Twins Next Door

Chapter 11

Mia woke up at 12pm. She climbed out of bed and took a shower. She got ready for the day and left the house. She was walking along the street when she heard something familiar. She stopped and turned around. She saw the Dolan Twins running towards her. She sighed as she turned around.

"Mia!" They both yelled. She stopped and waited for them to reach her. They smiled at her when they arrived. She stared at them, waiting for an explanation. "We were wondering if we could join you," Ethan said.

"No," she replied as she began to walk away.

She felt a strong grip on her arm, preventing her from leaving. "Wait!" She turned to see it was Grayson holding her captive. "What happened to you? A few days ago, you didn't want to leave your room. And now you're barely home! What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong!" She exclaimed. "I just needed some fresh air. And then I realised I shouldn't be hiding from the world: I should be ruling it. I have spent my entire life caring about what people think about me. And it caused me so many problems. And I'm not having that. I don't want to be the Mia Watson everyone controlled. I want to spread my wings and find myself. And I can't do that if I'm locked in my room".

The twins sighed as they stared into her eyes. She pulled her arm free and walked away. She returned home late at night. Her parents were cross at her, but she ignored them and went to bed. She was lying in bed when she decided to sneak out the house. She climbed out her window and began to walk along the streets.

She went to the skate park and sat in the dark. She was interrupted by a group of people. She stared at them. They walked towards her. "This is our park!" One person yelled out. She couldn't see any of their faces because it was dark and they were wearing hoods. "Leave! Before we make you leave!"

"Is your name on the park?!" Mia asked. She didn't get a reply. "Exactly! I am not leaving! I can do as I please!" She watched the group of people walk closer to her. They surrounded her in the dark. One person stepped forwards.

They pulled down their hood to reveal their face. Mia saw it was a boy who had black hair and piercings on his face. The boy smiled at her. "You have balls," he commented. Mia stood, unamused. "What are you doing out here on your own?"

"None of your business!"

"Oh, feisty as well!" He smiled. "So what's wrong? Kicked out? Bullied? Targeted? Family problems? Did you hurt someone? Are you running away? Trying to get away from something?" He looked into her eyes. "Wait, I've got it! You were bullied until you moved. You thought you made friends, but they betrayed you. They left you when you needed them to most. And now they want to be friends again. So you're trying to escape reality. Am I right?"

Mia was speechless. "How did you know?"

"I have a gift". Mia smiled at him. "Why don't you join our little group?! We all have our own problems, but we are always here for each other! Through everything! We never leave anyone! No matter what! This is like a family!"

"I'd love to!"

Mia spent the rest of the night with her new group of friends, drinking stolen alcohol. When they saw the sun coming up, they parted and went home. Mia walked home and climbed through her window. As she closed the window, she heard a voice.

"Did you have fun?" She froze. She turned around and saw Ethan and Grayson sitting on her bed. "Where were you? What were you doing out so late? And why are you sneaking around?" Mia sighed as she ignored them. She jumped on her bed and wrapped herself in her duvet.

"Are you going to answer us?" Ethan asked.

"Nope!" She said before going to sleep.

"Why do you stink of smoke?" Grayson asked. "Have you been smoking?! Do you know how bad that is for your health?! It can kill you! It can cause cancer!" Mia didn't reply to him. "Cancer kills thousands of people every year! You could be one of them!"

She sat up and glared at him. "I know you're dad is dying, but you don't need to care about me!" Ethan and Grayson were shocked. "I don't care if it's going to kill me, we're all going to die eventually!"

The twins were silent. Grayson had tears in his eyes. He stood up from her bed. "You know what, do what you want with your life! I don't care any more! I have been trying to apologise for everything I ever said and did to you two years ago! But you are so cold hearted and stubborn to accept my apology! I have tried to make it up to you! But you are just a selfish, cold hearted, broken girl who doesn't want to be fixed! I know we broke our promise! I know we broke you! But we're trying to fix everything!" He lowered his voice as he said, "I guess you can only help those who want to be helped".

He left Ethan and Mia in the bedroom. He walked out the room and walked home. Mia wasn't touched by his words. She just lay back down in bed and tried to sleep. Ethan stood up. "We're trying to show you how much you mean to us, Mia. But you're making it difficult for us if you keep shutting us out and not accepting our apology. But if you don't want to be friends, we understand. We won't bother you any more".

He then left her to her thoughts.