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  We all decided to go to Riley's house after school. We had homework to do so we worked together. Well I did the work and they copied it.

"So Carly, are you going to invite Hayden to your party?" Landon asked. He smirked and looked me in my eyes.    Hayden was in a few of my classes. We've worked together a few times and I've kind of liked him for a while.

  "Of course! I'm inviting a lot of people." I replied and kept my eyes on my homework. They all knew that I liked him, it was obvious. I was always nervous around him and sometimes I can't stop looking at him. His blue eyes are so attractive and they remind me of the ocean. His hair is a brunette color an-

  "Carly?" Riley says and snaps me out of my thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"

  "U-uh...nothing" I blushed. She knew it wasn't nothing but she just nods and continues to copy my homework. I noticed that Landon fell asleep on the floor and he was snoring very loudly. This wasn't the first time he has fallen asleep at Riley's place. He falls asleep very quick too.

"Landon is always falling asleep here." Balke says.

  "Yeah I know, always." Riley rolled her eyes and she throws a pillow at him. I had an idea.

  "I'll be back." I got up and went to Riley's kitchen. I searched the cupboard for peanut butter and got a spoon. When I came back, Riley looked at me with a confused expression on her face.

"What are you doing?" Blake asked.

  "You'll see." I said with an evil laugh. I opened the peanut butter and kneeled down next to Landon. I scooped some onto the spoon and spreaded it on both sides of his face. "There we go."

  Blake and Riley both laughed really hard. I laughed too and put the spoon in the sink and the peanut butter back in the cupboard. All of our laughing woke Landon up. "What's going on?" he asked and sat up. No one responded, we just kept laughing. "Is there something wrong with me?" He was confused.

"Maybe." Blake said and handed him a mirror. Landon looked in the mirror  and gasped.

"Who did this?" he asked and looked at all of us.

  "Well I have to go. Bye!" I grabbed my stuff and ran out the door.  Landon got up and ran after me but I was faster than him. I kept running for a while until I noticed he must've 
given up. I walked the rest of the way home.

*

It was almost dinner time and I was starving. My mom made spaghetti and meatballs, one of my favorite dishes.  I set the table and sat down until she was finished. I wanted to ask my mom if my dad would come home for my birthday. She never said much about him and I don't remember much either. I want to know, I need to know.

  My mom put some food on each of our plates and sat down across from me.  We started eating. I was starving and I wanted to wait until we were a few minutes into dinner. We ate silently for 5 minutes. "How was school?" she asked.

  "Good" I kept eating and looked at my mother. She didn't look as tired as usual. Her hair was in a high pony tail and she had on a little bit of make up. I told her she is beautiful without it but she still prefers it. "Mom, I have a question."

  "I'm listening." she said and stopped eating. Her eyes were the same color as mine.

  I hesitated for a minute.

  "D-Do you think dad will come back for my birthday?" I asked. She looked at me and then down at her food.

  "I don't think so..." she said quietly. I looked down at my spaghetti. I wasn't hungry anymore.  But, I wanted to know why she thought so.

  "Why?"  She wouldn't look at me. Something was up, she was hiding something. "Mom, what are you hiding? I know you know something I don't know."

  My mom got up and signaled for me to follow her. I frowned and stood up. I followed her to her bedroom. What was she doing? She reached into her closet and pulled out a box.

 
  "What's that?" I asked.

  "A box." she responded.

  Well duh it was a box!

   "I meant what's in the box?" I looked at her. My mom opened it and pulled out some pictures. They were of me and my dad. I picked up the pictures and looked at them. I was cute when I was a baby.

  "That's you and your dad." she pulled out some pictures buried at the bottom and a necklace.  She handed the pictures to me. I looked at them and frowned. There was a picture of my dad, mom, me and another baby that looked exactly like me.

  "Mom, why is there two of me?" I asked.  I studied the picture closely.

  She chuckled a little. "That's not you..." she trailed off.
 
"Then...who is that?"

  "Your twin sister. And this is your half of the necklace" she said and handed it to me. My eyes widened.  I couldn't believe what I just heard.

  "A what now?" I asked. I held the jewelry in my hand.

  "A twin sister. When your dad and I divorced, I decided to take you and your dad took her. Her name is Katelyn." she said.

  Why would they keep this from me? Did Katelyn know? I was happy but upset at the same time. I had a twin and I didn't know until almost 16 years later? I needed to think about this alone.

  "I can't believe you never told me!" I yelled and ran out of her room. Mom called after me but I ignored her. I went to my room and slammed the door, shutting it behind me.

  I just needed to be alone. I needed to process this information in my mind. I, Carly Nicole Brooks,  had a twin sister.