At Home

At 7am in the morning, Juliana was seen snoring on the bed while Julian was up and was dressing for school.

Julian was confused about what Juliana was doing in the night that she hasn't woken up yet. She was so sure that Juliana went to bed early last night.

' I have to find out what is happening with Juliana' she thought.

"Mommy, Juliana is still sleeping on the bed,she said she is not going to school today" Julian shouted as she tried to dodge a pillow throw from Juliana.

"What a devil"Juliana muttered under her breath.

"What devil are you talking about, Juliana" Mrs Williams, the twin's mother had arrived in their room and heard what Juliana muttered. She was holding a frying spoon in her right hand and was staring daggers at Juliana. Gulping sounds could be heard across the room.

" Mom, I don't mean that way , you know how much I love my twin sister, isn't that true Julian?" Juliana ran across the room and hugged Julian while giving Julian a signal to cover for her.

'I will give you 20 dollars if you cover for me' Juliana said to Julian through telepathy.

" Mommy, she wasn't referring to me when she said the word devil, she was cursing at the bullies in school. We are going to have a maths test today and they snatched her book and refused to return it to her. Mommy, please help my sister, she is very miserable in school" Julian said while wiping away non-existent tears from her eyes.

" Juliana why did not tell me about this matter, if Julian hadn't told me about it I would have been kept in the dark" Mrs Williams asked Juliana.

" Mom,I really do want to handle it on my own" Juliana replied back to her mother.

" Juliana, we will stop this conversation here, go and get dressed for school. I will meet your class teacher tomorrow" Mrs Williams said with an air of finality.