I didn't know exactly what I meant, but I was thinking about Johnny's father being a drunk and his mother being a selfish slob, and Two-Bit's mother being a barmaid to support him and and his kid sister after their father ran out on them, and Dally- wild, cunning Dally...
"Kelsey!"
Keith 'Two-Bit' Matthews sighed.
"Kelsey!"
He suddenly heard something or even someone fall. He jumped up from his chair and ran down the hallway to the bedroom he shared. The bedroom he shared with his younger sister. Here's the thing, I'm sure if you weren't either seeing the two Matthews' offspring standing beside each other or you were their close personal friends, you would have no idea they were related. They were like opposites, but were pretty close.
He opened the door to see his sister sprawled across the floor, groaning but laughing at the same time. Her brown hair seemed to be so red in the light coming from the window. She got her hair from their dad. He would never tell her that to her face, no one would but they all knew it. Two-Bit chuckled and leaned against the door frame as his 15 year old sister pulled herself off the ground and moved her shoulder length hair out of her face.
"You know what? You aren't supposed to be laughing right now. Because of your yelling, you A: woke me up, B: caused me to hit my head on the headboard then C: fall of the bed."
"You know Kels, they have gaurd rails for kids who can't sleep on their bed without falling off. We could always get you one you know," And finishing his sentence, he darted back down the hallway to avoid the anger of his sister. Kelsey sighed and ran after her brother, quickly throwing on her shoes and closing the door behind her. She followed him right back into the kitchen, where he was sitting casually.
"I thought you could run faster than that," It would be a point like this where Kelsey Matthews would jump on her brother and laugh and joke. But ever since last year when their father left them, it was times like these that left an awkward tension between them. Kelsey smirked a bit but her smile faded when she realized what time it was. 8 o'clock already? She had fallen asleep doing her homework when she got home from school. She was that kind of kid who did her homework on Fridays, to get it over and done with to leave a free open weekend. But she was going to go catch a movie tonight. She hoped she still had time.
Changing the subject, Kelsey questioned her brother, "When is mom supposed to get home tonight anyway?"
Two-Bit rolled his eyes and looked at his watch, "I don't know. Sometime tonight, doesn't really matter does it? She'll be here in the mornin' " Two-Bit loved his mother with his whole heart, and he knew how hard she worked to support himself and his sister, but she wasn't very reliable. She was never sure of her work schedule most of the time, so the two Matthews' children never really relied on her anymore. Sometime's when they got home from school, she'd be there with a warm dinner cooked and a smile on the face. Other times they came home to her asleep on the couch. And a majority of the time, she wouldn't be home. She'd still be at work.
Sometimes Two-Bit wondered why his sister worried about their mom so much. But then again, his sister had been the last person to talk with their dad before he decided to leave. Leave and abandon the family for the rest of their lives. She never really mentioned what he had said when he left, but he had a feeling it was something she didn't want to relive.
Kelsey shifted her feet around. "I don't know, I just don't want her to bring that guy home again. I just don't like him Keither..so what are you doing tonight anyway?" She absolutely hated when her mom brought a guy home with her from the bar. She had been bringing this one lanky guy home lately, with real sunken eyes and a suspicious walk to him. She shrugged her shoulders. She was afraid she was going to have to stay home by herself again. Like the last few nights when Two-Bit was out with the guys while she was stayed at home, finishing a composition and just thinking. At least that's what she told him, sometimes he just never understood his sister.
" 'Probably gonna head over to the Curtis' household," He replied to his sister, ignoring the fact she called him Keither. His sister was the only one that called him by his real name and even when she did that she called him a nickname. "You wanna come?"
Kelsey smiled, 'Of course I do, Pony can probably loan me his history notes anyway,"
"You fall asleep in class again?" Two-Bit watched his sister nod her head slowly, "Seems that's all you've been doing lately kid, sleep. You alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, I just can't fall asleep lately." That was a lie. She had been having horrible dreams about their father and mother every night and often she would wake up with her face flushed red and her breathing heavy.
"Well next time you're having trouble sleeping, just read those history notes, if it helps in class to fall asleep too, it should help here too," Two-Bit laughed at his own hint of comedy while Kelsey just shook her head.
"So we gonna go then?" she motioned to the door while her brother just sat there and made contact with her icy blue eyes. They were similar to his own, only hers seemed so much colder sometimes. Even without meaning.
"Stop giving me that look, what did I forget?" Two-Bit quickly look at his sister, who was dressed in a pair of dark blue jeans and a plain what shirt with the sleeves cut off. On her wrist was a bracelet of safety pins and a silver ring on her pinky finger.
"Get a jacket on, it's cold out," he said simply, getting up from the table.
"But I left my jacket in my locker at school!" She called to him from their room as she scrambled around the piles of papers mixed with clothes on her bed.
"Take my other one then!" He yelled back at her, adjusting his own jacket. The other one he was talking about really wasn't his other one, it was his old one he didn't really wear anymore. He had snatched a brand new one and he was quite proud of it. Kelsey threw on her brother's leather jacket and pulled it tight. It fit almost perfectly, it was just a bit big on her. She took a quick glance in the mirror and pulled her hair up into a pony tail.
"Alright Keither, let's go then," she said, running past him from down the hallway and out the door.
Two-Bit sighed and closed the door behind him, "What have I told you about calling me that?"
"I don't know buddy, what have you told me about calling you that?" She was mimicing him slightly but they both knew it was in good fun.
"Don't!"
yeah, I know that wasn't a very good ending but I was trying to get some brother/sisterness in there between the two. Love it? Hate it? Review :)