Banner made by Amyness aka Elphie the Wicked Chapter 1
A noise in the living room jarred a young man awake. He sat up quickly and looked over to his wife who was sleeping soundlessly next to him. She had had a long day. He didn’t blame her for being so tired. Not wanting to disturb her, Benny Edwards climbed out of the queen-sized bed and tiptoed out of the room.
It was dark in his parent’s hallway, but what did he expect? Everybody had to be asleep still. Yes he still lived at home and yes he had a wife. But after being away from his family for five years, it was nice to be seeing them everyday in the morning. Mona, his wife, didn’t mind staying in the house with his parents and his younger siblings; minus Samantha, who had moved to Greece shortly after graduation.
It was the year 2071, March to be exact. It was chilly outside, but Benny was still found wearing shorts and bare foot. The cool wooden floor hit against his feet as he made his way toward the living room. That is where he had heard the sound.
As he got into the room, he realized he couldn’t see anything because it was so dark. But he still heard the sound. It was a gentle tapping. This wasn’t the sound that had woken him, it was a bigger sound and he was surprised nobody else had woken up. Making his way over to a lamp, he quietly switched it on and what he found made him take a step back.
“Sammy?” he said slowly, confused. She looked a mess. Her hair was thrown up in an untidy ponytail and it looked like the clothes she was wearing she had been wearing for days. She was sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall, rocking back and forward, every once in awhile hitting her head against the wall; making the gentle tapping sound. Her eyes were red and she was biting her lip so hard it was turning a dark pink. She looked like she was about to have a nervous breakdown.
When his sister didn’t say anything, Benny walked over to her and slowly eased himself on the ground next to her. They didn’t say anything to each other, and Benny didn’t tell her to stop hitting her head, even though it was putting him on edge for many different reasons. For one, it was surely going to wake somebody up and waking anybody up didn’t seem like a good idea at the moment. Two, the scar on his head made him jumpy when people hit their head. But he didn’t say anything to her. He’s known Samantha long enough not to say anything to her when she was upset. Best to keep quiet until she cooled off.
“I-” She started to say and whimpered next to him.
Benny looked over at her and placed his hand on her leg. “Sammy. Are you ok?” he asked softy.
She looked over at him and Benny caught the sorrow in her chocolate brown eyes. It frightened him, but he kept his cool. Something happened to make her like this and he didn’t like it one bit.
Samantha sniffed and with a trembling lip, uttered, “Milo’s gone.”
Milo was a Greek boy she had met one summer while she was staying with their grandparents. Benny didn’t know much about him. Nobody did. All Benny knew was he lived with his grandparents before he came of age. When Sammy described him a couple of years ago, she had said he was smart, charming, and had the cutest smile. One thing Benny did know was, when Samantha moved out of the house to go live with their grandparents, it was also to be closer with Milo.
“What do you mean
gone?” Benny asked in a calm tone. Many questions started shooting through his head, but the main one was, Milo left Samantha and she was heartbroken about it.
“He…They…He’s gone.” Samantha said, beginning to rock harder.
Being so intuitive, Benny caught the main word in that chopped up sentence. “They? Who are they Sammy?”
Samantha looked away from him then and stood up. Benny watched her from the ground and more questions began floating in his head. Who was “They?” What did they have to do with Milo?
“I…they are Milo’s parents.” Samantha answered, her back to him.
Benny stood up and blinked a few times. “Milo’s parents? I thought they were dead.”
She turned around to face him and looked up into his eyes, ready to tell her story. “I thought so too.”
Ok so this is about my current character in the future. The story is going to alternate between Benny (her older brother) and Sammy (my character). Just so you know. Sammy's point of view is always in the past (until later in the story 
) and Benny is the future.
Hope you like 