Moon Sisters

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Lilac

"Yay a house." I cheered as the truck stopped. We drove for a few hours to this town then an extra half an hour to get to the actual house that's a little far from civilisation. But that's kind of how dad prefers it. It's a double storey cabin by the looks of it. Old and rustic.

"Go in check the place out for anymore unexpected butt biters." Dad said and Roxi growled before jumping out of the trunk and I stared at dad's sneaky grin. I shook my head then got myself out of the truck running to Roxi's side at the front door.

"Key!" We yelled at the same time and he tossed me the key so I put it into the lock. However it wouldn't move. I turned it right, a quarter of the way and it got stuck so I turned it left and it just wouldn't unlock.

"Stupid thing." I shouted continuously turning the key so Roxi took the key from me. And just as luck would have it I heard a click and the door swung open. Releasing a stale stench. "Don't say anything." I quickly said and Roxi smirked before stepping inside.

"It reeks." She commented her face scrunching up in disgust. "There are at least seven dead rats in this house." How she can tell is beyond me but with this bad smell I'm willing to believe it. "And 703 live ones in the roof."

"Oh it's not that bad..." Dad muttered stepping through us holding some bags in his hands. "We'll fix it up a bit."

"And when you say we you mean us while you go off to check out the bars in this town." I remarked.

"Well yes..." He said only half joking. God I pray this place has cleaning utensils.

"Come on let's find the bedrooms..." Roxi said walking into the living room to find the staircase in the corner. I'm a little frightened if what I might find there. Can't be worse than a lizard scratching my boob. We ran up the creaky steps and saw one door in front of us then two doors at the ends of the little dusty hallway. Roxi opened the door in front of us and we saw it was a bathroom. Well one shower, sink and stinky toilet.

"I believe this is some pool place for the cockroaches." Roxi said closing the door and I smiled at her. "Let’s go down here." She suggested and I followed her down the right, my footsteps creaking while Roxi's are silent as a mouse. We walked in and found two small beds pushed up against the wall with only a nightstand sitting between them.

"Looks like we're sharing." Again... Typical of dad to get the cheapest crappiest house but then again we won't be staying for long anyway.

"Alright well I'm getting my bags then I'm going to try out the shower." Roxi stated slipping out if the room. But then she quickly came back in to say. "By the way there are two dead rats in this room. Tell dad to look under the bed and throw them out."

"Dad?" I repeated and Roxi hesitated realising what she had said.

"I mean Mr Valentine."

"You know you can call him dad. I don't think he would..."

"Lilac... Please don't..." She said shaking her head dismissively then rushed off.

"Mind." I said when she was out of ear shot. It's been eleven years, and they're still both standoffish. Except when it comes to me. Whether I'm in trouble, or about to do something reckless. I paced over to the furthest bed pushed up right at the window. I sat it on it and a cloud of dust swooshed up visible under the sunlight. At least we get clean sheets. I pulled the cover off and eyed at the yellow stains on the sheets.

"Who lived here before us?" I asked myself pulling the sheets, blankets and the pillow cases off both our beds then ran downstairs to find a laundry room. I walked through the rotted kitchen down a small staircase that led to it. And I stuffed everything inside. I found the washing detergent pouring it inside then let the machine do it's thing. I walked to the other side of the room where a cupboard sat and found an old vacuum.