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Safety Blanket

'LUCY! PETER! HURRY UP!' Ian shouted up the stairs. It was the twins second year at primary school and their first day back, and in true Beale style, they were in danger of running late.

'COMING DADDY!' shouted Lucy. Ian nodded and sighed, remembering the twins first day at school last year. Lucy had thrown a tantrum, because she did't want to be with strangers. It had lasted the whole journey to school. However, the end of the day was different. Both twins were hyper and talking a mile a minute.

Flashback

Ian was in the kitchen, prepping dinner while Bobby was asleep, upstairs. Suddenly, the front door banged opened and arguing flooding his eardrums. He opened the kitchen door and saw Lucy and Peter grabbing each other and fighting their way towards him.

'Daddy! Daddy! I want-' Lucy tried to speak, but Peter clamped a hand over her mouth.

'I made three new friends, Daddy!' Peter boasted, holding up three fingers, making Ian smile. It faded slightly when saw Lucy glaring darkly at her twin.

'Lucy? Did you have a good day?' Ian asked his daughter.

'I made two friends' Lucy said, sounding disappointed that Peter had made more friends than her.

'Well, that's nice sweetheart. Did you have a good day?' Lucy nodded and sat down at the table with Peter, both trying to talk Ian's ear off, by explaining their first day a mile a minute, at the same time...

End of flashback

'We're ready, Daddy!' Peter said, bringing Ian out of his memory and he smiled down at his son, grabbing his children's coat and ushered them out of the door...

It was lunch time and Lucy was bored. Her best friend, Mia, wasn't at school because she had a tummy bug and she didn't really like anyone else in her class, so she went in search for her brother. She found him playing footballs with his friends and cheered with them as he scored a goal. She bounded up to him, only just missing the ball flying towards her.

'LUCY! What are you doing? You d have been hit!' Peter yelled at his twin. Lucy shrugged.

'I want to play. It looks like fun' she said, making Peter laugh. Lucy scowled. 'What's so funny?' she asked.

'You can't play this! It's a boys game!' Peter said, folding his arms.

'But I'm bored. Mia's not here' Lucy whined making Peter roll his eyes and sigh.

'Lucy, go and find some more people to play with. I'm trying to play a game here!' said Peter, keeping an eye on the ball.

'But, I want to play with you!' Lucy whined

'Lucy! Go and find someone else to play with! I'm playing with my friends here!' Peter said, rushing past her and going for the ball, leaving Lucy to walk to the sidelines and watch, feeling upset...

Lucy arrived home with Kate, after her swimming lesson and rushed into the room, excited at something to eat. She stopped however when she only saw her Dad sat at the table.

'Daddy? Where's Peter?' she asked, as she climbed onto her seat and sat at the table.

'He's having tea at a friends house tonight' Ian explained, making Lucy sad.

'But I wanted him to play with me and my toys' Lucy said, feeling tears pool in her eyes. Ian saw them and sighed. He was never really good at crying girls, but he tried his best.

'Lucy, they'll come a time when you'll want to spend more time with your friends. And today that's what Peter has done' Ian said.

'No, there won't. I'll always be home for tea, Daddy! I'm a good girl' Lucy said, smiling at her Dad, who smiled.

'There will be darling. Anyway, Peter will be back in a bit. Maybe he'll play with you then' Ian said, making Lucy nod, however she was uncertain.

'Peter?'

'...'

'Peter!'

'...'

'PETER!' screamed Lucy. Peter jumped violently and turned to face his twin, his heart pounding. He saw her giggling, so he grabbed her arm, pulling her onto the sofa, playfully fighting with her.

'NO! NO! NO!' Lucy screamed, as she knew what he was going to do. Tickle her. She knew her twin knew she hated being tickled and did to annoy her.

'Say your sorry!' Peter said, a warning edge in his voice

'Sorry! Sorry!' Lucy squealed. Peter let her go and she sat up, smoothing her hair back down, scowling at her.

'What we're you thinking about?' Lucy asked, after a few minutes of silence.

'That time when we were younger and you were upset that I'd gone to my friends house for tea' Peter said, seeing Lucy's face darken as it turned red.

'Wh- What are you on about?' she asked

'The day I yelled at you to go and play with some of your friends, I went to a friends house after school for tea, while you went swimming. Dad told me when I'd returned home that you spent half an hour crying to him because I'd left you' Peter said, turning to his twin, who now sporting a brilliant shade of red.

'Yeah... Well..' Lucy trailed off, silently plotting to have a word with her Dad. She had told him that in strictest confidence.

'Was Lucy feeling sad because I had left her?' Peter teased. What he didn't expect, was to get Lucy to tell him the truth.

'Okayyyy...I wasn't jealous... I was upset. I was loosing you and I didn't know why. You were my security blanket, the one who I could turn to when I needed you. Then suddenly, you were slipping away, even when we were at home you'd do your homework and then play on your own and I didn't know why that was happening and it scared me' Lucy told him, fiddling with her fingers. It was a few minutes before Peter spoke.

'Luce... Why didn't you tell me?' he asked

'I don't know. I thought It'd make me look weak' she admitted quietly, but Peter still heard it.

'Hey, look at me' he said, waiting till she dragged her eyes to his. 'I'd rather you told me than kept it to yourself. I was just annoyed that day because we were loosing the football game and I took my anger out on you... I'm sorry, Luce. I'm sorry if that made you feel like you couldn't talk to me' Peter told her, making her nod.

'It's okay... Sorry you found out from Dad' Lucy said, smiling slightly.

'It's okay. Tell me in the future, if you need to talk to me. I'll always make time for you, I promise' Peter said, making Lucy smile and hug him.

'Thanks Peter' she whispered in his ear, smiling, feeling the redness in her cheeks fading...

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