Morning Revelations

The morning light shot through Max’s window waking him up. He rolled over and rubbed his eyes as he sat on the edge of the bed. He’d all but forgotten about the exploding light in the night sky.

Dreading the day and expecting the usual demands from his parents, Max slowly got up and stretched. He threw on some ball shorts and walked down the stairs. Guided by the smell of bacon, he moved into the kitchen to see his mom standing at the stove making breakfast.

“You making some for me?” he asked as he sat on a bar stool.

His mother didn’t respond, she just continued to scramble the eggs in front of her. He was about to ask again when his dad walked in, fully dressed for work.

“I gotta run.” He said grabbing a piece of bacon “Make sure you get Chris out of bed at a decent time. He needs to study for his finals.”

“I will honey. Have a good day.” Max’s mom said as his dad walked towards the door.

“Bye dad.” Max said again to no response “God… It’s like I’m not even here.”

He sat and watched as his mom cooked the breakfast. When she was done she made two plates and sat them on the table.

“Is one of those mine?” Max said

His mother ignored him and began putting the pans she cooked with in the sink.

“Hello? Anyone home?” He said as he stood up and walked to his mother.

He waved his hand in front of her face a few times to no reaction. He nudged her and snapped in her ears but still she didn’t seem notice him.

“Mom! Answer me!” He yelled as he grabbed her and turned her to look at him.

It was like she stared right through him. He shook her a bit but she didn’t seem to care at all. When he let go she just turned and continued doing what she was doing.

“Oh shit.” Max said as he remembered last night “The wish… it was real?”