The twins that defeated the witch

Paige

Paige

Today was the day I realized everything has changed for me. After going through the struggle of breast cancer I will have to say my life has changed so much. I have struggled with breast cancer for such a long time and now I am finally in remission from it. It was such an overwhelming feeling knowing I can go back to a normal life. I must tell Belle. Belle (short for Belinda) is my identical twin. I was born before Belle so I'm actually her older sister but we are still twins, nevertheless. She is my best friend. We have the same birth date, 25th of December 1999 and we turn 25 years old so we will already be in our mid-twenties. I think it is a quarter of our life gone? But don't most people die in their 80s? Although some people die when they are 100 or even 120.

Belle and I have done everything together. We experienced being in the same kindergarten and same school and we both played together a lot. I used to be really into dolls and had a dollhouse and I also like sports. Belle is a huge nerd who is into watching anime. She is so obsessed with it that she is always talking to me about it. It must be her autism. I don't have autism, but Belle does, and I feel like I am able to support Belle with what she goes through with her struggles.

If you do not understand what autism is, it is a type of developmental delay where Belle struggles with social communication and understands the world a bit differently. She experiences sensory issues and is very obsessed with anime (like I said) and has anxiety where she worries about her routine. A lot of people think Belle cannot speak when I mention her autism but she can! She has what people used to call her version of autism, Aspergers Syndrome where people have autism mildly and can talk.

I shook my head laughing at all this and realizing I had more people other than Belle to tell. Like my mum and dad. I opened my phone and texted Belle first.

I got a quick reply back.

Belle: Wowww you are joking!!!!! Congratulations on being in remission!

I peered behind me looking at the oncology entrance to the hospital. I could not believe I have gone through all of this. Now I can have more time to myself rather than all the stupid appointments I constantly must travel too.

I walked to my car and sat in the car and a tear fell on my face. Mum and Dad have not texted me back at all. Even though as a family member and twin, Belle is my best friend we both have issues with Mum and Dad. The first thing I must say I have had a hard time living with my parents. My parents' kind of make me feel uncomfortable. I still talk to them, but I think my parents are abusive. They are divorced and I feel like they make me feel like my self-esteem is not good. I rarely get texts from them anymore after a big event happened where they yelled at me heaps and I had to call the police. Although the police did not do anything.

I then started sobbing in massive amounts. I opened my phone and got a message from Belle.

Belle: "Hey, why don't you come over to my house and we can chat?"