One. Two. Three. Four. Five… Five times the alarm rung. I tried to break the little thing, but it was too far away. At midnight, I'd woken up with an urgent need to relieve myself. Nature calls. I'd set myself on the bed after that and waited for sleep to consume me after that.
It was hard. Harder when I fell asleep.
I was in my car… in the parking lot of Poseidon. I was waiting; waiting for something. I don't know.
I heard the shuffling of feet and looked towards the source of the sound. A smile lit up my face.
Sean.
The boy looked grown up, somehow. His hands were shoved down his pocket, and a hood covered his head. He looked taller.
He clicked the door open and sat down beside me.
"Home?" I asked him pleasantly. He nodded, keeping his eyes downcast. I shrugged it off and forced the car alive.
