I looked down at the floor for a moment trying not to cry. I mean, what if she is actually my twin. What if I actually stole her boyfriend and her friends. What if I wasn’t as innocent as I thought. I fell down crying. I was a horrible person. I couldn’t believe it. My brother has always told me to be kind, and nice to everyone. I couldn’t believe it.
“Alix! Alix!” I heard someone saying. I don’t think I was awake. I think I passed out. I can’t remember anything. What happened? I can’t remember. Where am I? I can’t remember anything.
“Miss, do you know what today is?” I think someone said. Then I fell unconscious again.
Awhile later I remember hearing people yelling at each other.
“WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!” someone yelled
“I DID NOTHING TO HER! SHE FELL DOWN AND WAS CRYING!” someone else yelled. Then I fell unconscious.
I finally woke up a few days later. I didn’t see my brother anywhere. When I looked over I saw Zeno sleeping beside me, his head my laying on my leg, Zero was sleeping on my lap.
“Hey” I said weakly.
Zeno jumped up and looked at me “your awake!” He cried out.
“Yeah I’m awake, where is my brother?” I asked.
“He went to work a little bit ago” Zeno answered
“Oh okay” I said while petting Zero.
“Uhh.. here Lucas asked me to give this to you” he said while handing me a letter.
I read the letter;
Hey Alix, I’m sorry I ain’t there when you woke up. But I just couldn’t wait, the doctors weren’t sure if you would wake up and I didn’t know when it would be. So I just wanted to say, thanks for your help with everything I went through. You made me the happiest I’ve ever been. I love you for that, I loved everything about you. But I don’t think you love me the way I love you. I don’t think you ever loved me like that. I don’t want you to be in a one sided relationship. You deserve better. So, I’m sorry that as soon as you woke up you got this, but Max is a good guy, you should give him a chance, or maybe give Zeno a chance. But I am breaking up with you. Good bye.
I started crying. I dropped the letter down and started crying. I was unable to speak. I was in pain, so much pain. I was hungry too. But Lucas just broke up with me. How long was I in a coma? How long how was I out? I don’t know. Was school over now? Did I fail high school? I just couldn’t believe what happened.
“Alix you’ve out half for a few months, but I will help you with your work” he gave a weak smile.
“Did you read the letter before I did” I said trying to hold back many tears.
“Yeah I didn’t think I should’ve given it to you” he said sadly.
“It’s…it’s okay I’ll be fine” I mumbled before I fell backwards and started crying.
“Alix you don’t look fine” he said while picking Zero off of me “talk to me.”
“I’m fine” I mumble while crying “nothing is wrong.”
“Alix you aren’t so stop lying” he pulled me into a hug and I burst out crying.
“I will be fine, hopefully” I cried.
“Alix please talk to me” he begged, so I told him everything I remember and how I felt. The doctor came in and examined me. Then he left to call my brother.
My brother showed up a few hours later and Zeno left with Zero.
“Hey Alix, you okay” he said.
“Yeah I’m fine, me and Zeno did all the work I missed, but Aaron do I have a twin” I asked.
“From what I know, no you don’t” he looked different “I only saw you, so if you have a twin I don’t not know, sorry.”
“It’s okay Aaron” I said with a smile. My brother sat down in the chair next to me and told me everything he knew about our parents. He mostly talked about dad, since dad wasn’t around because of his job. My brother went with my dad to his work almost every weekend.
“dads job was an reporter, dad would go anywhere for his job he went to NY, Washington D.C, Ohio, and all over where we lived” my brother told me “mom on the other hand did have a job, she was a nurse, but when she had you she became a stay at home mom, she loved you so much. She would never leave you alone. But on the day of the car crash she was on her way to get you from a place where you learn about foxes. It was the first time you were with out mom” he finished. I didn’t say anything after that. He knew I was sad. He knew what I was thinking. He stood up and patted me on my head and left.
I was alone in the room. I felt depressed. It was my fault. If I didn’t go to the fox place, they would be alive. I started screaming and crying. I was really upset. They doctors tried to calm me down but I ended up punching them in the face. I ran out of my hospital room. I was too upset to watch where I was going. I got to a big tree that was by a river when I collapsed. I fell to the ground and passed out.
“GET HER DOCTOR NOW” someone yelled. I saw blood, it was all around my head.
“What happened” I heard someone else say.
“She was screaming and crying in her room then she started to run, now she down” they said.
“I think she is awake” a nurse said. I couldn’t feel my anything. I could barely hear anything.
“Zeno” I remember me saying then I went unconscious.
Zeno’s POV
I was worried so much about Alix. I was mad at Lucas. I didn’t know him well, but he hurt Julie and now he hurt Alix. I was too upset to think. As soon as I saw Lucas’s face I insistently started punching him. I kept punching and yelling nonsense at him. But I didn’t care, I was mad. Alix just woke up and I had to give her a letter that hurt her. I helped him hurt her. I stopped punching him, and I got up and left him there.
“So your gonna beat the crap outta me then leave” he coughed.
“SHUT THE HELL UP!” I yelled at him “YOU HURT MY SISTER THEN YOU HURT ALIX!”
“No I didn’t hurt her, your the one that gave her the letter so you hurt her” he laughed
“I didn’t write the freaking letter I only handed it to her like you freaking asked” the I left and didn’t look back or say anything. I hurt him pretty badly, it was gonna leave a scar. I was glad I did it he deserved it.
Alix POV
I woke up with some breathing machine on my mouth. I couldn’t move my legs, I could barely move my arm and hands.
“Miss, you took a lot of damage to your head, so you won’t be leaving any time soon.” He said while taking the machine off of me “we also called a guy named Zeno, since we couldn’t reach your brother.” I sat there and shook my head to everything the doctor said. Then I saw Zero and Zeno in the doorway, after the doctor left they walked in.
“You look bad” he said jokingly.
“I feel pretty bad too” I laughed. Then Zero jumped on my lap while Zeno closed the door.
“I called your brother, he will be away for awhile, like outta state, for some job” Zeno said “so I was put in charge of you, I have to stay with you all times, no matter what.” I shook my head then I started to cuddle Zero. Zeno sat beside me on my hospital bed and sighed.
“Your brother told me to tell you something” Zeno said.
“What is it Zeno?” I asked him.
“He said that he was never actually in the hospital room when you where born, but when he saw you there was a similar looking girl besides you” Zeno sighed “your mom and dad told him that you didn’t have a twin when he asked about the kids, but before he left he went to find out if they were lying. And they were, you do have a twin. So the reason why he left is to figure out who your twin is, because you weren’t born here you were born somewhere else.”
“So he did lie to me” I was upset.
“Alix, you okay?” He asked.
“Yea I am” I smiled.
Zeno was looking at the wall and I was asleep on his chest and Zero was laying on my side.
“I love you” Zeno whispered “I love you a lot Alix.” I heard him say it but I wasn’t sure if I heard him right, because I was half asleep.
