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    “I don’t remember coming to bed last night.”
    “You were asleep, so I carried you ,” he smiled. “You’re really cute when you sleep.”
    I had a sudden urge to hide my face in a pillow. “Ugh, that’s so embarrassing. Why didn’t you wake me?”
    “And miss out on all the fun?” He slightly raised his eye brow.
    Suddenly, I remembered my mom’s hand and how it was bleeding. “When I left, my mom was hurt. I should probably check on her.”
    “She was hurt?”
    “Yeah… It was really weird. She picked up a half empty bottle of whiskey and it just shattered into a thousand pieces in her hand. I think one of the pieces must have cut her,” I explained.
    “It shattered?” He asked. “How is that possible? Do you know how thick the glass is on those bottles?”
    I shook my head. “I don’t go near the stuff.”
    “Were you mad right before it happened?”
    I nodded my head. “Yeah, of course I was mad. My mom has been alcohol and drug free for a month, and I walked in to find her completely wasted. You’d be mad too.”
    “Did anything else strange happen? Anything else break?” His questions were starting to get a little odd.
    “Umm, well, when I left I slammed the door hard and I broke the light bulb on the front porch,” I answered. “Why are you asking me these questions?”
    “No reason,” he shrugged.
    I grabbed my cell phone off the night stand. “I’m going to call her real quick.”
    “Ok,” he started to step out. “I’ll be in the living room when you’re done.”
    After the door shut, I dialed my home number. The phone rang about 12 times before she answered.
    “Hello,” she said, her voice was slurred. I could tell that she was still drunk.
    “Mom, its Sof. How are you?” I asked.
    “Never better,” she answered.
    “How is your hand?”
    “It’s fine. I’ve got a Hello Kitty band aid on it. Are we still goin ’ to the mall today?”
    “Mom, you’re drunk. I’m not going anywhere with you. I’ll see you later, ok?”
    I heard her knock something over. “ Bye.” She pushed a few numbers before finally hanging up. I rolled my eyes, even though she wasn’t there to see.
    I got off the bed, and walked into the living room where Jason was sitting on the brown leather couch . Directly in front of the couch was a large entertainment center that held a ton of gaming systems, an amp for the surround sound, and the biggest TV I had ever seen in my life.
    “How’s your mom?” Jason asked with his voice full of concern.
    “Drunk,” I answered bitterly.
    A soda can on the coffee tab started to rattle. He quickly picked it up and took a drink out of it.
    “Did you… hear that?”
    “Hear what?”
    I sighed. “Never mind, I think I’m going crazy ,” I sat down beside him. “Let’s talk about something, anything, other than my mother.”
    “I was thinking that maybe we could go to Mobile today,” he suggested.
    “What would we do there?” I asked.
    “You’ll see.”
    I eyed him suspiciously, but I didn’t push it. I just followed him out to his car. I would do anything to get my mind off my mom.
    “Can we stop by my place real quick? I want to at least change my clothes,” I said motioning towards the outfit I had on yesterday.
    When we got to my house, my mom was passed out on the couch. The living room reeked of stale whiskey and cheap beer.
    “I’m sorry,” I apologized as we stepped over a pile of beer cans. I led him into my bedroom, since there was nowhere else for him to go.
    I suddenly felt embarrassed by my room. The sheets on my bed were the same ones I got for my tenth birthday, pink with purple hearts all over. A small purple dinosaur set in the middle of my bed – it was the last present my dad ever gave me.
    Jason didn’t say a word about my room. I think he sensed my embarrassment about the whole situation. He sat down on the edge of my bed.
    I grabbed my favorite pair of jeans and a purple hoodie from my closet. “Be right