Twins Next Door

Chapter 9

The twins were knocking on Mia's bedroom door. They were asking for her to open the door, but she was ignoring them. "Mia, if you don't let us in, we're going to break your door down! You have until the count of three!" Grayson yelled through the door. "1... 2..."

They heard a click. They tried the door to find it unlocked. They opened the door and shut it behind them. Once again, Mia was sitting in her bed staring at the wall. The twins sat on her bed.

"You need to leave your room, Mia," Ethan said. "It's not good staying locked up for months on end. Why don't you join us to a game of Super Smash Bros? It'll be fun! What do you say?" Mia was quiet for a while. She shook her head.

"What do you want to do?!" Grayson asked, getting frustrated.

Mia shrugged her shoulders. "I want to hide from the world".

"Tough!" Grayson said, sternly. "We are not going to sit back and watch you stay cooped up in here! You need to leave! Get some fresh air! Hang out with friends! Have fun! You are destroying yourself!" She glared at him.

"How can I destroy something that is already broken?!" She asked. The twins were quiet. "I have never been able to make friends. And when I met you two, I thought my life was changing for the better. Until you come raining on my parade! My one dream was to make new friends here. And you ripped my dreams into tiny pieces. And they cannot be repaired. Thank you for everything".

"We're sorry!" Ethan exclaimed. "How many times do we have to tell you?! We regret everything we ever said and did! If we could take back what we did, we would! But we can't! So we're trying to mend that. But you're making it difficult for us! We just want to be friends with you again! We want Mia back!"

"Mia is gone," she said.

"Tomorrow is Christmas," Grayson began. "You're family is coming round to celebrate with us. Will you be joining us?" Mia thought about it for a while. She shrugged her shoulders as she hadn't made up her mind yet. "It would be great to see you there".

"I'll think about it".

The twins smiled. Grayson's phone lit up as he got a text from Cameron.

Cam ❤
Come home. We're going somewhere

"We gotta go," Grayson said. Him and Ethan walked towards the door. "See you tomorrow?" He asked Mia. She was still staring at the wall while sitting in the same place as yesterday. She turned and looked at them with a blank face.

"Maybe".

***

The minute the twins shut the door, Mia locked it behind them. She sat in her bed and found her blade. She pulled her sleeve up to reveal her scarred arm. She ripped the blade across her skin and watched the blood run down her arm. She did many times until she was getting tired. She placed the blade down and lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. Her eyelids were getting heavy. Eventually, she closed her eyes.

Mia woke up to see that it was dark outside. She checked her clock and saw it was almost 4am. It was Christmas. She climbed out of bed and sat in the window. She looked up at the sky. While she was gazing at the stars, she had a realisation. She walked into her bathroom and took a shower. She cleaned herself up and got dressed. She wore black jeans with a black shirt. She walked downstairs as quietly as possible. She put her boots on and grabbed her leather jacket before leaving the house.

She stepped outside and breathed in the fresh air. She smiled as she walked down her yard and down the street. It felt amazing to be outside.

***

Ethan and Grayson had spent the morning with their family. They were going to visit Mia. They went next door and knocked on. They wished Mrs Watson a Merry Christmas before walking to Mia's room. They knocked on the door. As usual, no reply. They tried to door, expecting it to be locked. But, to their surprise, it opened.

They walked into her room to find her bed empty. They looked around the room for her, or a note. Grayson looked in her drawers by her bed. He opened the top drawer to find a bloody blade. He picked them up and placed them in the palm of his hand. He turned to Ethan.

"E?!" Ethan came running from the bathroom. He looked at the blades. The twins looked at each other in shock. "She was cutting! What if she does something stupid?!" Grayson placed the blades back in the drawer. He saw he had blood on his hand. He walked into her bathroom and washed his hands.

They walked downstairs to speak to Mrs Watson. She was in the kitchen. She smiled when she saw them. But her smile faded when she saw their expressions. "Mia wasn't in her room," Ethan explained. "Do you know where she is?"

"No, did she leave a note?"

"No, nothing," Grayson replied. "But we found something". Mrs Watson looked at them worried. She followed them to Mia's room. Grayson opened the drawer to reveal the bloody blades. Mrs Watson gasped. Her breath was caught in her throat.

"We... we need to find her!" She exclaimed. She ran downstairs. She rushed to get her shoes and coat on. She ran out the door and down the street. The twins told the rest of the Watsons what happened. Eventually, all the Watsons and Dolans were helping to find Mia.

They were all searching for Mia for hours. They all went back to the Watson's house. As they were sitting down in the living room, the door opened. They all turned to see Mia walk through the door. She looked at everyone with a confused look. Everyone jumped up and tackled her into a hug. She stood still, feeling uncomfortable.

They all broke apart and stared at her. Mia's mum held her by the shoulders and looked into her eyes. "Where were you?! You made us all worried!" Mia was confused. She furrowed her eyebrows as she thought about her response.

"I went for a walk," she said. Everyone was shocked. Mia walked past everyone to the stairs. She began to walk upstairs when she stopped. She looked back at everyone. "I'll see you all at dinner". Everyone looked at each other in shock

What had happened to Mia?