ONB-Chapter 3

Chapter 3

When Alex left Mason and I went into the guest bedroom to have a chat. I know he needed one because he looked so sad. I knew it was because I haven’t been home. He needs to have some time with me. “So Mason, you miss me don’t you?”

“I miss you a lot, sis. I’m happy you and Alex got married, but I never imagined it would be so painful to let you go. I miss you so much! I wish you were still home because you were there for me. I don’t have you anymore. I have been having more nightmares lately. They have gotten worse. I really don’t know why. Some of my dreams have you in them. Some of them involve Carson. I have had a lot more dreams with Carson than I have had with you.”HeHe

“It is scary that you have dreams about me. I think it is normal for you to have dreams with Carson. I think it is more because he died and you miss him that you are having those dreams about him. The ones about me I don’t really know what to say, but that it is scary.” I said shaking a little bit. Mason hugged me and it calmed me down. I was glad that he loved me this much. When Carson was alive he loved me just as much as Mason does now. Carson liked to torture me at times though. We would have long conversations when I needed him. Carson was an amazing person and he still would have been if he was still alive.

“I know and I still wish he was. It’s so hard being without him. I know it’s been two years, but it’s still tough on me. I don’t know how to deal with it all that much. I try to write my feelings out on paper, but I don’t ever know what to write about. I try to draw, but I can’t draw very well. I can paint for some reason, but it’s weird that I can’t draw.” Mason said with tears starting to form in his eyes. I pulled him into my arms. I wanted him to calm down. I was going to try to help him as much as I could. I was remembering when I first learned about Carson’s death. I was the first one to find him and that was a graphic site. I didn’t know how to deal with it either. I didn’t want to cry at first, but I knew I was going too. I held Mason tighter because he had started to cry. I knew he had to let those feelings out somehow. I knew crying would be the best way.

“It’s going to be okay, Mason. You need to let these feelings out. I know it’s been a rough two years on both of us. Losing our brother was the toughest part of growing up. I know it’s not easy to get through. I know it’s been almost two years and this time of year will get emotional for us. You just need to cry, Mason.” I said. He was crying in my arms and I was rubbing his back. That always used to calm him down when he was a baby. He even calmed down when we were kids when I rubbed his back. He was starting to calm down now. We lay down on the bed and he fell asleep. I was still awake for a little bit. I was thinking about a lot of things.

I was glad that Mason was sleeping soundly. I think he just wanted to be in my arms for a while. He needed me because he knew that I could understand him more than my parents can. I didn’t bother waking Mason up. I got up to get some food because I was getting a little hungry. When I got back in the room Mason was reaching out. I got back in bed so his arms could slip back around me. He was sleeping more soundly again. He needed a good rest at the moment. I decided that I was going to fall asleep as well when I was done eating.

It was dark, dogs howling, and men walking around with masks on their faces. Mason was standing next to me holding my hand. He was about three years old. I looked about five. We were searching for our parents.

A person came out of nowhere. He had dark hair and rotten teeth. His clothes were jacked up. Mason started to scream. I picked him up as fast as I could. I ran as fast as I could away from the guy, but he always seemed to get in front of us. Then he pulled an ax out of his pocket. He swung it at me. My leg was cut off. The person looked quite a lot like Carson. He had a sad look in his eyes though. He started to speak to us. “I’m just lonely. I want a friend. Please will you stay?”

I didn’t know how to answer that question. I looked up at him and his figure started to change. It was Carson holding onto a teddy bear. He was crying and looking over at us. Mason was afraid and didn’t trust Carson. “It’s going to be okay. I will protect you with all I have, Mason.”

Mason nodded, but gulped at me. I was just as nervous as him…all of a sudden Carson turned around and looked at us with a sad look in his eyes. “I’m sorry I left you. I am a bad boy. Please let me die.”

Carson’s brains were blown out in front of us.

I woke up in cold sweat and I was crying. Mason woke up next to me and hugged me. He looked worried, but I wasn’t calming down. That dream just scared the life out of me. I was starting to wonder about it. I was starting to wonder if Carson was trying to warn us that something else bad was going to happen and soon.

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