Twins pain turned into hate (Gracie and silverroses2009)

[darkvamplips]

It had been two years since the death of their beloved sister. For some reason her twin brother was the closest to her and took her death rather hard. Now he did not do much just sat around in his room all day and hardly ate. Now she was sitting in the living room watching the television but there was nothing really on right now. It had been so long since she had a decent conversation with her brother and it hurt her to see him like this. The more she tried to help the more he pushed her away. Every single time she tried she was pushed away or the door slammed in her face.

[Gracie]

He didn't want to get close to her. He was afraid that once he got close to her he would lose her. Deep down he loved her so much, and after losing one sister it would hurt too much to lose another. So he pushed her away.
He was sitting on his bed, sitting against a pillow propped up against the wall. He had a book open on his lap and was kind of reading, but honestly he didn't feel like doing anything but sitting there. He hadn't eaten much that day, but he wasn't really hungry anyways.

[darkvamplips]

The television was on but she wasn't really paying attention to that. A few moments later she got up and started walking to his room. He needed to eat and she knew that he had not eaten much that day. A few knocks could be heard on his door when she got up there. Hopefully they wouldn't fight. She did not even know why they were fighting.

[Gracie]

He heard her knocking on the door, and looked up from his book with annoyance. "What do you want?!" he yelled at her.

[darkvamplips]

She winced when he yelled at her. "Come on you need to east something. Please." She whispered.

[Gracie]

"I'm not hungry," he said. He really needed to eat, but he just did not have an appetite.

[darkvamplips]

"If I bring you something will you please eat at least a bit?" She asked not daring to open the door.

[Gracie]

"Fine," he said. "Bring it to me and then go away."

[darkvamplips]

Again she winced at his attitude and walked downstairs to fix something to eat.

[Gracie]

He went back to reading. She could do what she wanted, he didn't care... or at least, he'd act like and try to convince himself he doesn't care. But deep down inside he cared a lot, and he wanted things to be different.

[darkvamplips]

A few moments later something smelled good as she started cooking. About 20 minutes later she came up with the food and placed it at the door. "It's out here." She said before going to her room.

[Gracie]

Without speaking he opened the door, took the plate and then closed the door. He sat down at his desk and started to eat. She is a good cook, he thought. But he didn't want to get too attached to her cooking.

[darkvamplips]

The only reason why she did not want to see him was because then they would not fight. At least he was eating or so she thought. When she went into her room she laid down and let the tears fall. She did not even know why he was acting this way and she wished she knew.

[Gracie]

He ate most of the food, but didn't finish it all. He left the plate on his desk, and went back to sitting on his bed and reading the book.

[darkvamplips]

Soon she had fallen asleep. Since she did most of the housework she was really tired.

[Gracie]

He soon found it was hard to keep his eyes open, so he tossed the book down and lay down to go to sleep.

[darkvamplips]

There used to be a nightmare that she woke up screaming to. She had it that night and the only person who could calm her down was her brother. She sat up in bed and screamed.

[Gracie]

He woke up to the sound of someone screaming. His sister! Forgetting that he was ignoring her, he ran out of his room and straight to hers, flinging open her door. He hurried to her bed, and took hold of her hand. "It's okay, sis. Calm down, everything is okay," he spoke softly and calmly to her.

[darkvamplips]

She jumped when someone came through the door she was expecting her brother. It was just a bad dream and she laid her head on her pillow breathing hard. Now she did not want him to leave. "Why did you come?" She whispered.

[Gracie]

"Because..." he trailed off, not sure what to say. "Because I care." He looked into her eyes. "Or maybe it was because I can't sleep with you yelling like that," he said jokingly, the same tone he used to use when they were best of friends, so long ago. And now the pain of everything disappeared for a moment, as he smiled at his sister, only caring to make sure that she was okay; forgetting that he was trying to ignore her and push her away. 

[darkvamplips]

His answer brought tears to her eyes as she remembered what it was like before all this happened. Would he leave again and leave her alone for the night? "Thank you." She whispered knowing the tears could not be seen in her eyes since it was dark in the room but he could probably feel them on his face. Gently she squeezed his hand and smiled.

[Gracie]

It was dark and he couldn't really see her, but he could sense the emotion in her voice. "Do you want me to stay with you?" he asked.

[darkvamplips]

Slowly she nodded knowing he could not see it but she did it anyway. "Please." She put her head against the pillow looking at him.

[Gracie]

"Okay," he said, staying next to her. As thoughts of how he had treated her came to his mind as he sat next to her, he couldn't help the tears that started to fall from his eyes. Why? He thought to himself. I've been such a terrible brother, and for what? He started to cry softly.

[darkvamplips]

She lifted up her head again when she heard his start to cry. "What's wrong?" She never saw him cry anymore. The only time she did see him cry was at his sister's funeral and that's it.