The Band Rivals

Chapter 5

*Tyler's point of view*

"I was born in Queensland, Australia along with my twin sister Emily. We were one big happy family, the four of us. But something happened between my mum and dad. My dad saw something that broke his heart. They got divorced when I was only two. My mum moved to Sydney and my dad stayed with Emily and me. We would spend one month with my dad and the next with my mum. I had watched them both cry over the divorce-" I said but Luke interrupted.

"What happened between them? Why did they get divorced?" Luke seemed interested.

"Well, one day, my dad was going to take Emily and me to the circus. We were super excited. My mum said she had too much work to catch up on so she couldn't come. We got to the circus and discovered two things. 1: my dad is retarded when it comes to dates. 2: the circus was on the 17th not the 7th. So we came home early and we heard weird noises in my parents room. Later in life, I figured out what my dad saw when he investigated." I mumbled.

"What did he see?" Luke asked.

"My mum was with another man." I said disappointed. I then realized how hard it was for me to recall all of this. I started to tear up.

"I'm sorry Tyler. About asking and about your parents divorce." Luke said rubbing my arm gently. I nodded.

"It's fine," I sniffled. "My dad said to her 'you used to be such a good girl what happened?' Then she replied with 'forget what you thought because good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught.'"

"I'm so sorry!" He mumbled. I nodded

"Can we please talk about something else? It hurts me too much to talk about my past." I asked.

He nodded.

"Ok, how about we play a game thing. Where I ask you a question and in return you get to ask me one." He said excitedly.

"Ok." I said cheering up a bit.

"Um...What's your middle name?" He asked.

"Emily." I mumbled. "How many siblings do you have?"

"2 brothers. I hate them!" He said laughing a bit. "How many siblings do you have?"

"None." I replied. "Favorite color?"

"Wait! What?" He asked confused. "A few minutes ago you said you had a twin a sister."

"Had! Was the key word there, and I would love if we could drop that topic!" I said angrily. "Favorite color?"

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We continued asking each other pointless questions that had no real point of even asking. He asked some personal questions. And I asked him some.

"Do you have any piercings?" He asked. I nodded. "Where?"

I pointed to the little stud on my nose and then the double earring holes and then the one cartilage. Then finally I lifted up my shirt slightly to reveal my penguin belly-button piercing.

"Aww! It's a penguin!" He said pointing at it. I nodded. "I love penguins!" He squealed. I nodded again.

"Hence the name : Luke is a penguin" I said laughing. He joined in until we heard people in the other room stir. So we stopped.

I yawned.

"It's pretty late. I think I'm going to go to bed." I said standing up and stretching. He nodded. "Coming?"

"You go ahead, I'm just going to stay up for a bit longer." He mumbled. I nodded. Man is he a weird kid.

I walked into the bed part and laid down into my bed. Not even realizing how exhausted I was until now.