It was a dark and rainy evening,the sun went down earlier than usual, Mitchelle sat in her room by the window watching as the rain poured. She glance at her phone and picking it up, saw it was getting a bit late. Her mum was working late that night and her brother had gone off somewhere. They had recently moved to a new state because of the nature of her mum's job and Mitchelle was looking to make some new friends. "I hate it here" she said to her self, suddenly there's a knock on the door, she slowly stood up and exited her room.
She walked down the staircase not in a hurry, then the door bell rang again and then again and again and again and by the time she got to door the ringing had stop. "I thought you had a key with you Carlos" she said referring to her younger brother but there was no answer. "Carlos?" She called walking closer to the door. She slowly opens the door but there was no one there."Haha very funny Carlos" she said pouting but there was no answer, she stood there and waited a bit and still no one came, there was just the sound of the pouring rain.... She quickly shut the door and got a bit frightened.
"Carlos it isn't funny" she said getting scared, then suddenly the lights went out, at this point Mitchelle was more than scared, she ran up to her room knocking down a few things, she quickly grabbed her phone and switched on the torch .....Her ragged breathing filled the silence before a clattering sound echoed from the kitchen and after that some footsteps were heard..... she wasn't hesitant to switch off the torch and dial the number of her mum as she hid behind her bed. "C'mon pick up pick up pick up" she said under her breathe.
"Hello" her mum said over the phone. "Mum there's someone in the house Mitchelle said" First there was a knock and then there was no one there and suddenly after that, the lights went out, I ran up to my room but now I hear footsteps mum footsteps she whispered as she spoke. "Calm down Mitch it's probably just your imagination, I'm at work right now so just stay put until I'm back okay?" She says. "Carlos will be back from Travis's place soon okay?" She says before she got a bad network due to the rain. Hello mum, mum, mum she said but the network wasn't in her favor
The foot steps got closer and closer and soon the figure crept her bedroom door open, there was silence before the footsteps continued making it's way into the room..... Mitchelle held her breath and closed her eyes as she heard the footsteps coming closer. She heard the footsteps stopping in front of her but her eyes remained closed then suddenly she heard a voice... "Mitch?" She opens her eyes and sees Carlos standing there, "are you alright?" Carlos asks. "Fuck you Carlos, you scared the hell out of me" she said as she stood up.
The lights came back on, "what did I do?" Carlos asks. "Haha very funny Carlos, payback for the other day?" Mitchelle said as she sat on her bed, "what are u talking about?" Carlos asked confused
" The ringing of door bell repeatedly, the clattering in the kitchen" Mitchelle said. "Woah , those weren't me, hell I just got back and besides I have a key so why would I ring the doorbell" Carlos says as he grabs the bag of chips on Mitchelle's table... "Probably just some dumb kids playing a prank on you" he said as he tore open the bag of chips. "Yeah you're probably right" Mitchelle said trying not to convince herself otherwise.
"Can't believe you were so scared you hid behind your bed" Carlos said chuckling as he munched on the chips. "Shut up, why were you late anyways" Mitchelle asks, "it started raining so Travis's mum asked me to wait a bit" Carlos says. Carlos sits beside Mitchelle on the bed as he continued munching on the chips, Mitchelle lays down on the bed and sighs ... There's a few moment of silence before Carlos spoke, "Mum will be back late today again huh?" "Yeah, she'll be late once again" Mitchelle answered as she sits up and grabs her phone.
"Tomorrow's our first day of school... Arghhhh!!! why did we have to move...." Michelle said groaning. "You know why we had to move..... Everything reminded mum of dad" Carlos said. Mitchelle clicked her tongue and looked away, Carlos stares at her for a bit then sighs "You know for the older twin you sure don't do a lot of understanding" Carlos says chuckling while Mitchelle rolled her eyes at him. "Well.... I guess I'll be going to bed now since we have school tomorrow Carlos said as he got up from the bed with the half eaten bag of chips". " Yeah yeah get out of my room, Mum will probably let her self in when she gets back,I also need to get some shut eye." Mitchelle said . Carlos rolls his eyes and walks towards the door "goodnight" he said closing the door behind him, "night" Mitchelle muttered to herself.
She laid on her back, staring at the roof as she sighed to herself "if only dad were still here" she said as her eye lids slowly began to fall. Her door quietly creaked open as she slept while a sketchy tall dark figure with a top hat watched from the hallway, a clacking laughter was heard from the dark as the door quietly closed the way it opened.
Morning came before she knew it, Mitchelle woke up to the sound of her alarm, feeling a wave of sadness wash over her. She laid in bed for a moment, dreading the first day of school in a new town. She hated that they had to leave their old home, friends, and everything familiar. Getting out of bed felt like a huddle she had to jump through. She slowly got up and headed to the bathroom to get ready, She trudged to the bathroom, her eyes half-focused on the task ahead. As she reached for the door knob, she found it locked, with the sound of rushing water coming from inside. Carlos was hogging the bathroom, as usual. She let out a soft sigh and leaned against the wall, waiting for him to get out. The familiar routine was a small comfort in this new, unfamiliar house. She folded her arms waiting, and let her thoughts drift to the daunting day ahead – a new school, new faces, and the constant ache of being away from everything she'd known. Suddenly she got pissed and banged on the door, "What the hell Carlos, you'd better be in labor to spend this much time in there." She said as she leaned against the door waiting for his reply, "answer me you shit head" she said before she heard the door unlock. "Finally, what took you forev..." Her sentence was cut short as she saw Carlos standing there with a towel, all soapy "If you're in such a hurry maybe you should get in with me" he said with a smirk attempting to tease her, she gave him the middle finger and stormed off to her room, "I'll be done in about 15 minutes." Carlos said chuckling as he closed the bathroom door. Meanwhile Mitchelle had stormed off to her room, "what a numbskull " she muttered to herself, "let me get my clothes ready in the meantime" she said as she went through some boxes of unpacked clothes but couldn't find anything suitable even after searching for a few minutes.
Carlos had gotten out of the bathroom and went to get dressed. Mitchelle scanned the hangers, they landed on a familiar jacket – her dad's old one. Her irritation momentarily faltered, replaced by a pang of sadness. She reached out, her fingers tracing the worn fabric. Memories of her dad flooded her mind, and she felt a lump form in her throat. She pulled out the jacket, holding it tightly, and for a moment, the world around her disappeared. "Dad's old jacket huh" Carlos said as he walked into Mitchelle's room all dressed and ready "I didn't know you were going for the 90's look on your first day" he said attempting to joke or at least distract her by getting on her nerves as he saw the sadness in her eyes but he didn't get so much as a word from her. "This looks nice" Carlos said picking up a skirt, not too short, but not long either..... Just the way dad liked your dresses" Carlos said reminiscing for a moment.
Carlos sighs and looks at Mitchelle, "you know if you don't get ready soon, we'll be late on our first day " he said looking at her with soft eyes. "You could always go on without me" Mitchelle said finally replying him, "oh you still speak? I thought I had been talking to a wall all this while... You know I can't go without you" Carlos said looking out the window." You picked a skirt so you might as well pick a blouse" Mitchelle said not looking at his face , Carlos smiled before looking through the clothes "I mean I'm not the best at fashion but I could at least make you look better than a clown" Carlos said laughing at his own joke "I think clowns dress pretty well" Mitchelle said with a slight smile, Carlos sees her smiling and feels a sudden wave of contentment "ah, here we have it" Carlos said raising up a gray blouse, "it'd definitely go with the black skirt, don't you think? " Carlos said, Mitchelle stared at the blouse he raised and the others scattered around as if waging her options, "I guess it isn't bad, I'll go take my shower " she said as she suddenly got conscious of the time.
Mitchelle took her bath and got ready in less than 30 minutes which Carlos found amusing as he watched her walking down from the stairs while he ate breakfast, Her hair was still a bit wet and a bit unkept but she looked good regardless. "Where's mum" Mitchelle asked as she got down and opened the fridge scavenging for something to eat, "she's sleeping" Carlos said eating his cereals with a butt load of milk. "I'll tell mum you're wasting your milk privilege right Carl" Mitchelle said as she took out the milk carton and shut the refrigerator "then I'll tell mum you wasted your bacon privilege right yesterday" Carlos said waving his spoon in the air,"pass the cereal" Mitchelle said rolling her eyes at him, he pushed the carton of cereal across the table and she caught it before it could fall. "You know you could have just passed it with your hands right?" She said as she put the cereal in a plate and poured in some milk afterwards. They finished breakfast and they both grabbed their bags to leave for school "shouldn't we wake mum first" Mitchelle said "nah she's tired" Carlos said as he walked towards the door and Mitchelle followed "a word of encouragement from her would have been nice though" Mitchelle said as she followed, "You're not going into war or marriage so you don't need that" Carlos said chuckling as he looked at Mitchelle and notices her frown,, "I'm sure she'd have given you one though.... She's probably just really tired" Carlos said looking away as they both got out the house and clicked the door shut "we better hurry or we'll be late" Carlos said "mhm mm" Mitchelle said nodding and jugging a bit to keep up with his pace.