Chapter Fifteen/Siblings:
David and Noah were battling each other at Mortal Kombat X. Noah was winning, having more experience with the game.
"My goodness Noah, you're just too good." David said.
"Comes with years of practice." Noah said.
All of a sudden, they heard a scream from downstairs. David quickly rushed to see what it was. He saw his sister Cicely hopping up and down excitedly.
"I GOT IN!" Cicely said.
"Got in?" David asked.
"To college silly." Cicely said.
"I didn't know you applied to college already." David said.
"Yeah, I'm super excited." Cicely said.
"Huh... well... I'm excited for you sis." David said stuttering.
"You alright bro?" Cicely asked.
"Yeah, I'm just a little distraught that Noah beat me at MKX." David said.
"Oh, don't worry you'll get him one day." Cicely said.
David walked back upstairs, and continued to play the game with Noah.
"You lied." Noah said.
"For her own good." David said.
"What about your own good?" Noah asked.
"Her happiness is more important than mine." David said.
Later that night, David kept having nightmares. One night he couldn't take it, so he decided to go down stairs and drink some warm milk. As he was walking down stairs, he alerted Alvin in his slumber. Alvin went down stairs to find his son sitting in the kitchen drinking milk.
"Son, what are you doing up?" Alvin asked.
"Too many nightmares, thought I'd drink some milk to calm me down." David said.
"Nightmares? What about?" Alvin asked.
"I don't want to talk about it." David said.
"Okay. If you need me, I'm always here." Alvin said.
"Thanks Dad." David said.
Alvin went back to bed, and David remained in the kitchen to finish his milk.
David was sitting in his room thinking about a million things. His sister walked in.
"Hey bro, I was hoping you could help me. Which... bro, are you okay?" Cicely asked noticing the tear streaming down his face.
He wiped it away.
"Yeah." David said.
"What's wrong bro, you can tell me." Cicely said.
Noah was walking by, and couldn't help but over hear what was happening.
"I'm fine, I promise. I was just thinking of J.J. again, she makes me really happy." David said.
"Aww."
"What did you want to ask me?" David asked.
Cicely held up two pairs of pants.
"Which of these is navy blue?" Cicely asked.
David pointed to the one in her right hand.
"Thanks bro." Cicely said.
She exited, and Noah entered.
"Still lying?" Noah asked.
"Leave me alone Noah." David said.
"If you don't say anything, it'll eat you up inside." Noah said.
"I'll be fine." David said.
David had been spending the next few weeks silently in his room. He slowly started to realize that what Noah said was right.
"Why are Celts always so damn honest?" David asked.
David walked down stairs, and saw Cicely walking out the front door.
"Hey sis, where you going?" David asked.
"Oh, me and Gigi are going to pick up some supplies for when August rolls around." Cicely said.
"August?" David asked.
"College silly." Cicely said.
"Oh right. Okay, have fun." David said.
Cicely exited, and David sat down on the couch. His cell started ringing, it was Austin.
"Hello?" David asked.
"Hey David, you want to come see Batman v. Superman with me and Simon?" Austin asked.
"No thanks Austin, I saw it already. Thanks for the offer though." David said.
"No problem, I'll talk to you later buddy." Austin said.
"Okay, peace." David said hanging up.
David sat in the solemn silence.
Cicely and Gigi were at the store picking up supplies. Cicely was concerned about something, and Gigi could tell.
"You okay Cicely?" Gigi asked.
"Yeah, it's just... has David seemed oddly depressed to you?" Cicely asked.
"A little, but when is he not depressed?" Gigi joked.
"This is serious, I'm concerned about him." Cicely said.
"I'm sorry. Just talk to him, I'm sure you can help him resolve whatever's troubling him." Gigi said.
"I hope so." Cicely said.
Alvin and Brittany were having a night out for themselves. Brittany brought up an interesting subject.
"Cicely leaving for college is crazy isn't it?" Brittany asked.
"Yeah. It seems like it was just yesterday I was holding her and David in the hospital." Alvin said.
"Looks like you owe me twenty dollars." Brittany said.
Alvin looked confused.
"What?" Alvin asked.
"When we started dating you were so worried you would be a bad father, you put twenty dollars on that. You were wrong, you owe me twenty dollars." Brittany said.
"You're right." Alvin said.
They both laughed.
"You've come a long way Alvin." Brittany said.
"You too, Brit." Alvin said.
Gigi brought Cicely home.
"Thanks for the ride home Gigi." Cicely said.
Gigi drove away. Cicely opened the door, and found a disturbing sight.
Cicely found her brother, in tears, surrounded by a pile of torn magazines and old clothes that no longer fit him. She was so frightened, she dropped her bags.
"David, what happened?" Cicely asked.
David didn't say a word. He ran to hug his sister, and he continued crying. He was trying to say something but it was too muffled for Cicely to understand.
MmmmHmmmMmm
"What?" Cicely asked.
MmmmHmmmMmm
Cicely pulled David back.
"What?" Cicley asked.
"Please don't leave me." David said.
Cicely couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"What are you talking about?" Cicely asked.
"I know I haven't spent as much time as I should have with you, and I'm sorry. I can't lose you now. Your my twin sister, I need you. Your my other half." David said.
Cicely's heart sunk, she couldn't form words to respond with. She kneeled down, and hugged her brother.
"It's okay bro, I'll come back. I promise." Cicely said.
David hung his head, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"I can't live without you." David said.
"David, trust me. I know it doesn't seem like it now, but this won't be as bad as you think. I'll be home for holidays, and after two years of college I'll be back." Cicely said.
"Promise you'll never forget about me." David said.
"I couldn't if I wanted to, you're my only brother." Cicely said.
David started to calm down.
"Listen, I don't leave for college for another two months. Let's spend some time together while we still can, just you and me, brother and sister." Cicely said.
"I'd like that." David said smiling.
Months have passed, and Cicely was at college. David had to adjust, but he knew she would be back. After a while, it was Thanksgiving, and the family was preparing dinner. There was suddenly a knock on the door.
"David, could you get that?" Alvin asked.
"Sure thing Dad." David said.
David opened the door, and saw his sister.
"Cicely!" He said in excitement.
They hugged.
"I missed you bro." Cicely said.
"I missed you too." David said.
That night was a good one. David enjoyed having Cicely home again, he felt happy.