Underneath

👉chapter 2 : Twins & hair colour

ZARA

" I'm really sorry, I couldn't make it yesterday because I had tons of assignments to do, then mom and dad made it a thing that I would be the one getting groceries and trust me I wasn't very happy about it, to make it even worse they booked another therapy session for me, I told them not to bother but no they wouldn't just shut up about it, but I am here now so what do you say we get ice-cream as my way of saying sorry for standing you guys up" she says to the twins seated in front of her. Shawn and Shane.

Two five year olds that Zara has grown accustomed to since she began to visit the orphanage were Shawn and Shaney's mother worked

After her first week of begrudgingly moving back home from Africa, Zara had taken a liking to strolling since it eased her mind off the discomfort of staying in the same house with zena and her mother.

On one of her strolls, Zara had ran into Shawn the younger of both twins . The little guy was just standing on the side walk ,counting cars that passed by .

She had just stood at the opposite side of the road and both of them locked gazes , shawn just stared without saying a word.Zara waved and continued her journey , she stopped to pick up her keys that fell out of her pocket and was surprised to see the same boy a few steps away still counting cars.
         She turned the corner ,walked another two minutes and Shawn was still on her tail. Except that he pretends to look away whenever she turned around. She then stops for ice cream and orders the chocolate flavour, Zara then walks over to him and as expected he pretends to count nonexistent cars as she approached.

" Ice cream?"
The little guy looks at his fingers and coyly say : " no thanks, I don't take things from strangers. Who knows what's in it"

" Your mom told you that didn't she?" He nods " its really good to listen to your mom. But you'd know if I kept anything in it since you were watching me and you've been following me too, are you a stalker ? Should I call the cops?"

Shawn immediately raises his hands in the air and says "I'm not a criminal, I've been clean my whole life. It's my big brother that deserves to go to jail, he swears a lot"

His cute rant had made Zara's day , she asked why he was following her and his reply was " you look like a woman I saw on TV, you're really pretty". He later went on to explain that he was being watched by his brother but lost him the minute he saw a car that looked like a Lamborghini and thought it'll be cool to follow it .

Sadly, he got very lost and started counting cars until he saw and followed her.His name is Shawn and he is five , currently lost and hoping to find his brother and twin sister. With the help of her dad Zara was able to take him to the station where Shawn's dad surprisingly worked at, Shawn's mom was already there alongside Shawn's twin sister :Shaney. She didn't have the opportunity to meet Shawn's careless big brother but she met the rest of the family who welcomed and thanked her.

Shawn's mother owned an orphanage and Zara was invited to visit whenever she liked , after that she was officially employed as their baby sitter. All she did was take care of them after pre-school until their mom was finished with work would drive them home.

Back to reality,she had been apologizing nonstop and the twins had tried different escape plans but she had kept them secured to their seats so they could listen to her apology, at the mention of ice-cream they both become Really giddy as they race each other to the gates.

" Our big bother gives us ice-cream too" says Shane as she skips happily.
"Is that so ?, I bet he doesn't give you good treats like I do" Zara says with a light smirk on her lips.
"You give the bestest treats!!" Screamed Shawn as he sprints to the ice-cream parlour, with shaney trailing behind him.

After ordering their ice-cream,zara watches the kids in amusement , Shaney is jovial ,always jumpy and giddy, full of life and ready to play even at the middle of the night. While Shawn is calm, loves food, a sleepy head and would rather prefer to read a book or sleep in a tub filled with warm water , than to go out and play, because he ends up being dirty and that boy hate's dirt.

Zara had never met Mrs Kate's son , but it isn't something to bother about since it had never been necessary, the kids never stopped ranting about their brother this, their brother that.

After the cat fight in the ice-cream parlour, a struggled walk back to their room in the orphanage, an aggressive bath, and a story book later, Shawn is asleep as expected, shane is as busy as a bee dressing her teddy bear by wearing it Shawn's underwear.
The door opens and Mrs Kate enters

"Awnn, look at him" she said looking at Shawn's sleeping figure "and her..." She playfully glares at shane who immediately drops dead like she was sleeping too.

" Sorry I made him sleep early, he was tired from the ice-cream parlour, so I had to give them a bath " Zara apologizes as she packs her stuff.

"It's okay , I'm done with work so we'll be leaving now thanks for watching them " she says as she carries Shaney, while Zara carries Shawn, they silently walk to the car and drop the kids at the back seat.
"Good night Kate" Zara says as she waves goodbye and Kate does the same.

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MORNING

"Zara,zara, come quickly!!" Screamed zena.
"Quit trying to deafen me with your banshee screaming" Zara says as she enters their fathers Lexus.

"We are having dinner tonight , I am announcing this because no one is having dinner alone tonight" Mrs regal says as she looks at Zara through the rare view mirror.

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