TWIN PROTECTIONS || Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse

Chapter one: The note

Cole searched for his keys in his pocket when he hears loud noise from his house. What is going on? He thought he'd be home alone! He opened the door with his keys and when he came into the hallway he sighed and put my bag on the floor. When Cole put his shoes off he noticed that there were more shoes then people who lived here. What was going on? '' Dylan, Simone you never told me you'd bring people today'' he shouted but he got no response. Suddenly the house was quit and nobody talked anymore. The people walking around, the weird noises and all the other sounds totally disappeared. He sighed deeply and Cole opened the door to the living room, ''Nice that anyone has the guts to answer me today'' he sighed and without looking at the couch he walked towards the kitchen to grab himself some food. ''Cole, hi'' said a voice. Cole looked at the couch and he saw Dustin standing in front of Simone. ''Hey, what are you all doing here?'' he said as he tried to grab a strawberry.

''Comforting Simone, that's what we're doing'' answered Dustin who still covered up Simone. He murmured a bit, he never knew that Simone and Dustin were friends to begin with. What did she had to do with such a loser? ''Comforting Simone? What happened?'' he asked, he was a bit shocked that he said comforting. Cole hoped that everything was okay. ''Go out of my way, Dustin'' said a voice. He recognized the voice, it was Simone's and it sounded sad and broken. When Dustin stood away his eyes fell on her. Her hair was all messed up, and she had red circles beneath her eyes. It was clear for him to see that she cried. ''Simone? What's going on?'' he hurried to the couch to get to see her better. ''Dylan, he just left us like that'' Simone answered and tears fell down her face. Justin, a friend of ours quickly whipped off her tears. That's what I wanted to do, but thank you for doing that Justin!. Ugh.

''How do you mean? How do you mean he just left us?'' whispered Cole and he looked at Simone and he saw that she was shaking. ''He didn't just leave us behind, he would never do that. There must be a good reason behind the whole situation'' Dustin argued and he looked at Simone who looked angry at him. ''He did leave us! This is a good-bye letter, don't you see that?!'' and Simone waved with a paper in her hand, ''or didn't you got eyes when you were born!?'' Simone screamed and the tears fell down her face. Cole had never seen her so sad, and mad. He looked at her and he wondered what upset her so badly. Normally she was always so sweet towards everyone, one of the sweetest persons he knew. ''Simone, what's going on? Tell me I don't understand a thing'' he said and he looked at her. He carefully whipped of her tears. ''It's just, he wrote us a letter and he's gone. Dylan is gone, he just disappeared like that. Here, here's the letter you must read it okay"-''What is this Simone? How do I read this if you're reacting so bad on it by yourself already?'' he murmured and he looked at the girl with the big blue eyes. ''We'll leave, give you some time to progress it. When you're ready with the letter please just come Simone her room okay? Come on guys, privacy'' snapped Dustin and he and his friends all went upstairs. Followed by Simone who was still shaking heavely. Cole wanted to follow her, comfort her and make her feel better. But he had to read the letter first. ''Good luck baby, you'll be okay. Text me if you need me'' whispered Zara, one of Simone's close friends. He gently smiled and she quickly ran upstairs. He swallowed a couple of times, and breathe in and breathe out. He had no idea what to expect and he had no idea what this was about. Yesterday I've talked to Dylan about buying new cars, going on a vacation with Simone and her best friend Holly. He couldn't just leave like this, that's nothing like him! As the tears already fell down his face he carefully unfolded the letter and opened it.

Dear Cole and Simone,

First, I'm sorry for everything. As you may have noticed my shoes are not in the hallway anymore. My room is empty and I haven't returned any of your calls today. I had the best time with the both of you. Cole, you're the best brother that I've ever had. Not so hard to choose because you are my only one, but I bet nobody has a more awesome brother than I do. Simone, you're the best friend I've ever had. I'm sorry for promising the vacation but that's not going to happen next year. That'll never happen, because you won't see me around anymore. I can't say where I am going, I can't say where I'll be staying and I can't have any contact with you. At least I got to say goodbye through this letter. At least you have something that you can cherish. If I just left without saying anything, believe me that'd be harder for you guys. I will be okay I'll just be somewhere else. Tell Dustin that he was the best guy best friend I've ever had. I'll miss him too. Cole, take care of everyone here. You are my brother, I wouldn't let anybody in charge but you. Just as William, you know William? He lives at the way near that Chili restaurant. He's kind of nuts and he likes to fight with aliens. I mean, he's totally nuts. Take care of him too. Simone, please try to take care of yourself. Know that I'm still here in the house thinking about you and supporting you. Cole will take care of you as well, he's sweet you know that he's sweet. I'll miss you both a lot, you don't even know how hard this is for me. On your room you'll both find something that reminds you of me. Try to not forget me, and take care in your life. I hope that you'll stay in contact with each other as time passes by... I must go now, they are waiting for me. I really hope that you'll think of me and that you'll both use your mind.

Never forget to use your mind.

Love,

Dylan Sprouse.

His eyes filled with tears and he just stared at the piece of paper. He couldn't believe what he just read and he wouldn't believe it as well. ''This can't be true Dylan, talk to me'' whispered Cole and he put down the letter and fell on the couch. ''This can't be true, you're just going on a vacation, aren't you? You're just going on a vacation!'' smiled Cole but when he looked at the letter the tears fell down his face. He didn't understand why his brother left him like this, and it hurt very bad. He was so close with his brother that he wouldn't understand why this had to happen. As the tears fell down his face he grabbed the envelope, to see if it was really Dylan's handwriting. Sometimes he didn't recognize the handwriting in the letter. When he looked at the envelope, his eyebrow raised up. ''11, 14. 12,8. 20.'' Cole stopped crying for a bit but he didn't understand what the numbers meant and he wasn't really in the mood to do some research. He was totally broken by the fact that his brother left him just like that. Leave him for good, for dead. Cole stood up and decided to check on Simone, because she was really upset as well. He slowly walked to the stairs and looked at himself in the mirror. ''Just when life began to be good, this happened. Why do you do this to me Dylan? Why?'' whispered Cole and he looked at himself in the mirror. He saw that his hair was all messed up and that his eyes were very red. His lips were a little bit swollen and that might be because he always bites his lips when he's nervous or sad. He bites his lips and he looks at himself and he saw that his eyes were filling up with tears again. ''Stop crying, you're not worth it'' screamed Cole and he punched at the mirror which made the mirror break. ''Well god damn it! Fucking assholes'' cursed Cole and he angrily walked towards the kitchen to get himself some bandage. As he looked at his own blood he quickly applied the bandage to his hand.

He punched himself once again and he walked upstairs to face everyone who was waiting for him. As he stood for Simone's door he took a deep breath. ''I can do this, you're just on a vacation Dylan'' whispered Cole and before he could knock the door was opened by Zara. ''Cole, are you okay honey? How are you holding up?'' Cole didn't answered and he saw everyone staring at him. Dustin, Zara, Justin and Lea were all staring at him. He looked across the room as his eyes filled up with tears again. ''Can you leave us alone for a second. Me and Simone please'' stumbled Cole and as he asked it everyone nodded in silence and left the room. He saw that Simone was lying on her bed, with her eyes closed and with her head in her arms. Cole walked in silence towards her bed and lay down on it. ''We'll be okay, I'll be here to keep you safe okay?'' whispered Cole. He tried as hard as he could to not let his voice break.

''He's in danger, Cole'' cried Simone and she turned around and looked at Cole. She's really pretty. ''He's just on a vacation, believe me. He's okay'' whispered Cole as his first tears fell down his face. ''He's not! He left us and he's gone Cole, we have no idea where he is! He's your brother and my best friend, I can't just—'' ''Ssh, I know.. I know he is moon'' and Cole pulled her closer to his body and rubbed on her back. ''We'll be fine, we just have to use our minds like Dylan said. We'll patiently wait for him to come back. Just the two of us'' whispered Cole and he tried to close his eyes.

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