And Then There Were Four by Lilith Carrie -
Chapter 0278
Grabbing my black leather jacket, I slid on my tennis shoes and snatched my backpack on the way out of my room. Never in my life did I replace myself excited to go to school until I was so close to finishing. It was the best birthday present a girl could have, finishing school The moment my feet hit the floor at the bottom of the stairs, the chaos of my family consumed me. My younger siblings ran around screaming and yelling at each other. My mother was busy making lunches in the kitchen while my father, James, finished preparing
two days before you turned eighteen.
breakfast.
It was a whirlwind of chaos, but I loved it.
It reminded me I was real sometimes, and within the chaos surrounding me, I felt nothing but love. Even if the majority of them got on my nerves half the time.
"Oh, Cassie." My mother smiled as she wiped her hands on a kitchen towel. "Can you do me a huge favor on your way home today, please?"
Letting out a soft sigh, I pushed a smile onto my face. "Sure, what's up?"
"Can you just run by the pharmacy and pick up Tatum's medicine, please? It would be a huge help. He isn't having the best day today, and I don't want to take him out. Not to mention everyone else is busy..." Tatum was the youngest of my siblings at only nine, and unfortunately, last year was diagnosed with a rare condition that quickly changed all of our lives. "Of course, Mom. No problem."
Tatum's eyes met mine as he rounded the corner into the kitchen, coughing. The dark swells under his eyes were a huge contrast to his pale white skin, and every time I saw him, I prayed I had the power to change his fate. "Cassie." He smiled as he wrapped his arms around my waist. "Are you leaving for school?"
"Yeah, buddy. I'll be home a little early today, though, since it's only a half day. Maybe when I get home, we can climb into my bed and watch a movie. Does that sound good to you?" I asked, watching his eyes light up with excitement. "Yes. I can't wait! We can watch the new dinosaur movie that came out."
Tatum continued to ramble, making my mom smile behind tired eyes. "Alright, sweetie. Cassie has to get going, so why don't you go eat your breakfast daddy made, and then we can get you sorted for the day."
He didn't hesitate to do what he was
told, which made my mother happy because out of all her children, he
was the only one who never gave et
her any problems. Gazing around the room at everyone who was here, I tried to imagine what it would be like once I went off to college.
I wouldn't have the continued chaos anymore. I wouldn't have dad's amazing breakfasts or even mom's homemade lunches. The thought alone made me want to change my
of
mind, but pursuing mudre my
becoming a doctor wasn't
something I was willing to give up. Even if no one knew, that's what I wanted to do.
"Cass, come on, Jesus Christ!" Pollux yelled from the front door, causing me to cringe as I rolled my eyes.
"I'm coming. Galm down." My
grumbled response seemed to make
him simmer, and after grabbing a piece of foast from the counter, quickly followed him out the front door towards his charcoal gray
four-door truck, lifted too high for my liking.
"I'm seriously going to start leaving you if you keep this shit up in the morning, Cass."
The moment I closed the door and the truck started down the road, I was quickly on my phone, trying to ignore his lame-ass music. "You know you won't leave me there, Pollux. I don't know why you constantly threaten it." "Would you stop fucking calling me that?" he snapped. "It's just Lux. No one calls me Pollux, but you and mom."
Glancing at him from the corner of my eyes, I scoffed with a smirk. "It's your name."
"I fucking know that, Captain Obvious, but I can't stand it, so fucking call me Lux or don't talk to me. I don't understand what's so difficult about that."
One would have thought because we were twins, we were close, but the answer to that was absolutely not. We may have been similar in many ways, but being close wasn't something we had been in a very long time. Since the day we got our powers, actually.
"Whatever... Lux..." I replied sarcastically as I rolled my eyes and went back to scrolling through my phone. "Are you going to the party this weekend?"
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