An Accidental Letter

In the morning, I woke up and Sadie was still asleep, curled up in my arms. I looked at the clock <6:14>. I sighed and got up. Since my bedroom was at the end of the hallway, I walked past all the other bedrooms. When I walked past Tommy and Sadie’s shared room, I saw Tommy tossing and turning in his bed, the blankets on the floor. I went over to his bed, calmed him down, and tucked him back in. Then I walked past my parents room. Mum and Da were really the perfect couple. Mum was lying on top of Da, her head on his chest and his arms wrapped around her. I inwardly wished that i have that kind of relationship with whoever I marry.

When I walked down stairs, I did what i do best early in the morning. Cook. I made pancakes and eggs and bacon for my family. It was around 7 o’clock when I heard the doorbell ring. I quickly took the bacon off the stove and cleaned my hands before going to the door. I looked through the peephole before quickly opening the door to reveal my best friend crying and soaking wet.

“Mark! Come in! What’s wrong?” I asked, quickly pulling him inside and shutting the door. He didn’t reply, just sank to the floor, crying even harder. I brought him to the living room, where he dropped his bag and sat on the couch. I turned away to get him a towel, but he grabbed my hand.

“Don’t leave me, please.” He begged. “You are all that I have left.” I turned around grabbing his outstretched hand with both of mine.

“I’m just going to get you a towel and some clean clothes from Da.” He nodded and pulled his hand back. I walked upstairs to the bathroom and grabbed a towel, then quietly walked into my parents room and started to go through Da’s drawers.

“Freya?” I heard mum say. “Why are you going through Da’s clothes?”

“Um.. well, you see… Mark, he is downstairs. And he is soaking wet. So, um… I’m getting him some dry clothes.” She just nodded, probably too tired to process it, and laid back down. I quickly grabbed the clothes i needed and went back downstairs. “Here.” I said, holding out the clothes. He sniffled and grabbed the towel, drying his face. Then he took the shirt and sweatpants and went to the bathroom to change.

I went back into the kitchen and finished making the bacon. I put them in the pile before putting the plate in the oven, along with the eggs and pancakes, to stay warm. When i walked back into the living room, I sat down on the couch next to Mark and pulled him into a hug. “Mark, please tell me what happened.” He pulled away, drying the tear stains.

“My- my dad kicked me out.” I looked at him with wide eyes. I knew that his father was abusive and didn’t really care about his youngest son, but kick him out?

“Why?”
“He was yelling at me this morning… and- and he said that i was a nuisance and that i didn’t belong in this world. Then he told me that he had sold the house and was moving to… where ever and that I wasn’t allowed to come. Before he literally threw me out of the house, I managed to grab a few of my things.” He started to cry again. “He- he said, he was gonna burn everything i owned that i didn’t take. Which was most of my stuff.” Then he looked up at me. “And I- I didn’t get any sleep last night because all he did was yell at someone over the phone.” I stood up.

“C’mon. I’ll let you sleep in my bed.” I said, helping him up. He looked at me gratefully as we went up. I carried Sadie to her room.

“Th- Thank you so much Freya.” He said before he fell fast asleep. I just smiled at my best friends sleeping form before closing the door and heading back downstairs.

“Good morning Freya.” Da said, walking into the kitchen, about an hour later. “Something smells good.”

“I made breakfast!” I said, showing him the food in the oven.

“Thank you. We will eat when the others wake up.” He sat down. “By the way, why were you in our bedroom this morning?”
“Oh, well Mark came over around seven, soaking wet and crying. His dad had just kicked him out and he had nowhere to go, so he came here. And i took some of your clothes since he needed dry clothes.” He nodded.

“Where is he now?”

“He’s in my bedroom sleeping. His dad kept him up all night because he was yelling at someone over the phone.” Da nodded again.

“Well, I’m fine with him staying here for as long as he needs. He can sleep in the guest room.” I ran over and gave him a big hug

“Thank you Da.”

“Anything for my princess’ friends.” I smiled widely. Sadie and Tommy soon came down with Mum and we ate breakfast together.

“So, can you explain again why you were in our room this morning? I didn’t really process what you were saying.” I nodded and then gave her the same explanation I gave Da. She looked at me shocked. “Well, obviously, he can stay here.” I thanked both of my parents before placing my plate in the dishwasher and heading up to my room.

Notes

I am so sorry I took so long to update. I was away on vacation and i couldn't bring my laptop.