Tackled

Ch. 5 Gabby's Pov

 All through dinner, Liam and I were making jokes and laughing with the family.
When dinner finished, Mama Walker cleared her throat and lpoked straight at me,
"So Gabby, I noticed that your birthday is coming up... do you have any plans or anything?"

My birthday is a heart wrenching day for me ever since the summer of 7th grade. A couple weeks before school started my mother took my brother away from me and my father after my parents had a big fight. My mother claimed that my father did nothing but work, which was true but it got worse after she took Gabe. Me and Gabe were twins. Gabriella and Gabriel Markus. The twins that could read each other like books. Me and Gabe were inseparable from birth. The night of the fight my mother packed one suitcase for herself and one for Gabe, my mom was so mad that she yanked Gabe by the arm out to her car, then took off without a word. Me and Gabe had no idea what was going on. As the car drove down the street I chased after it crying, Gabe was smacking the window crying too. When the car disappeared I fell to the ground in a heap of tears, my father picked me up from the road and carried me back to the house with so many memories of me and Gabe.
Later that night, around midnight or so, two uniformed police officers came to the house with the worst news possible. My mother had been in a accident and my brother was found DOA. I cried for days. I lost a piece of me that night. Liam was there for me through it all. He held me at my worst. He let me cry on his shoulder and made me laugh after.

  So my birthday is not my favorite day ever.

"Umm... no, I don't have any plans." I replied in a mere whisper.

"You are welcome to come over here, I know your father won't mind."

"Ok thank you I might come over I'll think about it." I say as I weakly smile at her then look at Li and he has an apologetic look in his eyes. I mouth to him, it's ok.

"Ok is everyone done?" Mama Walker asks snapping my gaze away from Li.

"Uh yeah I'm pretty sure, are you guys done?" Papa Walker asks us.

"I'm done." I say and look at Li and he nods his head as his mother takes out plates and walks into the kitchen about to wash them.

"Wait, me and Liam can do the dishes." I say grabbing his hands and dragging him to the kitchen.

"Oh it's ok dear I got it."

"No you made dinner so it's only fair if we do the dishes." She smiles at me and walks away as I do the dishes and Liam dries them. A few minutes later we are singing and dancing together getting lost in our own little world.

♡Mama Walker (Darla Walker) pov♡

Looking at my baby boy and Gabby together is refreshing, when are they gonna realize they are perfect for each other. I turn to Will who is still at the table and sit next to him.

"Will."

"Yes dear."

"When is Liam gonna grow some balls and ask her out?"

"Whenever he is ready, dear." I let out a sigh and continue watching them be happy.

"He needs to wake up or she is gonna be taking from under his nose."

"Darla, honey, Liam told you not interfere with his love life."

"I know, but seriously though."

"Darla, drop it." Will's voice was stern. There was no way I'd get him to talk about it now.

"Fine." I sigh and go sit in my recliner.

(Gabby's pov again)
When we were done washing the dishes I started drying my hands and felt Liam come up behind me.
"Wanna watch a movie?"

"Sure but can I pick?"

"No chick flicks please." I let out a giggle and we walk upstairs to his room, I pick out Friday the 13th and plop on the bed. His arm was around me and my head was on his chest, about halfway through the movie I started to get cold.
"You cold?" Did he read my mind or something.

"A little." He sits up and takes his hoodie off handing it to me.

"Put this on."

"What about you?"

"We are in my room Gabs I'm fine." He laughed. I slide on his grey distressed American flag hoodie, it was like a dress on me, reaching my thighs and over the hands. I jump at the jump-scare moment and Liam laughs at me. I elbow him in the stomach and he lets out a huff of pain.

"Stop moping and give me the snacks." Liam reached over to his table and snags the bag of snacks. We binge eat all the snacks before falling  asleep.