Gonzales

05

Third point of view 

Its 7:30 in the Gonzales house 

Luca woke up to a killer headache, He went to bed at 2am, He had 4 assignments due, 2 tests he 'accidentally' forgot to study for, practice for football , His alarm is on a constant loop and all he want is to sleep.

The concept of growing up is so weird to him , like what do you mean he was a child once? With no responsibilities and it's hard to imagine what he will  be like when He's older.

He have always been waiting, waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person he always thought he was on the verge of becoming, waiting for that life he thought he would have.

In his head He was always one step ahead, but it was only in his head. He feel like a malfunctioning robot, hardwired in all the wrong ways.

Everyone seems to know what to do, like it was programmed into them, completely missed out of his machine.

He's watching each of his siblings thriving something , mimicking what they do, hoping nobody sees, He's falling behind, falling apart. Forever feeling like a broken pile of scrap metal, in a world full of flawless high tech.

He see how his  twin brother doing, and He wish he could be like him. This smart but he couldn't be him. Leonardo doing well at school but he's losing it mentally,  Luca can tell. 

He can feel it too, Call it twins instincts . Like a part of his heart just being tugged in, not in a goodbye feeling.

He can tell that Leonardo's anxious he breaks eye contact when talking , bitting his inner meat at the side of mouth, , always having to move a bit when he's standing, ,  he's looking down while passing someone. He avoids crowded places because he  feel suffocated.

His biggest fear would be losing him , his  twin brother because at the end of the day Leonardo is his other half , though they have had their  differences . He taught Luca a lot, , he supports Luca  in his own way. 

Like after he lose a game, Leonardo  comes into his  room and play his guitar for Luca ,. despite everything, Leonardo is his twin brother, and the idea of facing a world without Leonardo scares him alot.

Luca must have lost in his thoughts for a while that I didn't notice Aurelio sneaking in my closet. Aurelio thought that Luca  couldn't hear him moving in closet , but he did 

Luca screamed, running out of his room, and yelled "Dad I saw a huge spider, can you come kill it?"

"AHHH WHERE?!" Aurelio yelled jumping out of the closet , Luca started laughing so hard

" There's no spider, you idiot!" Aurelio said stomping his feet, Luca  walked towards him and flicked his head ," Next time don't try and trick me, Big brother always win."

Aurelio huffed out stomping his way to the  bed plopping himself into it," What do think you're doing?"  Luca asked crossing his arms  

Luca always wanted to give a lecture entitled "The Rights of the sleeping person and how to wake them up." Of course, his family's chairs are in the first row.

" Watching you." Aurelio replied. Luca shrugged walking into the  bathroom, He  finished getting ready and headed back into his room to see no sight of Aurelio .

He walked down the stairs  to see the  whole family interacting together in peace which is never normal,

" Ah Matteo, you're still here man." Luca said tapping his back which ended in Matteo shoving me away

" Jerk," Luca whispered," Good morning Mama , Dad. "  He then continued greeting his parents 

Evelyn smiled replying " Good morning, sweetheart." Then she cleared her throat, " Alessandro , Put it away."

Alessandro looked up from his laptop and looked at his wife, " I just hav-

He stopped mid his sentence and compiled to his wife's commands.

Matteo  gasped his mouth open in outer horror, " Aurelio , what are you doing love?"

The family turned around to witness their bundle of joy holding multiple condoms , blowing into one, " I found  balloons, look bubba I can see what's inside." He exclaimed in excitement 

" Oh , where did you find that, baby? "  Evelyn said nervously chuckling,  kneeling down on her knees " I found that in Luca's room. " he said blowing into one 

Alessandro turns  to Luca who's gulping," It's not used , Is it ?"

" I-I don't know."Luca said looking down, " I was in his room waiting then I opened his drawer and saw balloons. Luca you like balloons. " Aurelio explained  " But It no color and don't work " He said frowning and confused 

" Okay, enough. Give me that baby" Evelyn told Aurelio relieved that no action had been done into the 'Balloons'

" I will give you better ones." Evelyn said slowly taking it out of his hands and throwing it immediately," Okay mommy." He said smiling 

" I be in da room mama  playing toys " Aurelio said rushing out the kitchen to his  room.

Evelyn sighed heavily," Never  again , all of that things should be put far away within reach of a child."

"But what if we are in a rush and the 'balloons' far away? " Marco said in sarcasm ," I guess a sock would do then. " Luca said with a smirk 

" No! Not this again, you're not 13 year old anymore." Evelyn said rubbing her forehead 

"Pleasure is important, but so is protection." Matteo said chuckling," We really don't want Aurelio asking how he is an uncle this young."

" Uhh it wouldn't be an issue at all , if someone kept something in their pants. He then he won't regret it till this day." Luca said mocking 

 " Oh my god. Shush!" Evelyn said in scolding tone.

" The only thing I regret that I made is you." Alessandro replied

" You're a dick-

Luca stopped in his tracks reminding himself who's he's talking to is his sperm donor .

" What was that?" Alessandro said raising an eyebrow, Luca mumbled nothing .

End of chapter 

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