Simon's Monologue
I’ve been living in the same house for as long as I can remember. My parents are what you might call “overprotective” and have never left me and my little sister, Maya home alone before.
They think I’m still too young. I am 15 years old. I even had a talk with my parents and told them I could watch Maya if they wanted to go somewhere. My parents just brush it off by laughing and they say “come on Lily, you’re too young to be home alone and watching other kids.” Those talks with my parents always made me very angry. One night my parents came up to me and said that they had to go to a funeral and they didn’t want us going because they didn’t want us thinking about death. We always have my grandma come and watch us whenever my parents …show more content…
“So..” said the guy “My name is Simon, but I’d rather have you call me Dan”. My sister and I looked at each other awkwardly because we both were thinking the same thing. Why would he rather be called Dan? It’s nothing close to sounding like the name Simon.
“I have been a babysitter for quite a while now and I always want the children I watch to help their parents out a little bit while they’re gone and clean around the house.” Dan continues saying. Does he think our house is that messy? My sister and I thought it was a strange idea but my parents trust us to listen to whoever’s watching us, so we did exactly what he asked. I cleaned upstairs while my sister cleaned downstairs. After a long couple hours of cleaning, my sister and I wanted to watch TV. I picked up the remote and right before I pressed the on button Dan snatched the remote out my hand.
“What was that for” I screamed. “Well I don’t think you children should be staying inside all day because it’s a wonderful day today to play outside” Dan responded. Maya and I then looked out the window to see how the weather was today and noticed that the leaves were rustling and the rain was trickling on the windows. There was no way Maya and I were going to play in that weather. “It’s definitely not good weather today” I spoke
They think I’m still too young. I am 15 years old. I even had a talk with my parents and told them I could watch Maya if they wanted to go somewhere. My parents just brush it off by laughing and they say “come on Lily, you’re too young to be home alone and watching other kids.” Those talks with my parents always made me very angry. One night my parents came up to me and said that they had to go to a funeral and they didn’t want us going because they didn’t want us thinking about death. We always have my grandma come and watch us whenever my parents …show more content…
“So..” said the guy “My name is Simon, but I’d rather have you call me Dan”. My sister and I looked at each other awkwardly because we both were thinking the same thing. Why would he rather be called Dan? It’s nothing close to sounding like the name Simon.
“I have been a babysitter for quite a while now and I always want the children I watch to help their parents out a little bit while they’re gone and clean around the house.” Dan continues saying. Does he think our house is that messy? My sister and I thought it was a strange idea but my parents trust us to listen to whoever’s watching us, so we did exactly what he asked. I cleaned upstairs while my sister cleaned downstairs. After a long couple hours of cleaning, my sister and I wanted to watch TV. I picked up the remote and right before I pressed the on button Dan snatched the remote out my hand.
“What was that for” I screamed. “Well I don’t think you children should be staying inside all day because it’s a wonderful day today to play outside” Dan responded. Maya and I then looked out the window to see how the weather was today and noticed that the leaves were rustling and the rain was trickling on the windows. There was no way Maya and I were going to play in that weather. “It’s definitely not good weather today” I spoke