Twilight Skies

“Walters-Wheaton Wedding – Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Walters and Ms. McKayla Walters announce the marriage of their daughter, Shelbie Morgan Walters, to Frankllin Allen Wheaton. Frankllin is the son of the late, Leiland Perez. Shelbie and Frankllin will be married on November 12th, at the church in town.”This wedding announcement for my best friend, Shelbie, and ironically Frankllin is my brother. Shelbie and Frankllin met when they were six years ago, dated for a few years and then married. Shelbie and I have known each other for the last twelve years, since we were six. “Marra, it’s time to set the table!” my older brother, Frankie, hollered from the main floor of our house. I climbed the ladder down from the loft to the second floor, and then climbed the stairs down, and as I walked into the kitchen, I walked smack into Pa’s fist, which is par for the course of my life. I don’t move fast enough for my Pa likes and therefore I am punished in whatever fashion Pa feels that is acc

I glance at Pa thinking he's going to strike them but instead Pa starts crying. "You can't leave; you both are my pride and joy." He glances back down at me where I'm still on my knees trying to regulate my vision and breathing. "Unlike your fucking worthless sister and Mother; your Mother couldn't even get having three boys was so simple instead of giving me two wonderful boys and a fucking worthless whore." With more anger than I ever remember seeing from Pa, he quickly grabs me by the hair again and slams my face into the cement and with that Frankie lost his shit. He dropped his bags and jumped Pa while he was turning back to them. Frankie actually had an advantage; Pa wasn't expecting him to attack. Between Will, Jason and Dom, they finally pulled Frankie off of Pa. Pa didn't even get up and retaliate. Pa just crawled to the house and inside it.Frankie picks his stuff up and he and Will come over, apologizing to everyone. Will and Frankie set their bags down in Dom's d

I pick at my food as Frankie sits and stares as me. I eat about half of my piece and scrap the rest into the garbage. I smile at my brother as I clean my plate off in the sink. I place it in the dish rack and then brush my teeth and crawl into bed after changing my clothes. I pull the covers up and lay there and I can't seem to get warm. I feel like an iceberg has settled inside me. A few minutes of lying there when there's a knock on the door and Will and Frankie come in without a word and Frankie shuts the door and they crawl into bed with me like when we were kids after one of my beatings from Pa.Frankie lies at my back and Will at my front like we would have been in the womb. Frankie lays his left arm across my stomach and scotches his body to mine and I lay my head on his arm and Will scotches back so he's flush with my body and I put my left arm across his waist. I finally start to thaw out a little and finally fall asleep with them, crying myself to sleep. We sleep un

"Hello?" I hear Dom's deep timber answer on the third ring. "Hey, Dom, it's Marra.""Hey, Marra. What's up?" "I'm just letting you guys know that I'm going to stay over here at Frankie and Will's for the night so you don't wonder when I'm going to be back at your place." I hope they aren't mad that I'm staying here tonight."Okay, that's cool. See you guys in the morning at the church." I choke at his words. "Don't forget, we need to be at the church by ten, so that way everything is ready for when the service starts at eleven, okay?""No worries, Dom, we'll see you at ten at the church." I pause before hanging up the phone; "Hey, Dom?" "Yeah, baby?" His timber voice is so comforting."I love you guys, okay?"I can hear him breathe on the other end as if he's trying not to cry. I've never told anyone, not even my mother or my brothers that I've loved them, only Frankie and Will. "We love you, too, baby." Now he's definitely choking back tears. "Sleep tight."Around midnig

The next morning, we're still cuddled up together like we were when we fell asleep, when suddenly the door flings open to Jessica coming in happiness. "Jason, guess what?" "Um, I'm so sorry, I didn't realize that Marra was here," his mother stammers. Then she stops as she realizes that we're naked under the blanket. "Hey, what a minute, what's going on?" Her eyes widened in shock. "Oh, my God! You two slept together!"My face is beat red and Jason just stares at his mom. "Yup, last night," he has no remorse in his voice. He looks down at me with a smile of contentment. "Twice."His mom looks between the two of us. "Okay, I can deal with this." She looks serious when she asks "Did you at least use protection to prevent pregnancy?"I turn crimson now. "No, we didn't use any protection and no I'm not on birth control."Jessica nods looking serious. "What are you going to do if you end up pregnant? You always have the choice of adoption, keeping it or having an abortion."I