Adventures with My Brother - No One Can Get Us

Hey, I decided to do another interesting story about the adventures with me and my brother. Now, the experience I want to share is something I remembered thanks to the Halloween that is coming soon.

Similar to the age of the last event I shared, I was about to turn 13 while my brother was working on 14. Despite our teenage ages, there was something that scared us both - the dark.

Whenever it was night and there were no lights on, we always got paranoid. All of our sibling rivalries burned away and we clung to each other. On school nights, we would simply cuddle next to each other in bed, wearing a tank top and underwear. However, Friday and Saturday nights were much different. My brother and I LOVED to stay up at night and play games or watch TV, and our parents were okay with it. Our parents had an early bedtime of 9 pm, so when they slept, we usually wore simply underwear, with maybe a tank top. It gave us a sense of freedom. But there were always those dreadful words we didn't want to hear from our parents before they retired to their bedrooms.

"Make sure you turn off the lights at 11 o'clock."

We HATED those words. What if we turn the lights off and an intruder comes in? Or a monster? However, my older brother whispered to me a plan, like always.

"Okay, so here's what we gotta do. We'll turn off the lights, but we'll make a fort and keep a lamp in there. Then no one can get us!"

I whimpered and asked,"But what if we fall asleep and an intruder get us?"

My brother replied, happy as ever, "We'll take shifts. Tonight, I'll stay up to watch and you sleep. Tomorrow, I'll sleep and you watch. Okay?"

I nodded and we hugged.

And so, until 11, we did the usual. Eat chips, watch TV, play board games. By 10:30 pm, I had my head rested on my brother's lap om the couch. My brother was sitting upright, rubbing my shoulder as we watched a really bad Godzilla movie.

"Chip me", my voice said happily. Without looking, my brother dropped a chip into my mouth.

Then the clock struck 11...



Mark

To be continued.