Paradise [HIATUS]

chapter twenty-seven

~Matthew Mendes-Diaz~

I look at the little toddler on the floor, a smile making its way across my face. He is mine. My son, Tyler. I watch his small smiles turns into confusion as he tries to push a plastic star through the square hole, I laugh and quickly show him how to do it. "See, this one goes here and this one goes here!" I say happily, he claps his hands and laughs with me.

"Dada," he says, I look up and nod, "Echy and Shawnie gone bye bye?"

I shake my head, "No, no." I say quickly. At that moment, thankfully, Aaliyah walks in, a wide smile on her face. I hear somebody laughing from behind her, a female laugh.

"Matt!" She says, kissing me softly, "Mila's here!"

Tyler's small head pops up and stands up, wobbling over to Camila. He wraps his arms around her legs, she smiles and bends down to his height, "Hey Tyler!"

"She's pwitty!" Tyler blurts out. We all laugh at his adorable comment. "She is also vewy smawl." He adds.

"Ok Crazy Miffin, lets go get some lunch. Milla, Matt, you coming?" Aaliyah asks, picking Tyler up and resting him against her hip.

"Nah, 'Liyah. Gonna talk lo Matt for a bit then I might join you." Camila says politely.

"Ok, cool." Aliyah replies, kissing me on the cheek and strolling into the kitchen, Tyler screaming as they went.

"So, what you wanna talk about?" I ask, looking down to her petit face.

"Us." She simply replies.

"What d'you mean 'Us'?"

"As in you and me, Matthew Diaz and Karla Cabello. The fact that nobody knows you are my twin. I think Aaliyah and Tyler need to know."
"Your right. They deserve to know. Sorry I haven't told them." I said rather sheepishly. She pulled me into a big bear hug and led me into the kitchen.

"Hey, 'Liyah, babe, me and Karla have something we wanna tell you," I took a deep breath and continued, "me and Karla, we... we are siblings, twins." She spun round from Tyler in his highchair and looked from me to Karla.

"I thought you two looked alike." She said rather calmly.