My brother went up the stairs slowly as I followed not too far behind. Our mom watched us go up the stairs and slowly followed along as our dad locked the door.

"Sis, what happened to your ankle."

I looked at him as we got to the end of the stairs and he walked me into my room. He sat at the end of my bed and started tapped my mattress.

"Come one sit down. Tomorrow everything will be a whole lot different. According to moms letters, I know you've been working but I would still like to know from you...How have you been? I didn't receive anything from you the whole time I was there. I've missed you so much. Sometimes it was hard for me because your my twin and I've always had you with me stuck to the hip."

I smiled at him as I sat down next to him and placed my head on his shoulder, they were broader than I remember but right now I was too happy.

"By the way, what was up with that guy. He looks so young."

"Ah, Yeah he is quite young..."

"Younger than you?"

I looked at him with a frown as I sat up next to him and relaxed my hands in my lap. I started playing with my fingers as I felt my cheeks turn red. Was there any other color that they would like to turn into other than red? He started to laugh but then took my hands up in his and made me look up at him.

"I know I have nothing to do with who you choose to be with and I will accept him if there's truly something there, but I want you to be okay. Man, he looked young! I'm just wandering, will he be able to support you and your..."

I took a deep breath and took my hands from his as I bit my lip.

"Peter, I know what you mean and I know where your headed with this but its different now. I have been working. I know how to get my own money and after all this time I mean... I get that you probably think that it hasn't been that long, but I've been working on my own for four years now. I would like it if you saw me as an equal. Okay?"

"But Donna..."

"No more but's, Peter I get that you're now an Army man and that you've seen so much more than I have. Plus I've been living with mom and dad, due to that, you might be thinking the same thing as them. That I'm innocent and that I haven't lived in the real world. That I'll get hurt and will need help."

He smiled and just nodded as I glared at him and pushed his red hair out of his face and he pushed mine back.

"I've been hurt before Peter. I've gotten burnt by the stove and fallen on rocks, Hell I've been hit and fallen on pipes at work and you see me here still alive and will right."

His eyes grew wide as he started to tap me on the shoulders, head, legs and waist trying to find something until he just wrapped me up in his arms resting his head in my left shoulder.

"I'm Okay, I liked working in an environment where I learned how to do things other than learning how to cook and be a good teacher when I'm old."

He relaxed pooching me slightly back with this hands on my shoulders. He placed his forehead down into my forehead. We just sat there looking into each other's eyes, making funny faces at one another.

"I know you can take care of yourself and I will stop looking at you like such a defenseless girl, but can I still buy you a dress? Unless my memory failed me, I remember telling you that I would get you one. "

I smiled and nodded as he took a breath and stood up from the bed still holding my hand.

"Peter?"

"Yeah?"

"What actually happened to your leg? I see they actually gave you a wood splint to help keep it straight, all they did was just wrapped mine up. So I'm sure your injury was worse than mine."

"Ah, Yeah it is worse than yours. Before mom and dad found me, I was found by a man who has a small boat... he was floating on the water. I was in the other end of the navy ship so I was fortunate enough not sustain any major injuries from the hit the ship took. There where 3 of us and where we were there was nothing but glass around us...Glass from the windows and doors. When the ship took the impact the glass broke. One fellow died got his... well the point is, the other guy and I just got a piece of glass shredded throughout our suits. I received it a little above the ankle and my friend got it all throughout his arm. They had to amputate it. My leg is alright just had to get stitches. I'm sure it will look like a real nasty scare later. What happened to yours?"

"I feel dumb for my side of the injures."

"Why?"

"I twisted it running ahead of myself thinking you could be injured or dead and fell."

He busted out in laughter pointing at my leg making gestures as he used his right hand to twist the wrist of the left. I just stood there with my hands folded in across my chest glaring at him.

"Now this is funny, Really? Okay."

I turned around and threw one of my pillows at him hitting him straight in the face making him stumble over to my closet door. He continued to laugh out loud bending over to grab the same pillow and throw it back at me making me fall back on the bed and I started laughing at the sound of his laughter. Staring at the ceiling thinking how this could've been a much sadder outcome.

"I've had pipes fall on me and I'm alive she said... Oh I've had a job and have gotten burnt she said... But a twisted ankle and now unconscious."

We started to laugh harder and harder as I heard him fall on his butt bumping into the room door closing it. I let out a hiccup and tried to sit back up laughing just to fart and fall back on the bed. My ribs started to hurt as I heard him lose control and fart too. I pulled another one of my pillows throwing it at him, just to have to have it thrown back at me hitting me in the face at the beat of him farting again.

"What the hell did you eat Peter?!"

"Your, tuna casserole. that shit's gassy..."

The laughter over came my room as I heard my parents footsteps lead to their room.

"We are way too childish."

"Yes, Now come help me up so I can go to my room."

I tried to stand up from the bed but I couldn't stop laughing as I placed one arm around my ribs. They started to hurt again until I fully stood up, I stretched out one hand placing the other on the door to help me balance as I pulled him up. Our red hair just waved in front of us since we just couldn't stay still. He fell back on the floor taking me down with him. We turned to each other and without hesitation we both knew what to do.

"MOM! DAD!" (together)