You Have a Twin?!

Awkward car ride

Ryan's POV
I walk to the tree line behind me and back to the road multiple times. At least I'm in the middle of nowhere, that way no one will really give me looks from their cars. I look at my watch, it's been about 30 minutes. "Oh man. What am I going to do?! Nicky's friends and our sister are with him. Not to mention my future sister-in-law is with him! This will be so awkward! What if they don't like me? What if they don't like gay people?!" I talk to myself. I know a bunch of people who don't like the LGBT community. My grandparents, the Italian ones. That's why I left. They finally pushed me over the edge. I sigh then jump as a horn honks. I whip around and breathe a breath of relief when I see its Nicky. He pulls over and stops the car. Everyone gets out. Nicky jogs to me and pulls me into a hug. "Hey Nicky." I say as I hug back. Then he steps back a little, removes his left hand from my back and smacks me on the back of the head. "Ow! Hey what was that for?!" I snap, jumping away and rubbing my head. "What do you think?! Get in the car." Nicky snaps back. My eyes widen a little, but I do as I'm told. The others stayed by the car. The girl, Max I think, in the front waves a little as she gets in the car. The African-American girl, Nudge, looks like a mixture of excited and nervous. The other guy, he has to be Iggy, has his arm around Nudge and is glaring at me. "Um, hi. I'm...um...well, I'm Ryan. It's nice to finally meet you guys." I say awkwardly. I've never been the most confident. I'm always the subordinate one in relationships. "In the car. All of you. Iggy stop glaring at Ryan." Iggy's eyes look over at Nicky then back at me. "Nudge, you're behind Fang." He says. "No, I need the shortest person in the middle. That means Nudge. Besides I'm not Nudge's only sibling. Sis, can you please get to know your other brother?" Nicky asks. "Of course! I'm Nudge by the way. Ryan right?" She says excitedly. I nod, giving her a little smile. Iggy grumbles as he gets in the car. Nudge follows so I climb in after. Nicky opens Iggy's door and drags him out by the arm. He shuts the door, drags his friend to the other side of the car, and shuts both mine and Max's doors. He then drags Iggy to the woods and I can tell he's yelling. He keeps pointing to the car. Iggy is yelling back. Nudge bites her lip and looks away from the window. Max looks back, huffs, then opens her door. She gets out and slams it shut. The guys don't even notice her until she shoves them apart. She starts yelling too. I am looking out the window, biting my lip when I hear a sniffle. I turn around and see Nudge's shoulders lightly shaking. "Hey, it's ok. Iggy and Nick are just being protective. Max is too. They'll understand that and stop soon." I say kindly, gently rubbing circles into her back. She sniffs again then says, "Fang does this when I'm crying. Thank you Ryan. I try to be happy all the time, but sometimes I break." "I know. I'm like that too. It's hard, I know, but there are perks to being happy. Most people like you. People are attracted to good natured people. That's what mine and Nicky's mom used to say all the time." She turns to me. She has tear stains on her face, but she's not crying anymore. I smile a little, and she returns it. "So why are you calling Fang Nicky?" I chuckle and reply, "Why are you guys calling Nicky Fang?" "Well, Fang has always gone by Fang. Ever since Abuelo and Abuela adopted him. He's even registered as Fang at school. What's his real name anyway? Only Abuela and Abuelo seem to know. Other than Fang of course." Nudge explains. "Well, his real name is Nicholas. But we always called him Nick or Nicky." Nudge has a confused look then asks, "Them where on earth did "Fang" come from?!" She even did little air quotes when she says Fang. I think for a second, then flick myself in the head. "Did you mentally call yourself stupid? Cause Fang does that exact same thing when he does." Nudge asks. I nod then say, "Yea, we're weird. Anyway I think I know where "Fang" came from. His middle name! His full name is Nicholas Colmillo Cortez! Colmillo is Spanish for fang!" "That's so cool! Why wouldn't he tell me? He tells me just about everything. Well, except his past and about you." I shrug like I don't care, but internally, I'm sighing in relief. That means that only our grandparents, Nicky, and I are the only ones around who know how our parents actually died. Hell, even Nonna and Nonna don't know how our father died. They'd never let me around Nicky if they knew. "So uh, not that I don't mind you guys picking me up, why exactly are you? I thought Abuelo was picking me up." I may only know Italian and English fluently, but unlike Nicky who doesn't know a single Italian word unless it's from a menu, I know a little bit of Spanish. Nudge's smile fades so fast and she looks ready to cry again. "Um, well Abuela fell after the plans were made. Abuelo rode in the ambulance with her to the hospital. I'm scared. She hasn't been feeling well lately." I gasp then look out the window and see that they are still yelling. I huff, and open the door. I stand and yell, "Don't we have a hospital to get to?! You guys can argue about me being here all you want later! Right now we need to be at the hospital! So get your asses into the car or so help me Mi butto il mio telefono a portata di testa!" Yes, I said I'll throw my phone at their heads, and I mean it! Nicky's eyes widen then he grabs Max's hand and they hurry to the car. Iggy is close behind. "Sorry sis." Nicky says after everyone is in and he starts the car. "It's fine. I actually got alone time with my new found older brother. I also learned your whole name." Nudge smirks at the last bit. Nicky gulps then nervously laughs, "Hehe, you wouldn't tell Max and Iggy now would you sis? Brother Sister secrets and all?" He's desperate. "I want to know. What's his name girl?!" Max asks excitedly. "It's...," Nudge begins, takes a breath and finishes, "That I'm not gonna tell you. Brother Sister secrets and all." She winks at Nicky through the rear view mirror. Said person sighs in relief. Nicky, Nudge, and I laugh and the face Max makes. This cause Max herself to start laughing. I glance at Iggy. He's glaring at me again. I swallow and look away. Awkward car ride, here we come.