A couple of minutes afterwards, Roland decided to go inside and head straight for the couch, plopping down on it from being a little overtired, yet kept very quiet as well. Once Steven had closed the front door and locked it for the night, he went over to where Roland was sitting and asked him of what had happened.

[i]“Roland?”[/i] asked Steven, then again with another question, [i]“You okay man?”[/i]

Once the very weary teen had heard his friend asking if he was alright, Roland leaned sluggishly down into the couch with a reply in a whisper. [i]“I don’t know, to be honest. I just feel very terrible for some reason.”[/i] Then, realizing before he could do anything else, he remembered that a discussion was needed between him and Steven’s parents, the Noonan’s, so he asked his friend of their whereabouts. “Say Steven,” said Roland, then following up with a question, [i]“Is your parents here, or are they still gone?”[/i]

[i]“Oh…..um…..gone,”[/i] said Steven, [i]“Well, at least mom is. She had to work overtime tonight, but dad is here……asleep.”[/i]

[i]“Oh,”[/i] replied Roland, afterwards following up with a heavy sigh, [i]“I guess it can wait till tomorrow.”[/i] Once he found out that he wasn’t going to be to talk about a place for Avery to stay, he thought the best option would be for him to just go to bed, so he got himself up off the couch and headed straight for his bedroom.

[i]“Wait,”[/i] said Steven, bringing Roland to a halt, [i]“Are you going to tell me what happened at least?”[/i]

Roland turned back to Steven for a moment and replied.[i] “Tomorrow,”[/i] he said, [i]“I promise you, ok?”[/i]

Once all was said and done, he made way into his room and closed the door behind him, flopping down onto his bed and ready to go to sleep. Though the thought crossed him that he was suppose to write in his journal about his day, he instead decided to wait until tomorrow morning to fill in what he had witnessed, and slowly his eyes began to close. Forgetting that he still had his clothes on and not bothering to turn out his light, he fell asleep, only to wait for a new day to come of a situation he didn’t know if he is capable of handling.