Chapter 2 - A Day Of Worry
"NOOOOO!" Kendall screamed as he abruptly sat up in his bed. He was panting slightly, heart beating a mile an hour and he was drenched in sweat.
He had had THAT dream again, this time though he saw more than just the little boy. Not much more but at least more than usually. Sadly it wasn't gonna help him in any way,
but to make him worry about his brother even more. It was bad enough to know you had a twin brother that was kidnapped mere hours after being born, but to know he was in pain was even worse.
Let alone WHAT kind of pain.
After years of having that dream he just knew that it wasn't something that his mind has made up to scare him. He KNEW it was actually happening to his brother. Which only was even more painful for him.
To know your brother, your TWIN brother, was getting beat up and abused, hurt him. What surprised him though was that no matter how many times he has had the dream, his brother never seemed to get taller or anything. The only thing that was different between the dreams was the clothing he was wearing, but nothing else. That little detail Kendall picked up on LONG ago seemed to ease his pain.
Maybe, just MAYBE, it meant that his brother didn't get abused anymore. Maybe he was saved by childcare, or by another family that DOES take good care of him.
"You okay honey? Did you have another one of those nightmares?" his mother asked as she opened the door and walked in.
"Yeah mom, I'm fine, and yes, another one of those nightmares." He told her, then hesitated for a moment. "this one though, was… different." He said with a mix of sadness and anger.
"Different how?" she asks as she sits down next to him on his bed. "Well… I-I know why he's crying now." He muttered, a hurt expression on his face.
"Oh, sweetie come here." She said pulling him in a hug. She started to believe Kendall's theory, of the dreams being things that actually happened to her other son, about a year ago.
At first though she said it wasn't, that it were just some nightmares portraying how much he wanted to find his brother, but as she heard Kendall scream every time he woke from his nightmares or the way his bed was drenched in his sweat, she slowly, but surely, started to believe him.
"I just hope that, since he doesn't get older in my dreams, he doesn't go through that all anymore. I hope that he's safe now." Kendall said as tears tried, and succeeded, to trail down his cheeks.
As Kendall spoke those words, she got worried. She wanted to ask what he was talking about, but was afraid to ask.
And as if he could read his mother's mind he responded "H-h-h-h-he g-gets beaten up. That's why he's crying, and I can only watch. When I try to help him he just seems to get farther and farther away from me." Kendall said, crying on his mothers shoulder.
This brought tears to her eyes, somehow she got the feeling that it wasn't just 1 beating, but multiple, that her son has dreamt of. And to see Kendall cry, only just confirmed that.
The last time he cried like this, was when her husband died 10 years ago. Ever since then Kendall hadn't shed a tear, until now. So she knew it was serious. Not just some nightmare, she could feel that it was the truth.
After a few minutes Kendall had stopped crying, and was just sitting there, his mom telling him that they'd find him and make sure that he'd forget that any of that has ever happened. That once they found his brother, they would fill him with love and show him that the world is full of good people too.
"C'mon get dressed I'll go make us some breakfast." His mother told him as she stood to go to the kitchen. "Okay, be there in a minute." He said.
He got up and headed to the bathroom. On his way there, as he passed his sisters room, he called for her and told her their mom was making breakfast.
When he walked in the bathroom, he took off his clothes, started the shower and tested it for its temperature.
As he hopped in he was still thinking about the dream he just had. It hurt him to know what his little brother has been through. He was even more determined than ever to find his little brother.
After getting cleaned up, he got out and walked back into his room to get dressed.
When he got into the kitchen breakfast was ready and they all ate in silence. When he was done he helped his mom clean the dishes, Katie said something about doing homework with one of her friends and headed out the door. That reminded Kendall of his and James' history report due next week. So he texted James to ask if he wanted to meet up and start on the report, a few seconds he got a text back and he turned to his mom.
"Hey mom, I'm going over to James' place to work on our history report." He told her.
"Sure honey, just be back before dinner." She told him.
About 3 hours later James is scribbling away on a sheet of paper while Kendall is staring off into space. Which didn't go unnoticed by his friend, who is sitting next to him on the floor.
Kendall hasn't said or done anything ever since they started, which worried James since Kendall was the kind of person that would race through homework and other assignments so he would have more free time.
"You okay dude?" James asked after another 10 minutes of Kendall staring into nothing. Kendall didn't respond so he put his pen down and waved his hand in front of Kendall's face.
"Huh? What? You say something?" Kendall asked as he snapped out of it. "dude, you alright? You're really out of it." James said.
"Oh, yeah sorry man. It's just that…well you know." Kendall told James.
"The dreams?" James asked. He knew about the dreams, he was the first person Kendall ever told about the dreams. Even before he found out it was his twin brother in them, and ever since Kendall told James, James has helped Kendall in any way possible. He told Kendall that whenever he wanted to talk about it, he would gladly listen to him.
"Yeah, had another one last night. But it was different this time, this time I saw what made him cry. And it was horrible." He said. Getting tears in his eyes again just thinking about it.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down. "He-….. he used to get beat up." He whispered softly.
"Oh god…." A shocked James said. He put his arm around Kendall. "Its gonna be ok dude. We'll find him, I promised you I would help didn't I?"
Kendall nodded, not trusting his voice just yet. "Hey why don't you stay the night and as soon as we finished this report, we'll think of a plan of action on how we're gonna find your little bro. Whadda ya say buddy?" James suggested. That brought a smile to Kendall's face. "Ya sure." He said. "Great!" James beamed, "You go call your mom, I'll go tell mine to get an extra plate ready for dinner." He said already getting up. So Kendall called his mom, and she, as usual, was ok with it.
So after, almost, finishing their report, they didn't really want to hurry because, hey, it's due NEXT week, a couple of days of waiting to finish it can't hurt right? So when they finished dinner they went back to James' room to brainstorm. After a couple of hours of that, and without much luck, they called it a night and got ready for bed. When Kendall laid down on his mattress, you could call it Kendall's mattress because he's slept over plenty of times so it was basically his, they put on the bedroom floor and when James got in his bed, they said their goodnights and tried to go to sleep.
Kendall was hoping he didn't get another one of those dreams, which at this rate wouldn't happen anyway since he couldn't fall asleep. He kept tossing and turning trying to get comfortable.
"You okay Kenny?" James asked using their childhood nickname. "Yeah, just can't fall asleep." Kendall said, a small smile on his face at his old nickname.
"Hey, I'm sure he's safe, so don't worry ok? You said it yourself since he isn't getting older in the dreams it must mean it's stopped LONG ago." James told him.
"Ya, your probably right. Thanks, you're the best." Kendall replied, feeling a little better. "G'night."
"night." James said already dozing off. Kendall finally got comfortable and fell asleep too. Hoping he would find his little brother soon.
A/N: Well here's the second Chapter of Lost Twin. I hope you guys like it, and Thanks for all the reviews, alerts, favo's etc ^_^ you guys rock!