tshuki
May 14th, 2012, 07:18 PM
‘’Will you be alright, living in the city with just your brother?’’ – A woman in her forties asks, while sitting on the table and drinking a hot cup of espresso.
‘’Sure! No problem!’’ – A young girl in her sixteen answers cheerfully and bites off a big chunk of her toast bread, having the crumbles fall on the floor.
‘’Yes, I guess I asked the wrong person.’’ The woman sights seeing that and asks the twin boy sitting besides the girl: ‘’Alexander, will you be alright living in the city with your sister?’’ – The woman seems slightly worried.
‘’It will be alright, Mom. ‘’ – The boy smiles as he gently and carefully holds his cup of tea.
‘’Ah, I still can’t believe you two are going to the capital to go to high school. Is the school here really that bad?’’
‘’It is not bad, but if I want to become a doctor, I need to go to a school with a higher rating. It will increase my possibilities to get a scholarship.’’ The girl answers seriously.
‘’It is hard to argue with you, when you are like that.’’- Mother sights. ‘’And I don’t think the choice of high school means that much, but there is nothing I can say to keep you two home, can’t I?’’
‘’Yes, Mom.’’ The boy answers and his smile is getting wider and wider.
‘’Alexander, you know you will probably be forced to do all the housework and cooking and all?’’- The woman mentions as if by the way.
‘’Well, I am good at it all, and it’s not like I hate that.’’ – Seems like nothing his mother says can erase his smile.
‘’Yes, bro! Hi-five!’’ - Alexandra shouts and gives a hi-five to her brother. ‘’One more reason I can go there with ease! ‘’ After saying that, she drinks all her tea in one go.
‘’Don’t bully your brother, he also has to study hard to get into his first choice university.’’ Mother says a bit worried.
‘’Mom, he’s the last one you need to worry about. He gets all A’s even without doing any work.’’ – Alexandra pouts.
‘’Ehehe, that is not entirely true.’’ Alexander looks a bit uneasy about it.
‘’I’ve never seen you studying, even though we share a room.’’ – Alexandra glares.
‘’It’s just that I do it all my work during the breaks and I pay very much attention in class, it’s not like I don’t study.’’ – He tries to defend.
‘’Breaks are only 10 minutes long, how can a normal person do all that work in such a short time?’’
‘’But it is not like we have to do something we haven’t done in classes before. If you know the answer, then you can answer it quite fast.’’ – Alexander puts it simply.
‘’Ah, you are not normal! When we were in Mother’s womb you must have eaten too much nutrients, that’s why your head works so good, and there must not have been enough left for me.’’ – Alexandra pouts.
‘’But, but, you also got all A’s!’’ Alexander seems a bit confused.
‘’That was because I spent hours of work! It sucks losing, so I did my best you know.’’ Alexandra sights. ‘’And during that time when I was working hard, you were knitting mittens!’’
‘’Yes, and they are really well done and warm!’’ Mother intrudes their discussion with a smile. ’’Both of you should stop arguing and get ready to go. You need to bring your bags to the car.’’
‘’Okay.’’ Alexandra stands up and goes to get her bags. Alexander brings all the dishes to the sink and follows Alexandra. Both of them get their luggage into the baggage and get into the car.
Mother comes out of the house, locks the door and sits before the steering wheel. ‘’Ready to go?’’ – She asks before she starts the engine.
‘’Wait!’’ Alexandra shouts and checks her bag. ‘’Everything’s present! Let’s go!’’
This remark makes Alexander smirk.
‘’Whaaat?’’ Alexandra asks.
‘’Nothing, You are always so energetic.’’ – Alexander answers while smiling.
And so they continue to speak irrelevant matters all the way. These siblings always have something to talk about. Other than their personalities and gender there is nothing different about them. Both have ash-blonde mid-length hair, small complexion and gray eyes. If they weren’t dressed accordingly, you could never tell their gender apart. As well as both of them could be girls, they could as well be boys. They even share their name. If called Sasha, you can’t even differentiate if it is a girl or a boy anymore. And the twins are perfectly aware of it too.
***
After three hours on the way, they finally reach the capital. Ewend is a wonderful city, full of tall buildings, research institutes, schools, entertainment facilities and cultural objects. Alexander sticks to the window with shiny eyes, as this is only his second visit here. The first one was ten years ago, when they came to their grandmother’s funeral. Soon, they reach their destination, a five storey tall Art Noveau style building. They go in and walk with their bags up to the fifth floor, as there is no elevator. Mother takes a key and opens the door.
‘’Come in!’’ –She invites her children. ‘’This is where you will be living these three years.’’
Alexander and Alexandra walk in. The first thing that surprises them is the tall ceiling. After that, the walls with silk tapestry and paintings hanged on them. The floor is covered with parquet; the furniture seems from another century.
‘’This. Looks. Amazing.’’ – Alexandra looks excited looking at it all.
‘’I think so too.’’ – Alexander adds.
‘’Ah, yes, this is my mother’s apartment. I left everything the way she had it before, except I bought two new beds and some other things for your rooms. ‘’ – Mother explains. – ‘’The rooms are basically the same, so you can divide them yourself later on. Let’s go get the remaining luggage, as have to return home soon. ‘’
The three of them go up and down another two times, until all their stuff is up. All of them seem exhausted.
‘’It is a pain they don’t have an elevator.’’ – Alexandra says, while breathing heavily.
‘’This is a historic building, you can’t really install one.’’ – Mother answers the same way, breathing heavily. – ‘’Alright, dears, I need to go back now!’’
‘’Mom, you forgot the keys!’’ – Alexander reminds.
‘’Yes! I did.’’ – Mother opens her handbag and gives them two sets of keys. – ‘’Well then, close the door please. I’ll call you later on, take your time unpacking.’’ – Mother rushes out. Alexandra closes the door.
‘’Can I take the room on the left? I dislike the morning sun.’’ – Alexandra asks.
‘’Yes, I was actually going to ask for the room on the right.’’ – Alexander smiles and answers.
A smile appears on Alexandra’s face. ‘’Well, then, lets exchange our clothes! I guess, you will want to unpack them in your closet right!’’
Alexander smiles back: ‘’Yes, certainly!’’’
Actually studying in the capital was just an excuse to get out of their home and hometown. As the twins had a similar wish – Alexandra disliked being a girl and Alexander could no longer stand being a boy. They look the same way, and if they go to different schools in a different town, there is no way someone can distinguish between them.
***
The thought of becoming each other was not a desire on a whim. Ever since they were little, they felt mixed up. Alexandra wanted to wear pants and run along with the boys, and Alexander liked ribbons and dresses and wanted to play tea with the girls. Their personalities felt swapped, as Alexander has always been a gentle, quiet and delicate human with a love for beautiful things and sweets. Alexandra on the other hand has always been hyperactive, slightly rude and very boyish. Neither of them could fit in well in their own gender, and what’s more troubling – both of them showed more interest towards their own gender than that of the opposite. They grew to believe that their souls got swapped somewhere.
Becoming one another would have been difficult, if they continued to live in their hometown, where everybody knew them, but in Ewend things could be different. For the past year both of them did a lot of preparation. They choose clothes for each other, so they could swap them afterwards; Alexandra did her best and got outstanding marks, so she could get into the Ewend’s best sixth-form collage, because Alexander wanted to study there, Alexander instead had to win a few tracking competitions, so that he could get Alexandra into the Ewend’s Sport academy. Both of them went to buy some transvestite equipment, which was probably the hardest task, more like, the most embarrassing one.
They did surprise their mother on the past year, as Alexander started to do sports, although he was never interested in it, and Alexandra started learning a lot, although previously she was fully content with average marks. Their mother was rather happy, because seeing her daughter buy and sometimes wear girlish frilly clothing was unexpected, but clearly cute, and seeing her son working hard to win competitions made her proud. So when they told her that they wanted to go study in Ewend, she did all she could to help them. The twins did, though, feel a bit guilty as they had ulterior motives.
So, maybe only for three years, they decided to swap their places to see if their feelings are right. And so begins a story about finding oneself.
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Writers Comment:
I wrote this more than a half a year ago, this is the first part of it. I have three more written, but I didn't want to post too much at one go. :3
It's still on-going and it will be for a long time - as currently I haven't even completed the first chapter. |D
I first posted it here: Sasha x 2 part 1 by *tshuki on deviantART (http://fav.me/d4c00u9) but as Deviantart is more focused on art than writing, then I thought it might be a good idea to try posting my works in a writer forum. ^u^
‘’Sure! No problem!’’ – A young girl in her sixteen answers cheerfully and bites off a big chunk of her toast bread, having the crumbles fall on the floor.
‘’Yes, I guess I asked the wrong person.’’ The woman sights seeing that and asks the twin boy sitting besides the girl: ‘’Alexander, will you be alright living in the city with your sister?’’ – The woman seems slightly worried.
‘’It will be alright, Mom. ‘’ – The boy smiles as he gently and carefully holds his cup of tea.
‘’Ah, I still can’t believe you two are going to the capital to go to high school. Is the school here really that bad?’’
‘’It is not bad, but if I want to become a doctor, I need to go to a school with a higher rating. It will increase my possibilities to get a scholarship.’’ The girl answers seriously.
‘’It is hard to argue with you, when you are like that.’’- Mother sights. ‘’And I don’t think the choice of high school means that much, but there is nothing I can say to keep you two home, can’t I?’’
‘’Yes, Mom.’’ The boy answers and his smile is getting wider and wider.
‘’Alexander, you know you will probably be forced to do all the housework and cooking and all?’’- The woman mentions as if by the way.
‘’Well, I am good at it all, and it’s not like I hate that.’’ – Seems like nothing his mother says can erase his smile.
‘’Yes, bro! Hi-five!’’ - Alexandra shouts and gives a hi-five to her brother. ‘’One more reason I can go there with ease! ‘’ After saying that, she drinks all her tea in one go.
‘’Don’t bully your brother, he also has to study hard to get into his first choice university.’’ Mother says a bit worried.
‘’Mom, he’s the last one you need to worry about. He gets all A’s even without doing any work.’’ – Alexandra pouts.
‘’Ehehe, that is not entirely true.’’ Alexander looks a bit uneasy about it.
‘’I’ve never seen you studying, even though we share a room.’’ – Alexandra glares.
‘’It’s just that I do it all my work during the breaks and I pay very much attention in class, it’s not like I don’t study.’’ – He tries to defend.
‘’Breaks are only 10 minutes long, how can a normal person do all that work in such a short time?’’
‘’But it is not like we have to do something we haven’t done in classes before. If you know the answer, then you can answer it quite fast.’’ – Alexander puts it simply.
‘’Ah, you are not normal! When we were in Mother’s womb you must have eaten too much nutrients, that’s why your head works so good, and there must not have been enough left for me.’’ – Alexandra pouts.
‘’But, but, you also got all A’s!’’ Alexander seems a bit confused.
‘’That was because I spent hours of work! It sucks losing, so I did my best you know.’’ Alexandra sights. ‘’And during that time when I was working hard, you were knitting mittens!’’
‘’Yes, and they are really well done and warm!’’ Mother intrudes their discussion with a smile. ’’Both of you should stop arguing and get ready to go. You need to bring your bags to the car.’’
‘’Okay.’’ Alexandra stands up and goes to get her bags. Alexander brings all the dishes to the sink and follows Alexandra. Both of them get their luggage into the baggage and get into the car.
Mother comes out of the house, locks the door and sits before the steering wheel. ‘’Ready to go?’’ – She asks before she starts the engine.
‘’Wait!’’ Alexandra shouts and checks her bag. ‘’Everything’s present! Let’s go!’’
This remark makes Alexander smirk.
‘’Whaaat?’’ Alexandra asks.
‘’Nothing, You are always so energetic.’’ – Alexander answers while smiling.
And so they continue to speak irrelevant matters all the way. These siblings always have something to talk about. Other than their personalities and gender there is nothing different about them. Both have ash-blonde mid-length hair, small complexion and gray eyes. If they weren’t dressed accordingly, you could never tell their gender apart. As well as both of them could be girls, they could as well be boys. They even share their name. If called Sasha, you can’t even differentiate if it is a girl or a boy anymore. And the twins are perfectly aware of it too.
***
After three hours on the way, they finally reach the capital. Ewend is a wonderful city, full of tall buildings, research institutes, schools, entertainment facilities and cultural objects. Alexander sticks to the window with shiny eyes, as this is only his second visit here. The first one was ten years ago, when they came to their grandmother’s funeral. Soon, they reach their destination, a five storey tall Art Noveau style building. They go in and walk with their bags up to the fifth floor, as there is no elevator. Mother takes a key and opens the door.
‘’Come in!’’ –She invites her children. ‘’This is where you will be living these three years.’’
Alexander and Alexandra walk in. The first thing that surprises them is the tall ceiling. After that, the walls with silk tapestry and paintings hanged on them. The floor is covered with parquet; the furniture seems from another century.
‘’This. Looks. Amazing.’’ – Alexandra looks excited looking at it all.
‘’I think so too.’’ – Alexander adds.
‘’Ah, yes, this is my mother’s apartment. I left everything the way she had it before, except I bought two new beds and some other things for your rooms. ‘’ – Mother explains. – ‘’The rooms are basically the same, so you can divide them yourself later on. Let’s go get the remaining luggage, as have to return home soon. ‘’
The three of them go up and down another two times, until all their stuff is up. All of them seem exhausted.
‘’It is a pain they don’t have an elevator.’’ – Alexandra says, while breathing heavily.
‘’This is a historic building, you can’t really install one.’’ – Mother answers the same way, breathing heavily. – ‘’Alright, dears, I need to go back now!’’
‘’Mom, you forgot the keys!’’ – Alexander reminds.
‘’Yes! I did.’’ – Mother opens her handbag and gives them two sets of keys. – ‘’Well then, close the door please. I’ll call you later on, take your time unpacking.’’ – Mother rushes out. Alexandra closes the door.
‘’Can I take the room on the left? I dislike the morning sun.’’ – Alexandra asks.
‘’Yes, I was actually going to ask for the room on the right.’’ – Alexander smiles and answers.
A smile appears on Alexandra’s face. ‘’Well, then, lets exchange our clothes! I guess, you will want to unpack them in your closet right!’’
Alexander smiles back: ‘’Yes, certainly!’’’
Actually studying in the capital was just an excuse to get out of their home and hometown. As the twins had a similar wish – Alexandra disliked being a girl and Alexander could no longer stand being a boy. They look the same way, and if they go to different schools in a different town, there is no way someone can distinguish between them.
***
The thought of becoming each other was not a desire on a whim. Ever since they were little, they felt mixed up. Alexandra wanted to wear pants and run along with the boys, and Alexander liked ribbons and dresses and wanted to play tea with the girls. Their personalities felt swapped, as Alexander has always been a gentle, quiet and delicate human with a love for beautiful things and sweets. Alexandra on the other hand has always been hyperactive, slightly rude and very boyish. Neither of them could fit in well in their own gender, and what’s more troubling – both of them showed more interest towards their own gender than that of the opposite. They grew to believe that their souls got swapped somewhere.
Becoming one another would have been difficult, if they continued to live in their hometown, where everybody knew them, but in Ewend things could be different. For the past year both of them did a lot of preparation. They choose clothes for each other, so they could swap them afterwards; Alexandra did her best and got outstanding marks, so she could get into the Ewend’s best sixth-form collage, because Alexander wanted to study there, Alexander instead had to win a few tracking competitions, so that he could get Alexandra into the Ewend’s Sport academy. Both of them went to buy some transvestite equipment, which was probably the hardest task, more like, the most embarrassing one.
They did surprise their mother on the past year, as Alexander started to do sports, although he was never interested in it, and Alexandra started learning a lot, although previously she was fully content with average marks. Their mother was rather happy, because seeing her daughter buy and sometimes wear girlish frilly clothing was unexpected, but clearly cute, and seeing her son working hard to win competitions made her proud. So when they told her that they wanted to go study in Ewend, she did all she could to help them. The twins did, though, feel a bit guilty as they had ulterior motives.
So, maybe only for three years, they decided to swap their places to see if their feelings are right. And so begins a story about finding oneself.
---
Writers Comment:
I wrote this more than a half a year ago, this is the first part of it. I have three more written, but I didn't want to post too much at one go. :3
It's still on-going and it will be for a long time - as currently I haven't even completed the first chapter. |D
I first posted it here: Sasha x 2 part 1 by *tshuki on deviantART (http://fav.me/d4c00u9) but as Deviantart is more focused on art than writing, then I thought it might be a good idea to try posting my works in a writer forum. ^u^