Sunday

It's a special Sunday, I really don't know that it, it just feels like it, school starts tomorrow which is a huge minus but other than that I'm feeling good. Well I was feeling good then mum took my laptop out of my hands, 

‘Bedtime’ she says with the mum look. She walks out of the room and I get changed into my red and blue striped pajamas. I can hear mum telling Riley to go to sleep too, Riley is my identical twin. I couldn't stop thinking about Geelong cats final tonight that mum wouldn't let me watch, I hopped into bed and fell asleep. 

30 YEARS LATER

As I open my eyes things seem odd. I get changed out of my red and blue pj’s which seem impossibly small and walk into the lounge. A small looking robo dog crashes into my leg.

‘Youch, what sort of toy are you playi…’ I pause in absolute terror ‘ where's mum and dad and Riley?’ 

Sometimes you just can't explain every feeling. Outside was a massive car, well not quite a car but close enough, you know that moment when some tall person in your house tells you that you are now 41 years old and you're in our house your family moved out 26 year ago, Yeah well it's happening right now. 

‘ well would I maybe be able to have their address,’I ask

A little kid slouches over to me with his creepy looking robo dog following centimetres behind his leg. I say thanks and head there, luckily mum and Riley’s house is walking distance away. 20 minutes later I arrive at the front door, I hear yelling and knock at the door.

‘%#*£ Riley you wouldn't believe it, your brother finally woke up,’ mum says, I was a little shocked given that mum never swears. 

‘%#*£’ Riley responds, that one shocked me even more.

Riley has a beer in his hand and I'm pretty sure he is drunk, he has a mullet now and has a pack of cigarettes hanging out the back of his pocket. I must admit I was kind of scared, mum actually had a cigarette in her mouth, I remember years ago mum said to never do that stuff yet here she is. I told them I was gonna go outside for 10 minutes, I went and sat down at a blue and green chair sitting outside on the deck. I needed a lot of time to process this, so I went inside and asked mum for the phone, I had plans to call a friend but she said 6 words that changed everything ‘ boy you are not welcome anymore,’

I'm pretty sure I was the only person who knew a tear came rolling down my cheek, I was so sad that i just ran to the old home. Dingaling ding, interesting door bell was my only thought which was quite odd. 

The boy walked to the door and opened it ‘hello again, what's your name?’

I told him I'm brayden and he asked me to come sit down. His room was so cool, LEGO everywhere and he had an Ipad, an iPhone and laptops. He explains about how I fell asleep and didn't wake up until 2050. He said that the night Geelong were playing Collingwood and you just didn't wake up,

‘ but the best part is Geelong went on to win that grand final. 

I mean I was happy but not over the world but I had one thing on my mind and one question.

‘ what happened to my brother and mum after I... you know, because when I visited them they were a mess, smoking, drinking, swearing.’ I said with a hint of sadness ‘ and what about Dad, where is he?’

He looked around, I'm guessing in case anyone was possible listening, then he started in a soft voice that was raising my suspicions.

‘ well… I regret to inform… your dad committed suicide the same week you fell asleep, a tear rolled down the boys face who I know nows name is Finn, ‘ after that things started falling apart, your mum started smoking and drinking accesively and your brother followed along in those tragic footsteps.Finn had one last question, ‘do you wanna move in?’ 

It all came quickly to me but I said yes

Days passed

Weeks passed

Months passed

Years passed 

In all that time I could never stop thinking about mum and Riley and dad. It's like they were right next to me all the time, I could never forget about them and what they have become but I guess I also forgive them, I wake up to some Nutella on toast usually I am really happy but I have no clue why I was so sad, and then I realised it would've been dads birthday today. I told Finn and he said he's so sorry but I don't think he knows how much that means to me. My family still on my mind we had finished breakfast and I was in the car on the way to a cats final, Geelong and Collingwood. For some reason life is so much better, I have a really good friend Finn and would you believe, even loko the robo dog I was talking about has become my friend. My family have never left my mind and sometimes I just wanted them to be out of my life completely, they clearly don't like me and I don't like them then. But the scored were 23-11 and Geelong were losing, it was a very low scoring game and by the fourth quarter the pies were winning by 12 and the scores were 52-64 there were 5 minutes left. In three of those final 5 minutes Collingwood scored 2 more goals, 64 a piece. Then with 11 seconds left brady blookin took a ripper mark. Then the siren came along. My heart was beating and Brady blookin kicked a poster to win the game. And that moment was the first time I stopped thinking about my family. Life was different now and I was ready to accept it. It was an awesome day and life felt better than ever, but there was one more thing to do. Visit dad’s funeral. Finn asked if he thinks I am truly ready and I believed I was. One single tear rolled down my cheek and I started thinking about mum and Riley. I Wanted to visit them once more, give them a second chance, 

‘Hey could we visit Mum's?’ They seemed a little surprised but they respected my opinion.

It brought back memories from the time I knocked on the door ages ago and here I was again, but this time I heard crying, I assumed the worst but when I knocked mum came straight to the door and said ‘ I can't believe it I missed you so much I'm so sorry about last time I really miss you I really do,’

Now this was a special Sunday. A very special one.