Tuckahoe, NY- 7:24 am-1/6/21 

"Hey, Will, what time are you leaving for work today?" I asked. He usually would be heading out the door by now.

"I have a day off because of the snow! I have to do some work for my bachelor's degree though."

"Ok! I am gonna play some games with my friend around 6 if you wanna join."

"Sure! You wanna play on Picklefruit Salad?" he asked. Picklefruit Salad is our world my stepdad and I have been playing in since I was 9.

"Im down." I went into the kitchen and started making breakfast. I poured some pancake batter into the pan. Ding! I got a notification! I pulled my phone out of the pocket of my sweatpants.

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Noah, i swear to fucking god if you don't wake up in the next 5 minutes I am going to fly to Texas and wake you up myself

you

uhhhhh sorry this isn't Noah

Oh shoot I'm so sorry-

It's ok! I don't live in Texas lol. 

Why do you need them to wake up?

Oh, he just isn't answering his Discord

He said he was gonna wake up at 5 his time but it is 6:30 in texas

oop- well good luck!

I closed my messages and went back to cooking the pancakes.  They were getting super fluffy, just like always. I never shared my secret with ANYONE. I had a big stack building up on the plate next to me. "BREKKY IS READY!" I yelled. The smell of pancakes intoxicating the air. We were eating in silence until my mom burst through the door.

"i- david... the thing that you told me to tell you when it happened... it happened"

"Come on Grayson, start packing your stuff. You and I are moving to Virginia

/Authors Note\

I have the dumbest writer's block.

also, this is not how I imagined this chapter to go, but it is setting the story up.

I also realized that i had said the dad died when gray was 8 but now he has a dad

It is a stepdad

sorry for the cliffhanger

i hate this chapter

Word Count: 357 

Date Published (month, day, year): 4-1-21