Who Knew There Were Two?

Spike walked into the house with his new family. He didn’t know how to act around them, because he wanted Rupert and Jenny to like him. He looked around the large house in awe. It was beautiful. All of a sudden he was snapped out of his thoughts by Jenny’s voice.

“James, I just want to say that I’m so sorry. I know you probably don’t want to listen or just don’t care, but Rupert and I really hope you decide to stay.”

He racked his mind for the correct answer, but decided to just be himself. Only more polite.

“I got no where else to go, so this seems alright.”

“Oh I’m glad you like it and if you ever need anything you can tell Rupert or I.”

“Yeah, thanks.”

“Do you have any questions?”

Spike wasn’t sure if it was to soon to ask, but he really wanted to know. Rupert had left to go to work and it made Spike feel a little more comfortable. The older man had promised they would talk when he got home. Spike looked at the woman and answered her question honestly.

“I- I wanted to know. . .w- why didn’t you want me?”

Jenny had tears in her eyes when she answered. She began crying softly and tried to respond to his question as best she could.

“Oh James, we had no money and we had to give one of you up for adoption. We didn’t choose, the doctors did. I regretted losing you and I hope one day you can forgive me.”

She walked over to him and hugged him tight as she apologized again. Spike was shocked, nobody had ever been this nice to him and he felt loved. He actually felt a moment of happiness and hugged his mother back.

“I understand, I guess.”

Jenny nodded and kissed his forehead. She brought him upstairs and showed Spike the room he was going to be staying in. She told him that they would go shopping for clothes and other things he might need tomorrow. She decided that they would also stop at his old house and get his things. They got to know each other a little better and sort of bonded. She smiled when she realized her boys looked alike, yet very different. Then it hit her, William was due home in a little while.


*******Meanwhile*******


William was sitting outside of school in his little uniform. He was by himself as usual, but that didn’t bother him. He was waiting for the school bus when a large group of boys walked over to him. They were the ones who tormented William at least once a day.

The young men, Graham, Robin Wood, Parker, Lindsey, Ethan Rayne, Willy the snitch, Forrest, Adam and Warren were a few feet away. William wanted to run, but he didn’t want to miss his bus so he just sat there.

“Hey fag boy!”

He knew instantly it was Lindsey and he began trembling. He looked down at the floor and pretended they weren’t there.

Robin spoke next. “What’s the matter? Is little William going to wet himself? Don’t be scared it will only hurt for a moment, or longer.”

The rest of the boys laughed at his joke. William knew they were each going to take a turn and hoped his bus would come soon. All of a sudden Adam grabbed him and took his backpack. It was handed to Warren who dumped all of his things on the floor. Adam was huge and William couldn’t escape his strong grasp.

The boys slapped his face a couple times and threw his glasses on the floor with his other belongings. They hit him a few more times until his lip split open and tears were blurring his vision. They threw him on the ground and kicked him repeatedly. They screamed fag, little bitch, pussy and other cruel things at him. He was curled in a ball on the floor crying and begging for them to stop. They stepped on his hand and he screamed out and tried to get away. Then he noticed a large yellow bus pass them and gave up fighting.

He heard a girl screaming and then all the kicking and hitting stopped. He didn’t know who she was. She wasn‘t in a school uniform, but she looked very familiar.

“G- get away from him!”

Warren spoke first. “What are you going to do about it little girl?”

“I can’t do anything, but I’m sure the police could.”

“Fine, the little bitch gets off easy this time. He’s a pathetic fag boy, having girls save him.”

Tara walked over to the young man who was sniffling and trying to gather his belongings. She felt bad for him and he looked so sad. He wiped the dirt off himself and picked up his things. He turned away from his savior and began walking away. She looked down and noticed his glasses in the dirt, so she picked them up and followed him.

“E- Excuse me, um you f- forgot these!”

William kept walking and wiping at his tears. “Leave me alone.”

“Do you want your glasses or not?”

William turned around and stopped. Hit bottom lip was bleeding and trembling. His face was covered in dirt and so were his clothes. His hair was all over and he had leaves and sticks stuck in it. Tears stained his face and blood stained his clothes. She handed him his glasses and noticed his finger was swollen and purple.

“T- thank you, not just for my glasses.”

“No problem, I’ll see you around.”

She turned around and started walking away. He started his long walk home. The school wasn’t far, but to William it was a journey. He never had to walk anywhere, so small trips felt long. About ten minutes later he was home and when he opened the door, he saw his mother on the couch.

“Mum! I don’t want to go back to school ever again.”

“Sweetie, what happened to you?”

“The other boys they beat me up again. Please don’t make me go back.”

“Oh dear, that’s it you are not going back there. I will have you both put in public school. You can make new friends. I will enroll the both of you first thing in the morning.”

William was about to ask why his mom kept saying both of you. All of a sudden an unfamiliar male voice spoke behind William.

“Bleeding hell, tell me that’s not my twin.”

William swung around and stopped dead. It was him, but not him. The other boy looked just like William, but much more attractive. He didn’t understand how the other boy looked like him. What was going on?

“Mommy, who is that and why does he look like me?”

Spike said. “I’m going upstairs to lay down. Thanks for everything Jenny.”

“Goodnight James, we will talk more later or tomorrow.

Spike walked up the stairs and laughed. That was his twin? That pathetic little boy was related to him? Spike laid on the bed in the room Jenny had given him, it was much better than the closet sized room he had at his old house. He felt a little funny because he wasn’t really apart of this family. They had let him stay at their house and he was related to them, but it didn’t feel like his home. Spike stripped naked and went to sleep.

Downstairs Jenny was explaining everything to William. He had a shocked expression on his face as she spoke to him. Jenny told him everything, from the day the boys were born, and why James was going to be staying. She expected William to be upset, but he was angry.

“Why didn’t you tell me?! I thought I was your only little boy and now he’s going to be around! We don’t even know him. I can‘t believe this!”

“William lower your voice right now! Yes he is going to be around, he’s your brother and he has been through a lot. You are to treat him like family, because he is.”

William hated when his mother yelled at him. This had been the worst day ever. First he got beat up and now he had a new brother. His mother was going to forget all about him and he didn’t want that. William couldn’t help but think, what if it had been him they had given away. All of a sudden Jenny found her arms full of a sobbing William.

“I- I’m sorry. Just please don’t forget about me now that he’s here.”

“Oh baby I would never forget about you.”

William nodded and hugged his mother tight. She was the only person who understood him and he loved her for it. That night Jenny and William cooked dinner together, which made Will happy. Spike was coming down the stairs before dinner was ready.

He had a horrible nightmare about Riley. It wasn’t really a dream, but a memory he had repressed. It was when he was ten and Riley had almost drown him in the tub. He had coughed up blood and threw up water. Riley just laughed and told him he had to stay in the tub. He sat there for hours and wound up getting sick, but nobody took care of him.

When he got in the kitchen Jenny greeted him. “Hey sweetie.”

Spike felt more than a little awkward so he just nodded. He was dressed in the clothes he got from the agency and they made him look like a beggar, because they were to big. He stood in the middle of the kitchen not sure what to do.

“Um, do you need any help?”

William answered. “No, me and mom have it under control.”

“Oh ok, I’m James, you can call me Spike though.”

“What are you a dog?”

Jenny was shocked. “William go to your room! I will not stand for your rude behavior. I thought we talked about this.”

“I’m sorry, I’ll be good. Sorry Spike.” William said, the last part with a smirk.

Spike was getting irritated, but he knew he couldn’t say anything. His wee little brother had some balls, and Spike wanted to smack him. This was the same little shit who was crying for his mommy a few hours ago.

“William, I told you to go to your room.”

“But I. . .”

“Now.”

William knew it would happen. His mother liked ‘Spike’ better and she even took his side. He stomped up the stairs and slammed his door. He didn’t care if he was being immature, he had a good home and now it was all ruined. William didn’t like major change and had trouble adjusting.

While he was up in his room Will thought about things. He wanted to be an only child again, but it wasn’t going to happen. He decided he might as well accept his brother because there was nothing that could be done. Plus he didn’t want his mom to be mad at him anymore.

Jenny felt guilty for yelling at William, but she wanted James to feel at home.

“I’m sorry about him, he’s a little nervous about all of this.”

“It’s alright, not like I haven’t heard it all before. I- if there is going t- to be a problem with me staying here I c- could find another place.”

“James, this may not make much sense to you, but I’m going to say it anyway. You are my son and even though we only just met, I do love you. If I could go back and change things I would have never given you up. I can’t do that though, and I am upset I missed most of your life, but things happen. All I want is for my boys to be happy. Even though it may not feel like it to you, I’m your mother and you are my son. You don’t have to call me mom or Rupert dad, but I do want us to be a family. I hope eventually you come to see me as your mother and learn to love me back. I understand that it’s hard for you right now, but it will get better. I wish you and William could become like actual brothers eventually, even if you two don‘t want to. I hope you see even though we don’t know each other that well, we are still related and I really do love you.”

Spike stared a the women in awe, never in his entire life had a parental figure told him they loved him. It really meant a lot to him and he wanted her to be him mom more than anything. .

“Thank you, that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me and I- I’m glad that I have a mom like you. This is a little weird for me, bloody hell I do want to be apart of this family. It’s just everything is moving so fast. I just met you people and well now I’m your son. I know it will get better, but it might take me a while to get used to it.”

Jenny hugged him and smiled, he was a very bright boy and she was glad he understood. She finished cooking dinner and Spike set the table. Jenny called William down for dinner and he froze when he saw the table was being set by his new brother.

That had been his job since he could reach the table. He was being replaced and it hurt him a lot. A part of him knew he was being ridiculous. He pushed his insecurities away and tried to be polite. He grabbed some of the food and brought it to the table. He saw Spike sitting in his seat and almost flipped out, but didn‘t.

“Um, your sitting in my seat.”

After the talk with Jenny, Spike wanted to be accepted by all of them, so he apologized and sat in another chair. William was happy, maybe they would be able to get along. Rupert came home kissed his wife and said hello to the boys. They all sat down and talked about things while eating. They spoke about rules, family, tomorrow, hopes and dreams. By the time dinner was over, Spike really did feel like this was his family. He felt like he had known them for his whole life, but was stuck in a nightmare.

He didn’t like all of the rules, but decided it was better than his old house. He felt happy for once and even William was beginning to come around. His bother was a little geek, but seemed like a nice kid. Spike actually had hopes for his future, and being a good son and brother was one of them.

After dinner Jenny made sure Spike had everything he needed for the night. Rupert wanted to talk to him before the night was over. They had sat in the study room and talked about things. Spike hadn’t told either of them that he was abused, but they knew. He also didn’t mention his whoring or the drugs, and hoped they would never find out. He got to know his new father a little better before Rupert and Jenny retired to bed.

Now it was only him and William. William lent him a pair of pajama pants so he wouldn’t have to sleep in jeans. They were the same size so it worked out. He went into the bathroom to get changed and when he came out the other boy was reading a book, so Spike went outside. He really needed a cigarette, but he didn’t have any.

“Are you alright?”

Spike turned when he heard the soft voice behind him. “Uh yeah, I just need nicotine.”

“You smoke?”

“Among other things.”

“What kind of other things?”

“Smoke, drink, fuck. What are you going to tell on me?”

“N- no, I’m sorry I- I didn’t mean to pry.”

“No, I’m sorry. I’ll try to be nicer to you. I know this shit must be weird for you too. I didn’t mean to fuck your whole life up. I mean I just found out yesterday I was adopted and I have a twin brother and now I live with you people.”

“Yeah, I was a real pillock before, I’ll try harder too. I guess I’m seeing it from a different point of view. I just can’t help think, what if it was me.”

“Your lucky it wasn’t and I’m sort of glad in a way that it was me.”

“How can you be happy about it?”

“Because if I didn’t live through all of that shit I wouldn’t be who I am and I happen to like me. I mean I would never want to go back, but living there made me stronger.”

“I don’t understand.”

“You probably never will.”

“I would like to understand and get to know you. Maybe even be your brother, I never had any siblings.”

“I did, but I already like you more than him. Oh bollocks I sound all mature and sappy. Blame it on the lack of nicotine.”

William laughed at his obvious attempt to lighten the mood. William was still worried about being replaced, but maybe he wouldn’t be so lonely now that he had a brother.

“So do you want to read?”

“Bleeding hell, no! Let’s watch some television like normal teenagers.”

“Alright.”

They went inside the house and sat in front of the large entertainment center. The couch was better than Spike’s bed at his old house. It felt like he was sitting on a giant fluffy cotton ball. They put on a movie and talked while watching it.

Two movies and a whole bag of chips later both boys were passed out on the couch all snuggled up. Spike was sprawled out on his back with an arm hanging off the couch. William was curled in a fetal position half way on top of his brother. He had his head in Spike’s lap and his hand gripping the other boys pants. Spike’s other arm was wrapped around Will and they slept like the dead.

When Jenny came down stairs in the morning and saw her two beautiful boys asleep she was filled with happiness. She knew both of them were scared about the changes, but the fact they had gotten along made her hopeful for the future. Plus they looked more than adorable all snuggled up and sleeping.

Rupert just smiled at the two sleeping, and shut the T.V. He ate his breakfast and spoke to his wife about what they had to do during the day. He read his newspaper as Jenny left the room.

Jenny went back into the living room and shook William hoping it would wake both of them. Spike woke first and rubbed at his eyes before looking down at his still sleeping brother. He smiled at Jenny and she kissed his forehead

“Morning sweetie. I have to finish breakfast, can you please make sure William gets up.”

“Morning mom, I‘ll wake him up, you can go make the food.”

Jenny’s heart swelled when James called her mom. At that moment she knew everything would be ok. She went into the kitchen and told Rupert about what the boy said, and he was happy for her. Spike rubbed William’s silky hair and his cheek trying to wake him. He couldn’t help but think the other boy was cute.

“No, don’t want to wake up.”

“Come on Will, I have to pee.”

William looked up at Spike with wide, sleepy, blue eyes. He scrunched up his nose and stood up. Both boys stretched out and Spike went to the bathroom. When breakfast was done, Jenny called them and they ran into the kitchen.

Rupert said good morning to the boys and was surprised when they both called him dad. Like Jenny it made him smile. He hadn’t expected James to adjust so quickly, but he did. After eating, Jenny spoke to her sons.

“James, we have to do that stuff today, also I have to enroll both of you in public school. Rupert has work, so William you can stay here.”

William looked sad because he thought he would be left home alone. When Spike noticed his brothers expression he spoke up.

“Mom, can William come with us?”

Jenny smiled at James and nodded at him. She knew he was going to make a good son. Rupert looked at his wife and kids and never felt better. Spike felt like he belonged for once and he was proud that he could make these people happy. William was glad he had Spike as a brother, especially since they bonded the night before. They were a family and each of them couldn’t be happier.



Authors note: I know, its sappy, mushy and blah, but don’t worry! Nothing good ever lasts long, because I love the angst! I need violence & tears because I’m sick. This chapter is sort of like a prolog I guess. It just shows Spike’s first day at the house, but a lot of bad, sad, make you want to kill me things will happen soon I promise. PLEASE REVIEW because the more I get the more I write. See I updated so fast because I loved all of the wonderful feedback! Thanks again and please review. . .

Melissa: Hahahahaha OMG, Your Gay! Hahaha. You are so going to love your prezzie & if you don’t um I don’t care. I can’t wait to Saturday, it will be shit loads of fun. Word of the day- manipulative pedophile!