Under the eyes above chapter 1

Instructions

Setting: the same house from previous chapter. ~GRIAN~ …..step sibling? … uh no- I do not want another sibling thank you. Unfortunately, I was taught not to be rude to others. So I stayed quiet. The two boys I saw in the window came into the hallway. One of them was blonde with a t shirt, the other was slightly redheaded with a jacket that was decorated with flowers. My older sister pearl said to the blonde one, “I’m assuming your Jimmy! I’m Pearl and this is Grian.” I felt a nudge at my shoulder at the mention at my name. Pearl looked at me in a way that told me to say something to him. “…..hi.” I said. It’s the only word I could muster up right now. “ hello! And welcome to your new home, let me show you to our room!” Jimmy said with excitement. Wait- OUR? There is no way I’m sleeping with this kid! … I’m going to have to sleep with this kid. In a bunk bed. While pearl gets her own bed. WHY. “welp, there goes me sleeping on the top bunk tonight.” Said the boy in the jacket. “I’ll think of somewhere for you to sleep Scott!” Jimmy replied. “…you can have the top bunk” I said, surprised that sentence came from my mouth. “Don’t be crazy! We can just make a little couch bed for me and Scott to sleep on!” “No… it’s fine he can take the bed” “Hey it’s fine, we make couch beds all the time!” Scott responded. “ the bed dosent look that comfortable thou-“ I was cut off by pearl who seemed like she was going to smack me. “why don’t you 2 make the couch bed and we can all watch a movie when your done?” Jimmy and Scott obliged and went downstairs. Pearl put her hands on my shoulders and said “ Grian. You have to sleep in a bed. It’s what humans do.” “But we’re not human! And I didn’t even want to come here! …I just want to go home..I just want to sleep in my nest.” “SHH do you want them to hear you?” Pearl looked at my head. “Oh gosh your feathers are popping out-“ I touched the top of my head and patted the small feathers back into my hair.. I felt like crying. “ I don’t like this… I just want to go back home… where I always felt comfortable.” Pearl’s look softened and she hugged me “ I know….im really sorry, but we have to… it’s going to get easier I promise…” she replied. “Now c’mon! I think I hear Jimmy calling us!” ~~~~ It’s been an hour and I haven’t been able to sleep yet- I keep tossing and turning. HOW AM I GOING TO SLEEP LIKE THIS?! I look at pearl, sound asleep in her bed. Her own bed. Lucky. I sigh and get off the top bunk, and I sneak towards the window, careful not to make a sound. I reach for my glasses and open the window. Once im on the tip of the edge, I pop out my wings and jump out. I fly to the top of the roof and sit down and stare at the stars. After a few minutes, I find the constellation I was looking for, a rectangle split in two with dots between the gaps…. The watcher symbol. I say to the constellation, “one day, I’m going to come back there, and I’m going to be one of the greatest watchers out there.”