I need you too.

I had always thought my little sister needed me more than I did her. She is always asking me to be around her - she would want me to sleep beside her, eat next to her, listen to her play the piano, even sit outside the bathroom while she bathes. Knowing she misses me since we only see each other once a year, I would oblige.

Each night we would ‘play’ (talk, laugh, and do other forbidden things like giving her sweets to eat when Mother specifically said not to) and on the days we could not play she would go to bed sad. So when yesterday she told me go to sleep when I wanted to ‘play’ because she was tired, I realized I needed her just as much as she did me.