my brother's best friend

001

avina's pov

"can you wait on me for once?"

i stop my feet from moving any forward and turn my body around. i spot alexa's blue, sparkly backpack, elsa of course, and chuckle at her poor attempt at throwing a rock at me.

"why are you always forgetting me?"

she mutters once she catches up to me. i fiddle with the strap of my purple, sparkly backpack, rapunzel of course, and reply as she catches her breath.

"oops."

we began to walk again, following the the rocky and bumpy sidewalk im very used to by now. seriously, why won't they fix these damn sidewalks?

"oops, my ass. you're going to forget your child at a grocery store, that's for sure."

such a drama queen.

"where's alejandro? avina, please don't tell me we're walking home right now!"

she halts and stares right at me, waiting for me to deny her worst nightmare of the day. unfortunately for her, alejandro woke up this morning and decided to be an asshole.

"he went home early. it is friday, after all."

he had texted me during second hour telling me he didn't want to be stuck here all day especially on a friday when he had 'better things to do'. yea like audrey holmes. he's definitely in her bed right now. nasty. i knew immediately when he didn't ask if i wanted to come with.

i hear alexa's stomps as she makes her way back to me and syncs her footsteps with mine, following my pace.

"okay, so let me repeat the plan before i forget. we're getting ready at yours, we tell alejandro we're sleeping over at stacey's, then sneak off to the party without getting caught. sounds about right, no?"

i wince and start biting my nails. bad habit i've had since i could remember.

"yea well, im starting to think that's not going to be possible."

one of the guys on the football team is throwing a massive birthday party at his parents house. i guess they're going on a business trip and he couldn't give up the opportunity. alexa and i got invited and obviously want to go, but there's a bit of a problem.

"don't tell me alejandro's going to be there. i thought you asked him and he said no!"

"i know, i know! i guess he changed his mind. you know we're both dead if he finds out we're there."

she sighs and sags her shoulders, knowing i'm right. alejandro is my twin brother. key word: twin. which means we're the same exact age and born on the exact same day. but here's the thing. he's two and a half minutes older. so guess what what that means for me? super strict older brother that acts like my damn father.

"you know, he's going to have to let you make your own decisions soon. he's not your dad, avina."

i snort, giving her a look.

"you think i haven't told him that already?"

once we make it home, i unlock the front door and we both make our way inside, dropping our backpacks on the floor. i can hear the loud music playing from ale's room. the house is almost shaking for fucks sake.

i make my way upstairs and open the second door to my right, revealing a damn night club. alejandro's lights are off with only his LED lights on. they're blue today. i immediately get the scent of 'boy'. just straight up cologne and sweat. also, what is it with boys and freaking socks? there's socks everywhere!