new short story

                                                    alone

  “Where's mom and dad?” I said struggling to be heard over the noise of the tv. “They’re probably at the hotel avoiding us again.” Lilly responded. All i could do at this point is sigh our parents have been doing this ever since we were little, but i've gotten used to it by now. 

My parents were almost never home and when they were they locked themselves in their room and didn't speak to us. (which is strange because isn't that what we teenagers are supposed to be doing.) me and my twin sister lily have learned to take care of ourselves for the time being. Lily still thinks that our parents will one day suddenly love us but I know that's not happening. Ever since the incident in third grade our parents forgot about us.

The incident is what me and Lily like to call what went down on january 5, 2015. We were casually enjoying our lunch when a girl named Addison went to sit by us. She was ok for the most part so we became friends fast. Until when we were about to get picked up she kissed Lily in front of everyone, even our parents. Lily decided she liked that and that she was into girls. Then my parents just stopped doing things for us and they just ignored us and went on their way.

Fast forward from that 5 years and here we are alone in our new york city apartment with nothing but a box of ramen. We never stopped being friends with Addison, in fact she and lily actually started dating. We spent most of our time at her house seeing as her parents were loving and kind and they were there for us more than our own parents.

One day I was gettin ready for school when there was a steady knock on the door. When I opened it there was a tall muscular policeman standing there. “Hello.” he said sternly. “H-hi” I replied. “I'm here to collect you and your sister on three accounts of child neglection.” he said. “Oh, ok” I said happy because we were finally leaving this cramped apartment. “ LILLY” I yelled down the hallway. “Coming!” she yelled back. “She’ll be here soon.” I said calmingly back to the police officer. As I stepped into the hallway I noticed Addison and her parents standing at the back of the hallway.”hey what are you doing here?” I asked. “Your going to stay with us for a while. Ok?” her mom replied. “Really?” i said.”really she said.

                                (1 year later)  

“Hey Addison, have you seen lily around.” I asked slightly annoyed that she wasn't already here. “ “unfortunately i have not” she replied.” Why is something wrong?” she asked a hint of worry in her voice. “No, she’s just never late like this, it's a little strange,” I said trying to remove any thoughts that she could be hurt. Suddenly lily burst through the door “ sorry i'm late i got held up at work” she was panting. Then Addison just started laughing and strangely enough I started laughing too. “What is it?” Lily said, a little scared. “ It's nothing, I'm just happy you're finally home.” Addison went in for a hug so I did too. This is it, I thought I'm finally part of a family.