Wishing On A Corpse

2. Knowing And Growing

CHAPTER 2

Five and getting better, eh? I thought so. My vocabulary had grown a lot. Alex hadn't a clue what I was saying half the time. Alex and I were never close. She never looked out for me. She never hugged me and told me it was all okay when mother was crying. She never tried to brighten up my day. I sometimes wished we were closer, despite her accent. But one day . . . something changed... Like something clicked inside her. A secret she was keeping from me, perhaps?

I walked in to the living room where Alex was sitting watching the TV.

"Hey! What do you want to watch?"

This was the first time she EVER asked ME to choose something to watch. I was taken aback. She evidently noticed this.

"What's wrong? Can't I ask the best little sister to pick somethin' to watch?" She smiled.

"What?" I didn't trust her. I went to sit next to her.

"You alright?"

"I WAS . . ."

"Push over!" She shoved me.

I looked awkward. I could tell. I saw the remote on my lap.

"Alex..."

"Yea?"

"Why are you being nice to me?"

"Because we di-. . . Because I love you."

"What were you going to say?!"

"NOTHIN', YOU LITTLE-. . ." She calmed herself down, "Nothin'. Now . . . I bou- made this cupcake for you." She said, handing me the cupcake.

"Thanks..." I put it on the table.

About five awkward minutes went by.

"What are you hiding?" I burst out.

"What?"

"I KNOW you're hiding something, Alex..."

"Wh-wha'? No way! Eat your cupcake." She rushed out.

I sat in silence. What was it? I mean, I knew I'd never been to school, but SURELY they know I know that? No. I had to find out.

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