Twinning

Chapter 4

I carefully watch myself in the mirror, a pair of light green eyes stare straight back into my own.. Straight into my soul. I sigh and wipe a tear from streaming down my face, all the memories of the teenage drama is starting up in my head again. I told Harry that I was okay. But I'm not.. I never am. Sometimes I consider dropping out if cheer, ignoring the brothers, and just become a nobody, regaining my friendship with Niall. That all sounds so perfect right about now.. But I know it'll all get better. Marcel constantly reminds me of that, so it must be true.

I'm about to crawl into bed when I hear my phone ringing. I check to see who it is, and Marcel's name flashes on the screen so I immediately answer,

"Jen."

"Marcel." I answer in a mocking tone.

"Are you okay?" I can hear the worry in his voice and this takes me back a bit.

"Of course, why?"

"I'm sorry Jen, this is all our fault and we-"

"We want to make it up to you." I can hear Harry chime in from the background. This makes me laugh a bit,

"And how would you do that, anyway?" A pause,

"I don't know.."

"I gotta get to bed guys, I love you." I smile as I say that. It just sounds so right. These two boys are literally my brothers. And I love them.

It doesn't take long for me to drift off to sleep, sleep is an escape from reality and that's what I need right about now. When I'm asleep, everything is perfect.

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The next morning is the hardest. It's easy falling asleep, but having to wake up is torture. My alarm begins screaming at me to get up, blaring a horrendous beeping sound all throughout my room, echoing in my head even after I turn it off. I sit up on my bed and let my bare feet sink into the soft-partially new-carpet. I just wear a t-shirt, jeans, and my cheer shoes. I throw my hair into a ponytail and put a pink bow on top, barely any makeup today. It's just one of those lazy days, I guess. Plus I get shit from everyone every time I dress up or anything, so this is my usual dress nowadays.

I never eat breakfast, so I just grab a banana and walk out the door, my cheer bag is slung over my shoulder. As I unload everything into my car, I realize how much I hate school. Every day gets worse and worse. I'm done.

I pull into the student parking lot right as the twins arrive, seeing them puts a huge smile on my face.

"Hey guys!" I smile as I step out of the car. They wait by my side as I pull all of my school supplies out and then begin walking inside with me. I have cheer this morning and I guess Harry has football, otherwise he sleeps in. So we head down to the gym. I head off to the changing room and I'm actually one of the first people here, so I just open my locker and switch out my clothes and stuff my cheer bag into my locker after I change. People have drizzled in by now, but there's only about eight people here out of the thirty on our squad.

I'm about to take a sigh of relief because Alyssa's not here, but then I see her bust through the doors,

"Jennifer." She stares right at me. I can see a lot of the cheerleaders turning our way. I just close my locker and lean up against it, casually, waiting for her to continue.

"One of the twins is out there. He wants to talk to you." She looks me up and down and then just continues walking to her locker. I sigh in relief, walking out to the gym.

"Jen!" Marcel walks my way as soon as I open the door.

"Marcel? What's up?" I can tell it's him by the voice. Plus Harry was wearing his brown boots again.