October 7th, 1997

The cold breeze moved the bottom of my scarf slightly. I clutched the handle to my crutches as I tried to maneuver myself up onto the steps of Brendon's house.

The door opened before I even got to the top and Brendon came out onto the step and reached his hand out. I flashed him a quick smile and let go of one of the handles making sure it was still in my armpit so it wouldn't fall.

"Thanks." I said, my breath showed in the cold air.

"I'll be back by ten, thank you Ryan. I owe you." Brendon gave me a huge smile. I smiled back at him. "Sasha's bedtime is at seven, he likes Mac and cheese which is in the cabinet. Make sure Mittens doesn't come in, she isn't ours. Um, if the phone rings pick it up and just say I'm out. Ok thank you!" Brendon waved and quickly ran down the stairs to his car.

I felt myself smiling at him. Just for him being him.

"R-Ryan?" I nervous voice said from behind me. I turned around to see Sasha biting his lip with a book in his arms.

"Hey bud." I got into the house (barely). I closed the door behind me and locked it. "What's up?" I asked getting myself to the couch. Once I sat down I put my crutches on the side of the couch. Sasha came and crawled next to me.

I put my arm around him and he leaned into me. I smiled as he sighed, the book slowly sliding out of his hands.

"Did you hwrt?" Sasha asked looking up at me. I smiled and patted his head.

"Yeah, I'm ok though." Sasha frowned.

"Not look ok." Sasha pouted. I chuckled and gave him a small side hug. Then Sasha looked up at me with the biggest brown eyes I've ever seen. "Are here, instead of mommy?" My eyes widened as my cheeks flushed.

I didn't see Brendon that way.

"Um," I quickly looked around the room and my eyes landed on the cabinet. "Dinner, huh? Let's go make some dinner." I picked Sasha up and put him on the floor as I stood up and balanced on one leg. I grabbed my crutches and waddled over to the kitchen.

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"Ryan! Look! Kitty!"

"Huh?" I paused from washing the pot to see a cat climbing in through the open backdoor. My eyes widened as I tried my best to rush over to him to close the door. But the cat rushed in past me and up the stairs. I cursed under my breath.

How am I supposed to go up the stairs in crutches?

At that moment I didn't really care. I set down my crutches and jumped over to the stairs clutching onto the railing.

Once I got to the top of the stairs I saw the cat drinking out of the toilet in the bathroom across the hall.

I snuck up behind it as quietly as I could. It didn't see me so I grabbed it and then I got an unpleasant feeling in my palm. I looked down to see a giant scratch in my palm. The cat was also hissing.

I rushed down the stairs and pushed the cat out the back door and closed the door locking it. Sasha looked up at me with tears in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" I asked letting the breath I was holding out.

"Daddy." Sasha mumbled before the tears started falling down his check. I looked at my watch to see it say: 7:12.

"I know you miss him. He'll be home to tuck you in." I said leaning down and opening my arms. He ran into my arms and cried onto my shoulder.

•

By 8:30 I got him in bed.

By 9:00 he was asleep.

By 10:25 Brendon got home.

•

"Sorry Ryan." Brendon apologized. I saw the bags under his eyes.

"I don't mind."

"Here." Brendon held out a fifty. I bit my lip before pushing it back towards his chest.

"This ones on me." I knew they were struggling with money. I didn't want to take his money from him.

"No no, let me give you something." Brendon reached in his pocket and grabbed a twenty. I took this and smiled.

"He was a doll." And with that I slipped past Brendon into the night. I waddled down the stairs and out onto the street.

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A/N
Hi everyone
Just really quickly
I'm going camping on Wednesday to Friday with my school so I won't have my phone so I can't check anything or update until Friday or maybe Saturday depending on how tired I am
Quick story:
In drama I was standing next to my crush and we all had to squish together to connect hands with someone across the room to make the human knot and stuff and he was pressed against me the whole time which gave me anxiety and I wore a really low cut shirt today that showed a lot of my boobs but it made me look good so idc I felt nice today
But I was paired with all boys in history and at one point one of they stopped talking and they all looked at my chest it was kinda funny
•Song Suggestion•: Peach Pit by Peach Pit
^it has a very retro feel
•Fun Fact•: I'm going backpacking again yayyy
Anyways

~enjoy killjoys~