Lock and Load
“Vic come on it wasn’t your fault” Mike whispered to me as we drove to Michigan. I just shook my head. Yes it was it was my entire fault. They could be alive and we could still be living a normal life in San Diego where we belong and not moving because they think this will make me “better”.
“There was nothing either of us could’ve done,” he pressed on. I felt bad for putting him through this, he didn’t do anything. I deserve the pain and guilt not him.
“You didn’t kill Mom and Dad,” I whispered.
“You didn’t kill them,that guy did. You didn’t do anything,” Mike said wrapping an arm around my shoulders. We were trying our best to keep really low voices to keep from out uncle hearing us in the front seat. Huh, we’re 17 and 16 years old yet he made us sit in the back. I smiled at our uncle. He was always there for us he was like a parent for us and did what he could to help us which is why he got custody of us when it happened.
“We’re almost there,” Uncle Benny said from the driver seat as we took another turn. Mike leaned away to the window.
“How much longer until we’re there?” I asked.
“About an hour,” he said trying to be perky. Mike groaned and hit his head against the window.
“Why?” Mike whined.
“Because I don’t have a teleporting machine and that’s how long it’s going to take,” he said and returned his focus on the road mumbling something in Spanish. Mike sighed.
“We can stop for food though because I’m hungry and I see tacos” my uncle laughed as we pulled up at a restaurant.
We walked into the restaurant and were greeted by a perky looking blonde girl about me and mike’s age. She fake smiled at us.
“Table for three,” she asked. We nodded and she looked at me and mike and smirked. She took us to a table and told us to sit. She set the menus on the table and made sure to show as much cleavage as humanely possible and brushed her hand against mine.
“I’m Abby; I’ll be your server today. Can I start you off with something to drink?” She said with a smile, and looked to me.
“Um…just a coke” I said, she looked to Mike and Benny on the other side of the booth.
“Same” mike said, “Same” Benny said.
“Well that’s easy” she smiled at Mike before walking away. We stayed silent as we ate for the rest of the time we were at the restaurant. The waitress kept shamelessly flirting with me and Mike the entire time, ha sorry, I don’t play that way girl keep your focus on Mike, I thought in a stupid gay voice that would sound hilarious. Nope I don’t deserve to laugh. I immediately went back to being the sad pathetic kid inside and out. Abby came back to our table after we had finished and handed me a piece of paper and whispered in my ear.
“that’s my number, can you do me a favor and give it to your brother, I’m a little shy” she blushed as she smiled at Mike and walked away. I smiled and gave mike the paper he read it and smiled at the girl.
“I wonder why she didn’t just give me it” he said as we walked out of the restaurant. I shrugged as we climbed back in the car.
“I wonder why she didn’t ask you out” Mike said as he sat in his seat.
“Well I’m a flaming homo and she could have an amazing gaydar” I said and leaned against the window. I was open about my sexuality to my family, we didn’t lie and keep a secret which is why we are all so close and they were all accepting.
The rest of the ride was silent to only sounds being outside of the car. Soon enough we were pulling up at a white two story house that looked pretty aged but nice. I slowly got out of the car and stood looking at the building. We moved in last week but had to go to the funeral before we could come back and get settled in. I picked up my backpack and walked into the house. I looked around and took in the house. I sighed and walked up the stairs and went to the room I picked when we came here the first time. I sat on my bed and looked out the window and saw our backyard. The grass was dead and there was a broken birdbath. It seemed really boring. I slowly walked out of the room to find Mike sitting on the couch in the living room looking around.
“It’s pretty nice” he breathed.
“Yeah” I agreed. I walked to the door and looked outside.
“I’m…going to go for a walk,” I said and turned to mike.
“Alright, don’t do anything stupid, sometimes I swear I’m the older one” he laughed. I nodded to him and stepped out into the cool autumn air. I sighed as I walked down the sidewalk and listened to my shoes hitting the concrete as I stepped further away from my new house. The wind blew through the trees making a light sound, filling the silence. There weren’t any people out on the streets. I walked until I came to a small shopping center; there is a record store here. I’ll check that out later. I looked around further and saw a small trail. Curiosity got the best of me and I walked down it. I found an old abandoned looking church, I was never religious I just never really believed in anything they said, of course I celebrated the religious holidays with family. There was just something about this church that fascinated me. I walked around it and found an old cemetery; the headstones looked like they were slowly deteriorating. It just seemed calm, like there weren’t a ton of dead bodies below the earth here. I looked back to the church. The stained glass windows seemed out of place with the chipping splintered wood. I looked at it further until I heard a snapping sound behind me. I turned around to see nobody behind me in the small clearing

Notes

there will be two chapters today. this is my second attempt to write a story on here my first one fail miserably so i hope this one works out.
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