This morning I got up to Mom and Dad leaving for church. I barely got in a 'good morning' before they were gone. I fed Tiny. Gave her her shot. Spent hours alone at my computer.
Mom and Dad get home. Dad tells me he heard I never responded to Yancy's text and does that mean I didn't want to see the movie. I tell him I never got a text from Yancy. "Oh, because he was going to see a movie and said he texted you to see if you wanted him to pick you up but you never replied..." I repeat I never got a text.
Hours alone at my computer.
Yancy comes home and I tell him about not receiving anything. "Really? *checks his phone* Oh crap, it failed to send. Sorry. *shrugs* Oh well, next time."
He was in line for the ticket booth when he texted. If he needed an answer that quickly why didn't he just call? He saw the movie alone. "Bendito," Dad says, "After being here alone all morning bored..."
Hours alone at my computer.
"Does anyone want to play anything?" I ask.
No.
Hours alone at my computer.
Headache.
Tio comes over. I go to my room so it doesn't get worse.
I'm lonely. I'm crying. I fall asleep.
I wake up hours later to the alarm I set to feed Tiny. The house is empty. I text Dad to see where everyone is. They left to walk together at a park. No one bothered to wake me to see if I wanted to go -- not even Dad who had already acknowledged that he knew I was alone all day. They just left my door open in case Tiny wanted to join me.
I feed Tiny. I give her her shot.
I walk outside but couldn't see/find the moon.
I walk around the empty house.
I walk to the kitchen.
I grabbed a knife.
The same one I reached for years ago during the Dark Years.
I don't know what I was going to do.
I hear the garage, they were back.
I put the knife back and go to my room.
I cry into my pillow.
I'm always alone.
Justin texts me. "Go outside, [the moon is] really pretty"
I still can't see it.