Zac and Zelda (#JustWriteIt) ✔️

Seven

Dear Zac,

A few months post your birthday, I was going through something and I hadn't told you what it was about. I guess it was just one of those times when I wondered how life could have been different. And if it would have been better if our birth parents didn't abandoned us. What would have happened if some random couple that wasn't as good as my foster parents had adopted us.
My foster parents were great, Wendy, my mum, she always was the caring one who made sure we were happy at all times. She would bake with us, talk about clothes, books, movies and all such fun things but at the same time she was strict about her rules. And Mark, my father, he would teach us about life and how to do things to survive in the world. He was a lot of fun though, everything that he taught was made fun and so we had a great time learning things from him.

But I guess it's human nature to think about how things could have been different.

So, this was one of those days when I would get sad thinking about my birth parents. One thing I really liked about you was that you never forced me to tell you what was wrong. You gave me space when I needed it. But that didn't stop you from making it your mission in life time make me smile again.

One morning I get a call from Emily. It was a Sunday so she asked me to come hang out with her. I never wanted her to realise that I felt sad about our parents because to her I was the strong one. So I fixed myself up, put on a cute outfit and left the house. She wanted to meet at this mall that's about an hour away from home.

The drive till there seemed to take forever. It felt like the longest drive of my life because right now all I wanted to do was snuggle in my bed and cry my eyes out. No, I have to do this. I have to be strong. For Emily.

When I got to the mall she said she'd meet me at our favorite ice cream store. When we were kids we used to go there everyday to have ice cream. We'd feel incomplete if we didn't have that ice cream at least once a day. Call us weird, see if we care.

So, I reached the ice cream parlour and saw my twin sitting in one of the booths. I decided to surprise her so I nudged her from behind and exclaimed, "twiny!"

It was a thing. We'd call each other twiny when we were kids. I sat in front of her and was shocked! She had big fat tears in her threatening to roll down.

"Sweety what's wrong? Whose ass do I need to kick? Or anything of that sort. Just name it and consider the job done!" I said and managed to get a small smile on her face.

"Birth mum and dad" she said quietly and it hurt me. Maybe it was a twin thing. You know we were both currently hurting because of the same thing. But I couldn't let her know.

"Okay, so this might take me a little while because I don't quite know where they are. But as soon as I find out I shall do my job" I said. "Okay I may not kick their asses but I'll do something"

All she did was give me a sad smile. It hurt to see her like that.

"So what made you think of them?" I asked and she nodded towards one of the booths where a mother was sitting with her twin daughters and her (maybe) husbands lap. Looking at that my eyes started to tear up but I brushed it off and looked at my sister.

"Screw them. Let's go shopping!" I said trying hard to put up a cheerful tone. "It's the best way to cheer ourselves"

"That my twiny is definitely true" she said. We picked up our ice creams and shopped at a couple of stores. We tried on stuff just for the heck of it and had fun.

After we finished shopping and were heading out she asked me, "Can I stay at yours and zac's tonight? I feel lonely at the dorm room even though I have a roommate"

"Of course honey. You're always welcome" I had replied with a smile.

When we got back home you were sitting there staring at some documents with a worried look on your face. I say down beside you and you covered the documents.

"What is it?" I had asked you.

"I will definitely show you but it's a choice you make" You said and I nodded having no clue what you were saying.

You handed me the documents and I opened them and just stood there shocked.

"I had made a drunk promise and given you my sober word" You said. "Here they are. The people that abandoned the two most amazing people in the world"

"But how- " I was cut off by you.

"No questions. Just, you don't have to go see them. They're in prison for illegal activities. My sources refuse to tell me what it was because I'd tell you" You said with a sigh.

There was silence in the apartment except for Emily's crying while you tried to console her.

"I want to meet them" I finally said.

"I'm coming too!" Emily had said.

"Emily, honey, you're not coming to the prison" I said shaking my head.

"Okay I know I'm not as strong as you are but I'll stay with Zac the whole time I promise" she had said between sobs.

"Fine. Take care of her. I go and talk to them first" I said pointing my index finger at the two of you.

"Okay let's go!" You said picking up your car keys.

I don't want to get into the details of that night but all I know is that I made my birth parents realise that they'd made a mistake and I also realised that the Emily and I were so much better off without them. They meant nothing. Their state that day made them seem like sorry excuses for human beings.

I mean come on! Who abandons their kids after 7 years!

With love from each living and dead cell in my body,
Zelda.

P.S. I'm sorry this was a rather serious letter. Make the next one fun.