CHAPTER 2
"Muse, chill, it's only been like six years," My idiot of a brother "soothed"
"Jesus, you uneducated buffoon. Try eleven Helia," I cried.
"Eleven is just an odd number, Muse," Helia said.
"…What? What difference would that make?" I asked scrunching up my face in confusion.
"I don't know…whatever just chill okay. Think of it as a…new adventure! You're the one always telling me to liven up and look on the bright side."
"Don't tell me what I say and what I don't," I muttered.
"Can the both of you shut up?" My mum called from the passenger seat.
Both Helia and I sighed and did our own things, he read a book and I took out my black headphones and put them on and looked out the window of the moving vehicle and took a glimpse of the place I know called home.
I had arrived in Boston,
A place where a little girl was born.
A place where she made all her best friends.
A place where she made all her childhood memories.
I was back…
….
"Musa, wake up!" Helia said nudging my arm.
"Huh?" I asked waking up, I was still in the car in which I had fallen asleep in, but the car was stationary and that alerted my senses causing me to shoot up straight in my seat. I pushed the door open and heaved myself onto the pavement of a nice, peaceful street with gorgeous houses plotted neatly on each side of it.
Everything looked very familiar, then I turned my head to the left to see which house was ours, and that's when I knew for sure this was real.
I was home…
"Come on let's go," I grinned opening the car door and getting out.
It was just like I remember.
Exactly how I remember everything.
Once we'd unloaded everything, and unpacked everything it was already 9 P.M
"Wow, okay I know there isn't a big time difference between Mexico and Boston, but I'm exhausted," I yawned.
"Yeah, I think we should all go to sleep, it's been a long day," My dad said giving both Helia and I a hug before walking to his and my mum's room.
Helia and I nodded at each other and separated.
Our house had four floors; the basement, the ground floor, the first floor and then the attic.
So I went downstairs to the basement which I claimed was my room, and Helia went upstairs to the attic, where his room was located in this house.
THE NEXT DAY
"Morning Muse," Helia said walking into the kitchen and to fridge.
I nodded my head, he nodded his back.
That's how we greet. It's our thing.
He looked at me and rolled his eyes, taking a carton of orange juice out and a glass and sat on the kitchen island next to me.
We ate our cereal in silence, both of us on our phones.
"Morning kids," My mum chirped walking in and kissing our heads.
"Morning," Helia and I called.
"Morning everyone!" My dad grinned walking in closing the clasp on his watch.
"Morning," We repeated.
Both of my parents sat down and quickly ate their cereal, taking no time to actually chew their food.
"Woah, where are you going?" Helia asked pointing to them with his spoon.
"Work, someone has to pay for your school fees," My dad say.
"We go to Uni dad," I corrected.
"If it's a place you go to learn things, it's school," My dad said.
Helia snickered, I rolled my eyes and my mum laughed.
"I want you both to go and introduce yourselves to the neighbors okay?" My mum said putting her bowl in the sink.
"No, why?" My brother and I said at the same time.
"Because I said so," My mum said.
"Wow mum, you should become a lawyer," Helia rolled his eyes.
"I am," My mum said looking at him.
"And you're a really good one," Helia said.
My mum shook her head, and smiled, she pecked all three of us on the cheek and walked out the door.
"I should get going too, you'll be fine alone right? What are you going to do all day?" My dad asked.
"Yep, we're planning on getting a bulldozer here to break the house down to create space for an indoor waterpark, right here in this lovely residential area." I winked sarcastically.
My brother rolled his eyes and put his arm around my shoulder, "We'll be fine, dad, have fun at work!"
He rolled his eyes but smiled at us and ruffled our hair before walking out the front door and closing it behind him.
"So Helia? What are we doing today?" I asked as we cleared up the table.
"I think we should go say hi to the neighbors, they'll probably be awake," Helia said, I nodded.
"Okay, we'll get ready quickly then," I said and we both split off again.
I showered and changed into a black and white horizontally striped sweater, light blue denim mini shorts, and black net tights underneath, with black converses. I left my hair out, and wore some silver bangles on my wrists.
I ran up the stairs to see Helia running down the other stairs.
We both stopped in front of the front door and grinned at each other.
He wore a dark green hoodie, dark blue denim 3 quarters, and matching black converses.
"Let's go to that house first," I said pointing to the house right next to ours.
"Why?" Helia asked.
"I don't know, I just want to," I shrugged.
He raised his eyebrow at me and shrugged. We strolled down the pavement and towards the front door of the house. I rang the doorbell and took a step back.
The door swung open revealing a tall, muscular male that looked so hot it hurt.
"Uh, hi, do you live here?" Helia asked.
"Yeah why?" he asked.
"We just moved here and we were told to introduce ourselves to our neighbors," Helia said.
"Nice to meet you guys, I'm Riven," He said holding his hand out to Helia.
"Helia," He said shaking it.
Both boys turned to look at me, "Oh um, I'm Musa," I said shaking his hand, Riven? That name sounds SO freaking familiar.
"To save you some trouble, why don't you come in, all the people our age that live on this street are here, you can come in and meet them," Riven said.
"Thanks," Helia grinned, I smiled and we walked in.
"Guys, this is Musa and Helia, they just moved in next door," Riven said. In front of us was 10 other people spread out on the living room. Some on the couch, and some on the floor.
Helia and I gave a small wave.
"Hi, I'm Flora, welcome to my house. This is Brandon, Bloom, Timmy, Layla, Stella, Nabu and you've already met my brother Riven," A girl with tanned skin smiled, she was pretty,
Everyone smiled at us and waved.
"Make yourself comfortable, what drink would you like?" Flora asked.
"Oh I'm fine," I said.
"You sure?" She asked.
I nodded, "What about you then?" She asked Helia
"Nah I'm good," he said. Flora shrugged and went to sit back down.
"So you guys from Mexico?" Brandon asked.
"No, we're from here, we just lived in Mexico for a while," Helia said.
"Oh cool, when did you move from here?" Bloom asked.
"When we were ten," I said.
I saw the girl, Stella's, eyebrows furrowed and I slightly raised mine. Okay? That was weird.
"How old are you now?" Timmy asked.
"Twenty one," Helia and I said at the same time and then glared at each other.
"Right, you fit in perfectly," Tecna grinned.
Stella still looked at me, like she was trying to figure something out. I must admit, it was pretty unnerving.
"What about you? Have you always lived here?" Helia asked.
"Yup, it's always been the ten of us, well, we were twelve, and then they moved away, so ten," Nabu explained.
"Oh, ya, we were twelve before too when we lived here, and then we moved to Florida," I said.
Stella's eyes went wide.
"Um, what did you say your last name was?" She asked
"I didn't, but it's Roberts, Musa and Helia Roberts," I said.
Her mouth fell, and her eyes were as big as baseballs.
"What?" She gasped.
"Stella?" Bloom asked.
"What age did you say you moved?" Stella asked.
"Ten," Helia said.
"Do you have any other siblings?" She asked.
"No,"
"Are you guys twins?"
"Yes, we're Fraternal,"
"Ohmigod! It's you!" Bloom and Stella screamed.
"Ohmigod who?" I asked, hella confused.
"Musa. And Helia, the two members of our group were also called Musa and Helia, they were also fraternal twins, they moved when they were ten to Florida," Stella said.
"JUST LIKE YOU TWO!" Bloom squealed.
My mouth literally just fell open.
No way!
Everyone's mouth was practically open and staring at Helia and I.
"Helia?" Brandon asked.
"Holy fuck it's you!" the boys roared and tackled my poor brother to the floor.
My hands clasped to my mouth as I jumped off the chair so I didn't get tackled to the floor.
"MUSA!" The girls shrieked running to me and pulling me into a HUGE hug.
I let out a scream before falling onto the floor in a huge heap.
Then we all started laughing.
"LOOK AT YOU! IT'S BEEN SOOO LONG!" Flora squealed.
"GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU!" Layla yelled.
"YOU GUYS MUSA'S BACK!" Tecna roared.
"Thanks Tec, you so totally didn't just ignore me and I feel so totally great now," Helia said sarcastically rolling his eyes.
"Aw, we missed you to Heels," The girls laughed and hugged Helia and the boys hugged me.
It feels so great to rekindle our friendship and it happened really quickly too! It's almost coincidental.