Brooklyn Murry, 10th, Madrid Jr./Sr. High School, IA, (Fiction) "Sibling Love" “Hey! No that’s My toy! Emma give it back!” “No way loser! You’re a total baby Luke!” “STOP! Mom!” “Hey! Hey! Hey! Both of you knock it off! You two are always fighting! Emma, you’re Luke’s older sister. Be nice to him. Please! You too, Luke. You are seven years old. Act like it!” “But mom!” “No! I have had enough of your arguing! You two are each other’s siblings. The only ones you have. You shouldn’t have to fight over every single little thing!” “Sorry mom, but we aren’t like you and Uncle Jake.” “Yeah mommy, you guys never fight! You love each other and get along so well. I don’t get it.” “Well, guess what. We weren’t always like that. We learned how to solve our differences. I used to think that Jake was so annoying. I didn’t want anything to do with him. All I wanted to do was watch the Vampire Diaries.” “The what?” “Oh, nothing, just the best show ever! But that’s not the point. Let me tell you two a story of how Jake and I got to be so close. It all started with a phone call. My mom picked up the phone and told me the worst news of my life.” “Hello?....Yes, okay, okay. I’ll be right in.” My mom hung up the phone and took a deep breath. She knew it would be difficult to get me to help her out. Especially because I had just turned on the television to watch The Vampire Diaries. She walked over to me and paused for a moment, then said, “Jessica, I need your help.”
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