In a Heartbeat

Chapter 1

Sherwin's POV

It was the first day of school and the sun was peeking through the tiniest crack in the curtains, hitting me straight in the eyes. Oh wait, I didn't even  introduce myself, I'm Sherwin. I'm 13 and today is my first day in 8th grade. I have a twin named Tehana and we're nothing alike. I don't like mornings and I love to draw. I don't really have many friends or talk to people very much. The only time anyone ever talks to me is if they comment on my drawings. 

Ok, back to the story. I stayed up really late last night reading a book, so I'm really tired. I groaned and rolled out of bed. I slowly padded to the bathroom to take a shower. when I got done I got dressed in the normal navy blue sweater and grey slacks and went downstairs. I got to the kitchen and saw a pile of pancakes on the table and a note on the fridge that read...

"Me and your dad had a really early meeting this morning but i made you breakfast. have a good first day of school sweety!!" 

                                                                -mom

I just shrugged it off and started eating the pancakes. I was really hungry so I was shoving food in my face. Eventually, I ended up looking like a chipmunk. then I heard a squeak behind me and I froze. I slowly started to turn around when i heard "BANG BANG BANG"  behind me. It scared the hell out of me so I started choking on all the food I was eating. " BAHAHAHAHA!!!! YOUR FACE WAS PRICELESS!!!!" my sister screams while rolling on the floor laughing. "Good lord. I forgot you were here..." I mumbled under my breath. "How could you forget m...SHERWIN!!! DID YOU EAT ALL OF THOSE PANCAKES???? THOSE WERE MINE TOO!!!!!!" she yells. I look down and sure enough, there's only half of a pancake left. "I didn't mean to eat all of them, do you want the last one" I said grinning because I knew she would be mad and try to kill me. 

She glares at me and I practically see steam coming out of her ears, that's my cue to run. I start laughing as I run up the stairs and to my room. I hurry and lock the door before she can come in and I climb out my window. You see, the thing about my room, is it's on the top floor of our house, so I can easily climb onto a ledge and climb to whatever room I want and no one even sees. So I climb onto the ledge and move to Tehana's room and hop in. I lock her door behind me so she won't come in. when she comes to her own door and starts yelling at me, i quickly open the door and run. we start running all over the house, with me screaming like a little girl, and her trying to catch me. "Ok! Ok, you win. Go, fix your hair or something, I have to get dressed." She said and walked off. 

So I walked up to my room and into the bathroom to look in the mirror. I know I always look bad and a complete mess, but I never fix it. I have orange hair and it's always a mess. I also have orange eyes and freckles on my nose and cheeks. I'm also pretty pale and skinny. I look a lot like my mom unlike Tehana. She looks more like my dad. She has hair just like Ariel in the Little Mermaid, but her's is curly. She has tannish skin and no  freckle at all. She also has blue eyes which is weird because no one in our family has blue eyes... I was checking myself out in the mirror and when I decided I looked ok, I gave myself a little pep talk. "Ok, you have to actually talk to someone this year. Make some friends. Stand up for yourself" 

"Yeah, you really do." Tehana said while leaning against my door frame. "Yeah, I know but it's harder than you think with social anxiety." I said ashamed. "Look, it's ok, this year will be better." she said reassuringly. I nodded my head and she walked out. "I hope so" I said not really believing her.

                                           And with that, we left to go to the bus stop.

I hope you liked it!!! Please vote and comment if you did because I'll make another chapter later today and post it at around 5.