A/N: Thank you for all the reviews and favorites. There is no words to adequately describe how amazing I feel at all the love and attention I'm receiving for this story. So thank you.

Note: I would like to apologize now for the shortness of the chapter, but I couldn't come up with anything else to say and the chapter just felt right the way it was. But not all the chapters will be this short, I promise.

Still no beta, but I will look into one in the future. Enjoy.

Chapter 1

The Calm Before the Storm

Friday, September 12, 2014 8:01 pm

Henry was at home, reclining comfortably on his twin bed. His mostly blue comforter with the image of the solar-system printed in the middle was draped over his slim waist as he read a book for school on the Civil War, growing more interested in the story by the minute.

He had been home for three hours now because Ray knew that Henry was home alone for the next several days and didn't want him to walk alone in the dark. Not that would be a problem because it was still early fall and the sun didn't fade under the horizon until after nine. Henry tried pointing that fact out to his boss, but either Ray didn't care or was obviously too deep in his overprotected mode to hear what he had said. But it didn't really matter to Henry.

He had already had his dinner a couple of hours ago, making his infamous chili balls since that was one of the few dishes Henry could make on his own and was relaxing on his bed, planning on taking it easy for the rest of the night. Henry even decided that he would go to bed early after he read another chapter after the one he was already on despite usually enjoying the freedom to stay up late due to it being the weekend.

After he finished reading a page, Henry turned to the next and stuck a bookmark in between to hold his place before closing the book and laying it beside him on the bed. He decided to take a short break from reading in order to grab an early night snack from the kitchen because he was starting to get the munchies.

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