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By Andrea Ribeiro Many thanks to Stanman63 for editing.! Previously:“Right after you left, she told me something just before I came back here.” “What did she say?” “Protect her, my child. She is the key.” |
“The key?”
“That’s what she said. Don’t ask me what she means by that, I have no idea,” he said, shrugging.
“I wonder what she means by that.”
“I think we will know eventually, when she decides it’s time for us to know.”
“I guess so. And she is probably right, I’m still trying to get my head around what she already told us.”
“Yeah.”
We then hear a knock on the door and see Mom coming into the room.
“Hello Sweety, how are you feeling?”
“I’m fine, Mommy. Just woke up a few minutes ago and was talking with Josh.”
“That’s good. Are you hungry? Dinner is almost ready, if you want I can bring something up.”
“I’m starving, but I think I’ll go downstairs.”
“Are you sure about that? You should take it easy for a little while.”
“I am, Mom. I think I can make it to the couch at least. I don’t want to spend all my time in my bedroom, I'd die of boredom if I did.”
“OK, Josh, can you help your sister downstairs?”
“Of course, Mom.”
After Mom left the room, I started to get up and noticed something strange.
“Josh, I just noticed something.”
“What is it, sis? You forgot to take your pain medication?”
“Well... I did forget about it, but it’s not what I noticed.”
“What did you notice then?”
“I’m not feeling any pain.”
“That’s strange. Let me see your arm sis." he says with a thoughtful look in his face
I show him my left arm and he starts to take off the bandage, “What are you doing?”
“Just checking something,” He said while he finished removing the bandage. “Sis, look!!!”
“What? Is there something wrong?” I ask him and look at my arm. “Where did the wound go?”
“It seems your arm is all healed, there isn’t even a hint of a scar.”
“You think the other one is the same?”
“Only one way to find out,” he tells me and grabs my other arm.
After removing the bandage we look at it and it’s like the other one, completely healed.
He then look thoughtful and says. “I wonder if the arms are the only parts that healed.”
I look at him confused for a minute, then blushed. “You pervert. You are not looking at that,” I said slapping him on the arm.
“I didn’t say I wanted to see it, after all you are my sister. I just wondered if it’s healed too.” He told me rubbing his arm. “You do hit like a girl, by the way.”
“I am a girl,” I told him and poked my tongue at him.
“I'd better check, I need, anyway.”
“OK, sis. I’ll be in my room.”
I entered the bathroom and locked the door. I sat down on the toilet and relieved myself. I wiped myself dry and notice the lack of pain. I look down and notic that there was no more redness, no more puffiness. It looked perfect, completely healed.
I got out of the bathroom (after washing my hands of course) and Josh was waiting for me next to his room. I get close to him so we can go downstairs together and told him that it was healed too.
“Cool, maybe you have super healing powers like Wolverine,” he says with a grin.
“I don’t know. If so why it appeared only after I got home?”
“Maybe so the doctors didn’t think there was something strange?”
“Hmmm... maybe. One more question to add to our list.”
“We better go downstairs, I think dinner is ready.”
“What do I do? Do I pretend I’m still in pain or just act like nothing is wrong?”
“I don’t know, Sis, I don’t like the idea of lying to them. Of course we can’t tell them we used to be one person as for them I have always been here, so they would thing we are crazy.”
“I don’t like that idea either. I think I’ll just act normal, whatever that is.” I say and giggle.
“Yeah, things have been a bit strange lately.”
“Just a bit?” I looked at him with a questioning look.
“OK, OK, a lot strange, but I couldn’t be happier.”
“I know what you mean.” I tell him and gave him a hug. “It's still a bit hard to believe we were the same person just a few days ago.”
We walked downstairs, enter the kitchen and Mother says, “I was about to call you, dinner is ready.”
“Thanks, Mom.” we chorused.
“Oh no you two, don’t start that again.”
“Start what?” we chorused again and look at each other.
“That, talking at the same time.” she tells us.
“OK.” we say in unison again. Mom just shakes her head.
“How are you feeling?” Mom asked me.
“I don’t feel anymore pain.” I tell her.
“And your arms?”
“They seem to be healed already.”
“What? Let me look at them.” she said grabbing my arms.
“There isn’t even sign of scars, that’s strange. Maybe I should call Doctor Simpson.”
“I don’t think that is a good idea,” I tell her.
“Why not?”
“And tell her what? That I’m completely healed weeks before I should be and with no sign of scars? What do you think will happen if we tell that? I might become a lab rat with doctors poking and probing me.”
“I think you might be right, but I think it’s strange.”
“I think so too, but what can we do? It’s almost like I was magically healed.”
“Don’t be silly, there is no such thing as magic.” Mother tells us and at that moment Jenny entered the kitchen.
“Magic? What are you talking about?”
“Your sister. She said it’s like she was magically healed.” Mom tels her.
“Really? Let me see,” she says looking at my arms.
“That is soooo cool. I can’t wait to tell Mindy about this,” she says excitedly.
“No!!!” Both Josh and I said at the same time.
“OK, I won’t say anything right now, but I need to talk to you later, Sis.”
We went to the living room where Daddy was watching TV, he looked at us and gave us a smile.
“Hi pumpkin, feeling better?”
“A lot better, thank you, Daddy.”
“That’s good. Do you want to sit on the couch during dinner?”
“No, Daddy. I’ll sit at the table with everyone. I’m feeling a lot better. “
We all sat down and had a pleasant dinner, I can’t remember the last time I had one of those and started to cry softly.
“What happened, sweety? Are you in pain?” My mother asked me.
“N..no (sob) I’m (sob) just happy. (sob)”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, Daddy, these are happy tears.”
He just shook his head and said “Women, they cry when they are sad and they cry when they are happy. I’ll never understand them,” and starts to eat again. WE girrls think that's funny and we laugh.
After dinner, I went to the bathroom to take a shower, the shower felt great without having to worry about my wounds anymore. After the shower, I patted myself dry and went to my room, Jenny was there waiting for me.
“Hey Sis, do you need any help drying your hair?”
“Could you?”
“Come, sit here. I’ll get the hairdryer.” She says patting the vanity seat.
She starts to dry my hair and brush my hair. I just love when people brush my hair, it is so relaxing that I almost dozed off.
“Don’t go sleeping on me, Sis.” Jenny says giggling.
“Sorry sis, this is just so relaxing.”
“I know, I love when people brush my hair.”
“If you want I can do that for you.”
“I would love that. I think we can get ready faster if we help each other.”
“I didn’t think about that before, but you are right.”
I started to think of how my relationship with Jenny changed. Before we would hardly talk at all and now she seemed to welcome my change with enthusiasm.
“Jenny?”
“Yes?”
“What changed?” I ask her.
“Huh?”
“Before you were always avoiding me, we would hardly talked at all. I thought you didn’t like me very much.”
“Oh Joanie. It wasn’t like that. It’s not like I avoided you, it was you that avoided everyone. The last few years not even Josh could really reach you. I just thought you needed space, that you would grow out of the emo phase you were into. But I never thought you were hurting so badly. If I had known, I would have helped, you know. I always wanted a sister and to think I had one all along. I’m sorry for not noticing before. I promise that I’ll be there for you from now on.” She says with a hug.
“Thank you.” I say and cry again on her shoulder. She is right I was the one that avoided everyone. I didn’t want them to see my pain, I don’t even want to think about it, so I just distanced myself from everyone, using books, comics and the computer to escape the cruel reality I was living in.
“Sis, do you believe in magic?” Jenny asks me
I looked at her surprised. “Why?”
“I heard Mindy talk about it before, but I never really believed in it. I mean until tonight when I saw your arms healed without even a scar. That’s what I want to tell her about.”
“I don’t know, Sis. Do you think we can trust her to not tell anyone?”
“I’m pretty sure of that.”
“I think if anyone is to tell her, it should be me then. I need to be sure I can trust her before I do.”
“She is coming by tomorrow to visit you, by the way.”
“What? Really?”
“Would I lie to you?”
“I don’t know, would you?”
“No sis, I wouldn’t.”
“What time she will be here?”
“She said around 10, it is Sunday, after all.”
“OMG! What will I do? I don’t have anything to wear.”
“I could loan something, we are almost the same size anyway. And with you being healed already we could go to the mall and do a little shopping with Mindy and Mom to start building up your wardrobe.
“I don’t know if I’m ready for that, yet.”
“Come on, Sis, it will be fun. We could also go to the hair salon to get you pampered a bit. You will love that.”
“OK, but only if Mom agrees.”
“MOOOOM!!!!” she screams
“Ouch, Sis. My ears. Do you want to make me deaf?”
“Sorry about that.” she says not looking sorry at all.
“Yes, Sweety? “ Mom suddenly ask entering the room.
“Mom, could we go shopping tomorrow together with Mindy to start building Joanie’s wardrobe?”
“Just the three of you?” She asked us.
“No, Mom, we thought you would want to go too, and maybe we could go to the hair salon to give Joanie a new haircut and some pampering. It will be a new experience for her, an all girly day,” Jenny says with an evil grin on her face
“That’s a great idea, maybe we should get her ears pierced too,” Mom says with her eyes sparkling with the same grin as Jenny on her face.
Oh my, what did I get myself into?
To Be Continued...
Comments
Joan - Chapter 10
Now you have me wondering what magic, if any that Joan can do and if Josh can do Magic as well.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
Magic?
“I heard Mindy talk about it before, but I never really believed in it. I mean until tonight when I saw your arms healed without even a scar. That’s what I want to tell her about.â€
I wonder if there is something "magical" about Mindy, as well?
Of Course There Is
That, Brenda, is why they had that reaction when they touched each other. I suspect that Mindy will be a sort of guide and special friend to Joan.
Briar
Briar
stuff
“That’s a great idea, maybe we should get her ears pierced too,†Mom says with her eyes sparkling.
Mommy is a bit of a sadist eh? MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :)
Strange going ons
RAMI
I just read all 10 chapters. Enjoyed the story very much, at least until the revelation that their was a Greek mythalogical goddess controling things and that Josh had a real existance. At that point I thought the story took a strange twist that might be difficult to continue.
I will continue to follow the adventures of Joannie and Josh despite my misgivings. I wonder what role Mindy will play and if she is a ally or the enemy.
Rami
RAMI
Strange...
"If I had known, I would have helped, you know. I always wanted a sister and to think I had one all along. I’m sorry for not noticing before. I promise that I’ll be there for you from now on,†she says with a hug.
So the way Jenny remembers it, she had twin brothers before the operation? I guess that's the easiest way to change reality to explain Josh, but somehow that wasn't what I was expecting.
I'm guessing that an earlier comment was right about Mindy having some magic power. It'll be really interesting if she can recognize the change in the worldline that Jenny can't.
Eric