The Disastrous Union

8

I get back from the park and lie down on my bed and sleep.

That's all I could do now, sleep.

I hear someone knocking on my door and I ignore it.

"Missy, open up." Knocking is an understatement, Rio is banging on my door.

I don't want to see him.

He somehow unlocks my door and I turn away from the door to my wall and don't respond.

"You quit your job?" He says as he shakes me, not taking the hint.

"Just leave me alone." I say quietly as I try my best to ignore him even though he's still trying to get me to turn around.

"Why did you quit? How are you going to make money?" He says and I sit up.

"Leave me alone, please. I've been working for so long and I don't want to anymore. I'm tired." I obviously hadn't been working at this job that long but he didn't need to know what I mean. I was just so fatigued and it had finally all caught up to me.

I had no one controlling my life anymore but me and all I needed to do was rest.

I lie back down and try to sleep but my phone rings and I answer it.

Rio's still here and he's just staring at me while he sits on my armchair.

"Hello? Missy?" It's Dr. Shilling.

"Hi Serena, are you alright?" I ask and I can tell she's upset.

"I've just heard the news. Why? This was your dream." She asks and I know my answer.

"It was never really mine but I said it was anyways. I love it but I'm really tired now and I need the rest." I say and she sighs.

"You're my role model, Dr. Mistry. I hope I can see you at work again." She says and we say our goodbyes.

I put my phone back on my bedside table and turn towards the sun where the light is shining on my bed.

I stare at the window and close the auto blinds when I've felt enough.

"You really are tired, aren't you?" He mutters and I look at him.

"Why would I lie about that?" I respond and he shrugged.

"You've already lied to me once, maybe even more. It's reasonable that I won't believe you." He says but I laugh in my head.

"What reason do I have to tell you the truth?" I say as I face the wall and try to sleep but I can't.

I can almost feel Apollo nearby.

I get up and put my shoes on and leave the room, Rio behind me.

I get my coat on, cross the road and go to the back garden and open the shelter access and both of us look in.

It's Apollo and Finneas and they are fighting. I knew Finneas was here because he and I were tidying up the shelter with Brea, River and Elijah so that the kids could use it as a hangout as well.

"Apollo, what the fuck are you doing?" I ask and he stops.

"This random dude is in your house!" He says and I pull a face.

"First of all, the house that I stay in is across the road and secondly, he's allowed to be here!" I shout.

I can hear more people come in, It's River and Elijah.

"Finneas! Get off him." River says as she pulls him off.

"He targeted me first!" He says in his defence.

"I don't doubt that for a second but get off him." She says and he does.

"Apollo, I want you to get the fuck out of this house." I say and pick him up from where he is on the floor.

"No!" He shouts and I'm taken aback.

"No, no! Are you fucking kidding me!" I say as I go to grab him again when Elijah and Finneas hold me back.

"Not worth it." Finneas says as he wraps his arm around my shoulder.

"It really isn't Missy, me and Finneas wasted so many years because we just couldn't get along, so did AJ and Austin, actually the list goes on for twins who didn't get along... My point is is either you don't talk to him at all or you try to be nice at the very list. She's right though, leave." River says as she points him towards the door.

"You're a twin?" Apollo asks.

"Yes, we are twins." She says as she points to Finneas.

Apollo nods and leaves. He wasn't going to raise the 'you don't understand us' point when referring to him and I but his point had been proven wrong.

He was always wrong.