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- 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄 -

𝐈 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐁𝐎𝐗.

"Rhea, are you almost done packing?" My brother Rafe yelled from downstairs

"I'm Almost done!" I replied while taping the box closed

"Okay, I'm Done!"

I grabbed the box and ran downstairs, it was kind of heavy but it wasn't too bad for me to carry. I saw my brother Rafe and my Mother outside loading the boxes into the U-haul truck.

"Give me the boxes Rhea." my mother told

I handed my mother the boxes one by one as she loaded them in, my brother Rafe wasn't helping at all, he was already in the car playing on his switch.

"Okay, go get in the car while I go talk to the driver."

I did what I was told, I got in the passenger seat, buckled my seatbelt, and waited.

"No, no!" my brother shouted

"Are you okay?" I turned to him

"I just died in Mario Kart, I'm not okay."

"You know you could've helped us load the boxes in, you're 15 years old now, not eight Rafe."

"I wished I cared Rhea." he nonchalantly replied

I scoffed and turned back around in my seat with my arms crossed.

"Okay, are y'all ready?" my mother got in the car buckling her seatbelt with a smile on her face."

"No, because dad isn't here." Rafe blurted

"What?" Mom turned to look at him

"Your father is a deadbeat, he abused me for 5 years and you're worried about him? Whose son are you?"

Rafe rolled his eyes and averted his attention back to his device.  I heard Mom sigh, I placed my hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

Mom glanced at me and smiled, "Okay what are we waiting for?" she laughed softly

As mom drove, the driver in the U-haul truck followed, we were already on our way to Virginia.

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"We're here, Rhea wake up." I felt a push on my shoulder

I opened my eyes slowly, we were here, in Virginia, My mom was still driving on the street following the Google Maps.

Lots of couples, and people walking their dogs on the sidewalks, people laying and playing in the green grass. The sun shone through the car window illuminating my melanin skin.

I felt good about this new change, this new environment.

My brother was sleeping in the back of the car with his mouth open and slob drooling. "Ew," I said to myself

My mother pulled up to a driveway in front of this big house, the house looked old and rusty. "I hope the inside looks better than it looks," Rafe said

"I like it! Do you like it, Rhea?"

"It looks very cool."  I smiled softly

"Rafe come help your mother with these boxes."

I grabbed a box from out of the trunk and stared at the big house in front of us.

I averted my eyes at the window as I saw a black figure, "Do y'all see that?"

"See what?" my mother looked up at the window, but there was no one there

"Rhea shut up, stop trying to scare us it's not working."

"I'm not trying to scare y'all, I really saw something."

"I'm sure it's nothing dear."

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"I'm taking the boxes inside," I told them

I walked inside the nice home, The House looked actually better than the outside, the walls were painted and the carpets were clean.

There was also furniture inside, I turned around at the sound of my family walking into the creaking house.

"Woah, this is Beautiful." my mom exclaimed

"I jinxed it." Rafe plopped on one of the couches.

My brother eyed me down with a smirk "I called dibs on the biggest room."

I ran after Rafe as we ran up the steps, I found the first bedroom and the bed was a king-size, with red covers and blankets.

"I claimed this one!" Rafe yelled from the other bedroom

I walked into his room and saw him lying on his king-size bed. He had the same colors on his bed too." 

"It's giving Count Dracula." Rafe laughed

"Good thing I have my own pink blankets," I said

"You're boring." he rolled his eyes

"And? Anyways, How many rooms are there?"

"I counted 2 down this hall," Rafe said

"And there's two on my side, so four rooms."

"Please tell me we get our own bathrooms." 

"You have a door in your room, open it."

I watched Rafe open the door, it was an all-white bathroom.

"Oh thank God."

"Dummy." I teased

"Guys! Come down here!" mom exclaimed from downstairs

Me and Rafe both left his room, "wait isn't that the window that you claimed you saw someone."  he referenced

I looked at the window that Rafe was talking about and it was it, it was down the black-painted hall.

"Maybe, you need to stop smoking," he said before going downstairs leaving me flabbergasted

"I don't think that has anything to do with my eyesight!" I shouted