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Chapter 23-Welcome to My Life
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like to be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
The only sounds Addison and Sirius heard were the sounds of a seventeen year old girl stomping up the stairs. Yes, Mackenzie McKinnon had just witnessed a make out session between her sister and long-time crush. Little did she know that Addison had shrugged off Sirius.
"What's her problem?" Sirius asked. He looked behind him to the stairs.
"I think I might know. She uh, likes you Sirius," Addison said.
"How long did it take you to figure that one out genius? Women," Sirius muttered hotly under his breath.
Addison rolled her eyes.
"Oh get over yourself," she said. She then followed her sister up the stairs to find the door to their room locked.
"Mac, open this door," Addison said.
"No!" Mackenzie said. Addison heard the distinctive sound of sniffling and sobs.
"Oh my goodness, you're that hooked on Sirius?" Addison asked.
"Shut up and go away Addison," Mackenzie shouted through the door.
"Hello?!? That is my room too. Where am I going to sleep?" Addison asked.
"Why not with your beloved boyfriend, you tramp!" Mackenzie shouted.
"Fine! You know what? I am sick of your behavior. You are acting like we're seven years old and I ripped the head off of one of your Barbie dolls. Not the most mature way of handling things, Mac!" Addison shouted.
"I loved my Ken Doll!" Mac screamed, throwing something against the door.
"Pain in my ass," Addison muttered. She walked down the stairs to find James and Sirius waiting on the couch for news on the troubled one.
"She is such a pain," Addison said.
"She still thinks we're together?" Sirius asked.
"Well, aren't you?" James intervened. The two looked at him as if he had spoken the most ludicrous thing in the world.
"James, my boy, you must learn. One of these days, you'll know how relationships work. In the meantime, you and Lily are going to remain on this stupid plateau. You'll never climb a mountain at this pace," Sirius said.
"Whose talking about mountains, Padfoot?" James asked.
"Well, I am. It's an analogy," Sirius said.
"Wow, you're smart Sirius. I never would have guessed," James said.
"It's a gift I hide for the sake of my Marauder reputation," Sirius said.
"You two are so full of yourselves!" Addison said, throwing her hands in the air.
"And you two are in denial!" James said. Addison cast a look at him, but Sirius seemed to be confused.
"James, listen. We're in a house. You do know that right? A house. A white house. Lily is sleeping upstairs. Mac is pouting upstairs. There are doors and windows and shutters and all sorts of things that prove this to be a house," Sirius said.
"Your point being?" James asked.
"The Nile is a river in Egypt you daft fool! We're in a house. I don't see anyone wearing a bathing suit. Although, I wouldn't object to seeing Miss Addy in her yellow bikini," Sirius said.
"Not a chance," Addison said.
"Let me take back what I said about your intelligence level, Padfoot," James said, shaking his head and trying to get his hair to flatten on his head. His efforts failed of course.
"What am I going to do about Mac?" Addison asked.
"Why don't we go talk to her?" Sirius asked.
"You? Talk to her? You do realize you were the one who made out with her last summer and then barely acknowledged her at all this year?" Addison asked him.
"Ok, I know I can be an ass but trust me. I have a way with women. I know how to make them feel better. You just listen to them," Sirius said.
"He's right you know. He does have a way with women," James said. "Bloody git," he muttered under his breath.
"Whatever Sirius. Let's make this quick," Addison said.
"We have more pressing issues, Addy babe," Sirius said.
"And what would that be?" Addison asked.
"The fact that my tongue was in your mouth," Sirius said, cheekily.
"Oh, you call that a tongue? I thought of it more as a sanded hedgehog. You did that just to annoy me!" Addison said.
"You know you enjoyed it," Sirius said. Sanded hedgehog? Never heard that one before, he thought to himself.
"I highly doubt this conversation is more important than my only twin sister," Addison said.
The two of them reached Mackenzie's door and they both looked at one another.
"Well, just knock," Sirius said.
"No, you do it," Addison insisted.
"Fine," Sirius said.
Knock, knock
"Go away," Mac said.
Addison looked at Sirius as if saying, Now what?
He just grinned.
"Mac love, I'm naked," Sirius said.
To Addison's astonishment, the door opened instantly.
"Wow, you are a perverted young girl Miss Mackenzie McKinnon," Sirius pointed out.
Mac tried closing the door when finding Sirius not in a nude predicament, but unfortunately for her, he was much bigger than she was.
The two made their way into the room.
"Wow, you girls are slobs. I happen to like that in a woman," Sirius said.
"It's all Addy. She's a pig," Mac said. Addison blushed.
"Ah, I see," Sirius said, grinning.
"What do you two want? Shouldn't you be making offspring right now?" Mac asked, crossing her arms over her chest and tapping her foot impatiently.
"She has a point Addy, why aren't we adding that to out daily schedule?" Sirius asked. Addison kicked him in the shin.
"The reason is simple Sirius. We're not together," Addison said. "That is why we have come to talk to you Mac. We're not in a relationship."
Mac still seemed upset. She absently looked at her feet.
"What? I know there's something still bothering you. I can feel it in my head," Addison said.
"Wow, psycho and beautiful. I love it," Sirius said.
"It's a twin thing, Sirius," Addison said. "So?"
Mac stood there for a moment, in silence, contemplating her answer.
"I don't know if I can say it while Sirius is here," Mac said.
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"Way with women, my ass," James said as he saw Sirius standing outside the doorway.
"They kicked me out man!" Sirius said.
.X.
"Come sit down," Addison said, clearing off a space on her bed.
Mac joined her.
"I'm not perfect," Mackenzie said.
"Neither am I. That's a problem? No one is perfect," Addison said.
"You are! You have everything. You have Sirius, the brains, even the looks!" Mac said.
"Hello? We're twins!" Addison said, tapping on Mac's head.
"Even mom and dad like you better. I have never been able to live up to the standards you have. Where was I when you were accomplishing everything?" Mac asked.
"Do you know how long I have had to live in the shadow of you? It's horrible. My professors always ask why I'm not like you. It's always Addy and Mac this and Addy and Mac that. It's not even Mac and Addy! It doesn't help that my best friend idolizes you and Lily. I am forced to see your perfect ness around her too!" Mac said. She had begun to cry. As had Addison.
"Arielle likes me?" Addison asked, pausing for a moment. "Wait, don't answer that. It's besides the point right now. The real thing to say is that you're popular. You're someone. I don't think you know. I have always felt like a tomboy in your presence. You're so graceful and collected. A little ditzy at times, but that happens," Addison said.
"It's hell being your sister sometimes," Mac said quietly.
"Well, it's something you're going to have to live with," Addison said, hugging her sister.