Morgan

I woke up to the sound of my cell phone’s alarm. I reached over to my nightstand and quickly shut it off. I didn’t want to wake Hope or Ethan earlier than needed.

My eyes still felt heavy after getting only six hours of sleep. I wanted to close them and grab a few more minutes but knew I had to get Ethan up to take Hope back for school.

 I looked over to his side of the bed. It was empty.

I sat up and looked down at the spot that we had left Hope last night, but the beanbag was bare, and the blanket had been folded up neatly and set on the bottom of the bed.

I never heard either of them at whatever time they got up and left.

A warm shower was calling for me as I stumbled about my room picking up the notes and assignments that had been thrown to the wayside when Ethan came over last night.

I was ready to go in thirty minutes, not too bad since I didn’t have my usual cup of mocha to wake me up.

No one else was awa