Chapter Five – The Twins and Cade
"Personally, I think it's disgusting," Cade said as he and the twins walked home after school.
"Why?" Kirian asked. "Aren't you excited for Baby?"
"Stop calling it Baby like that's its name. And Kirian, our house is full enough. As if we need one more person. Where's it gonna go when it's old enough for its own room? There are no rooms left!"
"First of all," Kirian began, a hint of an attitude in her voice, "you can stop calling her 'It' as if she's a mutant. We know she's a girl. Secondly, Ariana offered to share, and I would, too, if I wasn't already sharing with this bozo over here." She playfully punched Kieran's shoulder. "And third, if Mom and Dad need another room, they'll build an addition onto the house. They've done it before and they'll do it again." She paused. "And what's so disgusting about it?"
Cade glanced at her. "Kirian," he said, "our parents are like...what...fifty? And they're having a baby. Number thirteen, if you haven't noticed."
"Mom and Dad are not fifty, Cade! Dad's only forty-six, and Mom's forty- fourth birthday is coming up soon."
"That's still old. Think about it...they're still having sex. It's gross. I mean, Lee told me him and his girlfriend have sex all the time. And Jesse does it. Lee even suspects Ariana's doing it. And if Ariana's doing it, then you know Chandler's doing it. I mean, come on. Our brothers and sisters are having sex, which means that our parents are way too old."
Kirian rolled her eyes and shot a look at her twin brother, hoping he would back her up, though she knew he wouldn't. He had a disgusted expression on his face.
"Kieran...what are you doing?"
Kieran leaned forward and whispered in Kirian's ear. When he pulled back, Kirian laughed.
"What?" Cade asked. "What did he say?"
"He said..." Kirian trailed off, trying to catch her breath.
"What??"
"He thinks it's 'yucky' that Lee and Jesse and Mom and Dad have sex. He said, 'Girls have cooties!'"
Cade looked at her. "That's not very funny."
Kirian abruptly stopped laughing. "I hate you, Cade Counsil!" she yelled and ran ahead of him. Kieran followed closely behind.
"Personally, I think it's disgusting," Cade said as he and the twins walked home after school.
"Why?" Kirian asked. "Aren't you excited for Baby?"
"Stop calling it Baby like that's its name. And Kirian, our house is full enough. As if we need one more person. Where's it gonna go when it's old enough for its own room? There are no rooms left!"
"First of all," Kirian began, a hint of an attitude in her voice, "you can stop calling her 'It' as if she's a mutant. We know she's a girl. Secondly, Ariana offered to share, and I would, too, if I wasn't already sharing with this bozo over here." She playfully punched Kieran's shoulder. "And third, if Mom and Dad need another room, they'll build an addition onto the house. They've done it before and they'll do it again." She paused. "And what's so disgusting about it?"
Cade glanced at her. "Kirian," he said, "our parents are like...what...fifty? And they're having a baby. Number thirteen, if you haven't noticed."
"Mom and Dad are not fifty, Cade! Dad's only forty-six, and Mom's forty- fourth birthday is coming up soon."
"That's still old. Think about it...they're still having sex. It's gross. I mean, Lee told me him and his girlfriend have sex all the time. And Jesse does it. Lee even suspects Ariana's doing it. And if Ariana's doing it, then you know Chandler's doing it. I mean, come on. Our brothers and sisters are having sex, which means that our parents are way too old."
Kirian rolled her eyes and shot a look at her twin brother, hoping he would back her up, though she knew he wouldn't. He had a disgusted expression on his face.
"Kieran...what are you doing?"
Kieran leaned forward and whispered in Kirian's ear. When he pulled back, Kirian laughed.
"What?" Cade asked. "What did he say?"
"He said..." Kirian trailed off, trying to catch her breath.
"What??"
"He thinks it's 'yucky' that Lee and Jesse and Mom and Dad have sex. He said, 'Girls have cooties!'"
Cade looked at her. "That's not very funny."
Kirian abruptly stopped laughing. "I hate you, Cade Counsil!" she yelled and ran ahead of him. Kieran followed closely behind.