Twins

TW: ALL

Hi, I'm Stacey. I am the youngest of the

Tracy twins. My name rhymes with my last name. I also have a twin sister named Luca. I am the youngest of the twins. We also have a cat that can talk that is named Lucky. "Luca?Have you seen my burgundy skirt?"

"Uh..No. Have you seen my shoes''? I flipped my golden brown hair.

"Which pair? The flip-flops? The blue tennis shoes?"

"The blue tennis shoes!"I stared down at my feet,in which I wore the shoes. "Um..nope.Mom?" I called. She came in. "Have you seen my blue tennis shoes''?She held lucky. "Hey Luck!" "I found money in my litter box!''He tossed it to me and I dropped it in disgust. Mom hurried him to a bath."Luca, I found your shoes." I slowly ripped the shoes off. "Are you mad at me, 5 second older sis?""Maybe I am Maybe I'm not." I shrugged. I walked over to my mirror. Then, applied blue eyeshadow. Carefully, I lined my lips with lip gloss. " Anyways, I was thinking of dying my hair electric blue. Would you keep watch, also could you go get the dye?""Fine.Only if lucky can go to the store with me". "I don't care if he goes with you. Unless I'm with you. I am also sneaking out tonight to a party at midnight. It's at Riri's.""OMGOSH! Anywhere but there!Your only twelve, and supposed to be at least fifteen to go there!You'll get arrested. But fine, you're the bad girl. I don't agree with it." "Thank you!" I stuffed a blanket under my bed as a me decoy. "So, does this look convincing?Or since we look exactly alike, you could be me for the day!""No... I can't ! I can't be involved with a crime. I do everything good..you do bad." "I am not a bad kid. Sure, I dye my hair. And set off stink bombs in class. Graffiti the walls of mom's room. Okay, now I hear it. " I grabbed my purse and stuffed my wallet in it. Then, shoved my cell phone in my pocket. " I mean, though I'm twelve....I still want to have fun! Before I'm old and...well...let's face it...dead." I left the room. Lucky was still in the bath. Mom peered out the door. "Stacey...where are you going?" Mom growled. "To the library to study." Mom saw right past my lie. "YOU IDIOTIC JERK!" Lucky scratched her. "Fine, whatever." Mom muttered. I slowly closed the door."Luca?" I whispered. "Yeah"?"You're ready to go to the store right?""Yep"."Is this the first time you've ever snuck out?" I scoffed,"You're being so loud!" " Yes, I'm ready to go to the store. And second, I am not loud!"She screeched " I snarled. "Just go get the dye okay? Nothing that says natural or healthy ok?" I opened my bag. "Here take this leather jacket with spikes. And bleached jeans. And high tops. And this really cool choker. And you know where my makeup is..so do it good"."Okay."."Okay. Call me if there's a problem. " I walked out the door. A few blocks down was riri's. I waltzed in and

Workers greeted me. "Would you like any food or drink before your performance?" A girl asked. "I'll take a box of wings, and a coke. " She scurried to fulfill my order. I unclasped my bag and grabbed my sparkly neon jumpsuit. " Five minutes, Stacey. " The manager said. A woman, very professional looking, sat down in a chair. She stared at me. " Excuse me, how old are you? You look awfully young." I froze.I was twelve. "This place was for fifteen and above. You could get arrested for being in there!"Luca's words echoed in my head. " Twenty." I fibbed. "Miss, I am a police woman. I know you're not twenty." My expression turned to stone. I'd vandalized a school wall weeks ago. She'd caught me, and let me off the hook . She'd said if I was where I shouldn't be, or doing stuff I shouldn't either, I'd put in juvie! "Stacey Tracey. Twelve years old.Several crimes, consisting of vandalizing,graffiti, and more." She got up and grabbed my hands.

BACK AT THE HOUSE

"Well, well, well. Glad my little luca came back. " Mom said, tapping her fingers.

"I just had to take luck to the store to get cat food and see which kind he liked."I said. "Where's Stacey? Did she go with you? Is she still outside carrying in the food?" Mom sarcastically asked."Uhhh..... She is... still outside."."Could you go get her?""Uhh sure!"I walked outside. I applied a thin layer of makeup and changed into the jeans, jacket, and shoes. I actually had gotten cat food, while buying the dye, so I heaved it inside. " Hey, Stacey. That is so sweet of you to help." Mom giggled. "Yeah...yeah.""I'm assuming you're gonna get your sister for me. I need you both in here at the same time. It's important." "Sure." I walked outside again. I dialed Stacey's number. "Stacey, we have a problem. Mom wants to see both of us at the same time." " I do too. I just got arrested." "What?" " Yeah. They already put me in a cell. Call this mission off. Tell mom to come and bail me." "Fine." I walked in. "Mom, you need to go bail Stacey out. " She sighed and left. I went with her. "We have a break out!" A man yelled. "Stacey Tracey!" He turned. "I found her!""No! It's not me! I am her twin!""I'm here with my mom to get stacey back home".He checked Stacey's file pics. "May you take off your purse?" I did. "Yes, you must be her twin. She has a birthmark on her eyelid. " He looked uneasy. "Just go home. I'll let her off the hook." We waved goodbye. "Stacey, what were you thinking?" Mom yelled. "I don't know. I really just wanted to have fun on stage!" I cried. Luca stared down at her shoes. "Why, Stace?" She said. Her tone was subtle and stabbed me with a piercing pain of a mixture between anger, and sadness. " Again, Luca! I don't know!"I was mad, at their questioning, and at myself. Not for what I've done, but the fact I got caught again by the exact same cop. "There is no need to shout. "Her voice was soft. "Let's just go home. " I firmly said. She took my hand, and squeezed it. "I know there is good in you." She said. I yanked myself out of her grasp. "Yeah ,right. " I left. I wasn't going home. In fact, I don't know if I'll ever go back. I didn't know where I was going. If I'd go far. Or cause mischief. I just wasn't going to sit in my room, listening to the disappointed, angry mom, and more importantly, my twin.I breathed in cool air. "Mom, what happened to her? When we were three, she was angelic! We both were, I mean... I still am but...why isn't she?" Mom sucked in a large amount of air. " Your father's and my divorce." I gasped. "You think so? But, he was a jerk! I am happy he's gone! He treated her like a favorite!" She nodded. "That's exactly why she's angry. She loved him. He was wicked, I agree. Stacey followed in his footsteps. " I felt a jolt through my spine.I knew where I'd go. To dad's of course. I'd been secretly chatting with him so I knew his address. He hadn't mentioned any changes, so I felt smooth. He is a great man, and taught me everything a girl could need. I don't understand why my mom dislikes him. He's fantastic! Sure, he's stolen. But guess what he stole? Something for the family! Pots and pans! I mean, yeah. He didn't want to get a job. It cost money to get there! Finally, I was brought upon a house. Fairly large. Bright sky blue. White doors, and appeared vacant. I knocked on the door. "Dad?" Empty. The door creaked open eerily. I looked back. The road was pure sand, and I was far from my home. " Dad?" I called again. I peered inside. Everything seemed stable. A huge kitchen was beside a living room. A table with eight chairs. Hmm...dad wouldn't need eight chairs. Did he know I was coming? With mom, and Luca? Or maybe he's had friends come over for brunch? In the living room was a couch, fit for two. Then, six chairs. For kids. I wasn't bringing any friends. So those wouldn't be necessary. Dad hadn't seen me since, age 4! I'm twelve. So, there's a possibility he has forgotten time. A car, long and blue pulled into the house. I slammed the door. I shall surprise dad. The door opened. "Hi daddy!" I yelped. A blond woman, green eyes, thin cherry red lips, wearing a dress that matched her eyes stood before me. "Who are you, child! And why are you in MY house! And why did you call for your daddy?" She cruelly snapped. "Carter!" My dad waltzed in. "Yes, honey.." He stopped. "Who's this?" He asked. I glared. "You jerk! I'm your little Stacy boo!" His eyes widened. "Oh god. Stacey?" "Yeah, I'm twelve now. I came wondering if you'd let me live with you." He looked at the woman. "Cheryl, sit with me. " He led her to the couch. She hesitated. "You have an exclamation, I hope?" She sourly said. Six children, 3 girls, 3 boys, all identical, ran in. "Who's she?" A girl asked. She looked like the woman. She had curly blond hair. Green eyes, and a teeny smile. "Cheryl, kids, Stacey, sit. Stace, just sit on the floor. Cheryl, I have another family. I divorced a woman named Lori. We had twins. Stacey and another girl named Luca. Amelia divorced me because I stole from a novelty store. So, I moved far to start a new life. Then, I married you, and had sixtuplets. Stacey, this is Cheryl, my wife. And if she allows you to live here, your stepmom. These would be your step siblings. Line up please. 1 is Bethany Eliza, 2 is Debra Anne , 3 is Alice Rose, 4 is Booker Elie, 5 is Dan Arnold, 6 is Alexander Ramen. They are all 5. So, everyone's last name is Ebenezer. But yours is Tracey. " I nodded. Dad had replaced us. "I can leave if you want. " I said. "No, no. Not as far as you came. Please, live with us. I am not entirely adoring the fact that Carter's a thief, a divorced man, and has twins, and lied to me . But I'll be happy to have an older child..well...step child. " Cheryl said. I grinned. "So should I call you Cheryl?'" She forced a smile. "Call me mom." I looked in my bag. Because my phone buzzed. "Hello?" The caller I.D came up blank. "Stacey!It's me, Luca. I'm calling from a pay phone beside the Animal Hospital. Lucky started moaning, and he just died. Right in my arms. I mean, I took him to the doctors, then he just...he just.." I sobbed. "Where are you?" I felt tears well up in my eyes. "Luca, I'm at dad's. I found out he's remarried, and has sixtuplets. I'm really sorry about lucky. " I heard her son. " I'm going to be staying a little while. Dad is a thief so he can't be disappointed in me. " She hung up. When I turned, 16 eyes burned into my face. They had heard me. "Stacey, I am disappointed you were a thief and trouble maker. "Dad said. "How? I was just like you!" I couldn't control my anger. I just yelled at him. "I realize that! I don't want you to be anything like me! I regret the past, all the things I stole, getting a divorce. " He shook his head. "Don't you ever feel that is okay. " I nodded. "Yes. Can you tell me what really happened that day?" He sat me down.
"Well, I told mom I was going out bowling with pals. But I actually went to a charity place, and stole, I'd say probably, a million bucks. Then, I got caught. But I escaped. Then, I took off my mask. They didn't know who I was. I went home. Mom was watching the news, and recognized me. Like my figure, and stuff. But as I said, I took off the mask. But I forgot to change my clothes. And then your mom searched me, and found what I stole. Smart, she is. Found that out in a second. She took the cash, and reported me to the police. They came, arrested me. Then, I escaped from jail. I came here.Where I could start anew. I tried to raise another family," He looked at the children and cheryl,"The right, good, better way." He put his hand on my shoulder. "Stacey, I cannot come back home, or I'll be served possibly a death because I've been hidden for so long." I smiled. "No, you can! We can disguise you!" He grinned. "I don't think so." His voice was high and shrill. "Please!" I began to fake weep. "Fine. We can try, if Cheryl agrees. The risk is very great." Cheryl nodded. She grabbed a white material. "Give me your head."He bent his head. She slowly cut his hair, until he was bald. Then, she slit the material down the middle, and laid it on his head. " There you are Finneus Weklisaan. At her house, you'll still be my lovely Carter Ebenezer. Ahem, tracey. " I grabbed his arm.

"Dad! You have to tell her you have a new wife! And more importantly, a new life! Face to face! Don't forget to mention, your six children!" I yelled.

"Then I am not going! If I have to tell her I'm telling her on the phone."

"Stop acting so childish! Let's go!" I dragged him home. "Mom!I'm home!" Mom rushed to the door.

"Stacey Maria Tracey! Where have you been!?" She yelled. Luca peered out.

"Hey Stace".Her face was red and blotchy. She had been crying over lucky.

"You okay about lucky? I see you've been crying over him.

''I haven't been crying over lucky. I've been crying over you!", She snapped. "And you bring a friend when you finally come home after several days, a week!" I stepped back."It's just so painful!" I watched her study dad's face. She dropped to the floor.More tears erupted. She began to gasp. She knew I hadn't brought a friend but a disguised dad.

"Luca, oh sweet luca! Stacey, where were you? I was so worried! And you brought a friend? How...how...how dare you!" I lifted my arm, and revealed dad. She gasped, and fainted. I screamed and dropped to her. "MOM!" Dad called an ambulance. At the hospital, dad hid himself again. "Amelia?"He said, in mom's room. "I wish to tell you something,I have a new life. Six children, and a new wife."Mom shrugged,At least she's not your wife."No, a new wife. I'm married."

THE END