SHE’S MY TWIN
CHAPTER 19
Derek’s POV
I got on my motor bike re-ady to go home but then I felt
something vibr@ting in my pocket. I brou-ght it out and looked
at the screen, it was my younger brother. What could have be
up to now?
“Sup bro” I said immediately I answered
“where are you D? dad’s waiting for you. and I can’t cover for
you much longer” he replied at the other end of the line.
“just stalk him. I’m on my way”
“wait, you haven’t left Omar’s till now? what were you doing
there Mr risk taker” he said. i could hear him sigh
“I’ll tell you about it as soon as i get there.”
“just get your sorry as-s here and whatever happens, don’t
involve me in it okay. bear it alone” he spat
“ok I know. I’m on my way. just stalk dad. do whatever nerdy
stuff you do and don’t let him get inside my room”
“you do the stuff and I get blamed for it. ironic isn’t.”
“just get on with it”
“fine. but I know it’s that girl you met at the club”
“shut up. it’s not her. I’ll be back in less than 20 minutes”
“your life. whatever” he cut the call. where’s the supportive
brother when you nee-d em?
That’s my brother Ken. he’s super nerdy. a brilliant guy that
flu-shed his chances of having a social life down the toilet.
My name’s Dylan Logia. I’m in 22 and in my finals. When did it
all begin?
I was a bright kid. always looked out for others. My life was
pretty great cause we were born in a well to do family. My dad
Mr Rees got married to my mom Emilia. they had us two years
after their marriage. I’m older than Ken with just a year.
Life was really smooth for us until mom had pas-sed away. I
was only five. she got involved in an accident on her way to
work. I watched her pas-s away. I witnessed everything. it was
a tragic event that i would never forget.
“Derek. you have to take care of your brother and father. be a
good boy. mommy loves you” was the only thing she said
before shutting her eyes. I didn’t un-derstand a thing but now It
all made s-en-se to me. I’ve lost mom.
the death of mom was really heavy on dad. he had to become
a widower. raising us on his own was pretty tough, I’ll have to
admit. my brother was the wild type but after the death of
mom, he focused more on his studies ignoring the outside
world.
I had to look out for him make sure, he didn’t have a problem.
we all went throu-gh the dark phase together and trust me, it
was pretty rou-gh but gladly I think everyone is over it. not
forgotten but just over it.
.
. Fast forward
I parked my bike and walked inside. I saw sad seated on the
couch.
“Derek where have you been?” he asked. I looked at Ken who
was giving me multi-ple signs i couldn’t un-derstand
“I… um… was studying up in my room but then my bike had a
little fault so I took it to the mechanic” I lied
“your bike had a fault when you were studying? does that even
make any s-en-se”
I looked at Ken. he scratched his head. I know he was feeling
uncomfortable just like I was.
“i… was um re-ading this book about bikes so i um had to
check it out on mine and um… ” I tried to think of more lies.
“oh come on. I’m your dad and you can’t lie to me.”
“sorry dad”
“I’m getting old son and very soon you’ll take care of the
family business and you’ve got to learn how to be focused” he
said
“will try dad”
he nodded and went upstairs. I sighed and seated on the
couch
“phew. you blew it as always”
“get outta here” I threw the puff at him
“I know it’s a girl”
“you don’t know anything”
“trust me. I’ll meet her soon” he smiled and went upstairs.
“curse you ken” I yelled from downstairs
.
. I took out my phone from my pockets. i went to my gallery. I
saw the picture of the grouchy princess. I took it today when
we were eating at Omar’s burgers. She’s really pretty but
having problems I could tell.
I met her at the club. I actually went there with my brother. I
sp©tted her on the counter drinking. it was really my first time
seeing a girl drink that much. I thought she was having fun,
not until I saw her crying and cursing at herself.
“who’s she” I asked the bartender that served us drinks.
“I don’t know her. but she visits this place frequently. maybe to
get some air” he said
“alright thank you” I smiled and he left us
“don’t get involved” ken said gulping down his beer
“I won’t.”
“are you sure. cause knowing you, you can do anything”
“haha really funny” I gave a sarcastic laugh.
when I turned to look at her, she was alre-ady gone. damn it.
I’ve missed her. i made an excuse so i could run to meet her
but when I got outside, she was no where to be seen. we went
home after drinking and I swear I couldn’t get her out of my
head. I was thinking of where I would see her again so i visited
the bar that day.
I wasn’t expecting to see her there but maybe, just maybe I
would cause I believed luck was on my side.
Few minutes after I started drinking, I saw a car pu-ll up and
she stepped down. she ordered two bottles of whiskey and I
saw her drink them all.
she stood up to leave when those guys tried to take
advantage of her. she couldn’t run cause she was a bit drun!k. I
beat those guys up and rescued her but she fainted in the
process so i took her to my house. luckily for me, my dad was
at work and my brother was not around.
I placed her on my be-d and watched her sleep soundly. her
phone rang. I looked at the screen, the caller was her mom
and the next her dad. I guess she was fast asleep to hear it.
Then I saw text messages, it was from auspicious people
wishing her a happy birthday. it was her birthday that day but
why was she at the club? strange.
That’s when I realized that something was wrong somewhere
and I decided to stick around to know what and probably help
her with it and trust me, I think it’s working cause grumpy
princess laughed today but still there’s something eating her
up and I promise to help her get throu-gh with it.
‘I’ve lost my laughter years ago ” she said to me.
well princess, from today, you’re laughter is coming back to
you. it’s not very far anymore….
SHE’S MY TWIN
CHAPTER 20
Alexa’s POV
I took a sip of my jui-ce as I fli-pped throu-gh my notes. I jotted
down the important stuffs. right now, I’m in the living room.
Alexis was watching tv so I put on my ear buds but decrea-sed
the volume.
I really had to study. I want to pas-s this exam. I have to pas-s
this exam so I would finally graduate. and… I think you know
my next plan. to finally leave this house.
I was busy taking notes when the doorbell rang.
“I’ll get it. you guys should study” mom said coming out from
the kitchen.
I focused on my books. she walked to the front door and
opened it.
“Hi” I heard her saying to the person.
“Hello ma’am”
it sounded like a guys voice so who could it be? maybe the
mailman or newspaper guy I guess.
“how can I help you” mom asked him
“um Is this princess’s house?”
“not so sure, we don’t have any one by that name living here”
“How about Alexa?”
“and who is asking?”
“um Derek. Derek Logia”
wait did I just hear Derek? what is he doing here? I thought I
told him to stay away from me? I stood up and peeked
throu-gh the window, it was him
“who are you to her?” mom asked him. I was alre-ady feeling
restless. plea-se don’t say something stupid.
“um her project p@rtner. we’re study buddies. you know, for the
up coming exams”
“oh that. you’re kinda late. Alexa’s alre-ady studying. come on
in” she opened the door for him and he c@m£ inside. he
win-ked at me the moment he saw me.
“Alexa. you have a visitor” mom said smiling
she turned to him “have a seat and make your self
comfortable”
“sure ma’am” he smiled
“Alexis can you plea-se serve him some jui-ce?” mom said
“ok mom” she stood up and went to the kitchen
“I’ll get some snacks” mom said and left as well
I looked at him. he was smiling, almost on the verge of
laughing
“what are you doing here? I thought I told you to stay away
from me? ”
“yes but I just wanted to see you”
“you as-s-hole” I spat glaring my eyes at him
“here you go” Alexis served him the jui-ce
“thank you Alexis. you guys almost have the same names” he
looked at both of us “and you guys look almost the same. are
you both…?”
“yes she’s my twin”
he opened his mouth In awe
“holy Mother of Neptune. you guys are twins?”
“Yes” Alexis responded “she’s older than me”
I didn’t say anything. I just stuck the device in my ears but
mom took it away.
“don’t be stubborn Alexa. you have a visitor”
I rolled my eyes
“I didn’t even invite… ” I st©pped myself from completing that
s£ntence before I get thrown into an interview by my family
and there’s no telling what this psycho would do.
“how come your mom and sis are so nice and you’re just the
complete opposite of them”
“how come you left your house and come here to ask me silly
questions” I fired back
“I c@m£ here to see you princess. studying is the half of it” he
sm-irked
“so Derek how do you know my sister” Alexis asked him and
he stared at me
“you see. you’re sister and I go back in history, don’t we
princess?”
oh no! what if he reveals that incident at the bar cause my
parents don’t know about it and I don’t want any drama.
I simply nodded
“we met at school” I threw him a look. is he covering for me?
“had, a problem with my studies so I was as-signed to be
tuto-red by your sis”
“really. she’s never mentioned anything about you though”
“whaat??? she’s never… ” he shook his head
“well the thing is, I’m your sisters knight in shining armor so
she has to keep me safe, right?”
“impossible” I muttered un-der my breath
“what’s that?”
“nothing but if you’re feeling uncomfortable, you can go, the
door is that way”
“but…
” leave my life “she said and stormed upstairs into her room.
Derek’s POV
she wasn’t sounding nice anymore. i can’t believe she left. I
stood up to go when her mom c@m£ out from the kitchen. she
saw me
“Derek are you leaving?”
“sis got the major temper like she always does”
even her family knows that she behaves like this?
“sorry dear. Alexa is always like this”
“it’s okay ma’am. I’ll take my leave.”
“after you have lunch with us?”
“but… ”
“I insist”
“OK”
we went to the dinner table and sat down. feel minutes later,
Alexa c@m£ down. she thew me a deadly stare immediately
she set her eyes on me.
“he’s still here?”
“i asked him to stay for lunch” her mom responded
“wow mom. you’re always looking for ways to ruin my life. and
I thought I asked you to leave?” she yelled “stay away from
me, I don’t want to have anything to do with you.”
“Alexa he’s your guest”
“there’s a hvge difference between a guest and a pester. he’s
disturbing my life. you know what? I’ll make it easy for you. I’ll
tell my parents everything so that you’ll stay away from me”
I was alre-ady feeling uncomfortable.
“thanks for helping that day when those guys attacked me. it
was nice of you to keep me company. there, now they know
so bye bye Derek” she waved her hand sarcastically
“you were attacked? when? how?”
“that’s a story to tell after he leaves”
“fine I’ll leave princess”
“and Don’t call me that
my name is Alexa. got it?”
“fine Alexa”
I stood up. I’ve heard enough.
“bye aunt. bye Alexis”
“bye” Alexis replied
I walked to the front and opened the door.
“finally some peace and quiet” I heard her say before finally
shutting the door.
“Alexa?”
“not now mom. attend to your daughter first” I overheard her
saying. why is she sounding so rude and mean?
I got on my bike, started the engines and drove off. maybe I
made a mistake by coming here…
Tbc