Burning Acres( Rewrite)

Knock! Knock!

Tick! Tock! I hear my clock repeat over and over. I sit desperately at my desk waiting for my sister Emily. I look over and realize that it is 10:30. "What is taking her so long?", I thought to myself. "What could she be doing?", I also thought to myself. I take a deep breath and look at my completed math homework. All I can do is wonder what my sister is doing. Usually she is here making a noise or dinner, but today she isn't here. I look up from my math homework that is flat on my desk. With some thought, I stand up and walk to my bed that is on the other side of my room. As I walk to my bed I admire my navy blue bed sheets and painted walls. As I am about to flop onto my bed to finally relax I hear a Knock! Knock!

I walk slowly down my oak wood stairs. Knock! Knock! I hear again this time making me feel obligated to hurry to the door. In annoyance I yell," I'm coming." and hurry to the door. Just as I reached out for the dented silver door knob, Knock! Knock!, I jump back. I look at the door in a slightly terrified way.

"Open the door Robert.", I hear my sister call from the other side of the door. I hesitate and then open the door. " What happened to your key?", I ask and she replies saying," Mom needed it, she lost her key so I gave her mine." "Interesting.", I respond in a sarcastic tone. Emily stares at me and then shuts the door behind her.

I watch as Emily walks passed me and goes up the stairs. Once she is completely out of sight I hear her very heavy "King Kong" footsteps getting closer again. She is in view again and is on the first oak wood step. She stares at me and says," I left you some food in the kitchen, hope you ate." I look at her angrily for a few seconds and respond," Why didn't you call to tell me?" " Look I was at a few job interviews, I can't just let you help this family on your own. You are a kid and I am responsible for you, and I know mom isn't here all the time, but that doesn't shouldn't stop you from having one.", She says. I can hear the sadness in her voice, but I can also hear kindness too. " Well I'm so tired so I think I am going to sleep.", she says suddenly. " Also next time don't be lazy and actually cook.", she continues and smiles at me before getting out of sight for the second time.

I go to the kitchen and text my friend Sebastian.

ROBERT: Hey you up

SEBASTIAN: Yeah. WYD

ROBERT: Nothing, I'm just bored. WBU

SEBASTIAN: Nothing LOL

ROBERT: I was actually just gonna go to bed.

SEBASTIAN: Same. Also are you walking to school tomorrow.

ROBERT: Yes

ROBERT: Actually I can't go to bed, I miss Valerie.

SEBASTIAN: You have to get over her, but you have been bummed about her for weeks.

ROBERT: Ok, I'll forget about her and the nasty things we did together.

SEBASTIAN: Great. See you tomorrow.

ROBERT: Good Night

I put my phone down and look to the sliding glass door at the other side of the kitchen. I admire myself for a little while. As I look closer I see something in my reflection. "What the hell is that?", I say to myself in panic. Upon closer inspection I can see a face in the window behind me, but I can't make out any of its features. I jump up from my chair and turn to the window to see who it is, but when I look, there is no one. I pick up my phone from my kitchen table and walk to the living room and up the stairs. I walk into my room and lay down, but before I turn off the lights I stand up and make sure that my window is locked. Then I return to my bed and turn off the lights.

Just as I was going to sleep, I hear a knock coming from my window. In fear, I keep my eyes shut, but my curiosity aches for me to open them. When I do, I see a silhouette of a man. The glow of the full moon shining through my window makes the outline of the man sharp. I feel scared, panicked,and alert, but yet I still go to my window as though I am a stupid horror movie character and I ask," Who is it?" " Let me in.", I hear. "Omar.", I say in a confused tone.

"Robert just let me in.", the man says in a demanding yet annoyed tone. I open the window to better make out the face of the person and realize it is Omar. " Omar, What are you doing here," I rush to turn on the lights then glance at my clock to check the time, " It's 11:23. Shouldn't you be asleep.", I conclude. "Look, Stephanie has been driving me insane. I don't know what is wrong with me, but I think I don't love her anymore.", Omar said in a frantically fast way. " I was gonna call you, but I decide to talk to you in person.", Omar continued staring at me in a very odd way. " What do you need exactly?" I asked. " I've been thinking a lot about you and about the things we did as kids and I remember how amazing it felt." He said. Before he could say another word I interrupted and said," We were kids, and you are straight, and honestly you should tell Stephanie how you feel about your relationship with her because honestly, I don't want to be involved like last time. " Yeah, but the thing is after some thinking, I thought maybe I could blow off some steam so then I could maybe tolerate Stephanie.", Omar responded. " That makes no sense Omar like how...", and before I could finish Omar grabbed my hips with his large hands and pulled them to his waist. I could feel his penis on me. It felt so weird. Omar was leaning in to kiss me, but before he could I grabbed his black hoodie and yanked him off me. I looked at his face as he looked at mine with sadness." Omar just tell Stephanie," I told Omar with a worried expression on my face.

He climbed out the window and walked into the dark street. I watched until I could no longer see him. Then I went back to my bed and once again laid down on my blue navy sheets.