When Will It Be Bright Again? - Merrell Twins Fic

Chapter 4: What's Really Going On

This is the final straw. I need to ask her about why she grew an attitude. None of the twins are EVER like this.

I knocked on the Merrell's house door.

Mr Merrell opens the door.

"Oh Autumn! What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just want to discuss something with Roni or the twins, i mean if Nessa is back from her road trip-"

"Dad, I'll explain," Veronica appeared behind her father.

"Are you sure, honey?"

"Yeah, yeah I guess. She is our bestfriend after all,"

Well, atleast she still acknowledges that.

"Let's come up to my room," Veronica held my hand, dragging me to her bedroom.

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Veronica picked up a doll and I recognised it immidiately. It was Vanessa's childhood doll.

"Do you know what this is?"

"Yes,"

"Do you know it's owner?"

"Of course,"

She lead me to a room across her's. She opened the door slowly and breathes in deeply before entering the room. Everything was in boxes except pictures of her twin sister with her family or friends.

"You know who owns this room?"

"I do"

"You know why she's not in here?"

"She is on a road trip. You told me that,"

"She was..." Veronica said with her voice cracking up. She was wearing her sister's glasses, which she threw across the room and landed on the bed.

"SHE'S GONE AUTUMN! HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED? I WAS LYING. I CAN'T GET OVER IT. TIGER HAS BEEN BRINGING HER DOLL OVER TO ME BECAUSE HE CAN'T BRING IT TO NESSA LIKE HE WOULD USE TO," Veronica yelled, her back against her wall as she she stuffed her face with her hands.

I can hear her loud sobbing.

"I have been trying to contain my feelings but I can't. I would sob every night on my bed because I keep on waiting for someone to barge into my room everynight showing a funny tweet or cute animal gifs or randomly wants to make a musical.ly, Autumn,"

"I'm so sorry I should have known,"

"Yeah, you should have. If it wasn't for Aaron. She was on a road trip with him & me. He was driving-" Veronica sniffed, "really fast and he cr-" she bursts into tears once more.

"I was driving my own car behind him and nessa was with him. I guess he was only driving fast because he loves listening to Nessa whine, he thinks its.. cute. He had a chronic injury and nessa... we couldn't feel her heart beat..."

"I get what you mean,"

"No you don't! You don't get it. Did she stood by you your whole life and makes you laugh all the time? No!" she picked up Vanessa's doll and threw it across the room.

"It's all Aaron's fault, I made him swore to never set foot in this house again," Veronica sniffed, looking up at me with red, puffy eyes. "There I said it. You happy now? I have been locking myself in my own room, coming out only to get something from the kitchen for three whole weeks trying to figure out what I was going to do with life, without Nessa. She was my other half, my other soul. I can always feel her presense but she was just not there. I miss her, Autumn!"

I was alarmed when she said that.

"How can I ever get her back? She's my sister and I need her."