"I can't stand it anymore!" Tabitha raised an eyebrow upon hearing a frustrated Trick's exasperated words. Natalie took no notice of him and nudged Tha while Jen leaned over silently to peek at Natalie's cards. "Hey, concentrate, we're going to start the game, Tha."
"Hello, can someone take notice of me please, I'm saying I can no longer stand your boy anymore, Natalie!" He gestured towards the front of the small van, as if to accent his words.
Tabitha, Natalie, Jen, Trick and Tony were traveling back to their hometown, a small town-village where their grandma lived. The five cousins were transferring to a local school there too. All because that both pairs of their parents, close siblings, had decided to take a gap year and travel to Europe together. So they were stuck here. It's okay for the triplet sisters, being best friends but the twin brothers weren't faring so well.
"He isn't mine." Natalie glared at Trick.
"But you would love it if he's yours." Jen teased her lightly.
Trick shrugged. "He's your cousin."
"He's your brother!" Natalie retorted pointedly, considering the fact that Trick had wished openly several times that he hoped that he had not this twin. It's true that they didn't resemble each other in any way, not looks nor temperament. In fact, they're just about the opposite of each other. Trick has pretty dark skin, while Tony's so fair that he seemed to glow in the dark sometimes. Of course, that statement has some exaggerating in it, but nevertheless it has it's own truth in it.
"Come on. No one can stands him." Tabitha snickered. Tabitha and Tony disliked each other, if anything. It's something that both of them accumulated through the years, and it's about the only thing they had in common, not including the good results all the five had. On the other hand, Natalie seemed to be Tony's best friend, or rather only friend.
"Shoo, don't disturb us." Jen said to Trick as the girls started another round of Heart Attack poker cards game. "Sorry you can't join us.Three's a crowd for this game. You can take a seat and watch, but no helping, remember." Jen was always the neutral one. Just like the other two, Natalie and Trick can't get by.
Trick shook his head at how the girls manage to play card games in such a bumpy situation. The roads are definitely not in good condition.
"We're almost there, nieces and nephews, Trick and Tony, wipe that scowl off your faces. You know my mother hates seeing you two quarrel." Their uncle spoke from the driver's seat. "I'll be off tomorrow to Australia, so you guys better behave ya."
Tabitha sighed at the mention of her grams. She's a pretty old-fashioned lady, liking boys more than girls. Tony, being the more successful grandson in studies and stuff as compared to Trick, was therefore unquestionably her favourite. "Why is everyone so unfair?" She muttered to Trick. Trick shared her views in this matter. They both felt that the principle of their freshly graduated primary favoured Tony more. It was especially hard on Tha, who thought of herself nowhere lesser at all than Tony. What she wouldn't give to be finally going to a girls only secondary school, back home where she was supposed to be, and not this stupid small secondary here together with her cousins.
Overall it's a pretty normal day, thought Natalie as she settled in bed at night. The only slightly weird thing, if one must say, is that grandma rushed them to bed extra early, even her uncle was told so. It's just nine, for god's sake! Okay, she admitted that she's been staying up later than she should back at home, and maybe the folks here all sleep this early, with not much entertainment or things to do. Okay, let's sleep and not get paranoid. Even though she just kept having the feeling that something would go wrong this trip. Too many fantasy novels and adventure movies, she suppose. Nothing more. She slept soundly and didn't hear a short muffled scream, much later at night.
<to be continued.>
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