You’re always talkative when you get picked up from school. It doesn’t matter who picks you up from school, you always talk that person’s ear off. Most of the time you’re picked up from school by your brother or your mom. They love hearing you talk. It doesn’t matter what the topic is, they listen to every single word you say when you’re telling them something.

Today was different. When you got picked up from school, you were quiet. You’re never that quiet. It confused Sebastian. It made him wonder if something happened at school. He’s not going to pressure you into telling him. He knows that you’ll tell him when you’re ready to.

“How was your day?” Sebastian asks.

You just shrugged your shoulders, looking out the car window. That’s a sign that something possibly might’ve happened at school.

“Did anything interesting happen today?” He asks to get you talking.

Again, you didn’t say a single word. You shrugged your shoulders again. Sebastian took a quick glance at you. He can tell something did happen at school today just by looking at your face. You had a blank look on your face. That’s what he can see on the outside. On the inside, you were filled with nothing but sadness, but he doesn’t know that. For now, he’s going to leave you alone until you need something.

When you guys got home, you went straight to the living room to play games on your iPad since you didn’t have any homework. Sebastian thought maybe if he puts one of your favorite shows or movies on the TV, that’ll get you talking. It’s worth a try, right? That’s what he did. He put an episode of your favorite show on to see if you’ll start talking. He watched you for a few seconds, waiting for you to say at least one sentence, but all he got was silence. Nothing. Not a word. He just left the show on for you just in case you wanted to watch it.

Sebastian kept waiting for you to say something through out the rest of the day, but you still didn’t say a word. It’s not like you to be quiet for most of the day. He almost wanted to call yours and his mom to ask her what’s going on with you, but at the same time, he wanted to give you a chance to speak up, which is what he’s going to do. He let you know that after you got ready for bed.

“You know you can tell me anything, right? So, if something happened, feel free to tell me when you’re ready to.” Sebastian says.

Still, you didn’t say a word. You just nodded in response.

“Let me know if you need anything.” He says.

You nodded again. You fell asleep shortly after he left your bedroom. When the next day comes, you still didn’t talk. It wasn’t till afternoon when you finally decided to talk.

“I want to go home.” You say.

Even though you are home, it still can mean one of two things. Home with your brother or home with yours and his mom. Sebastian didn’t really think anything of it at first since you are at home with him.

“You are home.” Sebastian says.

“Home with mommy.” You say.

He would be more than happy to take you over to yours and his mom’s house, but he wants to know what’s going on with you first.

“I have to ask, did something happen at school yesterday?” He asks.

You didn’t respond. Instead, a rush of sadness hit you like a truck and you broke down in tears. That worried your brother and definitely told him that something happened at school yesterday. Again, he didn’t pressure you into saying anything right away. He just wants to know what’s going on is all. For the moment, all he can do is comfort you while you cried.

“Does mommy love me?” You asked after a few minutes.

Sebastian was caught off guard. He was not expecting you to ask him anything like that.

“Of course mom loves you. What’s making you think that she doesn’t love you?” He says.

“A girl at school kept saying that mommy doesn’t love me, because I don’t live with her.” You say.

“Just because you’re not at mom’s, doesn’t mean she doesn’t love you. She loves you more than anything.” He assures you.

“Are you sure?” You asked.

“I’m more than sure. Don’t listen to the person who said that to you.” He says.

“Why would she say something mean like that?” You asked.

“In my opinion, people don’t have anything better to do than to bully people.” He says.

“That’s mean.” You say.

“I know.” He agrees. “I don’t want you to think for a second that mom doesn’t love you. She would do anything for both of us.” He says.

“Ok.” You say.

“Do you still want to go to mom’s or stay here with me?” He asks.

“I’ll stay here with you.” You say.

“Ok. We’re seeing mom later anyway.” He says.

You felt better after being comforted by your brother. Also, Sebastian made a mental note to himself to tell yours and his mom about what that girl said to you at school.

“I love you.” You say, hugging him.

“I love you too, kiddo.” He says.