𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 - 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗞𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇

Disappointed

I skip my way to my best friends house of 4 years, we're in 5th grade now! I feel a little old to be skipping but it's okay. I skip up the driveway, onto their porch. Oh! Did I mention? My best friend has a twin! They are the nicest boys and they always protect me. I love them, but not in a like like way, you understand?

I knock happily on the door, momma said to be home at 7, when the sun sets over the horizon. I'm smart enough to know that word now, only a year ago I wasn't. Their mom, Simone, answers the door, looking down at me.
"Ameila! Sweetie, come in. I'll get the boys."
She unlocks the screendoor, the sliding window open for her to speak through.

She opens the door, allowing me inside. I stand in my usual place beside the door.
"Boys!! Ameila is here for you!"
She shouts up the stairwell before fast footsteps trail down the hall, heavy boots come down the steps and I immediately know it's my best friend's twin. He rushes down first, hugging me so so tight I was out of air.

"Hii!"
He exclaims excitedly. My best friend comes running down next, his baggy clothes stopping him a little. He runs up to me, spinning around with me.
"Hii best friend!"
He shouts, still spinning with me. I laugh, stopping since I feel dizzy.

"Hi Tom!"
He smiles, patting my back as he watches me stop being dizzy. His brother Bill is my favoritest twin. Only look wise. His hair is so cool! He's allowed to dye his hair, he dyes it black. And he spikes it, he also wears turtleneck sweaters and vests, one vest he has in particular is blue with black.

"Want to go to the park?"
Tom suggests, scooting closer to me. I nod happily, and we all run to beg their mom, tugging at the brim of her thin t-shirt.
"Please can we go? Please?"
We beg, and she finally gives in. We race down the hill, laughing all the way until we reach our school's playground.

I jump onto the swings with Tom, and Bill pushes us. He wanted to though, we didn't make him. He pushes us high, while me and Tom keep hand in hand to stay together for Bill. His grip is tight so he doesn't fall, his panicked face making me laugh each time he leans forward to be pushed. We take turns racing down the slide, and running races in the school's field.

We even found a dead skunk against the fence. Bill was gagging but me and Tom were interested. He poked the decaying skull with a stick, while I examined his body with my own long stick I picked off the tree branch on the fields edge. Looking for anything it could've died from. It looked young but what did we know? Tom shoves the stick through an eye, making a squish noise. I finally gag, throwing my stick down and running to Bill.

"Ew! Ew! You smell of skunk! Go away!"
Bill cries, pushing me away which only makes me laugh. Tom is on the ground, dying of laughter. His dreads barely tickling the ground with the edges, they are that long now. When we all arrive back at my house, we no longer smell bad. Charlotte bathed us, asking permission from my mommy. My mommy liked that Charlotte did that.

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Today I got a locker, I adjusted. Being in such a weird schedule with a locker is interesting to say the least. I close it, zipping my back pack up and swinging it over my shoulder. A group of boys have been laughing and staring at me the entire time I was at my locker, it made me uncomfortable. And worse, Bill and Tom were absent today.

I didn't get a reason as to why though. I begin walking out to where I usually walk, behind the school where the bike racks are. I walk a little faster today to prevent them from following close behind, but they continue to follow me out. When we get to the bike racks, they inch up behind me, tugging at my backpack handle. I stumble backwards a little but pull myself up.