Eric and another guy walked in behind him. They looked around too and
landed there eyes on me. Eric turned away and I could see a little blush.

I let my shirt fall. "Mine."

It was quiet for a bit. "Your bike isn't letting me park inside."

"Honey. you can put it inside later." Mrs. Heart coughed as the girls
calmed down. Ashley scooted her chair near me, using her hair to cover her
face. Interesting.

"Your the Door guy right?" Liam asked confused.

Still slow. "If I recall, I thought I told you my name was Noah." I
smiled. "I can move my bike if you want."

"Oh no its cool." He scratched the back of his head. He looked over at
Erika, "Friend of yours?"

Erika did a weird little smile. I think the saying was like, the smile of a
cat who just ate the canary? "I would say he was more than a friend." She
had to say it in a purr.

"Oh your boyfriend?" He raised an eyebrow.

I don't know who choked louder. Me, Ashley, or Eric. Erika still had a
smile on her face. The little demon.

"Well one of 'our' boyfriends." She leaned back on her chair, looking Liam
straight in the eye. "But not mine."

"So are you guys hungry?" Mrs. Heart got up from her chair and went towards
the stove. We were a little to busy talking to eat so she left it on a low
temperature.

"Yeah, we just hung out at the park." Liam and his friends sat down at the
table. Ashley basically was glued at my side. Quiet. Erika also made her
way to my other side. Which was the place her mother was sitting at a few
seconds ago. "What are we having?"

"Noah's favorite Lasagna with chocolate cake." She said as she took out the
small cake.

"With no frosting. Since Noah ended up eating it all." Erika teased. She
just left it in front of me with out telling me not to eat it.

"Hey! It wasn't my fault. You guys know I'm an impulse eater." I licked my
lips remembering the left over chocolate cake mix. I did love my sweets.

"You know Noah's favorite food? I thought he was a new student." Eric
finally spoke. Well the other guy was pretty much a wall right now. Looking
at his phone. Which Ashley was doing the same.

"Mom probably asked him a while ago." Liam made a face. The one he used to
do when he was thinking. He used to do it all the time when he couldn't
figure something out.

"Oh, no. Mom always remembered his favorite food. He used to throw a fuss
if he didn't have it." Erika got up and walked over to get plates.

"I'll help." I got up to go help with the cups. What the hell was she
doing? I walked a bit away from Mrs. Heart so I wouldn't see the item she
was holding. I didn't need to make this awkward and have an episode.

"Oh thank you dear." Mrs. Heart leaned over and kissed my ear. "He doesn't
like talking about you." She whispered in my ear.

Why though? But it seemed like he forgot about me though.

Erika and I placed cups around the table. They always had a big table. They
loved having guests. I noticed Eric refused to look at me. Must have been
nervous from being found out.

It was a weird dinner. No one really talked aside from Mrs. Heart asking us
questions. I was glaring at Erika to make her not say anything. Ashley was
pretending that she didn't even exist. Eric was doing a good job of
pretending to be a ghost. The guy, Tom, I think his name was, was trying to
talk to Eric. Liam had what looked like a constipated face He must have
been really thinking.

Erika looked at me. I looked back.

"The food is really good Mrs. Heart." Tom said trying again to break the
silence.

"Yeah tastes way better than I remember." I looked at Mrs. Heart. She
really did have a great lasagna. It made the others I had in the past taste
like shit. Though I really didn't eat that much of it.

"Oh thank you. I made to put in extra love just for my special little guy."
She reached over and patted my face. I blushed.

"Is he a cousin or something?" Liam asked out of nowhere.

"Well if he was, the stuff you gu-OW! What was that for?" Erika glared at
me as she started rubbing her leg.

"Oh sorry my bad." I smiled. I told her not to mention anything. If he
forgot me then that's good. No need to bring up the past. But what was that
about not talking about me though.

"Well if he isn't your boyfriend and not our cousin then how do you guys
know him so well?" He asked and then something clicked. He looked at me,
three things passed in those brown eyes. Realization, something sweet, and
then anger? "You're that Noah." I didn't want to be that Noah. At least
with not that tone.

"Bingo big brother!" Erika reached over a high five but got nothing
back. "Loser..... But yes he's that Noah. Remember Ashley's and my
childhood friend. Your pretend h-OW! Will you stop it! I am not a pinata!
No matter how many times you hit me, candy won't come out my leg!" She
frowned at us.

But I didn't kick her.

"Will you just be quiet?" Ashley hissed.

"Fine. Fine." Erika rolled her eye and took a bite of lasagna. Both Ashley
and I were looking at her. She had a smile playing on her lips as she
ate. Why did she have to keep talking about unpleasant things?

"I...." Liam opened his mouth a few times and closed it. "What are you
doing here?"

Okay not something I had expected. Well not the question anyway. "I moved
back."

"Why?" He looked heartbroken. Not something I wanted to see.

"It doesn't matter why Liam Mitchell Heart. It matters that he came
back. Now our little family is complete again." Mrs. Heart got up and took
my plate with hers. "So who wants cake? I know you do Noah."

"Well if that was true wouldn't that mean that Noah and Liam would have to
get-" Erika got out of the chair as both Ashley and I kicked each
other. "Hah! Didn't get me that time did-ya?"

Both Ashley and I started rubbing our feet. Sneaky little demon.


It was weird to say the least. Liam went to his room followed by Tom and
Eric. They didn't even have cake. Whatever his issue was with me, Liam
should have still had some cake. It was pretty good.

"Can you tell me why you ruined this evening young lady?" Mrs. Heart
crossed her arms and looked down at her daughter. All she could do was
smile.

"Do you know the reason why he acted like that?" I raised an eyebrow. Erika
had told me before how she could never talk about me with him. If she
brought me up in a conversation he just said, who was that. Or just flat
out ignored her.

I was ready to have him not remember me and just watch him from afar but
now.... Why did he not like me?

"I don't know sweetheart. A few months after you left he started saying how
he hated you. After a while he flat out refused to acknowledged that you
existed. Even now." She reached over and rubbed my shoulder. "He doesn't
like talking about you."

That didn't make sense. We were so close. But we were eight year old's back
then.

"He still loves Noah though." Erika said slyly with a piece of cake near
her mouth.

I rolled my eyes. "Don't get my hopes up."

"You still love him?" Mrs. Heart looked at me. No emotion on her face. No
anger or rage. That was good.

"I plead the fifth." Who knows. I loved the old him. Chubby small him. This
him now I didn't know. Who I wanted to know.

She rubbed my arm. "She is right though. He did have something in his
eyes."

'I raised my eyebrow. "You want your son to be gay?"

She chuckled. "It doesn't matter. I'll love him for whatever he is. Though
I had a feeling when I saw you both playing house."

"So that's why you get mad at him for dating Amber." Erika crossed her
arms.

"She doesn't make him happy." She smiled at me. I didn't know what to say.

"I'm going to the bathroom." I got out of the kitchen towards the
bathroom. I could hear music playing from upstairs. At least he had some
taste in music like me. The loud kind.

I closed the door behind me and walked over to the sink to splash some
water on my face. I looked at my reflection. I still had some features from
when I was a kid.. My hair was a little longer and my face was a little bit
more masculine but it was still me from back then. Did he hate me so much
he repressed how I looked?

I played with my bottom right ear lobe. Pulling slightly on the earring. I
did it when I was nervous.

I splashed more water and took a deep breath.

I opened the bathroom door and almost bumped into Eric. "Can we talk for a
minute?"

"Sure." I backed up and let him come in. "Something up?"

"So you're old friends with Liam?" I nodded. "Well he's pissed as fuck
right now."

I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms. "Really? I couldn't have guessed."

He chuckled. At least he wasn't avoiding eye contact. He had some nice blue
eyes. I still preferred light brown though. He was pretty hot but not
Liam's type of hot.

"You're not going to tell anyone I'm gay?" He got nervous. He couldn't look
me in the eye.

I reached over and rubbed his arm. "I won't, unless you don't stop picking
on gay guys."

"How did you find out?" He raised his eyebrow. I little nervous but not as
before.

"I have a six sense about those things." I smiled. "Don't worry. You will
accept it one day. I'll be here if you have any questions. Not here here,
but you get the point. Would be weird if I was always in this bathroom."

He chuckled. "Thanks." He paused. "For not telling."

"Yeah. Just don't take it out on the people, who can do what you can't do
yet."

"What do you mean?"

I moved past him and opened the door. "You want to be open just the way he
is." I walked out the door and left it open. "One day you will come
out. When your ready that is."

I closed the door. It was up to him to open it. He would have the courage
one day.

I didn't stick around to see if he caught the metaphor. When I got back, I
had a very interesting conversation with the girls. They had gotten into
the subject of me holding my breath. When I was a kid, I used to hold my
breath when I didn't get what I wanted. My time back then was about a
minute give or take. Do often and you start to improve.

My time now was two minutes. When Erika asked how I was able to do that,
but I couldn't tell her why. I didn't swim, so I wasn't as good as those
guys that did but... I was good at something else. Reason why I could hold
my breath for so long. Took to much brain power if you breathed while you
did it.

Steve texted me that he was almost there around seven. Mrs. Heart promised
to stop by later to make sure we kept the house neat and ate more than junk
food. Great another person who was going to check on my cleaning habits.

Erika, being the sneaky little bastard, went to tell Liam I was leaving but
all she got was a slam of the door. Followed by Mrs. Heart telling Liam not
to be so rough with the doors. Making a Liam yell sorry.

Ashley followed me out of the house, trailed by Erika and mother number
two. Ashley told me she would meet me tomorrow morning at school. Erika
also said that she would try to be early there too. Which made Mrs. Heart
laugh at the thought of her daughter waking up extra early.

Steve pulled up and I walked over to the truck. I waved to them as we
started pulling away. I almost failed to see a curtain in the second floor
move. The one with the cracked screen. I could barely make out a body.

Just barely.


"So how was your first day at school?" Steve reached over and rubbed my
head.

"Pretty good. Pretty sure I made three new friends."

"Oh really? That's good. What are their names?"

"Schala, Eric, and Sam." I was pretty sure I just became Sam's friend today
with out meaning too. Not to mention the fact I just became someones gay
mentor. Probably.

"Girl has a weird name." He chuckled.

"Don't let her hear you say that. She would probably make you suffer."

He nodded. "So met up with the Heart clan I see. So how are they doing?"

"Pretty good. You don't see them anymore." Not a question.

He sighed. "I didn't want to tell them about what happened to us. So I make
sure to keep minimal contact. Mrs. Heart likes to visit though."

"You didn't tell them about mom..."

It got silent in the car for a few minutes. Even when we got home it was
silent. Just when I was halfway up the stairs he stopped me.

"I don't like telling people what happened. Just like you. You know that."

"I know." I played with the handrail. "I told them they were gone." But not
how.  I rubbed my forehead. I was pretty sure Steve was rubbing his chest.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it. She dropped the subject." Which I'm pretty sure she
was going to cry tonight. She tried to be happy but you could still see her
sadness. She lost her best friend. She lost her yes, for a while, but she
must have thought she would have gotten her back. But now. She knew she
really lost her.

She was about a mile away right now. Six feet down in the ground next to
her father, our grand father. She died a couple of minutes after what
seemed her childrens deaths.. Thirty minutes after her husband and father
died. She was suppose to be the last one. She wasn't.

Funny thing about me. I never usually forget anything. But guess what? I
forgot my bike at Liam's house. Funny how it stopped being Erika's
house. Now I thought of it as Liam's house.

"Are you sure we forgot your bike?" Steve came in from the front door as he
fixed his tie. "Since its outside on the lawn."

That couldn't be true. I was sure we left it behind. I got into Steve's car
without going near the bike. There was no way.... But as soon as I went
outside I saw it on the lawn.

"So if I give you back your motorcycle will, I expect to wake up one night
with it on the lawn?"

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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I hope you guys a good Halloween! I was working a
flashlight as Trick or Treaters asked for candies. I didn't dress up but
boy some people really did dress up.

Anyway. How can I get some review to see how I'm? Please pretty please? My
pet rabbit wants to know. Don't make her sad. You wouldn't be that cruel
right?