All About Us (LT One shot books)

I know you (song by Skylar Grey)

Laurent climbed into the shower, dousing his back with hot water. He rubbed his shoulder blade with his hand, trying to loosen the muscles a little. Dense jets of water hitting his back gradually eased the tension throughout his body. Today was one of the most difficult days of the entire month. Larry didn't let him relax for a minute. Working out in the morning, then they spent the entire day in the studio getting ready for the show with Beyoncé. The singer again asked the guys to join her on stage. They agreed to six concerts out of ten upcoming. But Larry thought that this was not enough, because right after the rehearsal was over, he dragged the twins to their favorite studio, where they spent the rest of the evening. Laurent's body was emaciated, he wanted a break from work and his brother.

About three months ago, Laila found out about his betrayal and tried to escape from home not forever, but she needed a place to decide what to do next. But life was too cruel to her. No one understood how it happened, but Layla had an accident and died on the spot.

From that moment on, Larry went through several stages of emotional collapse. And worst of all, he decided to blame himself for the death of his daughter's mother and the woman he loved and found solace in a bottle.

Things were going badly, and Laurent threatened consequences if Larry did not stop drinking so much. Their career and Lilo's well-being are at stake. The twin seems to have listened to his brother, and now his activities angered Laurent. Laurent, with a heavy sigh, turned off the water and, tying a towel around his waist, went into the bedroom with the desire to be in his favorite pants and fall asleep until morning. Tomorrow was the long-awaited day off.

But as soon as he settled comfortably under the covers, the phone thrown on the next pillow vibrated loudly. Laurent had no desire to check the caller, he let the call go to voicemail, but the phone immediately vibrated again. Letting out another heavy sigh, Laurent lazily turned the phone screen in his direction and was not at all surprised to see the name of the twin on the screen.

- What is Larry, I thought we agreed ... Lilo? What is it? - Hearing a quiet whimpering on the other end, Laurent sat up in bed, why was she calling him herself?

- Uncle Laulau, dad ... he ... doesn't wake up. I'm scared, - Lilo whimpered.

- I'll be right there. Take your dad's phone with you and sit on the couch in the living room, turn on cartoons, I know you can. I'll be there soon. - Waiting for his niece to turn on cartoons and once again, promising to be as fast as possible, Laurent dropped the call.

Damn Larry, he promised not to drink anymore. What an idiot! Laurent pulled on sweatpants and the hoodie left the apartment. It takes about an hour to get there, but Laurent got there in a record thirty minutes. As soon as he opened the door of the house with his keys, his niece was immediately in his hands."Hush, princess, your dad is alive, he's just a fool and does bad things to his body, you understand? You go watch cartoons further, and I'll deal with your dad, okay?" Lilo nodded and allowed herself to be seated on the couch as she returned to watching TV. Laurent walked into the twin's bedroom and immediately fell into a mixture of bad smells. Laurent tried to wake the twin, but he was dead drunk. When trying to look around the room, he immediately saw several bottles of whiskey and bourbon. The phone from which Lilo was calling was now in his hand, Laurent unlocked the screen and saw several missed ones and one notification on his voicemail. The slight feeling of guilt that he was not listening to the message for him disappeared as quickly as it had arisen. The message was from teacher Lilo, who was embarrassed by Larry's behavior when he picked up his daughter after class, in particular the smell of unweathered alcohol. And she reported it to social services. Well done Larry, he lost his beloved woman and is on the way to losing another daughter. We need to do something. They are twins and can be easily confused. Laurent looked into the large wall mirror. They are now both Afro and both are clean-shaven, so the question remains where to put this selfish drunk body because it was Larry who caused this unpleasant smell. Laurent rubbed his face, trying to think of something. But this can no longer continue, Larry can no longer treat himself and his daughter that way. He should come to his senses. So he, Laurent, must take action.