A/N: this chapter takes place about a month after the last chapter,
everyone has got used to Carla's family being there and Carla is now living
with her brothers and is spending a lot of time with Twister. However
Twister and Carla still haven't admitted their crushes on each other to
anyone other than Otto or Reggie. The play is going to begin showing the
next day.
"So the play's tomorrow night, you guys are all coming right?" Carla asked at dinner as she shovelled some extra hot Capulet special chilli into her mouth. Her brothers all looked at each other and then at Carla.
"The play's tomorrow? Why didn't you tell us before?" Zack asked.
"WHAT?! I've only mentioned it every night! Don't tell me you can't come!" Carla shouted in disbelief.
"Sorry Sis, I've got the evening shift at work, I'll be at work." Zack sighed.
"We've got ice hockey practice, we have a huge game coming up, you know that." Ben added for him and Tibbs.
"Jase?" Carla asked feebly.
"Sorry Carl." Jason sighed looking away not being able to stand the hurt look on his sister's face.
Later that night
"Carl! Dad's on the phone, he wants to talk to you!" Zack shouted.
"Hi Daddy!" Carla smiled grabbing the phone off of her older brother.
"Hey sweetheart, how's everything?" Carla's father asked from the other end of the phone.
"Great, we had out last Romeo and Juliet practice today, I'm so excited about tomorrow night!" Carla giggled already feeling nervous about the upcoming play.
"What's happening tomorrow night that's got you so excited?" Carla's dad asked.
"Stop teasing me Daddy, you know they play is tomorrow night." Carla said rolling her eyes.
"Oh."
"What do you mean "oh"?" Carla asked getting worried.
"I. I just didn't realise it was so soon, Carl." Carla's dad sighed.
"You'll still be able to make it though right?" Carla asked worried.
"I'm so sorry sugar, I didn't realise it was tomorrow night; there's just no way I'll be able to come and see your play - Carla? You're still there right?" Carla's dad asked not getting any response from Carla. Carla took a deep breath and began to act; she was getting better at it over the years.
"Yeah I'm here, don't worry about the play Daddy, I didn't even really want to do it in the first place it was just for the extra credit. I've just missed you is all. Don't worry about it Daddy." Carla lied trying to sound perfectly happy.
"You're sure, I'm really sorry baby. I wanted to see you too." He sighed.
"Yeah don't worry about it, I've gotta go now. Do you want me to get Ben and Tibbs on the phone?" Carla asked seeing her brothers in the next room.
"Sure."
Carla called her twin brothers, and went upstairs. Carla closed the door to her room quietly and locked it, she went over to her bed and buried her face in her pillow and began to cry.
"Ju! What's wrong?" Twister called out of his window hearing Carla's sobs.
"None of my family can come tomorrow night, not one of them remembered." Carla sniffed sitting up trying to stop the tears from rolling down her cheeks. Carla sighed and heaved herself out of her window and onto the flower trellis by her window she grabbed onto Twister's windowsill and Twister pulled her into his room. Carla buried her face in Twister's shoulder and wrapped her arms around his neck. Twister held one arm around her back and ran his hand through her hair with the other, he tried to comfort her and eventually she stopped crying.
"Listen, Reggie, Otto, the Squid, Raymundo and Tito will all be there to see us so it's not like no-one's coming to see you Ju." Twister soothed her and wiped the tears off of her face.
"My own family 'Reece, my own family can't remember me. What did I ever do to deserve this?" Carla asked leaning back on Twister's bed. They were both sitting on the floor in Twisters room with their backs to his bed; Twister had his arm around her.
"You didn't, look they might still come." Twister insisted but knowing they probably wouldn't.
"What would I ever do without you?" Carla asked snuggling up to him. Carla looked up at the same moment that Twister looked down, his eyes dropped to her mouth and before he knew what he was doing he was kissing her.
In the hallway Lars had just been walking by Twisters room when he had absently looked through the open door, his heart dropped to his stomach, Twister knew he liked Carla, how could he do this to him? Twister and Carla stopped kissing, Lars prayed that she would slap Twister; but instead Twister said the very words to Carla that he wanted to say to her.
"I think I'm in love with you." Twister whispered to Carla.
"Me too." Carla smiled not noticing Lars storm off silently vowing to kill his brother.
"Have you tried talking to her?" Zack asked his older brother Jason.
"Her door's locked, and she won't answer me." Jase sighed.
"Dad can't come to the play either." Tibbs sighed feeling guilty
"No wonder she's locked herself in her room then, I can believe us. We're supposed to be her family for crying out loud and not one of us remembered, we should be ashamed of ourselves." Jase frowned glaring at the others.
"Hey, before you get all righteous on us I'd like to point out that you forgot too!" Ben snapped.
"Yeah, and I don't know about you guys but I feel lousy. I mean she's been through enough without having to deal with us." Tibbs sighed sinking into the sofa.
"Yeah, some family we are. You all saw how hurt she looked at dinner, we broke her little heart." Zack added, the whole group groaned remembering Carla's expression.
"Look we have to go. We can't to that to our little sister." Jase sighed rubbing his forehead; he was starting to get a massive headache from all this guilt.
"But we all have other things to do remember?" Zack sighed.
"Are they more important than your own little sister?" Jase demanded glaring at him.
"Well, I guess I could call in sick." Zack thought out loud.
"Well, we could say we're sick too, I mean it's just hockey practice." Ben admitted,
"I mean Carla's more important." Tibbs added, they had a habit of finishing each other's sentences.
"And I'll ditch my college lesson that evening." Jase sighed.
"Now we just need to get Dad to come here." Zack mused thinking up a plan.
"I'd better get back or my brothers will kill me, but more likely you." Carla smiled walking over to the open window,
"That's encouraging. Look; don't worry about your brothers even if they don't come we won't have to do the year again which was why we were doing this in the first place. And everyone else is coming to see us. Don't worry about it." Twister smiled, he kissed her on the lips and then watched her jump out of his window and climb into hers.
A/N: how'd you like that chapter, I loved writing this one, I wasn't going to put the ending in but I didn't want people to imagine too much going on between Carla and Twister. ^_^* Anyway, what about poor Lars? Don't worry though Lars fans I'm sure I can think of some way for Lars to end up happy. I hope. any suggestions? R&R
"So the play's tomorrow night, you guys are all coming right?" Carla asked at dinner as she shovelled some extra hot Capulet special chilli into her mouth. Her brothers all looked at each other and then at Carla.
"The play's tomorrow? Why didn't you tell us before?" Zack asked.
"WHAT?! I've only mentioned it every night! Don't tell me you can't come!" Carla shouted in disbelief.
"Sorry Sis, I've got the evening shift at work, I'll be at work." Zack sighed.
"We've got ice hockey practice, we have a huge game coming up, you know that." Ben added for him and Tibbs.
"Jase?" Carla asked feebly.
"Sorry Carl." Jason sighed looking away not being able to stand the hurt look on his sister's face.
Later that night
"Carl! Dad's on the phone, he wants to talk to you!" Zack shouted.
"Hi Daddy!" Carla smiled grabbing the phone off of her older brother.
"Hey sweetheart, how's everything?" Carla's father asked from the other end of the phone.
"Great, we had out last Romeo and Juliet practice today, I'm so excited about tomorrow night!" Carla giggled already feeling nervous about the upcoming play.
"What's happening tomorrow night that's got you so excited?" Carla's dad asked.
"Stop teasing me Daddy, you know they play is tomorrow night." Carla said rolling her eyes.
"Oh."
"What do you mean "oh"?" Carla asked getting worried.
"I. I just didn't realise it was so soon, Carl." Carla's dad sighed.
"You'll still be able to make it though right?" Carla asked worried.
"I'm so sorry sugar, I didn't realise it was tomorrow night; there's just no way I'll be able to come and see your play - Carla? You're still there right?" Carla's dad asked not getting any response from Carla. Carla took a deep breath and began to act; she was getting better at it over the years.
"Yeah I'm here, don't worry about the play Daddy, I didn't even really want to do it in the first place it was just for the extra credit. I've just missed you is all. Don't worry about it Daddy." Carla lied trying to sound perfectly happy.
"You're sure, I'm really sorry baby. I wanted to see you too." He sighed.
"Yeah don't worry about it, I've gotta go now. Do you want me to get Ben and Tibbs on the phone?" Carla asked seeing her brothers in the next room.
"Sure."
Carla called her twin brothers, and went upstairs. Carla closed the door to her room quietly and locked it, she went over to her bed and buried her face in her pillow and began to cry.
"Ju! What's wrong?" Twister called out of his window hearing Carla's sobs.
"None of my family can come tomorrow night, not one of them remembered." Carla sniffed sitting up trying to stop the tears from rolling down her cheeks. Carla sighed and heaved herself out of her window and onto the flower trellis by her window she grabbed onto Twister's windowsill and Twister pulled her into his room. Carla buried her face in Twister's shoulder and wrapped her arms around his neck. Twister held one arm around her back and ran his hand through her hair with the other, he tried to comfort her and eventually she stopped crying.
"Listen, Reggie, Otto, the Squid, Raymundo and Tito will all be there to see us so it's not like no-one's coming to see you Ju." Twister soothed her and wiped the tears off of her face.
"My own family 'Reece, my own family can't remember me. What did I ever do to deserve this?" Carla asked leaning back on Twister's bed. They were both sitting on the floor in Twisters room with their backs to his bed; Twister had his arm around her.
"You didn't, look they might still come." Twister insisted but knowing they probably wouldn't.
"What would I ever do without you?" Carla asked snuggling up to him. Carla looked up at the same moment that Twister looked down, his eyes dropped to her mouth and before he knew what he was doing he was kissing her.
In the hallway Lars had just been walking by Twisters room when he had absently looked through the open door, his heart dropped to his stomach, Twister knew he liked Carla, how could he do this to him? Twister and Carla stopped kissing, Lars prayed that she would slap Twister; but instead Twister said the very words to Carla that he wanted to say to her.
"I think I'm in love with you." Twister whispered to Carla.
"Me too." Carla smiled not noticing Lars storm off silently vowing to kill his brother.
"Have you tried talking to her?" Zack asked his older brother Jason.
"Her door's locked, and she won't answer me." Jase sighed.
"Dad can't come to the play either." Tibbs sighed feeling guilty
"No wonder she's locked herself in her room then, I can believe us. We're supposed to be her family for crying out loud and not one of us remembered, we should be ashamed of ourselves." Jase frowned glaring at the others.
"Hey, before you get all righteous on us I'd like to point out that you forgot too!" Ben snapped.
"Yeah, and I don't know about you guys but I feel lousy. I mean she's been through enough without having to deal with us." Tibbs sighed sinking into the sofa.
"Yeah, some family we are. You all saw how hurt she looked at dinner, we broke her little heart." Zack added, the whole group groaned remembering Carla's expression.
"Look we have to go. We can't to that to our little sister." Jase sighed rubbing his forehead; he was starting to get a massive headache from all this guilt.
"But we all have other things to do remember?" Zack sighed.
"Are they more important than your own little sister?" Jase demanded glaring at him.
"Well, I guess I could call in sick." Zack thought out loud.
"Well, we could say we're sick too, I mean it's just hockey practice." Ben admitted,
"I mean Carla's more important." Tibbs added, they had a habit of finishing each other's sentences.
"And I'll ditch my college lesson that evening." Jase sighed.
"Now we just need to get Dad to come here." Zack mused thinking up a plan.
"I'd better get back or my brothers will kill me, but more likely you." Carla smiled walking over to the open window,
"That's encouraging. Look; don't worry about your brothers even if they don't come we won't have to do the year again which was why we were doing this in the first place. And everyone else is coming to see us. Don't worry about it." Twister smiled, he kissed her on the lips and then watched her jump out of his window and climb into hers.
A/N: how'd you like that chapter, I loved writing this one, I wasn't going to put the ending in but I didn't want people to imagine too much going on between Carla and Twister. ^_^* Anyway, what about poor Lars? Don't worry though Lars fans I'm sure I can think of some way for Lars to end up happy. I hope. any suggestions? R&R