Candles
Dylan's mobile phone alarm went on at exactly 6:45 in the morning and the teenager opened his blue eyes. Today was his birthday and he talked to Ruby yesterday, about how they would spend their birthday together. The two finally came to the conclusion, that they would drive to the Audubon Zoo after school. This was still in New Orleans and there was a bus that drive there from the school.
"Happy Birthday Brother" the quiet voice of his sister relaized Dylan surprised, and quickly straightened up in his bed.
Ruby was already sitting in her school uniform on the edge of the desk and smiled at him. Her chest-length blond hair, Ruby had braided to two braids that hung over her shoulder. The young blonde had a small parcel in her hand and was visibly amused at the surprised face expression of her brother.
"Ruby ... how long are you sitting there?" Dylan wanted to be surprised and hit the blanket aside to stand up.
"For a while, I thought I'd have to congratulate my big brother at first" Ruby replied, smiling.
"Oh ... okay, then Happy Brithday to you sister ..." Dylan quickly moved to his school uniform, then took the small Ruby package.
"Wow cards for the next basketball game, that's so cool, thank you Ruby" Dylan gently hugged his little sister and placed the cards carefully on his desk.
"Chloe and David have been in the kitchen since six o'clock and are preparing something" Ruby replied and slid off the edge of the desk.
"Maybe you should do something with the comb for your hair" Ruby advised him before she left her brother's room to get her backpack from her room.
"I should really get my hair combed, or else David says I look like a gangster again" Dylan joked with himself before he went to the bathroom. A few minutes later, the boy was ready and went with his twin sister down the stairs, which would lead to the ground floor.
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"It smells of pancakes ... I love pancakes" said Dylan, looking interested in the direction of the open kitchen door.
"Happy Birthday Dylan and Ruby" Chloe and David said when the twins had entered the kitchen. On the kitchen table were two small pancake pies, a large cake with 17 candles on it.
"We can drive you to school today, so you can have breakfast a little longer" David told the twins, after they had sat down to eat the pancakes.
"Cool, this is really great of you" said Dylan as he plastered his pancake tower.
"Yes, thank you" Ruby added, putting some chocolate sauce on her pancake.
"Twins, I have something for you," with these words, Holly also came to the kitchen and put two wrapped gifts on the table. The twins paused, put the knife and fork aside, and accepted the presents. They were a bit surprised at Holly's action, because their adoptive sister had given them little in the last few years.
"Thank you, Holly," Dylan and Ruby said in sync and opened the gifts of their adoptive sister.
"Wow a t-shirt in green with the words Twin, that's ... cool thank you Holly"
Holly had bought the twins a green t-shirt with the inscription Twin. Now Dylan and Ruby had the same T-shirt.
"Yeah, I thought you could not get lost when we went on a family trip. Do you remember, when we were on the farm and you two were gone?", Holly grinned.
"Yes, we wanted to free the poor imprisoned chickens, somehow unfortunate that we had not done it...the farmer stopped us" Dylan laughed, remembering the trip. Ruby and he had just disappeared and wanted to free the chickens from the barn so they could run away. Their action had not worked out then.
"But it was funny" Ruby said, looking at the shirt for a few seconds.
"Yeah, but the T-shirt is really a good idea Holly," Dylan said.
"I'll do the shirts in the laundry, so you both want to spend the day at the zoo after school?" Chloe asked herself about her adoptive children.
"Yeah, Mum went to the zoo with us often when we were little..so we are going there after so" Dylan said.
"We'll be back soon...i think" Ruby added.
"Well, we wanted to go to a restaurant with you, it's Friday and you can sleep out tomorrow" said David smiling.
"We can pick you up from the zoo, just write to us when you're on the way to the exit" Chloe added.
"We will do...thank you both"
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"...the pancakes are really good Chloe", Dylan said, then devoted his attention to his breakfast.
"Dylan, Ruby you still have to blow the candles on the cake out, before we drive" Chloe and David stood with a camera in their hand behind the cake to hold on to that moment.
"You're making a photo collage from it again, or?" Every year you take a picture of their birhtday.
Dylan smiled, then stood beside his sister, ready to blow the birthday candles out
"Wish you something twins" their adoptives said as Ruby and Dylan blow out the candles on the cake. Of course, the proud adoptibers had captured this moment with the camera.
"You look so cute as you were 11 years old..." Chloe smiled.
"Let's go now to the car" David said, and the family set out to leave the house.
"Funny that they do this every year..you now Ruby, the Picture.." Dylan said to his Sister.
" Yeah ... like every year again...do you know what i wish me...i wish we were by Momy" Ruby said, and her gaze was sad.
"So do i...to sad that this Wish never come true...i miss Mum so much...do you think that she think sometimes at us..." said Dylan, before he and Ruby sat in the car and then they were driven to school. This request, this deep wish could not chance the candles on the birthday cake.