New Beginnings, Old "Friends"

  I'm walking home from the skate park when something catches my eye. My curiosity takes over me where I find myself crouched behind a bush listening to a girl yell at someone over the phone. I realize how dumb, and creepy, I probably look so I pick myself up and continue home, now on my board. I take out my phone and see what I missed while I was skating when I smack into something. I fall back onto the pavement and glance up at this tall figure. "Shit, my bad man. I should look at where I'm skating." He chuckles at my apology and reaches out his hand to pick me up. "You're good kid, you're the one who hit the ground, pretty hard. You okay?" I nod and dust myself off.  I look up again, realizing how familiar the voice is, and leave my body. "Miss me?" I can't find any words. I grab my board quickly and run away as fast as my feet will let me.  


  I slam the door behind me, very much out of breath. I look out the window to see if he happened to follow me, I never looked back to find out. I turn around to find my mom standing with some girl; I glance around and notice there are bags by the door. I smile and try to act normal, my mom cannot know I saw him today. "Uhh, hello."  I force out, trying to calm my breathing. "Pandora, this is Ashyln. Your sister." Shock takes over me and I drop my board. I inch over to wrap my arms around her, she does the same. It's weird, I never met her but, this is my twin sister. We pull apart, she's crying, tears of joys I presume. "Erm Pandora. I-I ccan't believe this." I smile and examine my twin. "It's okay, you can call me Panda by the way."  We look to our mother who is crying, smiling. Her phone chimes and she drops her smile. "Look girls, I have to go run and meet a client for lunch, you'll be fine right?"  We cheerfully nod so she departs. I take her up to my room and she gazes in astonishment. "We MUST be twins Panda! You love Odd Future too!" I laugh louder than I expected to. "That's only the half of it." She stares at me in confusion when the doorbell rings. Right on time. I bring her back to the living room and open the door to see the whole gang. Tyler, Thebe, Taco, Frank, Left, Hodgy, Jasper, Syd, Nak, Domo, Mallory, Court, and Sarah. Ashlyn nearly dies on the spot. I introduce them all to her and she can barely speak. "Panda, you hang out with odd future!?" I laugh and hug Tyler. "This is my family!" 


  We've been hanging in my basement all day. My mom won't care, she's actually been missing the guys. They're all like her sons, plus she loves taking care of people. I excuse myself, well I just get up and head to my room. I plop down onto my bed and cover my face with my OF pillow. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Why now? I was doing so great. I stopped cutting, I was starting to get better. The panic attacks were reducing in number. It's all going to shit right now. A dull wave of pain that is all too familiar washes over me. Tears flood my eyes as his voice begins to play in my head again, my breathing grows erratic. Soon, I'm unable to control the hysteria I've pushed myself into. I barge into my bathroom, snatching my blade that I taped to the bottom of the medicine cabinet. Lord knows I should've gotten rid of it during the treatments, but I'm glad as hell I didn't. I drag the metal against my skin and a wave of relief, and pain, runs through me. I carve into my arm over and over, and over again. I get up and close the toilet cover before sitting there, watching my blood dance down my arm onto the baby blue tiles. I glance over at my arm and start bawling. Why am I doing this to myself ? Punishing myself for something he did to me.  


"Hey young you g-"


  I  glance up at Tyler who's staring at the scene in shock. He quickly takes me in his arms, he's shaking. "Panda.... w-why?"  I shake my head and he looks me in my eyes, tears flowing from his. "Panda, you were doing so good. Why go back now?" I pull Tyler back for another hug and cry on his shoulder. My blood dripping down the back of his sweater. He tilts my head up and just stares into my eyes. "You thought of him, didn't you?" I shake my head vigorously. I don't want Tyler or my mom to worry. They can't know, at least ... not now.


Tyler POV


 I'm talking to Panda when her eyes rolls back and she drops in my arms. "Panda!?.... PANDA?!" I shake her but she's unresponsive. I tear off some cloth from the shower curtain and tie it on her arm to stop any further bleeding. "Panda, please stay with me, please!"  I pick her up and push my way through the door and carry her downstairs. When I reach the living room, everyone's coming up from the basement, their smiles are wiped off of their faces. Ashlyn's eyes grow wide and watery as she rushes over to me. "W-w-what happened?!" She gasps, examining her sister. "It's a long story. C'mon, everyone; in cars, let's go." I order and every grabs their things and hop in their cars. Ashlyn gets in the backseat of my car and lays Pandora across the seats, her head in her sister's lap. 


"T-Tyler?"


"Yeah Ashlyn?"


"What's wrong with Panda? Why is it a long story?"


"It builds off of something that happened about two years ago."

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