Big Bros & Tiny Twins ✔️

Thirteen: Growing Up?

Luke's POV

Everything's changed, for the twins, slowly but surely.

It's been a month, (we are now into October) since Lucy moved up to eighth grade, and Darcy doing hockey after school everyday.

The twins seemed to have grown up slightly, but not in height! It's weird, watching your little sisters, who are only ten, becoming more determind and serious in what they do.

Lucy spends a lot of time hunched over eighth grade homework, revision and study. She says she loves it, but it's taking its toll on her - just the sheer amount of it, she's not used to it. She ends up falling asleep after dinner most school nights, and one of us always carrying her up to bed, bless her. It's too much strain on her tiny frame.

Darcy, on the other hand, basically lives on the hockey field either on her city club's field, All Stars Hockey or on her school club's field. She has a flipping six pack, she's putting a lot of stain on her young, small, undeveloped body. She's even asking us to take her to the gym to do weights etc, but we said she's too young yet. Again, she falls asleep after dinner and sometimes in the car on the way back from hockey.

Sadly, it seems to me, that they are gradually falling apart from eachother as they are spending so much time apart. When they are home together on the weekends, they spend time sleeping and watching TV.

It's the twins birthday tomorrow, on Saturday, the fourth of October, they will be eleven. So grown up! Bless!

I remember...their fifth birthday...

*FLASHBACK*

"Lukey! Lukey! Wake up, wake up!" Darcy and Lucy squealed, jumping up and down on my bed.
"Hey!" I groggily sit up, still half asleep. "Come here for a birthday cuddle! Your five, my little sisters are all grown up!" I pull both of my blonde little sisters up to my chest.

"Go wake up the others!" I tell them after I give them a tickle and a cuddle.
"Ok!" They both giggle, climb out of my bed and run out. "LEO! TOMMY! HARRY!" They squeal.

I run after them, throwing on a ti shirt and shorts, and see Darcy and Lucy trying to get into Tom's room, but they can't reach the door handle since their so short! Me, Leo and Harry often leave our doors open but Tom closes his.

"Aw, need a little help girlies?!" Leo chuckles, going across the landing and opening the door for them, I follow them in.
"Thwank you!" Darcy says and they jump onto Tom's bed.
"Ah, you terrors!" Tom laughs, half asleep.

"Mum and dad here yet?" Leo murmurs to me, as we watch on.
"They said they'd come, so they better," I frown.
"Yep, they will, they haven't missed a birthday yet," Leo shrugs.

"C'mon twins, let's go grab some breakie," I say, as they are play wrestling with Tom, bearing in mind they are only five and Tom twelve!

I grab Lucy while Leo grabs Darcy and we walk downstairs for pancakes. I make some chocolate chip pancakes and put strawberries and Nutella on top of them for everyone.

We all eat together, with Lucy on my lap, and Darcy on Leo's lap.

"Wanna open prezzies?" Harry grins, at the twins.
"Yes! Yes!" Darcy clasps her hands.
"Please!" Lucy giggles, and turns around in my lap to face me. Then she frowns and says, "where's mummy and daddy? Aren't they coming?"
"Yes, I want mummy and daddy too," Darcy pouts, looking at Leo and me.
"They will be here soon, baby girls, I promise!" I smile and put my arms around Lu.
"You sure?" Lucy looks up to me with her big blue eyes.
"Yes," I kiss her forehead.
"C'mon, let's do prezzies," Leo says, and gets up, swinging Darcy over his shoulder, which she squeals at.
"Yeah!" Tom grins and they all get up and go into the living room.
"Let's go Lucy Lu," I say, putting her down, and we follow into the living room.