Chapter 4 : So I Knew him

Previously...

M and I are on our way home.

We arrived home early and changed out of our uniforms and I am now in the kitchen preparing edible chocolate chip dough while M is in his room playing video games. It's not difficult to make edible chocolate chip dough one just needs simple ingredients such as sugar, flour, egg and a lot of chocolate chips. I love chocolate.

I was just about to pour a whole packet of chocolate chip into the mixture when there was a knock and mum called out our cousin was here so I walked out of the kitchen munching on the chocolate chips when...

I saw mum hugging Mark. Yes Mark Franklin. He was hugging my mum.

'Yy..yo..you.' I stuttered.

'Oh yes me. Hey Mer it's so good to finally meet you officially as my cuz.'

'Mum why didn't you tell me that Mark was our cousin.' I whined

'Well first you didn't ask for his name.' said mum

'Ouch that hurt.' Mark said with a feign of hurt.

'And secondly you didn't tell me that you knew Mark simple as that.' she said laughing with Mark.

I was still in shock about the fact that Mark knew I was his cousin and he didn't say anything. Who does that and what if I had fallen in love with him. Ewww oh gosh I can't even think like that again without getting creeped out.

It seems M and Mark are getting on fine because they are having an NBA marathon at the moment in the den and they are shouting and laughing and eating all my cookie dough.

How they got it I don't freaking know all I know is that I left it right in the kitchen, So I go to my room for a second and when I come back for the dough it's gone.

Yeahh annoying right now I'm the only girl among three boys...

We had dinner early and it was fun getting to know Mark better where he comes from and all and how he's related to us, well his mum is my mum's sister in law's niece. Well long huh.

I did the dishes alone today because I wanted a quiet place to think and be me. It was going on well until a blue bird flew into the kitchen hitting things and crushing into plates. Broke 3 plates don't know how I'm going to explain to mum. It eventually settled on the island in the kitchen and was staring at me like literally staring at me.

So I picked up the broken pieces and did the dishes ignoring the bird. When I was done the bird was gone.

Well I didn't think about it much and went up to my room to turn in for the night even though tomorrow is a Saturday.

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I woke up early. Went for an hour jog and did a few minutes of working out and took a shower. By the time I came down for breakfast all the boys were sitting in the hall watching a soccer match.

I've been feeling a little out of the blue. It feels like something bad is going to happen soon but I don't want to think of the worse case scenarios but I think now M has gotten someone of his age in the house who understands his needs he might completely forget about how we are. I decided to text Cody I need an actual bestie who isn't my twin.lol.

Text Convo

merry.cake: hey

gayish.to.please: heyyy!! Merry hope you good?

merry.cake: yep.

Will you be my bestie. I think I have to stop depending on m because he's grown now and we are total opposites.

gayish.to.please: darling I'd love to. Besides I don't have a bestie and I could tots do with one.

merry.cake: thanks a lot Code. So can I come over.

gayish.to.please: sure girl I'm home

So I told mum I was heading to Cody's and she said to get home before dinner. Well it's still morning so..

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I said goodbye to Cody and his cute kitten Tricks. I called mum an hour ago telling her I'll be home soon and she said she had a surprise for me and I wonder what's it is.

Well Cody and I watched some Netflix series made oatmeal cookies and took a lot of pics for IG. I had so much fun getting to know Cody better I feel our friendship is going to really go places.

I just entered through the front hallway to the main tv room when

'SURPRISE!!!'

'Happy three months babygirl' said mum.

'Happy three months sis' said Arthur and M.

'Happy three months cuz' said Mark.

Well you are guessing what's the party for. Three months ago I had a heart surgery. It's a long story but it's another story for another time.

'You guys thanks a lot I'm really glad for this little party but you know I'm not really focusing on this now and I hate when the whole situation happened.'

But I had a lot of cake. It was chocolate so I couldn't resist. When I finally got to my room it was almost midnight. I texted Cody about the little party but didn't tell him about the reason behind it.

I now realize why I started to feel sick because June 3rd is approaching. That's in five days.

I decided to binge a new series on Netflix. I don't remember when I dozed off but I had a nightmare

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'Hey cutie do you need a ride?' asked uncle Siles, dad's older brother.

'Mummy said I shouldn't ride with outsiders.'said my twelve year old self.

'But I'm your uncle I'm no outsider'

'I think I can consider it. I'm going to my friend's house on the next street so it's not far.'

'Hope in let's go.'

Then the whole scene changed

Open your shirt it won't hurt I promise it's just a little cold bag...

And changed

I'll put it on your head and it will make the migraine go...

And changed

'Help it's hurting. Anyone there please help me it's sucking my brain. Mum, Dad, Merlin, Arthur. Anyone please help.'

Now I fell I'm suffocating and being pulled by an unknown source. I felt like dying.

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I woke up startled. When I checked my phone it was 2am. I decided to get a glass of water. I saw light in the kitchen, I think one of the boys is awake.

It was Mark.

'What are you doing up this late. Couldn't sleep?'

'Kind of' he said really quiet which was odd.

'What's wrong' I asked him worriedly.

'Well I think there is something important you should know concerning you.'