A Loaded God Complex.

It was Sunday, and I had to go to church. My family all piled into the car, groomed and dressed in our best. Everything was progressing as usual, we chose a spot in the back, my brother fell asleep at least once, and by the end of it all the men had loosened their ties. And as per usual we all drove directly back to my house to have our family breakfast. The pancakes and bacon were made and we had all gathered around completely filling our table. My mother seemed squirmy, and we hadn't prayed yet. She jumped on queue when the doorbell rang.

"I didn't even know we had a doorbell." My sister muttered and took a nibble of bacon.

"Put that back, Kaylee." My father scolded and we all snickered as she shamefully placed her hands in her lap.

"Oh, look who we have." My mother came back in with a girl around twenty. She could have been in a magazine, timidly she greeted everyone with a small wave. "This is Jenny, she just got back from a mission trip."

"Sounds wonderful." My dad commented, "Pull up a chair, have some breakfast." He then offered warmly. Jenny bowed her head in acceptance.

"You can sit by me." Benjamin started scooting over. My mother ignored him and put the chair next to me, silently I moved over.

"Now," My mom rubbed her hands together, set them on her hips and smiled at the group. "This is Mr. Urie, Kaylee, Benjamin, and Brendon." She motioned to each of us. "Karen is at college at the moment."

"Lovely to meet you all."

"Can we eat now?" Ben whined.

"Yes, yes." My father's voice bellowed and he shook his head. Once everyone was ready he led us in a prayer, I couldn't keep my eyes closed. Squinting, I observed the girl sitting next to me.

"Eggs?" Kaylee passed the dish over to me, which I gave away as soon as I got it.

I didn't eat much, but I had to listen to tons. All Jenny did was talk about herself and her mission trip, it was hard to keep interest. Instead, I ate a few mouthfuls of pancakes and sipped my glass of orange juice. There wasn't a single moment where she showed interest in me, or my family. Still, they were transfixed with her, was I supposed to be? Ben sure was…

Not surprisingly, I was the first done, unwillingly at first my mother excused me from the table. Halfway through the hallway to my room she caught up with me. I was cornered between my shut door, the wall and my mother. She had her arms crossed and was tapping her foot.

"I invited Jenny over here for you Brendon Boyd Urie."

"I know, Mom." I avoided her glare and concentrated on my feet, "I don't want a girlfriend."

Letting out an exasperated sigh, she pivoted back towards the kitchen. By the time she had reached it I knew she had put on a pleasant face. It was the way I could tell, by hear her from the hallway trying to reassure Jenny how good of a kid I was.

"Don't worry about him. He's just feeling a little under the weather today."

Gripping the door handle until my knuckles turned white I went into my room. I'd have to wait until she left before I could do anything or see anyone. Sliding on my puffer vest I popped out the screen in my window and climbed through. There was no way I was sitting in my room with nothing. And there was definitely no way I was going back out there to be bored senseless and numb.

Birds chattered and squirrels took no notice of me as they gathered their portions for winter. Unsure if Nicole was home yet from church, I hoped Ryan would be the next safest bet. I wasn't on the best of terms with Pete, if he knew or not I wasn't certain. Anxious, I took a shortcut through the woods, I thought it wouldn't be a big deal. Ryan and I had done it tons of times.

"Get out of here boy!" A gruff voice called from a tree. Startled I stumbled back and froze, "This is private property! Git git!" He ranted and threatened.

I panicked and swiftly walked back the direction I came from. My heart beat returned to normal and I was strolling safely along a sidewalk complete with sagging telephone lines- I recognized that voice. It made sense I was on their land…