The Truth

Separate

"We're going home!?" Jake smiled, pulling me in for a hug, "Yeah we need to, Veronica's coming to" I told him, he stood still for a minute as if he was gonna say something but he held it and gave me a hug, I booked tickets there and then so we just leave as quickly as possible, "it's gonna take a while for me to tell you guys apart" he laughed.

We both turned around and answered him in unison, "it's actually pretty easy to tell us apart" I laughed at our first twin moment, "I've got deep dimples" I smiled, "and I've got one dimple" she smiled.

"Do you wanna bring everything on the flight cause we're going to Maine first, getting someone to tow Jakes car back to LA and getting another plane cause I want you to meet our mom" I asked,

"Yeah I'll leave some stuff behind so I'll only have one suitcase if it's easier" she offered, "no need girls" jake answered pulling a massive suitcase from under the bed, "bought this today, originally because I thought Nessa was gonna buy all of Florida but it can take home everything"

Morning came where we rushed to finish packing and got an Uber straight to the Airport, "alright, none of us are sitting together, it's a 2 and a half hour flight so sit tight and if you need anything just come to me and I'll sort it out" I explained as they began laughing,

"Ok mom" Veronica giggled. She looked nervous and she had the right to be because it turns out she's only been on a plane twice which once was weirdly with me when we were brought to California as airport babies, she got a plane back to Maine and had been driven everywhere else. I explained that there would be turbulence and her ears would pop several times but other then that sleep would be the best option.

I handed everyone their passports and boarding passes, "cousins?" The guy asked who was checking our passports, "no sisters" I smiled, "well then is one of you married, cause I've never seen sisters with different last names who were so identical" he laughed, "our parents split" Veronica spoke up, "we each choose a last name to make it fair"

"Why didn't you just tell him the truth?" I asked, "it's easier" she explained, I would learn that the hard way.

She pulled out her phone and began taking out her SIM card and resetting her entire phone, she threw the card away and went into a T-Mobile pop up stand and ordered a new card with a new number, in minutes she had her phone set up and as good as new, "pretty shit phone" I laughed, looking at her iPhone 4, "It was Malcolm's, it's only really for texting and calling"

"You can't take selfies on that" I hardcore judged,

"So?"

"We have two hours until our flight, as a welcoming present let me go get you a new phone" I begged,

"No way" she laughed,

"Veronica it's the least I can do, plus it's for my own good as well, that thing will make me feel old" I fake shuddered, "fine but I'm paying you back" she smiled.

The airport was massive and actually had a shop selling phones which was perfect cause they had the one I wanted to get her, I made her sit somewhere else so it would be a surprise, I payed off of Karen's card cause I was getting low on money, the employee handed me the box and I left.

"I hate you" she said as she saw the cover of the phone box, "we can match" I smiled, pulling out my matte black iPhone 7 and waving it at her, she unpacked the limited edition red iPhone 7 with 128GB, she pulled me in for a hug while Jake smiled as if it was just a normal purchase, we ended up sprinting to our gate cause we forgot to check in our suitcase.

The moment came where we could actually just sit down even though we were at separate sides of the plane.

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"Karen, this is Veronica" I smiled, showing Veronica off,

"Ok" she answered and went back to give Jacob attention, "Can she stay?" I interrupted, "Not tonight, it's a school night but next Saturday you could stay over" Karen smiled,

"Look Karen! Can she stay for good?" I shouted getting frustrated,

"Let me think about it, we have a lot going on, you know all that important stuff" I was so confused.

Veronica left but I don't know where, Rebecca stood in front of me in her bedroom and began shouting at me then the weirdest of all, I stood in front of eleven from stranger things, it was the most confusing moment if my life, her face was blurry but I knew she was insulting me, "mouth breather" she whispered.

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I opened my eyes, what the hell? I was back in the plane sitting next to this random girl, how did I think that was real? I laughed to myself, the rest of the flight was me trying to figure out why eleven was in my dream but I didn't care because i began drifting back to sleep.

I woke up to the plane landing and the people rustling to get their bags, I'd been taking so many of Jakes pills that I haven't had a dream in so long and it was a weird sensation!

We met at the bag pick up and I explained my dream while they laughed at my weirdness, I called Clara last night and asked her to pick us up but she wasn't even in Maine, she was in New York for some fashion show but she agreed to come home to met Veronica. We got an Uber back to Clara's where we waited for her to come home, the sun nearly blinded us so we had to hop into Clara's back garden for some shade.

"Do you think that your mom will let me stay?" She asked out of the blue, "you wanna stay here? I thought you were coming to LA?" I asked in confusion, "She's your mom too" I made sure she knew how the whole sister thing worked.

"No Karen? Karen and John" she laughed to herself as I realised how dumb I sounded,

"Yeah, I don't see why not, you can join mine and Jakes school even though there's no doubt that we'll be held back anyway, yay...senior year all over again" I dreaded,

"You're young to be a senior"

"You're not?" I asked surprised,

"No I'm a junior, I was supposed to be starting senior year soon but I guess not anymore" she laughed, "I guess so" I chuckled.

We waited for hours in Clara's bland back yard which had a small tree and a rusty bike until we finally heard a car pull up out front, we were like little kids, sticking our heads above the gates waiting for her to come to us.

Jake stood back and so did I, I reached my hand out to where he knew to take it, I tightened my grip as we watched Clara pull Veronica in for a long needed hug. "My babies are home" Clara softly cried into her shoulder as Jake pulled me in for a hug.

(Last update for a while just because I've got massive important tests coming up and I'm going to Spain straight after😍 hope you enjoyed and if you can tell me what you think💚 sorry about all the grammatical mistakes, I wrote this chapter MONTHS ago, it's ligit the first chapter I ever wrote for this book😂 I wrote the rest of the book around this I just added detail so it would actually make sense)