Chapter 2.
I wake up to a fist pounding on my door. I groan and get out of bed. I walk over and open my door, to see my very angry mother.
"Tallulah! Explain yourself" she yells.
"Mom, I don't know what I did" I say.
"Who is he?" she says.
"Who?" I ask.
"The boy you went to go see yesterday" she says, crossing her arms.
Ah man, now she knows.
"He is a friend mom, nothing more" I say. Next thing I know my mother has me in a bear hug and she is squealing like a pig.
"Mom? Are you ok?" I ask.
"My daughter has a friend! I'm so happy!" she says. Thanks mom, that's a way to make me feel better about myself.
She stops hugging me and runs down stairs. I roll my eyes and shut my door. I face plant onto my bed. Maybe I can get a few more hours of sleep since it is summer. But that doesn't work because I hear a knock. But this time it isn't from the door. It's from my window. I walk over and look down toward the street. Standing in front of my window is Fred. How does he know where I live? I open my window.
"How do you know where I live?" I ask.
"I followed you home" he says. Well that's not creepy.
"Well why are you hear it's early in the morning" I say.
"It's 11 o'clock" Fred says.
"Oh well give me a moment so I can get changed" I say and close my window. I change into a forest green tank top and a pair of black capri's. I tell my mom I'm going out with a friend and she squeals again. I walk outside and close my door behind me.
Fred and I walk n=back to the hill and sit under the tree.
"Hey Tallulah, can I ask you something?" he asks.
"Sure" I say.
"You have to promise not to tell anyone" he says. He sounds a little panicked.
"I promise" I say.
"Ok this might come as a shock to you but me and my family are not normal" he says.
"What do you mean?" I ask. He gets up from where he is seated and takes my hand pulling me up. We walk down the hill into the meadow. The grass is extremely high around this time of year. I run my free hand over it. It tickles my palm.
We walk for a long time until I see a faint outline of what seems to be a house, but I cant really make it out.
"Do you live here?" I ask.
"Yeah" he says.
Once we reach the house my breath is taken away. This has to be the best house I have ever seen. Fred just smiles beside me. I look towards the door to see someone coming out of it. He has the same red hair as Fred. When he sees Fred he smiles. When he sees that Fred is still holding my hand, his smile fades.
"Mom! Fred has a girlfriend!" he yells and runs back inside. I look at Fred and he just laughs. He leads me inside and we sit in his living room. Then out of nowhere I think my mind is playing tricks on me. Fred is standing in the door way leading to the kitchen. I look to my left to see Fred seated beside me. I close my eyes and shake my head. When I open them again there are still two Fred's.
"Does someone want to explain to me why I am seeing doubles" I say.
"Ever heard of twins?" Fred jokes.
"Hi, I'm George" Fred's twin says.
"I'm Tallulah" I say.
"I know Fred hasn't been able to stop talking about you. It was about time we met you" George says.
"We only met two days ago. How can he talk that much about someone he just met?" I say, staring at both of them. Fred was standing beside George but I could still tell who was who. George has a bigger smile and he is an inch taller than Fred.
They both just laugh. They must think this is a joke.
"Well you met my brother, well one of my brothers. Now I want to show you something" Fred says. He takes my hand again and leads me into his back yard. We just stand there, doing nothing.
"Um Fred, what are we doing?" I ask.
"You will see" he says. I sigh and look around. Next thing I know I see this thing; I don't even want to know what it is, walking across the yard. I scream and run behind Fred. He laughs.
"Are you ok?" he asks.
"What is that?" I ask.
"A Gnome" he says.
"A Gnome? You can't be serious?" I ask. He just smiles. I look to see that the Gnome thing is gone.
"Do you want to explain to me why I just saw something I didn't even think was real" I say.
"There are a lot of things you don't know but in time you will" he says.
"How do you know we will be friends for a long time" I say.
"I just know" he says and leads me back inside.
The rest of the day we spent back at the lake with George. I liked having them around. They were funny. Fred walked me back home.
"I had fun today" I say.
"I did too" Fred says.
"Well I should be going, I'll see you tomorrow" he says and runs up the road.
I smile and walk inside.