our little secret | ginny and georgia | marcus baker

neighbor

My mom had me when she was my age, 15 . So me and my sister got the sex talk when we were only seven.There wasn't your typical birds and bees crap.Then again,there's nothing typical about my mom.I really love her though,she still showed me all the love and affection I could ever need,Ginny on the other hand didn't really realize it.She thinks mom doesn't cre about us,which is definitely not true.

My stepdad died and well,we're moving again.Wellsbury,here we come.

"I'm done with all this moving."Ginny scoffs.

"Calm down.New town,new life."I say and the two of us go in the house.It was big,really,really big.

"I'm picking the biggest bedroom!"Austin exclaims and runs in the house and I follow him.

My room was spacious,bigger than my others.I had my own bed,which was really nice,cause I always had to share it with Austin.

I was checking out the room,when I heard yelling coming from the driveway,so I look out of my window.

"I wanna know what you were thinking smoking weed on the sid of the road in clear view of everyone.Neighbors,the cops...Seriously I wanna know what is going through your brain!"I hear a woman yell outside so I go to my window.

"Well,it's legal now."A boy,about my age says.

"It is?"I wishper to myself.

"Not for you,it isnt!You get inside that house,You're grounded."The woman snaps and there's a second of silence. "Acknowledge me dammit!"She yells.

"All right,I'm grounded."The boy says and I laugh at how calm he was.

"When's dinner though?'Cause I'm really hungry."The teenager continues and the woman screms as I laugh louder.

"Why are you laughing?:"Ginny asks.

"Our neighbors are kinda fun."I say.

"Really?"She asks and looks through the window.

"You missed a whole show."I say and she rolls her eyes.

I was just finishing to unpack my bags and boxes,while the woman from outside,whose name was apparentely Ellen was getting to know mom.Ginny was talking to dad and I was the only one doing nothing.

I sat on the window,my legs being outside as I sighed looking at all the houses.The neighbourhood looked peaceful and very nice.My eyes quickly snapped at a moving figure right in front of me.It was the guy from earlier today.It was late and everyone was sleeping so I guess he was sneaking out.As soon as he got down he saw me and looked up at me with a smile and I returned it back.He saluted me and then skated away.

The rest of the night was sleepless,so I ended up watching The Vmpire Diaries.

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"Good morning!"Our mom exclaims as Ginny and I walk in the kitchen.

"I'm no really hungry so I'll be leaving now."I say and take my skateboard.

"Okay.Love you."Georgia says and kisses me on the cheek.

~At school~

"Serena,I should warn you.We keep a,uh,rigorous pace in AP English.The AP students take this very seriously.So,if my class pro-"The teacher says but I interrupt him.

"I can handle it."I say and he smiles.

"Welcome back,AP English.Hiding in the back there,you will find our new students,Serena and Virginia Miller.I trust you will make them feel welcome.I know it's our first day back from summer vacation, but I thought it was an excellent opportunity for a pop quiz.Those of you who didn't do the summer reading of The Crucible are in for a world of pain.Serena,Virginia,I don't expect you to have read it."The teacher says and both Ginny and I raise our hands.

"Oh,Serena?''He asks.

"There are 16 books on this syllabus.Fourteen of them are written by men."I say.

"And 15 were written by white people.And I'll guess the one Black author will crop out for Black History Month."Ginny continues and the two of us smile at eachother.

"Excuse me?"The teacherasa shocked.

"I am very serious about my education,Mr.Gitten.I'm worried I might internalize an ideology that the main viewpoint,is only of the white male,thus eradicating my voice as immaterial."I say.

"And finally,I'm worried I won't be stimulated intellectualy."Ginny continues and everyone chuckles.

"Also I've read The Crucible."We both say in sync.Surprised we aren't twins.

"Here we don't tolerate political outbursts."The teacher says.

"Well,I think you should."I say and he finally shuts up.My sister and I would always cause a scene when it comes to race.We were both mixed so moving to new schools and meeting new people,wasn't always easy.This place seemed different.Students looked impressed by our speech,and our teacher was definitely mad.

~After some classes ~

Class finally ended so I headed to my locker to take my other books,but as soon as I close my locker on the other side it's the guy from yesterday.

"You're new,right?"He asks leaning n the other lockers and so do I.

"Just moved in across the street?"He asks.

"Yeah,why?"I say and he smiles.

"I saw you last night.At the window."He says.

"Oh really?"I ask,fake surprised and we both smile.

"Marcus be gone."A girl from Mr.Gitten's class says.She looks cool.

"See you around,neighbor."He says and leaves,with the same salute.