"Alfred? Alfred are you ever listening to me!?" I snapped my gaze to y dad who stared at me with a scowl. "Huh?" I said. He scoffed "see this is exactly why you're failing! You don't ever pay bloody attention!" he said , scolding me. "Now, now Mon amour. Alfred is just having a bit trouble, that's all." My papa said. I stared at my fathers as they started to argue with each other. " Alfred? Are you going to eat your vegetables?" I whipped my attention to my twin, Mattie. I laugh "nope. Dude, you know I hate vegetables." I said. "What!? Alfred you're not a little kid anymore, you need to start acting like an adult." My dad said. I groaned, rolling my eyes as I heard him repeat the exact same thing he always says during dinner. 'you'll be graduating next year, you need to focus.' Or 'try acting like your brother for a change.'
I looked at Mattie his features resembling mine in every way except his eyes, which were a shade darker than mine, and his longer wavy hair that was similar to our papas. He nibbled at a piece of meat that stuck to his fork, his large wide glasses shined in the light. 'Be more like him?' I thought. I continued to stare at him as I slowly mimicked his movements. "um...Alfred...could you stop staring at me?" He whispered to me, trying to avoid our dads from hearing. "Alfred! How any times do I have to tell you to pay attention!?" My dad said, scolding me for the hundredth time that night. "Anyway..." Papa said turn into me. He smiled at me "Me and your dad decided to hire a tutor for you." He said. I scoffed "A tutor? Please! You guys a're just wasting your money! Tutors don't care about the student as long as they keep getting paid." I said, trying to avoid getting a tutor.
"Nonsense! My co-worker said she got this tutor for her son and he has straight A's now!" My dad said crossing his arms. "Dad, trust me when I tell you getting me a tutor won't help." I argued. He rolled his eyes and got up from his seat, collecting the plates from the table. "Well that's too bad because he'll be here tomorrow." He said walking into the kitchen, disappearing from my line of vision. I let out a sigh, violently stabbing a piece of meat from Matties plate. "Hey!"
"Look, Alfred your father and I just want you to pass to the next year, if the tutor doesn't help then we'll try something else. Just try. Okay?" papa said. I let out a groan of annoyance. "Fine. I'll give it a try. What's her name?" I asked. Papa smiled "well, his name is Ivan Braginsky." He said. I stared at him in disbelief "Ivan? The kid from my grade who's from Russia?" I asked. My papa smiled "oh yes! I knew I heard his name somewhere before! Yes that's him!" Papa said with a chuckle.
"He's going to be tutoring Alfred?" Mattie asked. It's not like I hate Ivan or anything, honestly I've never even spoken to him, just seen him around. I have heard some rumors about him though, how he stalked and attacked a boy at his other school and how he was gay. Not like there's anything wrong with that. I mean, I'm not the straightest person in the world, but still. "Yes, he is." Dad said walking back to the table to collect the rest of the dishes. "Wha!? You do know I'm failing American history right? What does a Russian know about American history?" I argued. Papa frowned "Alfred, you shouldn't judge someone from where they're from. Plus you're also failing math." He said. I sighed and stood up "whatever. What time is he coming tomorrow?" I grumbled. "4:00." He replied, also standing up and putting his hand on my shoulders. "Get some rest, Alfred." He said kissing me on the forehead, which he also did to Mattie. " Good night, papa." He said. Dad walked up to me pinch my cheek roughly. "when did you become such a brat?" He joked. He let go of my cheek and kissed my forehead in same place papa did, same with Mattie. " Good night you two." He said.
I watched their retreating figures as they walked up the stairs. I groaned and stretched my arms over my head " Ivan. Huh?" Mattie mumbled "Have you ever spoken to him?" I asked. "well, he's in my gym class, but people usually avoid him because he's so scary looking." I slung my arm around Matties shoulders and laughed "Man, this sucks!" I said. We walked to our rooms which were right across from each other. I hugged him good night and walked into my room. I crash landed on my bed and closed my eyes. Realizing I haven't changed out of my clothes yet, I got up and changed into my pajamas. I stared put the window, watching the snow fall and pile up on top of papa and dads car, giggling because I knew just how long it'll take for them to dig it out.
I laid down on my bed and pulled the covers over my head, slowly slipping into a deep sleep that I know dad will try to get me out of.
(〒︿〒) sorry it's so short. I'm literally typing this up on my phone because my computer is broken. Let me know what you think so far!
Sorry if my grammar sucks!