another gallagher

chapter 14

i wake up the next morning and see ian has already went downstairs but lip is still in his bed. i get up and walk over to lips bed "lip man wake up, school" "im not going" he tells me rolling over to face the wall. i climb up so im leveled with him "you rather stay home with mom and her fucking girlfriend all day?" i ask him and he sighs "fuck fine, move" he tells me jumping down from his bed. i grab a black skirt and a light brown sweater from my drawers and walk into the bathroom. i put it on and brush my teeth when lip walks in "how long you think shes gonna stay for" lip asks me leaning up against the door frame "a week max" i tell him "come on we gotta go" he tells me and i nod.

we grab our bags and head downstairs "oh lip and isabelle my twins, you guys look nice" monica says to us trying to give us a hug, but we walk around her and to the fridge where carl is "hey no popsicles" i tell him grabbing an unopened popsicle from his hand putting it back into the freezer. "go eat cereal" lip tells him handing a bowl to carl. "carl needs something monica" i tell her and carl hands her a piece of paper "i need your signature" carl tells monica "oh you're going to the aquarium, that sounds fun" monica tells carl signing the paper "and he needs 10 bucks" i tell her "what for" bob asks us "admissions fee" carl tells her putting the paper into his backpack "school doesnt pay for that" bob asks him "no, and he'll need money for food" lip tells her "grab him an instant oatmeal and a pop tart makes a great lunch" bob tells lip and i. "debs what are you doing" monica asks her "im looking for markers and a poster board, im running for re-election" debbie answers "ian could you help her" monica asks ian, and he stands up walking over to debbie. "i need 40 bucks, gotta buy a new calculus textbook, or i could buy it used only cost 20" lip tells monica "no way" bob tells lip "bob you got a five?" monica asks her "yeah in my wallet where it's gonna stay" "where are our lunches" ian asks monica, monica walks over grabbing the bread and peanut butter and making them all sandwiches putting it in a brown paper bag i take a sip of my coffee and shake my head, then i look at the clock "shit guys school lets go" i tell them, and they grab their stuff walking out of the house "go on guys we'll catch up" lip tells ian, debbie, and carl, and they look at me "go guys, we will meet you out their" i tell them, and they nod walking out of the house

"i dont care what the fucking DNA test says you aren't taking liam" lip tells monica and bob "we'll see about that" bob says standing up walking towards us "yeah we will" i tell her "we having a problem twins" she says to us "i dont know bob, your camped out in our house, you're fucking our mother and threatening to take our little brother." lip tells her "why wouldnt we have a problem" i say to her standing next to lip "i will kick your--" bob starts saying to us walking closer "stop it, hey" monica says to bob putting her hand on bobs chest pushing her back "touch us i dare you" i say to bob in a cocky way putting my arm on lips shoulder, and we smile at her "great job mom you always knew how to pick um" lip says, and we walk out of the house "lip, Iz wait" monica yells at us and runs after us.

"hey guys wait, we never got to talk yet. "dont worry about it" i tell her, and she walks in front of us "no i do, i do worry. jeez i dont know where to start, how to explain. i worry about you two. i missed you guys. hows school? track? you two always so smart, my twin babies. always together taking care of eachother. it's what i love about you guys, always putting others first. I love you guys, you know that right?" she says to us, and we both look off to the side because we can't look at her "look at me please. lip? Iz?" she says to us grabbing the sides of our face "next time you're thinking about dropping in mom, don't. you've fucked up our lives enough already" lip tells her, and we take her hands off our face, and we walk away "hey guys come on lets get to school" i tell ian, debbie, and carl putting on a smile for my younger siblings to let them know everything is okay. we walk debbie and carl to school then we go to our high school.