Creative Writing

Incapabilities (themed story assignment)

 It all started in freshman year, Tara and Adrian were feeling excited about their first day of high school. Adrian was acting a little weird, though, and Tara was a bit worried as to why he was like that. Ever since kindergarten, these two twins would sit next to each other on the bus, but Adrian broke that chain on the first day of high school.

Tara watched as Adrain walked past the seat she picked for them. Her heart dropped. The bus started to move, so she sat down with a horrible feeling in her stomach.

"Adrain, are you okay?" Tara asked, with a concerned look on her face.

"Yeah," he replied bluntly and walked away.

All of freshman year Adrian acted like they weren't related. People eventually caught onto his lies, though, due to the fact that they both have the same last name, and that they both have the same piercing golden eyes.

Fasting forward to the fourth month of junior year of high school, Tara still hasn't forgiven him for what he has done. She has never felt so hurt and betrayed in her life. They both spent almost every minute of their waking time with each other, but somehow Adrian had the ability to pretend like he didn't know Tara for almost a year at school.

As she does every day, Tara jumps off the bus and runs towards their two story modern house with her jet black hair flying in the wind. Adrian slowly drifts behind her. Watching her retreat into the house with a look of sorrow and regret on his face.

Adrian regrets what he did to her to the fullest extent because he knows how Tara must have felt. Tara hasn't talked to Adrain much for the past two years. She acts nice to him in front of their parents, but when they're not around she gives him the cold shoulder. Exactly what he did to her in 9th grade. He has tried to apologize numerous times, but she just can't bring herself to forgive him.

"Tara, mom and dad just called telling me that they are going to New York to visit uncle Bryce for the weekend. So, we are home alone for that time," Adrian told Tara with a blank expression on his face.

Tara scoffs, "At Least I don't have to talk to you, and make you less popular this weekend."

"Tara, please, I don't know how many times I've apologized to you over the past two years. I can't do it anymore."

"Yeah whatever, Tara rolled her eyes and walked away.

Adrian sighed and started to prepare dinner for the both of them. The whole time all he could was, how long can someone hold onto a grudge like that? Yes, what he was horribly mean, but he changed and tried almost everything to make it up to her. Frustrated, he ruffled his espresso-colored hair and continued to stir the pasta sauce.

Crashing into her computer chair Tara stares at her reflection on her laptop and lets her mind wander back to freshman year.

The whole year was absolute hell for her. She watched her brother slowly get famous and become friends with all the athletes in the school. She had no problem with that part, though, she had a problem with him thinking people knowing that she is his sister would somehow make him less popular. It still hurts her to this day that he thinks, or thought, that she wasn't good enough to be his sister. For that, she couldn't forgive him. She couldn't forgive him until her rage went away. That horrible rage that makes her want to punch him in the face when she sees him. The rage that ignites her inside every time people bring up what happened freshman year and laugh about.

She snaps out of her thoughts when she hears Adrian's voice come from the kitchen.

"Tara! Come and eat, dinner's ready!"

She lazily got up and strolled into the kitchen, and watched Adrian pull up his hood and get comfortable at the dining table. Her eyes travel to the counter, and they find a plate filled with steaming pasta and meatballs. Her mouth starts to water as she snatches the plate off the table, and was going to make her way back to her room.