Unaware

Y O U D O N T K N O W M E

{Laurent}

I ditch the apartment building taking the path of the sidewalk to lead me anywhere, anywhere away from him and that woman. I guess he didn't have anyway of it, the whole abandonment thing but I don't know why I'm so angry with this. I sense someone following me and I turn around, sure enough it was my twins standing, or in his case crouching before me trying to catch his breath.

"You're following me again." I say

"This time..... I am..... Be....... Because you need to know, shit!" I laugh a little at his exhaustion no one told him to run after me like a dumbass.

"I had to follow you so you know that mama never left you, you where taken from her."

"That's what she told you?"

"Yes, but that's what they told me as well." He handed me his phone pulling up a news article of a mother, my mother and the kidnapping of her day old child.

"I don't believe for one second that out Mama would leave you behind, ever. She love all of us so much it's no different for you." He breathes.

"But why didn't she look for me?"

"It wouldn't have been any use, you where already in the United States."

"How do you know all of this?"

"I read it while I was running after you. Lau..." I shot him a look.

"Sorry Laurent, I know you grew up in places that's not good for kids but you have to understand it's not her fault, as much as you wanna hate her-"

"I don't wanna hate anybody, I was just hurt. All my life I think something terrible happened to my mama but it was me that was taken from her."

***

Larry and Laurent stood across from each other in silence. Larry cleared his throat to speak first but Laurent had cut him off.

"Do you know how hard it is to know that I have a family now?" Laurent growled returning Larry his phone.

"Why is it hard?"

"Because I don't know what it's like to have a family, unlike you."

"That's not fair...." Larry was slightly hurt by his words.

"But it's true, I can't act like everything will be fine because you think it should be, I was kidnapped and left in United States until I was sixteen, I was homeless until I was nineteen and nobody ever thought of me..... Your mom went about her life after awhile not thinking anything of me."

"That's not true."

"How do you know!? You didn't even know I existed until a few hours ago!"

"Because I know what it feels like to be alone!! I was lied to and left in the dark just like you were!! You might think because this family is so big I have somebody, well you're wrong!! I have nobody!! My mom, I love her but she keeps secrets from me however she would never forget her own child! my sisters barely speak to me, and I have so many questions about my life I have yet to answer, I'm only trying to help you!"

"You don't know me enough to help-"

"You don't fucking know me either Lau!"

"Don't call me that."

"I'll call you whatever the fuck I want to call you!" Larry shouted, which caused Laurent to widen his eyes, he was shocked. No one has ever yelled at him like Larry did. Laurent didn't know whether to punch him or apologize but his chose to do neither as Larry continued.

"I don't want to fight you, I want you to understand that although we don't know each other, I would like to get to know you."

"Why?"

"Because, you're the only truth to my life right now, you're the only one I have......" Larry choked out quickly wiping a tear from his eye and turning around to walk away. Laurent suddenly felt horrible, here Larry was wanting to gain a relationship with him and Laurent shot it down by his negativity.

"Larry, wait...." Larry stopped and turned shoving his hands in pockets.

"Look, it's fine you don't have to-"

"I'm not good at stuff like this, opening up to someone is hard and I don't know how to do it yet. But, I think I can try, but I wanna start over, can we?" Larry smiled and nodded at his brother, extending his hands for Lau to shake it. Laurent happily took it.

"Hi, I'm Larry."

"I'm Laurent but you can call me...... Lau"