Rikki and I stand in the airport with Ashley. I wrap my arms around Rikki and he kisses my hair. I see Ashley shift uncomfortably and I instantly feel bad, it must be killing her with Rikki and I acting all couple-like. Ashley won't ever admit it but I'm sure she misses my idiot twin brother. I drop my arms from my husband and stand beside me.
I miss talking to my brother but I know that I'm not wrong. CC shouldn't treat me like some kind of kid. I'm going to twenty five come May anyways. I'm an adult and I marry who ever I want.
"I guess we get to see what Skynyrd was talking about." Rikki says and I smile.
"James and my brother cried when Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Graines died." I admit and he smiles.
"Are you saying you didn't? CC told me otherwise." He says and I grin.
"Oh no, I bawled like a bitch but it's funnier to think of James and CC crying." I laugh and he smiles.
Rikki grabs my hand and twists the rings on my finger, it's his new habit. Ashley is pretty interested in the magazine she's reading so Rikki kisses my knuckles.
"You know I think you should talk to your brother." He says and scrunch my face up. "Don't make that face, he's really sorry."
"Rikki, he may feel sorry but--never mind, it's too confusing to try to explain." I say and he smirks crossing his arms.
"Try me, Bee." He challenges me and I cross my arms.
"CC is my twin brother and we know everything about each other." I start. "He knows that I was close to my dad and he knows that making him proud was a huge goal of mine. He knew all of this and still attacked me with it. It's like someone using your worst fear against you. It's a betrayal of my trust. Its something that I can't forgive as easily as I could forgive any other fight we've ever had."
"Baby." Rikki says quietly and runs his hands down my arms to my hands. "I get that but promise me that you'll talk to him before you leave for the World Cup?"
"I'll think about it, how about that?" I ask and he smiles.
"That's fair." He says and kisses my lips quickly. "I love you, wifey." I laugh and kiss his chin.
"I love you so much." I say.
"Think I'd be able to get into your pants on the plane?" Rikki wonders in my ear and I laugh.
"I think we'd get in trouble." I admit and he laughs.
I sit beside my twin on Christmas morning, we were like sixteen. My parents are standing by the Christmas tree, Ana and George are sitting on the floor, CC and I are sitting on the couch side by side.
He elbows me and point to my mom and dad who are standing under the mistletoe. We laugh as George and Ana notice it to. George tells them and they laugh before my dad kisses my mom's cheek.
"I think we should all sing a Christmas song." Mom says. "Bruce, Bianca?"
"Come on, twiney." CC says as grabs my pulling me towards the piano.
He starts to play Great Balls of Fire and I role my eyes.
"Come on, Bruce. It ain't that hard." I say and my mom smacks my head.
"Don't say ain't, Bianca Eleanor." She says and I laugh.
"Sorry mom." I laugh.
I show CC the cords the best I can and we start to play the song all together.
"O Come All Ye Faithful
Joyful and triumphant." Bruce and I sing before everyone else joins in.
"O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
O Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing all that hear in heaven God's holy word.
Give to our Father glory in the Highest;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord."
All Hail! Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning,
O Jesus! for evermore be Thy name adored.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord."
My family sings together on Christmas morning. We laugh when George screws up the chorus.
The more that I think about this is the last time everyone in my family was in the same room at the same time and not fighting. Shortly after this Ana had Robyn, George turned into a cock, CC moved away, and I started university within two years of this moment.
My family can never be this normal little family anymore. I can't be in the same room as George without fighting with him. My dad is gone. Ana has a kid (I do love Robyn though). I haven't talked to my twin in almost a week. My family will never be this normal again.
I open my eyes and I sit up. Rikki's hand tightens around mine and he looks over to me confused.
"Are you okay, baby?" He asks quietly and I nod.
"Yeah, just a really weird dream." I say and put my head on his shoulder.
"Close those beautiful eyes, baby girl." Rikki says and kisses my forehead. "We'll be in Alabama before you know it."
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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
FanfictionBianca is a guitar play in New York, her twin brother is a guitar player in LA. After moving in with her brother to get away from her parents, she meet his band but recognizes them. What happens when the drummer is crushing on his guitarist's sister...
