A POV Story: Been A Long Time – Madi Collins

Stepsister (Madi Collins) is sitting at the kitchen counter writing on her note pad when her stepbrother (Milan) sneaks up behind her. “What are you doing?”, she asks. “What are you doing?”, he counters. “Nothing. Don’t be a brat or I’ll tell your mom”, she threatens. “Go ahead. Look, I’m sorry”, he says. “You just don’t know how hard this has been on me”, she contends. “I didn’t mean to make you upset”, he says. “This isn’t how I imagined my life”, she notes. “You can talk to me”, he says. “You sure? Well, it’s embarrassing but I feel like living here with you and your mom -I don’t belong”, she confides. “That’s not true”, he asserts. “You treat me like garbage -you guys are always so mean to me”, she continues. “That’s just our way -to show you how we care”, he maintains. “I don’t like it”, she replies. “I’m sorry. I really didn’t know”, he says. “It’s okay. You can leave me alone now”, she says, getting up to leave the room with her note pad. He also gets up, and she asks: “Why are you following me?”. “I’m serious. I don’t want you to be mad. I care about you”, he says. “You do?”, she asks. “Look, I’m emotionally stunted as a child, and I never got over pulling girls here to show them I liked them”, he says. “I guess that’s true”, she says…