Joey and I grew up very close, as close as two twins could be. We shared everything, our joy, or heartache, and our pain. When we were younger, before we understood the differences between our genders, we used to try to switch places. Once we hit our teens, things began to change.
Joey hit puberty hard. One day he was the same old Joey and the next his voice was lower and he started spending a lot of time in the bathroom. I on the other hand hit puberty about a year after him and it happened gradually. I noticed that I was starting to get bumps on my chest so I went to mother and told her. The next day we went to the store and bought a training bra. About a month later is when the weirdest thing of all happened. I woke up one day with blood on my legs and I was frightened so I went running down the hall to my parents room. My father laughed at me saying that it was about time. I didn't understand him so I turned to mom and she took me to the bathroom to show me what pads and tampons were. She then explained everything to me, from puberty to the birds and the bees.
Time passed and we got used to the changes in our bodies but there was still this new chasm between us that I couldn't figure out. We had always been close so what had happened?
As we got into high school, we drifted apart even more. Joey was a jock and hung out with the popular crowd. I was more artistic so I hung out with them. If one of us was going out we never invited the other anymore. It would be considered weird for us to invite our sibling along.
Four years we graduated at the top of our class, in a tie for third in the class. Our parents were proud of us so they told us we could choose something expensive for a graduation gift and share it. We decided that we wanted to go to Italy for a month.
So two weeks later we said goodbye to our parents and boarded the plane. Once we got to the hotel we checked in and found that there had been a mistake with the reservations so we only had one double in our room. We figured it was no big deal since we were brother and sister so we took the room and went up. At this point it was already night time so we decided to grab a quick bite to eat and then go to sleep.
When we were getting ready for bed I realized I had forgotten something important.
