Chocolate #2 and Strawberry Banana #5
Title: Denver
Author: cbrin
Challenge: Chocolate #2 rivalry/jealousy; Strawberry Banana #5 a date
Wordcount: 390
Rating: PG
'Verse: Nu 'Verse
Summary: character study: Denver Scott; twinning
Notes: Another character study, this time of Denver. He's about 16ish, in high school. This is around the beginning of the main story Wish.
I hate double dates with Dakota. There. I said it. The girls love ‘em. They like seeing how we interact, like it’s any different from how we act during school. But then there are the questions; the questions that slowly drive me insane. Which one of you is older?-We don’t know. Our mother died before she could tell us. Thanks.-Which one is the good twin?-Me, now, shut up.-How come you guys don’t look alike now?-Because Dakota cut his hair? But the one that pisses me off the most-So, are you guys always competing with each other?-and any variation. Let’s see…
Am I jealous of my twin? Absolutely not. Am I jealous of his so-called intelligence? Don’t be ridiculous. Am I jealous of his physique? Why would I? Am I jealous that he plays baseball? Don’t make me laugh. Am I jealous that all the girls love him? No! Am I jealous of how sensitive he can be? Now, you have made me laugh. I love the guy, but let’s face it. Dakota’s a walking cliché. He oughtta trademark his smile. All he needs is some clumsy nerd to stereotype him, get to know him better, and then fall in love with him to get the happily ever after he’s always harping on.
Me? I live in the real world. There are no happily ever afters, there’s barely any happily right nows. So, I don’t get the same grades as he does. I’m too busy having a life. And his muscles? Puh-lease. I’m hot. There’s no doubt about that. And the girls? They love me too. I’ve got a different girlfriend every other week. And sensitivity is overrated. They don’t know the extent of his sensitivity. Every Wednesday (less if he’s doing better) a therapist comes to see Dakota because of how sensitive he is. It’s a sensitive matter that I’m not supposed to talk about. Whatever. But, see, why would I be jealous of that? I’m the normal, well-rounded one without issues of any kind. See why jealousy is unnecessary.
But of course I don’t say any of this because it is a date and I hope to have a couple more with her. Dakota and I’ll make a couple of jokes, laugh off the twin stuff, and move on. No use dwelling, right?