Voices In My Head

History

My name is William and I think that there's a voice stuck in my head. I am from West Africa but I had to move to the US with my family because of my Dad's work, I have two siblings Jay and Mary but I was the youngest of them all. My dad worked with one of the secret agencies in the US but he didn't disclose which exact one but only mum knew, he was always busy with work and we really don't see him around that often. Well mum works as a full house wife to make sure that she always keeps the house clean, cooks good for us, and she was always there to help us with our assignment and to give us good advice whenever we felt the need to ask her.

Mum was a full-time literate and she schooled in one of the best universities in Ghana Africa but Dad never liked the idea of her working because he feels that the salary he earns is good enough to take care of the family so we never needed any extra financial support from mum, he just wanted mum to always be with us at home because he knew his work took much of his time so he wanted mum to be the one that was always there for us Incase we needed anything. My senior brother Jay was already a professional rugby player so he already moved out of the house about 5 years ago, my twin sister Mary and I always got into fights when we were little and so we grew up just like that. She was in the school gymnastics while I played basketball because of my height and strength on the ball. I am 19 years old but my sister was a day older than me because she came out first some minutes before midnight and then I came out some minutes more after midnight so it's practically just few minutes but she would use the fact that she's a day older than me whenever we got into an argument or fight. Nevertheless I loved her so very much and she's always willing to listen to me whenever she's less busy .

My dad have been in the US since I was five years and he only comes back during the holidays and he stays less than a week before he travels back to the US. He decided to bring us all to the US when I was 10 years old and that's when a new chapter of my life got opened. My Dad was an athlete back in his days and he worked with the police when he was done with school, he had an opportunity to come work with the US by the time I was about five years old and he took the bull by the horn, he steadily got promoted and before we knew it he was already working the secret agents and he already got his green card. As soon as he got his green card was when he brought us all to the US.

The oldest of us all Jay was a natural born athlete and as soon as he got into school over here in the US he joined the school rugby team in which he excelled. In less than a year he was scouted by one of the best rugby teams and he was given a professional contract by the age of 23 and so it's been about five years he left the house. My sister was a cheerleader and also a gymnast in the school team and she's currently on a scholarship . Each of my siblings in one way or the other inherited the sportive genes from Dad but I never liked sports but the coach in school wanted me to give it a try one day which I did and to my surprise I really impressed the coach so he invited me into the school team by the time I was 19 years old.

I was yet to give the coach an answer but I was glad that I passed the test he set before me. The coach liked the fact that I was already tall and physical built but he demanded more from me. I knew this invitation into the basketball team would be the end of my party life and stress free life because I always liked to party a lot.

Before I accept the invitation which I was clearly going to accept I had to goof off for just one last time and so I called my friends and I told them that I have been invited into the school basketball team so I would love to party real hard for one last time before I joined the team. My friends and I were the type that never shy away from parties, we loved partying, drinking and going clubbing so all that had to stop if I was to join the basketball team and I really wanted this. We made up our mind to go to the club the next day around midnight. So after the call with my friends on the cell phone I just went downstairs to get some milk before I went to bed. I opened the fridge and as I was about taking out the milk from the fridge Mary jump and scared me from behind and I got afraid and I spilled the milk. "Ohhh really Mary? You're older than this yunno?" I told her as she kept on laughing hard and so I screamed "Mummm, Mary is looking for my trouble again" and Mum just laughed it off and told Mary to let me be.

I went to clean up the spilled milk that was partially soaked on the rug and then I decided to tell Mary and Mum that I was invited into the school basketball team . " Yo Mary , Mum guess what happened to me today?" Mary replied " what happened to you blockhead? Did you finally get a girlfriend?" and mum laughed out really loud. I sighed and told them not to worry anymore because they didn't seem to take me serious. Mum told me to tell her and not to mind my sister because she jokes a lot when it comes to me . "If you say so Mum, I got an invitation into the school basketball team today" Mary then said " I thought you said sports are for losers, so why are you suddenly into sports now kid bro?" And I told her not to call me kid bro again and she told me to shut up because she was a day older than me, it was about to turn into our frequent argument but Mum had to step in " Congrats my baby, I am so proud of you and if you too don't stop this petty arguments you guys will be grounded for a week and you guys would do the dishes for two weeks" Mary and I never played with anyone of Mum's threat because we knew she was going to do it because it have happened before. So I thanked my mum and I asked Mary if she wouldn't congratulate me but she replied "never" so I laughed and said "well why don't I make you congratulate me " and she quickly ran upstairs while laughing really hard and I pursued her behind and she ran into her room and quickly locked the door or else I would have pinned her down and used feathers to tingle the back of her feet.

I went back downstairs to get an orange juice instead because I already spilled the last bottle of milk that was remaining . I drank the orange juice downstairs and I put the can in the recycle bin and I was heading back upstairs to get some sleep because tomorrow would be the last party I would be attending with my friends. I got to my room and I played a bit of video games and I threw myself into my king-size bed and I dozed off. Later in the dream that night, I saw myself standing in front of a mirror and I saw the reflection of a lady I have never seen before instead of my own reflection. If I move left she would also moved left, if I jump she also jumped too and I even tried touching the mirror and she aslo tried touching the mirror too. It was just as if I was looking at the female version of me. I was getting creeped out in the dream so I punched the mirror and as it broke I immediately woke up and it was morning already.

I looked at my bedside and it was almost 6:20 and I had classes by 7:00. I quickly got out of bed and I brushed my teeth and I took my bath and quickly wore my clothes and I picked up my bike keys and I took off to school.