"Tina, wake up." Gene whispered to his sister.
Tina was disoriented and tired. She had hardly slept, too many intrusive thoughts about things that didn't matter.
"It's too early Gene."
"It's 10 am!" He retorted, still whispering, "And I made you breakfast."
Tina opened her eyes and was shocked to see a blurry taco held out in front of her.
"This isn't breakfast food."
"Sure it is!" Gene reassured his sister, "It has all the major food groups, carbs, protein, vegetables, the other ones."
"I'm not eating it."
"Okay."
Tina reached over and found her glasses, she put them on and saw Gene eating the taco, leaving bits of taco filling all over her bed.
"Ugh, Gene."
"I'm sorry, I'd let it fall on the floor but Mum and Dad have a Roomba now. If the robots get a taste for tacos they'll definitely take over."
Tina smiled. She was glad that even after everything that had happened in high school, her little brother still had his sense of humor. High School was fine for Tina, she had a popular boyfriend, which meant she was also popular. And not many people try to bully the popular kids.
High school started off fine for Gene too. But things changed when Gene came out. Even with legal gay marriage there are still assholes out there that can't accept anything. Gene was bullied really badly.
As soon as Louise got to High School though, the bullying stopped. Tina always wished she could have been as strong as Louise, and she felt so guilty that she was never strong for Gene.
"So what do you want for breakfast?" Gene asked.
"Nothing." Tina answered.
"That's no way to start the day!"
"Well I don't want to start the day yet Gene."
"You said you'd come with me to the tattoo shop."
"No I didn't, you said you'd call and make an appointment."
"Well, it turns out you need to put a $40 deposit down or they won't make an appointment. And I'm only the ideas man, you're in charge of cash flow."
"Ugh." Tina complained, "Fine."
"Well get ready quickly, who knows when Louise will wake up!"