Tongue Slip

Spring found me arranging my locker during lunch and managed to somehow convince me to join him with his friends for lunch at the cafeteria.
Well more of black mail me because I promised and I had to hold my end of the promise.
Not even I could resist the puppy face he made.
So I finally found myself seated at the crowded table playing with the fries that Spring had bought me.
He does not even know that I no longer like fried and they make me nauseous.
"So Autumn..." Rita starts and I act as if I'm not listening. "I'm sorry about earlier."
I give a curt nod and remain silent.
Soon enough the attention gets if me as the guys start discussing football and the girls talk about who is dating who. I zone out and start mentally calculating the maths assignment. I don't get to hear anything until Rita shouts something and the whole cafeteria goes silent and for the I don't know what time today all the attention is drawn to me.
Carlie nudges me and I find myself nodding vigorously. "It's not a big deal really." I say    with my mind still focused on Rita's lame apology.
"You are seriously dating Jake Austin?" Zeddella,Rita's best friend shouted across the cafeteria.

My brows creased in confusion.
"Jake Austine, the guy in magazine tabloids? Yeah. I know him?"
It came out as a question rather than a statement.
I don't even know what I am going on about.
I look at Carlie and like  everyone else she is staring at me as if I have grown two heads or something.

Carlie immediately grabs my hand to help me up. "Thanks for sharing the table and the amazing company. "
The sarcasm in her voice is very raw and I pack my stuff and stand in a hurry.

Everyone stares at us when we wall outside the cafeteria. At some point I am afraid I was going to fall in front of all these people.

I take a deep long breath once we are outside.

"What was all that about?" I ask as I turn to Carlie and she bursts out in laughter.

Now I am even more confused.

"What's going on?" I ask  no one in particular since my best friend is now doubling in a series of hysterics.

"What's going on? Really Autumn?"
Spring's voice sounds from behind me. It's cold and lifeless. It makes me shiver.
I turn and look at him.
"You can't be so clueless, can you?" He steps closer in a somehow threatening gesture and my confusion grows.

"I don't understand care to explain what just went on in there?" He gestures at the cafeteria door by the movement of his head.
" I..I...don't know?" I whispered as he cornered me against the  wall.
"What do you mean you fuckin don't know?" He shouts and before I can react his fist lands in the wall just next to my head.

My confusion turns to raw fear and in my twin's eyes I see my father stalk to  me . That fear that I had always had  when he came in smoking a cigarette that would always land somewhere on my body.

The fear that I never let him have the pleasure of enjoying. It rose up my chest  and my eyes blazed in fury.

"Hey...hey...Spring!" Carlie interrupts at that moment and pulls Spring away from me.
"Don't even think of doing anything to your sister." She threatens narrowing her eyes at him.
Spring stares at her for a minute before speaking.
"I...but she is .... I was not supposed to know about her and some...some..celebrity guy in that kinda way." He complains his voice getting calmer as his eyes zone her in.

Carlie holds her ground and am afraid she will go red I'd she tries to let her guard down.

"And how was she supposed to know about about your illicit relationship with little miss bea-tch?" Carlie retorts back. 
Spring stares at her, astonished.
"Got nothing to say pretty face?" Carlie asks when Spring says nothing back.
"A real guy treats his sister like a goddess. And your shouting at her like that and how you failed to defend her earlier in front of your fuck buddy just shows that you are not." She says and lets go of him.