Holiday Shorts!

Halloween

“I know she’s somewhere around here, but where.” Evan muttered to himself he really wanted his nanny. He couldn’t reach the candy he had earned when she took him trick or treating. It was on the top shelf of the pantry.

‘She probably put them there on purpose, I do not eat too much junk food!’ Evan grumbled, about to cry. All he wanted was some candy and the last thing he wanted was to hear the word no or have to look so long for a nanny that was supposed to have a constant eye on him. He wanted to just plop down in the middle of the hall way and have a well-deserved tantrum. Evan stopped himself remembering what his mommy had told him. “The only time I want to see or hear from you is when I am talking to you and not before!”

Sniffling and wiping the silent tears falling down his face Evan stopped when he heard screaming.

‘No! No! I didn’t make any noise!’ Evan screamed to himself, his tiny hands covering his mouth. Evan started to shake, crumbling into a ball in the middle on the hall. He really didn’t want his mommy to scream at him again. He’d be a good boy she didn’t have to yell at him anymore.

Still crumbled in a ball in the hallway, Evan peeked through his hands. Why hadn’t she come to yell at him yet? Moving into a sitting position Evan listened. He could still hear his mother yelling but it wasn’t because she was mad at him. Getting to his feet Evan started to walk down the hallway stopping outside of his parent’s door. Peeking through the small opening he could see his mother yelling in his father’s face.

Evan smiled giggling. ‘Daddy’s in trouble.’ Quickly clapping his hands over his mouth Evan watched as his father sat on the bed his face his usual cold mask.  Evan watched as a shoe flew by his father’s head barley missing him.

“You lying sack of shit!” his mother screamed coming out of their closet with clothes in her hand. “I want you out of my house! Get your cheating ass out of my house now!” He watched the scene with joy it was nice to see his mother yelling at someone other than himself for a change. He didn’t know what daddy did but it must have been really bad to make mommy this mad.

‘Maybe he was playing in her closet.’ Evan frowned as his mother came out with another handful of clothes yet again throwing them at Evan’s dad.

“Did you hear me Mathew? I want a divorce and I want you out!” His mother screamed getting in his father’s face again looking as if she was going to slap him before Evan’s father grabbed her arms making it hard for her to move.

“You want a divorce Ann? Fine.” Evan’s father spoke his voice gruff. Evan looked at his father perplexed. He had never known his father could really talk. All he had ever done when Evan tried to talk to him was make noises. “You can get your stuff and move out!”

“Me! You want ME to move out? You would kick me out after all that you’ve done?” Ann fumed eyes blazing as she jerked her hands out of Mathews grip “What about your son?”

“What about him?” Mathew asked sitting back on the bed. Evan looked at his father in horror. ‘Were they kicking him out? Where would he live? Didn’t they love him?’

“You don’t have to kick me out daddy I’ll be good I promise.” Evan spoke letting his presence be known. Evan watched his father with teary eyes as he shook his head with a sigh.

“What the hell are you doing in here?” his mother yelled stalking toward Evan “Didn’t I tell you not to let me see you?” Ann fumed

“Yes I…. Sorry!” Evan screamed as he ran away from his mother. Evan ran as fast as his little feet could take him, his heart pounding. He could hear his mother walking behind him still screaming.

Not stopping to hear what his mother was saying Evan ran to his room locking the door behind him so his mother couldn’t open the door.

“Get out here right now!” his mother fumed from outside the door “Do you hear me Evan Cheyenne Holdamen? Open this door right this instant!”

Evan shook his head crawling under his bed “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” Evan repeated from under his bed peeking at his door.

Evan listened to his mother’s screaming getting louder before the door hit the wall and his mother walked in heels clicking on the hardwood floor. Molding himself to the floor, Evan held his breath hoping his mother would go away.

“There you are.” His mother smiled, eyes blazing, teeth showing. She dug her nails into Evan’s ankle before pulling him out.

Evan woke with a start. He couldn’t believe he was still having that nightmare. Evan moved the sweat soaked hair out of his face before he sighed and just put it in a sloppy ponytail.

“Evan?” Molly whispered. “Why are you up?” she asked not even bothering to look around

“I don’t know.” Evan lied looking around at the mess they had made in his room with all the candy, popcorn and scary movies scattered around his room. He knew they should have had ‘Halloween night madness’ at Molly’s house.

“Was it a nightmare?” Molly asked scaring Evan. he thought she had gone back to sleep.

“Yeah.” Evan whispered honestly still a little shaky.

“It’s okay.” Molly sighed sitting up quickly to grab Evan’s head and laid back down on her back cradling Evan’s head into her chest kicking Isaac in his face who was laying with his head to her feet.

“I’ll make it better” Molly said roughly patting Evan’s head still holding on to him with a death grip, before failing right back to sleep.

“Happy Halloween to me.” Evan muttered trying to find a way to lay comfortably with the grip Molly had on him.

“No more nightmares, No more nightmares.” Evan muttered to himself before falling back to sleep.