Hey guys! I know it's been a while, since i had to stop and delete my older stories because of something that happened. But hey i kind of miss writing and yeah my girlfriend being away right now resulting in me being bored to death, i thought i would quickly write and post this! I don't know how regularly ill be able to update but yeah i have lots of ideas for this so ill try and do my best :)
Again, English bot being my first language, feel free to tell me about mistakes and stuff. Any review will be appreciated.
Oh, and i am currently writing this from my phone so thats why the i's are not capitals and other mistakes like that, autocorrect wouldn't take care of it and i couldn't be arsed to do it myself! So please don't hold it against me :p
Anyway i hope you like it! :)
Emily
'Your dad and i think you should go back to England.'
Earlier that day...
I glanced impatiently at the clock, barely listening to my mum talking about the Cold War. I felt something wet sniffing my hand and smiled, resting my hand on the top of the dog's head.
'Hey Aldo,' i whispered, scratching gently between his ears.
'Emily,' mum sighed, 'how many times have i got to tell you, no dogs during school time!'
I rolled my eyes and gave Aldo a last scratch before sending him back to his bed with his brother. Another look at the clock, 310pm. Only 20 minutes left of this shit. I turned my head to look at Katie, who was sitting next to me and scribbling stuff on an old notebook, probably some random boy's name. This is her thing. She loves boys and i love dogs. To each their own, i guess.
My parents decided to educate us themselves through school, junior high and high school, so we never really went to school. Mum takes care of it everyday. She went yo college in America when she was young, and she has a science teaching degree. So everyday, she tells us about maths, chemistry, physics, biology. Sometimes history and English, doing her best with what she knows. Dad works everyday, he patrols outside the village and goes hunting whenever he can to feed the small village. We've been living in Churchill, greenland for 13 years now, it's the only place i recall living in. Mum says we used to live in coventry but i have no memory of that time.
It's quite something, living out here in the wild, in the arctic cold. Dad visited it when he was young and fell in love with the place. He always dreamed to live here ever since he came back. So one day he got tired of running that gym and took his wife and kids to the end of the world, and now he's out patrolling for polar bears. Talk about a change of life.
I actually lover it here. I have two dogs, two brothers i saved from dying out in the cold about 2 years ago. My two beautiful Huskies, Aldo and Ollie. They're my two best friends, since i don't open up to actual people. Not like Katie, everyone around here likes her, and i don't remember the last time she was single. I've never been with anyone, and i don't miss it. As long as i have my dogs, my floe, and the breathtaking ice mountains surrounding me as soon as i leave home. I don't care about the cold, i have the adequate clothes and I'm happy here. People might say it's disgusting, what we do here. Eating raw fish and birds, fishing for sharks. But I've grown accustomed to it, and it's not like we have supermarkets here anyway. It's how we survive. It's wild and dangerous. And i fucking love it.
I know Katie doesn't, she's always complaining about the lack of comfort, the cold, the food. I know she dreams of something else, something bigger. But this is all we've ever known, and i don't think she's ready for this. I don't know if i ever will, i think i'd like to do what dad does. Work with animals. Help them get away from villages and back to where they belong.
I snapped out of my thoughts when an unidentified object was thrown at my face. I groaned and picked it up from my desk, rubbing my forehead. A pen.
'Mum, are you crazy? What the actual fuck?' i asked Jenna, while throwing the pen at Katie who was laughing at me.
'Well if that's what it takes to wake you up, i had no choice.' she rolled her eyes before looking pointedly at me. 'Class is over girls, thanks for listening to me. That's sarcasm by the way.'
'Yeah right, thanks mum i think i know what sarcasm is.'
'I don't know, since you never listen to me. Come on now, go play with your dogs. You and your sister have to be back for dinner. Oh and take James with you!'
'Not me!' i yelled before winking at Katie and running away, whistling for Aldo and Ollie to follow me.
'Shit! Bitch.' i heard her mutter, and i laughed to myself.
That was a rule we created, whenever we had to to something we didn't want to do, the last one to say 'not me' had to do it. And when it was a tie, we just settled it with paper scissors rock, and this worked for everything. I mean, i love my little brother James but he can be a right fucker sometimes, and he's one hell of a dirty perve. Plus i just felt like being alone, and maybe taking dad's sled so i could escape for a bit. I put my clothes on, ready to go out and face the extreme winter cold, and stepped out into the dark. It's always dark at this time of the year, that's also something you have to get used to, sun doesn't rise again till January.
I didn't come back home till 7pm that day, enjoying the peace i found out there. I unhooked the dogs from the sled and wiped the snow off them before coming inside, my parents, my sister and my brother all sitting at the table and looking at me. Shit, that's never good.
'Come sit with us sweetie,' my dad said with a half smile.
'What is it, what's going on?' i whispered to Katie while sitting next to her, Aldo and Ollie laying at my feet.
'I have no i idea,' she mouthed back to me with a shrug.
'So, girls,' mum cleared her throat before continuing. 'Have you ever thought about what you'd like to do in the future?'
'I'd like to stay here.'
'I'd like to go somewhere.' Katie and i said in unison.
Dad looked really sad, and that worried me like crazy. What the hell was going on?
'Dad, what's wrong?'
It's Jenna who answered me first.
'Your dad and i think you should go back to England.'
'What?' Katie and i said, in unison again. Must be a secret twin power.
'No way am i leaving. This is my life.' i said with an unusual determined tone in my voice.
'I'm afraid we're not leaving you a choice, girls.' mum said. Dad was saying nothing, just staring blankly at the table and playing nervously with his own hands. He clearly had nothing to do with this. 'We discussed it and we decided that it's what's best for you. We want you to have a proper education. A proper degree. And obviously you can't do this here. Your brother is still young but you two, you're 17, you should be in high school studying for your A-levels.'
'But... You're high school, you teach us! Is this because i don't always listen to you?' i looked at Rob, still fidgeting with his fingers. 'Dad, you can't send us away, please. I love it here.' I looked over to Katie for support but she clearly wasn't horrified as i was.
'Where are we going to go?' she said, 'where are we going to stay? Are you coming with us?'
'No, Rob and i have to stay here for your brother, and for work. We talked to an old friend of us in bristol, she said she'd be happy to give you a roof since it's only her and her daughter there. It's all settled already.'
'What?' i exploded. 'What the fuck do you mean it's all settled?'
'Emily love please calm down...' Dad said.
'Oh so now you speak? That's nice dad, real manly.'
'Emily.' Jenna said with a much harsher tone. 'Don't go after your dad like that. We both decided. You need to have a future, and i don't care how angry you get. You're both leaving next Friday.'
'Next Friday? It's in 10 days!' Katie said. For fuck's sake it's almost like she sounded excited. Of course she did. I got up to leave before i started crying, Ollie getting up and barking, sensing something was wrong.
'Ollie, sit.' I gently scratched his head, tears now silently falling down my cheeks.
'Emily...' mum quietly started.
'What.'
'I asked Gina. You can take your dogs.'
I turned over and looked at my family, all of them. The sad face of my brother and my dad. They look so much alike sometimes. The confused look in my twin's eyes, and the hard one in my mum's eyes. I knew that look. She was trying to keep herself from crying. I looked around the small house. It was cold and old. But i didn't want to leave. This was my home. My happiness. I looked straight into my mum's eyes.
'Thank you. At least i know they won't let me down. Aldo, come here. We're going.'
I took my dogs to the small room Katie and i shared. She never want them here, but tonight i didn't give a fuck. I needed them. I laid down in the bed and started sobbing, my two hairy friends sitting on the floor, their heads resting on the bed. I don't know how long i stayed there crying before Katie joined ne in bed. I heard her change and she slid down in the bed, spooning me and wrapping her arms around me.
'We'll be okay, Ems. We have each other yeah?'
I took her hand in mine and squeezed it as a response, closing my eyes and trying to relax.
'What about your boyfriend? Boyfriends?'
She chuckled and knee'd the back of my thigh.
'Oy! Bitch, i'm not that slutty. It's okay he's a douche anyway. Things doesn't have to change much you know. I can still be the man magnet over there and you can still be the dog nerd.'
I laughed quietly and wiped the remaining tears on my cheeks.
'Yeah... Thanks Katie.'
It hasn't always been easy between us but as we were growing up, we were starting to get along much better. She is my twin, and no matter what happens i know i can always count on her. Even though she can seem like a selfish, self centered heartless bitch sometimes, i know she'll always be here for me. And i also know that i'm going to need her, now more than ever.
Soo here it is, not too long but i hope you liked it anyway. Im waiting for you guys to tell me if it's worth continuing, and if it is then ill try and update every now and then :)
