Mad About You

"Winter, you're gonna make us late again! Get up already!" Dawson, my little brother, yells at me as I'm grabbing my bag. "I'm always ready before you even get out of bed, so don't even start with me today!" I scream down the hall way at him as I'm locking my door. If I don't lock my door then Dawson goes into my room and takes the money I've been saving since I was six. As soon as I turn around my little sister, Ivy, comes out of her room and we bump into each other. The second she realizes it's me she starts crying. All I can do is stand there with my eyes closed and my teeth clenched with her screeching crying. She acts like someone is hitting her with a hammer when anyone barely touches her. After a few seconds of her shrieking she hits my stomach and takes off laughing. It takes all of my self control not to chase her down and give her a reason to actually cry. I slowly walk into the kitchen when I know my mom always is in the morning, that's when I smell the wonder fragrance of my mom's famous chocolate coffee. "Hey mom, what's up?" I ask as I grab my favorite cup from the cabinet and poured in my usual, maybe a little excessive, amount of sugar and creamer then coffee. "Hey Winter, Dawson and Ivy just left with your dad. Want me to drop you off at the bus stop on my way to work?" she says looking up from her coffee. "Sure, that would be great." I say as I put the lid on my cup. My mom grabs her purse, phone, and car keys then we both walk out the door. Our house is a decent sized trailer home fit for a family of five where three kids can have their own rooms. We have a good sized fenced in yard and a nice sized patio that my dad built when I was three. Every holiday and event our whole family comes over to celebrate at our house because my dad loves to brag about his handy work with the patio. As soon as we get to the bus stop I get out of the car so my mom can leave. A short while later, the bus shows up and I get on and find my seat at the very back. Even with the loud kids on the bus it's kind of peaceful. Knowing that everyone feels safe enough to be here even though there's dark things hidden in every shadow.