Living a double life

chapter 7

"It's true." I stare at the person infront of me, it's as if I'm looking in a mirror. Well kinda.

"Aria, please." I falter at the sound of his voice. His lips pressed into a thin line and I watch as he hits the side of his leg, charlie horse.

"Who are you?" I stare into his hazel eyes, it looks as if I'm staring at my own.

"Aria, I need you to let me explain and you have to hear me out okay." It's as if the graveyard has gotten quieter, colder.

Why now? This can't be real. I don't have a brother, this doesn't make any sense. Why this time? Is this real? Is he my brother?

He has to be...

I take two steps back as he takes three steps forward. "Arie..." I shake my head.

"No! Only my family calls me that. I'm not your family! You're nothing from me." I walk back till I feel the bark of the tree through my clothes. I use the tree to give me support because all of a sudden it felt like gravity was going to bring me to my knees.

I have a brother.

I look at him one more time and pinch my arm to make sure this is not a dream. It's not. Well fudge me sideways, next thing you know sponge bob is going to appear and tell me I have his babies, well I might as well lighten the mood. With the all thoughts going through my head I hadn't realized that he started speaking to me.

I raise my hand, he looks at it and quirks an eyebrow, "Yes?" He says, I keep my face neutral with my lips in a thin line. "Can you start from the beginning. Please." I whisper the last bit of my sentence as I feel that the life has been taken out of me. I just feel drained. How the frack can some guy just pop out of nowhere, and he still looks like me. I know he's never admitted to be my brother but by the looks of it. I see my father.

I take the bold move to walk towards him. I don't know why he starts cowering back, but I reach forward to touch his cheek. "Tell me you're my brother." I look up at him as I take in his features. He doesn't look like my, I mean our mother, is it even our mother. He nods his head, "Yes I am but let me explain..." I cut him off by jumping on him tackling him to the ground. I hug him like my life depended on it. The sound of his laughter reminds me of our father. I have a brother, I say it until it because my mantra. I HAVE A BROTHER! I have family...

I move off him and punch him directly on the side of his nose. "You son of a bitch! Where have you been all my life." I doubt he even heard me as his girly screams fill the graveyard. He holds his nose and I start seeing red running down his face. Whoops. He looks at me as if expecting an apology and I raise and eyebrow, telling him with the gesture, you wish. Woah, I wonder if we have twin telepathy, will be trying that out soon even though we're only brother and sister.

I look at his bloody nose, "I can clean that up for you. I have a first aid kit in my car." He nods his head and with that we make our way to my car. I see the smile on his face and it matches mine completely as his eyes stay on my car, did I mention I have the Mustang. It's like looking at a male version of me. Talk about freakaaaaay.

I unlock my car and take the first aid kit out of my glove compartment. He takes the initiative to sit on the passenger seat while I kneel infront of him outside the car. I start cleaning his wound pressing hard. I don't have anything against him but I feel like I should be angry, but I can't. I have a brother. After cleaning his wound I move to sit on the driver side so that we can talk.

"Where do you stay?" He asks me. I shake my head immediately, "Oh hell no, I ask the questions here." I turn to face him leaning on my steering wheel. I take on the persona of a detective from CSI. I push my imaginary glasses up my nose, he looks at me as if trying to read me. Hell no brother-O.

"How are you my brother?" I look at him from head to toe. He blinks at me mindlessly at my question. "Our parents had sex and then they had me. Before you if I might add. I'm your only brother, older brother. Pay some respect or I'll ground you." I ignore the last bit of his sentence as it will never happen, "No snarky answers. You're practically a default." I roll my eyes. He nods processing what I had said, "We practically look the same, if you hadn't noticed." I roll my eyes.

After much bantering and getting nowhere with our conversation I decided to drive us home. His been fidgety the entire ride already. I take this as an opportunity to talk to him, "What's the matter..." He cuts me off, "I haven't been in that house since I was 3." I look to him, "What do you mean?" I see him shake his head.

"Eyes on the road." He says softly. I smirk at him, keeping my eyes on his as I speed up, I shift to third gear increasing my speed. He smirks back at me, "I guess we have something in common." He reaches for the gear lever and shifts to forth... fifth and then sixth. It's a straight road, not many cars in the lane I'm in. Our speed climbing at 250 mph. I switch lanes. My eyes fixed on him. I keep my eyes on him and come to a halt, at a red robot. He nods in admiration, "Baby girl you make your brother proud." He reaches over and ruffles my hair. He called me baby girl and I made him proud and I have a brother, Christmas came early for me. The warmth in my heart is something I haven't felt in awhile, a ghost smile finds its way on my lips.

I can get use to this, I think as I drive on after the robot turns green.

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