Chapter 769 - V3 ch4 (First day of school) (1/2)

It was funny to talk about the twins making important decisions about their future the whole car ride home, only to find the two wrestling in the living room, acting very immature.

Mom put a hand to her head and looked away. ”College? Them? What was I thinking?” She headed for the stairs. ”Wayne, this one is all you.”

Dad looked at the twins, who had to know that we were home, but were still wrestling. It was hard to tell who was winning when they were like this. Two identical people constantly on the move, trading positions and trading who had the power.

Dad sighed. ”Isn't that enough?”

”No!” One of them shouted back, slapping one twin with the pillow.

I looked to Noah for help. ”Who is who?”

Noah whispered. ”Dave's in gray, Kyle's in blue.” He named the color of their shirts, slowly backing up. ”They're not stopping. Bad sign.”

I didn't ask and backed up with him.

Dad's posture had changed when he realized the twins weren't stopping. He clapped twice. ”That's enough. If you don't stop now, the both of you will be walking to school for the next month.”

The twins reluctantly pulled away from one another, both sweating and breathing hard.

Dad crossed his arms in front of his chest. ”Care to explain?”

”Dave ruined my date with Marie!” Kyle complained.

Dave scoffed. ”You're so dramatic.” He looked at Dad directly. ”Kyle's just upset because I wouldn't give him some alone time. I already let them go to a movie alone and then they wanted to eat without me. That's a bit much.”

Dad looked to Kyle.

Kyle rolled his eyes. ”I said he could eat with us if Marie could invite one of her friends. Make it a double date. It would have been fine.”

”I don't want to go on a date with any of her stupid friends.” Dave said.

Dad glanced back at me and Noah. ”Noah, you'll sleep in Dave's bed tonight. Dave will sleep in yours. Obviously none of us will be getting sleep tonight unless we separate them.” He looked back to the twins. ”Go to bed. If you're still both angry tomorrow morning, we'll talk it over some more.”

”He's the one being unreasonable.” Dave frowned. ”Why should I give up my bed. Make him go.”

”You're the one with the bad attitude. You can't get along with anyone.” Kyle shot back.

”GO.” Dad commanded.

Noah and I hurried away first. In our room, he hurried to change into pjs and left with a short, ”See you in the morning, Jake.”

I nodded.

Shortly after he left, Dave came in, dressed for bed. He looked at me. ”Get in bed and I'll turn out the light.”

I got under the covers and he turned out the light before getting into Noah's bed.

It was oddly quiet for the next couple of minutes. Just before drifting off, Dave woke me by clearing his throat. ”I'm not actually that mad at Kyle. We were messing around and then I lost my cool for a second.”

”Okay...” I answered.

”I don't want you to think that I go around fighting people.” He sighed. ”I know you have an aversion to physical violence so don't be mad at me.”

I fought back a laugh. ”I'm not mad.” It didn't look like they were fighting for real. Just a very intense wrestling match.

”Was it sad saying goodbye to Zeke?” He asked.