I Should Have Listened

   No one wakes up thinking they must save the day from evil.  Therefore, no one would believe their 8 year old sister when she said the world was in desperate need of them.  And so I didn't.  I pushed 8 year old Rebecca out of my mind and tried to fall back asleep.  Tried to ignore Rebecca's warnings.
   I should have listened.  Now, in the situation I'm in, I know I should have listened to Rebecca. What harm could it have done to sit up in bed and listen?

If you had a sister 3 years younger than you, and a brother 2 years older, you might not act how Amy acted, but that was still her excuse.  Her 8 year old sister, Rebecca, is very frail and has nightmares that she is convinced will really happen.  Her 13 year old brother, Gordan, is very bold and gets mad at Amy when she doesn't listen to Rebecca.  Amy has one friend: Rannashey.  No one else talks to her.  Not since she tripped and spilled her chocolate milk all over Mrs. Morgan.  So Amy is very careful what she does.  She can't make Rannashey stop talking to her.  That's why she doesn't even pretend to listen to Rebecca, that's why on the playground she swings and swings and never does the monkey bars, even though she wants to.
But maybe she should listen to Rebecca.  Maybe Rebecca isn't making up all this nonsense.