3- Today
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I'm turning 18 in three weeks and I have certainly grown up the past few years. I'm definitely taller, around 5"4 last time I checked anyway, brown, beach wavy hair past my shoulders, the same green emerald eyes, slim build, and if I do say so myself, I do have curves in the right places. But even more than that I know I've grown emotionally since the loss of my father. We all had to grow up. Forest of course took control as the head of the family and lead us for the first few months like sheep. Now twenty six years old he has really grew into himself he's extremely tall, six foot something, short dark brown hair like me with big brown eyes. The twins are practically identical, even though they technically aren't, they may as well be; both tall like Forest, with incredibly light blonde hair, freckled mischievous faces, however reed does have a mole right above his eyebrow which makes them easier to differentiate, but the craziest part being that they both have the same eyes, the left one a warm brown and the right a bright green like me. River is the life of the party, funny and charming on the downside he is hotheaded, rash and says what he thinks, whereas Reed is quiet, caring and an observer he will sit back watch and formulate the best plan of action and always knows what to say and they are soon to turn 22.
After Father passed away two years ago Forest decided that we should keep the apartment we were living in out of respect and to use it for some storage. It was also under our best interest that we use one of our many identities for the apartment, to not rouse any suspicion. We haven't been back since we scattered Fathers ashes. I remember River saying that we should probably 'bounce' in case we're noticed by anyone.
We never found out what we are 'running' from or if there's anything to even be hiding from. I sat in my room pondering for the hundredth time about the last thing my Father said to me, what did he want to teach me? What help am I? If anything I'm just a hinderance, getting in the way, the kid they have to drag along with them. My reverie was interrupted by River, drunkenly falling through my bedroom door.
"ELLO ELLO... MEADO" He shouts at me, hysterically laughing.
"What the hell do you think you're doing? I was about to go to bed!" I shouted back.
He winced at my raised voice "Jesus you're moody, I thought it was funny as all, Hello...Meadow, it rhymes" He goes off on a trail of laughter again, I look at my watch and notice the time 2am! What am I even doing up this early?
"Where the hell have you left Reed? I swear if I find him sleeping with his face down the toilet again...besides you better shut up if you don't want his highness to hear you" I say threateningly.
"Reed is, he is...somewhere, anyway you know I don't care what he thinks" He shouts louder "He was young once, I mean jeeesus how many times did Father find him passed out in a pile of his own vomit when he was my age?" For that I had no answer because it was true, but Forest has been trying to assert is dominance as the head of the family more as of late, so this was an argument I sure as hell was staying out of.
"Why are you even in here? To complain?" I ask raising my perfectly plucked eyebrows quizzically.
"To ask you where Reed was" Was his reply, and honestly I wanted to punch him in the head, Reed must of gotten all the intelligence in the womb, well I say that but he was probably lost and drunk somewhere.
"I just asked YOU where he was, Jesus River" I huffed as I up off my bed I pushed past, rather abruptly, River and went looking for the other one. I didn't have to look too far he was sprawled on the kitchen floor, watching an oven pizza cook in the oven.
"What are you doing?" I rather loudly exclaim.
He jumps slightly, turns slowly with a big goofy grin "Cooking some zza, want some?".
"Get up, ill bring it to your bed" I say laughing at him, I can't help it, it is pretty funny.
"Help me, I think I'm broken" he whispers face planting the floor.
"You cannot handle your drink, let me help" Still laughing I try and pull him up off the floor, and fail, resorting to dragging him to the couch.
"That's as good as its getting buddy, i'll bring your 'zza'" out of breath I plop him down, legs and arms sprawled everywhere, and completely passed out.
"Great" rolling my eyes I go to collect to cooked pizza from the oven before it burns to a crisp and bring it upstairs to pass on to River, along with a glass of water for the inevitable hang over, and he's also passed out, at least he is in bed. I guess I've just inherited some pizza, before tucking in I deliver another glass of water to the drunkard on the couch and head back to bed.
I'm awoken to shouting, and pizza crusts in my bed. "I can't believe you've lost another one, that's the last ID I had for both of you! You two are so reckless, River! Pay attention to me when I'm speaking to you." A low, and very angry voice resonates through the house. I guess his highness has awoken from his slumber, I get up and hear more voices, quiet, hungover ones.
"I don't see what the issue is, we'll get another one, can we be like, really, quiet now" That's River.
"Well it is our fault it went missing, we can't use one ID between us, sorry Forest, we weren't thinking" I guess Reed is awake too.
The voices grow louder as I get closer to the kitchen, I turn the corner and loudly sing "Good Morning, Good Morning!" and hear the groans of the recently intoxicated. "I could hear from upstairs the dilemma that we're in and I don't know if you've all forgotten but we have more ID's back at the house in Washington". Everyone was silent as that settled in, trust the boys to completely over complicate something so simple. "It might take a bit of digging around in their but I'll find it, if anyone is willing to escort me there and back?"
"We'll all go, we've not been back since Father, it'll be good for us" exclaimed Forest.
"Only problem is me and River can't just jump on a plane with no ID..." Reed, always the forward thinker.
I chime in "Road trip it is then?".
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