Fallen in Love with My Twin - Redemption

Episode 5 - Air becomes thin

JACK

I woke up when someone kicked my foot, I opened my eyes to see Adam standing furious. Not a good view to wake up. “What the hell?” He whispered yell. I turned to see Idris sleep next to me, my shirt is up and her ass is not much covered, I yanked the blanket and covered her completely.

“What are you doing here? With Idris?” He asks.

I lied on my back, “Can’t you keep your voice low? I don’t want you to wake up my girl.” I whispered.

He is shocked, “Your girl?” He raised his two eyebrows. Yes, My girl. I roll my eyes.

He shook his head so fast and sat on the edge of the bed, “Weren’t you broke up? Why is she sleeping in your shirt and why is she sleeping with you?” He stacks his question which I'm clearly not interested to answer.

“Jack? You are not..” I cut him off.

I turned to face him, “Yes, Very much likely. She is my girlfriend again.” I say. Idris moves and scoots closer to me, and rubbing her face and entire body on me, She is still asleep. “Learn to give us a little privacy,” I say to Adam who is ready to kill me. No one can give me a boner like you do baby girl. I thought.

Adam slammed the door, making Idris jolt from her sleep, “Hey, It’s me.” I say giving a soft kiss on her lips. She lights up like the brightest star and blushes, “Hey Boyfriend” She says. I missed hearing it from her sweet cherry lips. I kissed her and she kissed me back instantly. I’m glad we are back, it’s just a ten months thing. I wish she will never come up with anything like that anymore. I can’t be apart from her even for a second.

IDRIS

After taking a bath, I finally decided to leave my room and confront my family after I ditched the family dinner yesterday night. Jack is taking shower, Adam is nowhere to be found since I woke up. Pinkie must have been in the kitchen helping my mother. I climbed down and walked to the kitchen as I asked, “Mom, I would be glad to have tea…” I paused when I saw the brunette tall girl but this time, there was a man sitting next to her. I didn’t pay much attention to him as my eyes are giving a death glare to her.

“Morning, Honey. Here is your tea. .How are you feeling?” My mother chirps in her usual tone.

I took the cup from her, “Yes mother. Never better.” I say.

“You missed yesterday's fun at dinner,” Pinkie says behind me.

I sip the tea, “Fun?” I ask.

She sat next to the tall brunette, “Yeah. Ginny is so much fun and she is a great chef too” Pinkie says making me roll my eyes.

I turned to walk away, but I was called by a new voice which I can easily say, Ginny. My nemesis. “We didn’t get a chance to..” Her voice is shaking. I turned to look at her, “I think it’s better for you. I’m busy right now” I say scrolling my phone and left the dining hall. Pinkie was watching me with her mouth popped open.

“I’m sorry. For whatever happened…” Ginny trails off. Of course, you should. This time that man speaks, “It was my fault. I’m extremely sorry” He says with guilt. I took a long breath, Pinkie is watching us like some sort of puzzle. Maybe it is.

I opened my mouth to say something but was cut off by my grandfather asking me for tea. I entered the kitchen and poured tea to grampy, My mother stopped me, “Are you okay? You don’t look good when you see them.” She says surprising me. When did she start paying attention to how we react and how we feel?

I shook my head, “It’s nothing. I didn’t know them. I can’t be easily friends with…” I trail off.

My mother takes my face in her hands, “Oh, Dear. It’s fine. I was worried. That’s all” She says tucking my hair.

“There is nothing to be worried about,” I assured her.

I gave the tea to my grandpa who thanked me and gave me a nervous smile. I turned to see Jack walking in, He gave me a warm smile before he sat opposite the new friend of Jack who is Marcel.

“What’s the plan today?” Jack asks Marcel who is even more uncomfortable now.

He looks at Ginny and Jack back and forth before he opens his mouth, “We are planning to visit some places, We can...” He paused looking at Ginny.

“We could what?” I smirk.

Jack chuckles, “Let’s go easy on them. We are coming” Jack says for me. I want to punch the brunette so badly. I fist and walked to my room.

I heard footsteps, I still resumed my work, “Have you lost your mind?” Adam screams at me after he locked the door and made me wince by the sound of him.

I turned to look at his furious face, “What? By the sound of you, it seems you lost your mind. What happened?” I ask.

He took a step, “What happened? I thought you and Jack were done.” He says frustratingly. Now, I know why he is furious.

“Adam, It’s not what you think. I have always loved him, It’s just a break for us to fall in love. More” I try.

He fists and grits his teeth, “You still want him?” He asks.

I nod, “Yes, Always” I admit.

He plops on the bed, running his hand on his hair like Jack does, “What are you doing? I can’t believe what is happening here, with my sister and my brother.” He says.

I sat next to him, “Adam, I’m lucky to have you as my brother. I’m glad and proud that you want to take care of your sister and you care about me, a lot” I continue, “But, I know what I want and what I need in my life.” I say.

He scoffs, “And you want Jack as your boyfriend?” He asks.

“I want Jack as my boyfriend, partner, soulmate. Whatever you name it. All I know is I love him very much and I can’t live without him, There is no life for me without him.” I say.

He sighs, “He is not good for you, He never will be.” He says.

“Adam, He is too good for me. Whatever you think about Brit’s sister or anyone that Jack date, not everything is true.” I say.

He thinks deeply before he opens his mouth, “I can’t believe who wanted to protect you with every cell is f*****g you.” He regrets saying the last two words.

“He is not,” I say, “Adam. We both love each other more than siblings. And I can understand how it seems but I just can’t help that I have fallen in love with him.” I try.

He nods, “You are under Jack’s spell. I wish I could bring you back and show you the reality but you are too much living in Jack’s illusion he has created.”

“What do you mean?” I ask.

He takes a long breath, “Jack doesn’t love you. It’s just a matter of time you will know it.” He says and leaves me before I open my mouth to protest.

I lied on my back and stared at the ceiling, after a few minutes, there was a knock on the door, “Come in” I say still on my bed. When there was no sound, I opened my eyes to see Ginny standing nervously near my bed. She is the last person I expect to come to talk to me.

“Idris, I know you are mad at me, But I’m sorry, I’m really sorry. I and Jack are just friends, nothing else. Whatever you saw in the airport is just an act to get back to Marcel.” She says in a single breath. I raise my brow at her.

She continues, “Marcel is my boyfriend. Sometimes he gets tipsy and when we board the flight he broke up with me and I used Jack to make him feel jealous. I know Marcel doesn’t like it when I’m with someone else. I know I shouldn’t have done what I had done. I was….” She trails off. I remained silent, focusing my gaze on her eyes. When I didn’t reply she continued, “Jack still loves you, He only loves you.” She says. So, she knows about our relationship.

I sat, “I know he loves me.” I state.

She breaths. “Idris, I have known him for ten months, But I know only one thing about him.” She says, nervously.

“And?” I ask.

She turned and sat next to me, “The only thing he always talks, thinks is you. It’s you, Idris. I never know a man can love a woman as Jack loves you.” She says with a smile on her face, I feel so proud and happy about it. “I kinda envy that.” She admits, laughing. "And you both are the living proof of my hope for True Love"

“I’m so lucky,” I say.

She laughs and her laugh is contagious, “Damn lucky. You are” She agrees.

“I can assume that you both are back together?” I ask, After the little talk I’m not very angry at her.

She tucks her hair, “Yeah. Marcel can’t live without me. He makes stupid decisions sometimes, like loving me, breaking up with me. But it’s all just… Love.”

“How is it loving you is a stupid decision?” I ask.

She shifts, “I can be a b***h sometimes” She winks at me.

“Can’t argue with it,” I say, She didn’t offend by it but she laughs.

I want to ask her a lot of questions. She said she knew Jack for ten months which they know since Jack moved to New York. “How do you know Jack?”I ask.

“Jack was Alex’s friend. Alex is my cousin. He never had a friend. It was surprising when he invited Jack into our family function.” She says. Who the hell is Alex? I know he is Jack’s friend by her words.

“Jack can easily make friends when he wants to,” I say.

She nods, “I agree. He is friendly but paranoid.” She says. He can be more when it has to do with me anything.

“Especially when it comes to you, He is more paranoid than I ever saw.” She mirrors my thoughts.

I smile at her, “What about you and Marcel?” I ask.

“We are leaving the US in less than a month. We are moving to Sweden, we wanted to start our lives together there. So, it’s our last trip before we move.” She says. There are a lot of questions running in my head, what was Jack doing? Has he dated anyone? Does Alex know about us too? Were Jack and Alex close?

“Shoot your questions.” Ginny seems to read me.

I laughed, “I was just wondering how you keep up with his attitude.”

“Trust me on this, No. We didn’t. But Alex seems to like Jack very much. They grow close together.” She says,

“Alex would have been here if his girlfriend had not fractured her leg from her practicing,” Ginny says.

“Oh”

“I’m not much of Jack’s friend. It was Alex’s responsibility to show us around LA. But his trip was canceled and he asked Jack to do this as a favour.” She explains.

“I can’t wait to meet Alex,” I say.

She chuckles, “Alex said the same too,”

“Where are we going?” I ask as they have already planned to roam LA.

“Marcel is crazy about cars, there is a formula 1 training we had planned.” She says. Jack would be going to. “Let’s go then,” I say.