LovingLacie

      I sneak into the lit house at night, everyone had gone to bed, even Harry who was usually the last one up. It was easy to sneak pass Harry's room, but it was Arthur's room I always got caught on.       Just as I had predicted, Arthur's door opens with a squeak. I turn to see him leaning on the door frame pretending to yawn as if it was just too easy to catch me.       "Would you care to join me for a midnight snack?" I ask holding out a granola bar as I peace offering. He snatches the bar from my hand and points into his room. I slouch and marc

     There shouldn't have been a tomorrow, or a day after that. Each time I fell asleep I was ready to never wake up again. There was no one left to miss me, everyone looked right through me, I never existed in their eyes. So why wouldn't I just die already?      I wake to the smell of hot food and light footsteps in the snow. There she was, her family crest so long it lay in her lap as she sat there and waited, waited for me to do something. What did she want me to do?      "You looked hungry the other day," She says pushing a bowl of warm soup towards me. The snow melts under it, leaving a trail of melted water behind it.      I wa

     It had been a long and dark December, the snow on the ground was white and blinding in the little sun we received. Clearly I remember, from the windows they were watching while we froze.      Only a blanket protected me from the harsh winds in days pass. But today was clam and sunny as spring was nearing.      Three young girls turned the corner in their Sunday best to slip down the alley I was nearly unconscious in; it had been a short cut that people used often. With surprize they stop, the middle girl throws her arms out in front of the others, as if to create a barrier between me and them. The girl to the left pushes past her