It was about 7 o'clock when Aunt May was awake and downstairs. She was
tiptoeing around the kitchen making pancakes for the boys. Normally she
had bran for breakfast or some fruit or she didn't have breakfast at all,
but she felt inclined to make a very special breakfast for the two red
headed twins now living at her house. She froze when she heard sounds of
movement upstairs. She smiled up at the ceiling imagining the boys just
waking. She could see them yawning and stretching their arms that very
second. She put a hand to her cheek and thought about how lovely these two
boys were, they were such angels. She sighed and got back to work on the
pancakes. After about 5 minutes Fred and George found their way into the
kitchen. They were wearing Peter's old PJ's. Aunt May almost laughed at
the sight of them. Peter was a lot shorter than them and the pajama pants
fell short of their ankles by about 2 inches. They didn't seem to care at
all. They walked into the room all cheery.
"Good morning!" one of the boys who she was guessing was Fred (really was George) said. She turned to them smiling, with her hands on her hips she said,
"I hope you two like pancakes," she said happily bringing two plates of steaming hot pancakes to the table. The boys smiled eagerly at the pancakes and then at each other. They quickly found their seats and began cutting the pancakes with their forks. After cutting the pancakes into fairly large pieces and covering them with the maple syrup Aunt May put out they both stuffed their mouth with the pancakes.
"Wow!" Aunt May said staring at the boys, "You two certainly are hungry!" The boys looked up from their plates at her and tried to smile with mouths completely stuffed with pancakes. She laughed at them, she was obviously very pleased. They both swallowed at almost the same time, and reached out for the milk cups Aunt May so kindly poured for them. They both took a long swig of milk and then looked at Aunt May a look of content clear on their face.
"These are delicious," Fred said. (Aunt May thought it was George)
"Yea, they're great! Thanks," George said.
"You're welcome," she said smiling softly at the two boys. "So, I was thinking," Aunt May said, "we really need some way to identify one twin from the other." The two boys laughed loudly.
"Just remember the one with the slightly smaller nose, and the slightly bigger muscles, and the slightly nicer smile is me," when George saw her face he knew she had no idea who he was, he clarified, "me, George,"
"ahhhh..." she said "how about you," she said talking to George, "wear some article of clothing, like a scarf or a hat or something, or how about certain colors go to George and other colors go to Fred." The two boys were laughing hard now, they obviously were really enjoying this. Aunt May laughed a long with them. The three slowly stopped laughing, they had been laughing so hard but they all knew it was a good idea and Fred and George knew they would end up doing it. "So," Aunt May said after they had finally settled down completely, "What's the plan for the day?" Fred and George knew this question was going to come up but were still taken aback, they hadn't thought about a lie to tell her yet, it had to be a believable one. There real plans were to work on making their products for their joke shop. Fred decided quickly on a lie, telling her that they had not yet found a job and planned on looking for one today. She looked sad, the thought of two boys as young as them working rather than in a safe home with a nice family going to school, but she just nodded at them. She would think more about what to do about the boys during the day. She wasn't sure if she wanted to really adopt them but she couldn't see these poor boys without a family, working all day, probably feeling completely unloved. She knew their happy smiles was just a front, they were hurt children inside.
"Good morning!" one of the boys who she was guessing was Fred (really was George) said. She turned to them smiling, with her hands on her hips she said,
"I hope you two like pancakes," she said happily bringing two plates of steaming hot pancakes to the table. The boys smiled eagerly at the pancakes and then at each other. They quickly found their seats and began cutting the pancakes with their forks. After cutting the pancakes into fairly large pieces and covering them with the maple syrup Aunt May put out they both stuffed their mouth with the pancakes.
"Wow!" Aunt May said staring at the boys, "You two certainly are hungry!" The boys looked up from their plates at her and tried to smile with mouths completely stuffed with pancakes. She laughed at them, she was obviously very pleased. They both swallowed at almost the same time, and reached out for the milk cups Aunt May so kindly poured for them. They both took a long swig of milk and then looked at Aunt May a look of content clear on their face.
"These are delicious," Fred said. (Aunt May thought it was George)
"Yea, they're great! Thanks," George said.
"You're welcome," she said smiling softly at the two boys. "So, I was thinking," Aunt May said, "we really need some way to identify one twin from the other." The two boys laughed loudly.
"Just remember the one with the slightly smaller nose, and the slightly bigger muscles, and the slightly nicer smile is me," when George saw her face he knew she had no idea who he was, he clarified, "me, George,"
"ahhhh..." she said "how about you," she said talking to George, "wear some article of clothing, like a scarf or a hat or something, or how about certain colors go to George and other colors go to Fred." The two boys were laughing hard now, they obviously were really enjoying this. Aunt May laughed a long with them. The three slowly stopped laughing, they had been laughing so hard but they all knew it was a good idea and Fred and George knew they would end up doing it. "So," Aunt May said after they had finally settled down completely, "What's the plan for the day?" Fred and George knew this question was going to come up but were still taken aback, they hadn't thought about a lie to tell her yet, it had to be a believable one. There real plans were to work on making their products for their joke shop. Fred decided quickly on a lie, telling her that they had not yet found a job and planned on looking for one today. She looked sad, the thought of two boys as young as them working rather than in a safe home with a nice family going to school, but she just nodded at them. She would think more about what to do about the boys during the day. She wasn't sure if she wanted to really adopt them but she couldn't see these poor boys without a family, working all day, probably feeling completely unloved. She knew their happy smiles was just a front, they were hurt children inside.