Snow falls onto the small town's stone roads.

I stare at my feet in thought.

What if Mom had somewhere warm to stay warm in winter and somewhere cold to stay in summer? I ask myself in my head. Would she finally be able to sleep at night with a blanket without a fuss?

I stare up and see Charlie.

I wave.

He waves back. "Hey."

"Hey."

"What have you been up to lately?" he asks, chewing his nails.

"Nothing in the late, aside from running errands, you?" I reply.

"Playing video games, basketball, soccer, baseball, etc.," he says, waving his hand toward me. "Ooh, Caspian, you wanna do something fun?"

"Sure," I say, and follow him.

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After school I go straight home.

Mom is sweeping the front porch where dirt had collected and sweeps it into the snow.

"Cas, how was your first day of school?" Mom asks, looking up at me.

I smile slightly at her. "Like it always is."

She opens the door and we go inside. "Let's have dinner, shall we?"

"I can make dinner, Mom, you and Caspian have been doing a lot of work lately," Evelyn my younger sister says, coming out of her room.

"Are you sure? I can do it if you don't want to, especially if you don't want to cut yourself, 'Kay Evelyn."

"I am sure Cas, you and Mom need to relax," she says.

Mom takes her shoes off and sets them on the floor at the door. (I made that rhyme on accident.)

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Evelyn cooks dinner and serves me, Mom, and herself, she also made some for Dad and sent it to him.

I eat and wash it.

I go to my room and my phone tweets.

I check it and it's from Charlie.

[Hey, you want to come over by my house tomorrow?] Charlie.

[Sure, why not?] me.

[Yay!] Charlie.

[Stop acting like a kid.] me.

[But I am a kid.] Charlie.

[Fine, whatever.] me.

[What time do you want me to come over at specifically?] me.

[4:00, that's when we get out of school typically, what time did you think we get out of school?] Charlie.

[10:00 pm. :D] me.

[Love you, bye, night. I need to get to sleep.] me.

[Alright, love you, bye, night.] Charlie.