Twins Next Door

Chapter 7

Christmas. The time of the year where family and friends get together. They open presents from each other and share a meal together. The twins were flying back to New Jersey for Christmas. They are going back as 16 year old boys. All grown up in the city of Los Angeles. They have unpacked and are settling in at their home. They have unpacked their bags in their old rooms. They were sitting in the basement when their uom came down to them.

"Boys, you should go visit the Watsons! They are dying to see you! They haven't seen you in like four months! You should go round and pay them a visit!" Lisa said. The twins left the basement and made their way next door. They knocked on the door and waited for a response. Chloe answered the door. When she saw them, she tried to act cool in front of them. She welcomed them into her house and took them to the kitchen.

"Ethan! Grayson!" Emma Watson exclaimed. She hugged them both. "It's so good to see you again! I can't believe you're here!" She exclaimed. She continued to hug them.

"It's good to see you too, Mrs Watson!" They both said.

"Oh! Mia's upstairs! I'll go get her!" Before the boys could protest, Emma was already shouting Mia. "Mia! We've got visitors who would like to see you!" No response. "Mia, you should talk to them!" Emma turned to the boys. "Just go up to her. She's in her room".

Cautiously, the twins made their way to Mia's room. Ethan gentle knocks on the door and waits for a reply. "Go away!" Someone croaked. The voice was cracked, as if their throat was dry. "I want to be alone".

They thought about whether they should speak or walk away. "It's us," they said together. Mia froze. She hasn't heard their voices in forever! And they finally come visit her.

"I thought you wanted nothing to do with me. That you didn't want to hear my squeaky voice! You didn't want to hug my fat body! You didn't want to see my ugly face! Why are you here?"

"Our mum sent us round to say 'hi' to your family. Your mum sent us up" Grayson replied. "Can we come in?"

"Why? You said you didn't want to see my ugly face!" Mia's voice was broken and raspy.

"We were angry!" Ethan explained. "We just want to see a familiar face!"

"Then go on google! Search up your friends! Or even better, go back to your friends!" Mia yelled. She was still sitting on her bed, staring at the wall. Her clothes still the same ones she wore the last time she saw the twins. "You don't want to see me, and I don't want to see you! So make it easier for us all and go home! I don't want to see you! You have caused me so much pain throughout the past God-knows how long! I have been through a lot! I was told to leave my room and talk to someone! But you two were the only people who understand me!"

"Mia, please let us in! We want to talk to you!" Grayson yelled through the door.

"You are talking to me, through the door". She paused. "I will open my door. If... you fight each other until one of you is dead!"

"But that would kill us both!" Ethan shouted.

"That's the point! I want you to feel the same way I felt when I was told my best friends, my only friends, hated me! I felt like my heart had been stabbed! I cried all day and all night over you two! I cried until I could cry no more! You broke my heat! And destroyed me!" Mia yelled in her dry voice.

"Mia, let us in and we can talk about this! We want to make it up to you! To show you we regret saying those words to you!" Ethan yelled. Mia sighed as she listened to them. She crawled out of bed and unlocked the door. She sat back in her bed and stared at the wall. The door opened and the twins entered. Mia didn't look at them. Grayson locked the door behind him. The twins stood in her room.

"Hey," they said. They walked and sat on either side of her bed. She didn't look at them. She couldn't look at them. They are the reason she is the way she is. She was dead inside because of them! Because of them, she lost her friends! She hates them!

"How long have you been like this? Wearing those clothes?" Grayson asked.

"How long has it been since you left?" Mia asked.

The twins knew the answer. "Mia, you should get some fresh air. Get cleaned up and go out with your friends," Ethan said. Her eyes darted towards him. Her eyes burned with fury.

"My friends believed social media over their best friend! My friends destroyed me! My friends left me when I needed them the most! I was there for them, but they weren't there for me! My friends were never my friends! I thought they would fill the void in my heart, but they made the void bigger. They made it so big, that I no longer have a heart. I hate you both".

The twins stayed quiet. They looked at her with eyes full of guilt and regret. They did this to her! They made her depressed!