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After seven long average hours of classes with the mid-day break for a 25 minute lunch, the twins found themselves once again right back in the seats on the bus they had occupied earlier that morning, this times without their headphones.
Riley had his Algebra II book sitting on his lap with a few papers sticking saving his place for the page number he was supposed to be working on as he "checked" his anwsers in the back of the book, considering all of his homework problems were odd numbers.
Curtis pushed his knees up against the seat in front of him and spread a book out in front of him slowly taking in every page of the story.
The bus reached their neighborhood and slowly the bus began to empty out. There were only a few stops left to go and then last off the bus were the twins along with their neighbors Claire and Damien who didn't always ride the bus anyway. Claire usally had cheerleading pratice and Damien stayed after school for Drama 4 times a week.
The bus came to a complete stop and Riley and Curtis both shoved thier stuff back into their bags and headed off the bus and down the street to their house. Their mom's car ,as usual, was not in the driveway. As the bus sped past them further down the street Riley stepped across the lawn towards the front door, Curtis right behind him. Once inside they both were on their usual routine and threw their bags on the nearby dinning room table, hopefully not to be touched again until tomorrow morning. Curtis headed for the kitchen in search of a snack while Riley took a seat on the couch and flipped on the T.V. to Fuse music channel. after a while Riley started to fell sleepy, and rested his head acorss the arm of the sofa. Curtis soon joined Riley with a bowl of instant easy mac and a can of Coke.
No sooner had Curtis sat down that the phone rang. Curtis sighed in an annoyed mannor as Riley slowly got up and walked over to the phone.
He pressed the talk button on the cordless sitting on the kitchen counter ,"Hello?"
...
There was no response,
"Hello?" he tried again.
Still no response, so he clicked off the phone and walked back to his recent position on the couch.
"Who was is?" Curtis asked.
"Donno...no one anwsered"
Curtis chewed his mac and cheese as Riley stole a sip of his Coke.
The twins sat and watched Daily Download with a few of their favorite music videos from A7X and Thrice amd then sat and watched re-runs of old music videos for over and hour until they heard a car pull up in the drive-way.
Riley stretched a bit, "Well i guess mom's home" he said as Curtis got up to put his dishes away.
Curtis walked over to the front door and peeked out at the figure getting out of the car and noticed another person in the back seat.
"Hey i don't think that's mom Ri" he said as he turned to his btoher still sitting in the living room.
Riley yawned, "well who is it then?"
"I donno...looks like that guy we see every year at mom's family/business party things, you kno the one who eats all the fruit roll ups?"
"Oh you mean the chineese guy who looks like he should be a karate instructor?"Riley asked.
"No that's McCalister..i mean the guy that looks like Biff from Back To The Future"
"Oh him?That guy's hilarious...what's he doing here?" Riley asked.
"Beats me"Cutris replied as he walkd back to the kitchen.
Moments later the doorbell rang and Riley could see two figures through the glass window in the middle of the door. He swung open the door with a smile only to be caught by more serious looks from his mom's co-worker and what appeared to be a cop.
"Can i help you?" Riley asked.
"Is this the residence of a Mrs. Vivian Andrews?" the officer asked.
"Yeah." Riley said as he looked over to his mom's co-worker with confusion written on his face. "Is something wrong?" He glanced at the clock to his left,"She was supposed to be home 30 minutes ago but i just figured she was running late as usual."
The co-worker looked down at his feet as if he suddenly grew interest in the welcome mat he stood on.
The cop began to speak again, "Can we step in?"
His tone was serious and Riley thought it best to invite them into the kitchen where Curtis was. He stepped aside and allowed them in, then closed the door and lead them towards the kitchen where they saw Curtis sitting at the countertop sipping the last of his Coke, a note of curiousity on his expression as he noticed the cop.
The officer firmly but un-alarmingly said, "It might be best if we all take a seat" as he looked toward the kitchen table.
Riley walked toward the table and Curtis hopped off the counter, both growing more and more worried about the situation's seriousness as their guests continued.
Once everyone was seated,their mom's co-worker still mildly interested in the floor patterns sat silently besides the police officer as the situation grew more and more aquward by the second.
"So what's going on?" Curtis asked eagerly.
The officer took a deep breath before continuing. "We have some terrible news involving your mother i'm afarid."
The room grew silent as the twins waited for him to continue.
"Your mother..."he began," your mother's been in an accident."
The room, if at all possible grew even more silent then before as there was a pause in the story, in order for the twins to take in the news.