Avalanche Trouble

Thursday

I wake up and get ready adjusting my prefect badge and I look in the mirror.

"Today will be a good day" I mutter to  myself as I get ready

I walk out of the bathroom and I sigh. It's silent again. Always is around here.

Dad is in Newtown. I chose to stay in Pontypandy and my grandad checks in when he's not on duty.

A knock. Like now. I grab my bag and my lunchbox and walk downstairs and place my shoes on and tighten them up before I place my bag on my back and hold my lunchbox. Then I opened the door.

It's not grandad Steele it's Boyce.

"Oh hey Boyce" I say "Thought Steele was here sorry"

"It's okay" Boyce says as he puts my lunchbox in my bag "You okay"

"Fine I'm starting to hate the silence here but I want the best for dad though" I say sadly

"You go get your blanket" Boyce whispers as he takes my bag of me

"Why but I've got school?" I ask

"Not today you haven't" Boyce says "Go get it"

I do and I close my bedroom door and follow him out and I lock the door.

"So if I'm not going school sir?" I ask "where we going"

"Newtown fire station get buckled up" he tells me

I do sir and Boyce phones up and lies saying that I can't get out of my house as it's flooded due to the bath breaking. They believe him.

"If dad finds out" I say

"He won't find out" Boyce says "And if he does I make sure you don't get into trouble"

I nod and we drive off

"Great excuse but the bath isn't broken" I chuckled

"Does it need to be broken for an excuse?" He asks

"Suppose not sir" I say

We arrive at the station and sir takes my lunchbox and phone out of my bag before zipping it up and he tells me to get my blanket out which I do.

"sir what's going on?" I ask

"You can spend the day here, your mental health is more important then school" he says

I nod and he lets me into his office. It was always important to have mental health days.

"Harry showed me here" I laugh and Boyce just laughs to "He called you old to"

"I realised" Boyce laughs as I hold my blanket close to me

"Sir how did you know about my blanket being my comfort item" I ask as I sit down and sniff

"Sam told me" Boyce says

I smile "You sure you take full control if dad does find out?" I ask

Boyce nods "What good would I be if I didn't" he says

"I don't know sir bad?" I laugh

He takes me up to the lounge and kitchen where Harry Oscar makes me and sit a drink and then we sit down and drink it.

"You okay?" Harry asks me

"I'm fine" I say

"I've let her have a day here" Boyce explains "She doesn't need to go to school in the state she's in"

"And what state would that be sir?" I ask

"Your not homesick as such" Boyce says "But you miss your farther"

I nod as I drink my hot chocolate

"Any plans for the - ." Harry starts to say but the alarm and intercom interrupt him

"Fire at Tesco's quick as you can" comes over the radio

I see Harry and Boyce and I'm sat in the kitchen alone and I walk to the lounge. Alone and it's creepy. I lay down wrap my blanket around me and cry a little. I nearly miss the voice that sounds familiar

"Jones?" Lola asks

I look up "Hey Lola" I say softly

"What's up?" She asks

"Nothing much you?" I ask

She nods and smiles before she sat down "Would you like a nap?"

I nod and she helps me up and leads me to the sleeping quarters

"Don't worry I tell Boyce where you are" she said

"Thanks" I tell her as she leaves

It's whatever time later when I wake up and I can the sirens again. I also hear a cough. I look up and see Boyce.

"Hey sir, sorry sir" I say

"Lola said you had a nap and when I came back you were fast asleep" Boyce says

"How Long have i been asleep?" I ask him as I wake up fully

"Around 8h" Boyce says "it's now half 3"

I nod weakly and he helps me up

"Home?" He asks me

I shake my head "It's silent there and it was silent here so I took a nap

Boyce nods "I think Jones you need to FaceTime them"

"Can't" I mumble softly "They want to have fun not to be bothered my me plus if we did it here I'd get a scolding"

"True" Boyce says as he takes me home

I nearly forget my blanket but Lola hands to me just before I get into the car. Boyce drives me back and once we get out and I've made sure I've got my blanket we see Steele at the front door.

Boyce explains and Steele frown relaxes "She okay now?"

"She needs to FaceTime him or at least phone him" Boyce says

"Too silent" I whisper as Boyce comes back with my phone bag and lunchbox and we drop them off on the corner of the kitchen as I take my phone and I dial my dad but I don't leave a voicemail as I'm mature, I don't need my dad when I'm feeling homesick.

I do, I lay down on the sleeping quarters with my phone, wrap myself tightly in my blanket and I just sob. Sob. It's a loose term. I miss the text of dad which reads "I'm busy right now, call me later"

I shake, I needed him home. I have a dream as I fell asleep.

I don't wake up again to Elvis has told me I can't go to sleep on an empty stomach and he's lifted me to the lounge where everyone is. And it's loud. I let the noise fill the coldness dreadingess of my mind. After it's full and now more coldness is around I drift of into my first happy sleep.