Will, your dinner's getting cold!" my mom shouted from downstairs startling me. I put the note in my bed side table's drawer. "Will, you okay up there?" she shouted again but this time in a more concerned voice. "Yeah I'm good. I'm coming down in a second" I shouted back trying to hide my shaky voice. I took a few deep breaths before going downstairs and tried to put on my best smiley and happy face, which was hard, man! I suck at acting!
I couldn't stop thinking about the note. Honestly, I wasn't in a mood to eat. "Is there something you wanna talk about?" my mom said noticing me picking on my food. "No" "Will, I'm your mother. I know when something is bothering you. So, will you please stop lying to me!" she said a yelling a little "Fineeee" I whined giving up "But.... Promise that you won't make fun of me" " of course I won't" she replied giving me reassuring smile. " I really don't know how to describe this...but....i saw Steven in my dreams a-and not just ONCE! I saw the same thing again and again for a few days continuously. He kept saying that he's gonna come back or something like that" my mom went silent for a while, maybe trying to process the whole thing "Look Will, umm I know you miss your brother and honestly, I do too. Trust me, there is not a single moment where I didn't miss Steven since he passed away" she said grabbing my plate and putting it in the dishwasher. "But mom he left me a note as well! Come on I'll show you!" I said dragging her up the stairs "WOAH! Calm down! I'm too old to run up the stairs"
I searched the whole room, but I couldn't find the note. "Will! You are being crazy! What is this? A prank or something?!" mom said clearly frustrated "No! Mom! I swear, I read the note and kept it in my bedside table's drawer" " Ughh Will! I can't do this anymore. I had a really stressful day at work and your prank is really NOT helping!". Mom was actually looking really tired and I'm just making it worse. Maybe she's right... maybe I just miss Steven and that is causing me to hallucinate." You know what mom? Yes! It's a prank " "Really?" " Yeah! And you totally fell for it!" I said with a fake laugh " No! I did not" she said giving a light punch on my chest. I looked at her with 'reallyyyy? Is that the truth?' look "Fine! I fell for it" she admitted "You should get some sleep mom. You look really tired" "Yeah. I'm going to bed. And clean up the mess you made while you were trying to find 'the note' ok?" " Yeah... Sure" "Good night William!" " Night mom" she closed the door as I sighed. At least she fell for my lie. What was I thinking? She was never gonna believe me anyway. I looked back at my room. Should I clean it up. Nahhh. I face planted myself on my bed. And grabbed my phone from my bedside table. What the...