"You don't sound happy about that." I remarked, trying not to sound like I wanted to hear the reason why he doesn't want them home."That's cause I'm not." He replied drily."Duh, I figured." I stated with an eye roll."Good for you." He replied sarcastically."Anyways, I just wish we could switch places, my parents can be too much sometimes." He explained."I wanna switch places too, I miss my parents, it feels so empty here without them here."It wouldn't have been so empty if you didn't kill your baby brother.And, like that, I could feel myself already spiralling into another depressing state."Stop over thinking things, this woman." He chastised mildly.A sigh escaped my lips."I'm not over thinking." I tried denying."You are. And quit sighing every minutes too."

The sound of the running engine finally going quiet made me let out a relieved sigh as I held unto Silas arm before carefully hopping off the back seat and releasing my tight hold on his biceps.He pulled the head helmet off his head and threw it in the air twice while making them twirl in the air before coming down into his outstretched palms before turning sideways to give me a cocky look."So, how was the ride?""Horrible. You were going too fast and didn't even consider the fact that I might fall off each time you take a u - turn or a curve." I paused to take in deep breaths as I tried unbuckling the stupid head helmet still pressing down on my curls."It was horrible." I finally managed to unbuckle the head helmet, pulling it away from my head carefully to avoid my wig from following suit before stretching my hand out with the head helmet clutched in it."Here's your head helmet."

I shivered again as another whiff of cold surrounded us again, my spaghetti handed gown seeming so useless in a place like this."Maybe." I muttered as I wove my hands around my body."Not maybe, go for a check up." He rephrased."I'll think about it." I informed him."No. Alright, how about I come pick you up tomorrow, then we'll go to the hospital tomorrow to know what's really wrong. How's that sounding?" He purposed, changing tactics altogether.Another outing with Silas!Sike!A feeling of giddiness swelled in my head but I tried not to dwell too much on it as I reminded myself that it was only to go get treatments for me and nothing else.Not like it worked anyways."It sounds alright, I guess. You'd come pick me up?" I decided to ask instead, praying my excitement wouldn't be so obvious."Great. Whi

   I picked Chelsea up and cuddled her in my arms as I headed for the kitchen, my sandals still strapped to her feet.Hopefully, if she was going to get mad at me for staying out longer than planned, the sight of Chelsea would calm her down a little.I'm sorry Chels, but you're getting useful for me right now."Here I am." I announced as I stood by the kitchen's entrance, my arms around Chelsea as I cradled her to my chest, my whole attention focused on my mother who was currently slicing a round melon into smaller pieces on a cutting board, the sounds of the knife meeting the board resounded around the kitchen on and on.She looked up from what she was doing, her head covered by a big wine coloured bonnet, her mouth tugging into a small smile on sighting Chelsea in my arms."You found Chelsea. Even if I am not sure you noticed her absence in weeks" She stated, her gaze rak

   Dressed in a jogger trousers and a matching jacket, I loosely held unto the chain attached to Chelsea's collar as we walked slowly on the smooth part not far from home.It was a some minutes to seven, with only a few people on the street since it was a Sunday and many people were going to be sleeping in today since it isn't a working day today.I made up my mind to take a walk today when sleep decided to not visit me throughout the night, and since my dog is around, I brought her along to keep me company.Not like we're going to be talking or anything, but at least I have an excuse to ignore everybody and state down at Chelsea instead of greeting people I don't feel like.I got tempted to plug in my earpieces to my phone and distract myself with music on this short walk but then I had to force myself to remember that this isn't a movie and that I might get hit by a moving vehicle if I can't he