[Thursday] What I did not expect waking up to, was someone holding me in their arms with a much warmer and fluffier blanket around me. I was still outside though. I assumed because of the slight cool breeze, the smell, and the sounds.
I stirred and the voices around me grew a little louder before turning into whispers. I opened my eyes to meet light green ones looking down at me.
I froze. My instincts making me want to try and run. I said 'Try' since I couldn't really do anything being as trapped as I was within the blanket. But I started moving around frantically as I searched for my way out.
He tried to calm me down but I wouldn't. And I'm not some animal, I somehow immediately knew that he and the others around probably had no intentions of hurting me. But they still could.
Looks were decieving and in the moment I'll turn my back on them, they might take advantage. They might show their real selves then. I'm talking from experience.
Dad used to be a pretty nice man. I remember thinking he was the best dad in the world when one time my ice cream fell onto the floor and he immediately calmed me down when I started crying. He picked up the cone, threw it into the trash, and bought me another one with extra chocolate.
I didn't even notice I was actually crying until I was hugged firmly and yet so gently into the man's chest. With his other hand he rubbed at my back and caressed my hair while whispering calming words to me.
Those touches, soft caresses and sweet words, were something I almost forgot even existed. Almost.
They would've already been forgotten if I lost my memories. And I wish I had. I wish I had lost them all and made new ones without the painful parts to always be there, lurking in the darkness and reminding me I'm not good enough. A nuisance. Something that should've never existed. An accident.
Someone who was never, meant to be.
I cried harder, burying myself in the blanket and inside his coat. It felt comforting. Very comforting. I do not like the dark but that was something else. Someone was holding me. I was not alone.
The man stiffed a bit, obviously not knowing what to do but I didn't really care. He can do whatever he wanted. The trash was right there.
But I did care actually, that explains the relief I felt when he kept hugging and caressing me.
He then stood up, very easily like he was holding nothing. I'm not gonna lie, I felt pretty offended. It didn't help when he gasped.
'He's weighing nothing' he said in shock. Thank you. Not.
'I think it would be best to take him to the hospital. He doesn't look really well. He's too pale' others commented. I did not need to know that.
'He looks really stressed though, I don't think it's a good idea. But call Carlos, if he'll say the kid needs hospital, then I'll take him. Only if necessary though' the man holding me said. He then lowered his head down to me.
'Buddy' he whispered. I was in a haze, not quite knowing if I was inside a dream or out in reality. 'Hey.' He moved the blanket a bit to the side so he could see my face. 'Listen, I'm going to take you inside now, alright?' He asked.
I could hear the hopefulness in his voice but I couldn't answer. I couldn't really move. He realized something wasn't quite right.
'Clyde' he called. The man named Clyde approached us closer, stopping when he hovered me. 'Something's not right' he said. 'He looks kinda out of it.'
The slightly bigger, taller man looked at me a little too intensely and I felt uncomfortable like that. 'I already called Carlos. He should be here in five minutes max' he said.
I flinched, inevitably so when he reached his hand a little too close to my face. A sob escaped my throat and he cursed.
'Shit. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. Sorry' he muttered apologies and the smaller man slapped the back of his head. 'Ow, Eddie' he whined. 'What did I do?'
The one who's holding me now I know named Eddie, chuckled. 'Sorry but you scare him more with all these sorries.'
'Sorries's not a word' he argues, rubbing the back of his head.
'It is now' Eddie argued back.
Before they could continue their argument though, there were three beeps in a row and a car entered the alley, stopping a feet or so before the big trash can.
Parker is a boy. Just a teenage boy.
But despite being 'just a teenage boy',
he experienced some things in life that
most teenage boys don't. After being kind of
kicked out of his house, he stumbled upon a
restaurant. Staying in the dark alley through
the night might've been scary, but it was the
best decision of his life that lead him to people
who made him feel belong.
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