Gêmeos Novels & Stories

Then, without ceremony, he began. “Tonight,” he said, folding his hands together, “we speak of twins.” I stilled. “Two girls,” he continued, eyes distant now. “Born of the same father and mother. Born on the same day. Same hour. Same breath.” My chest tightened. “They were remarkable,” he went on. “From the moment they first shifted, they were in sync. Perfectly aligned. Where one moved, the other followed. Where one felt pain, the other felt it too.”

Dressed in vibrant shawls and floaty skirts they came floating into the room. Both have short white hair in matching pixie cuts, and I realise I am looking at identical twins. It’s kind of freaky that when they move they are in sync with each other, but it reached a whole new level of skin crawling for me when they talk at the same time. Not together. Both their mouths are moving but only one voice is coming out of the both of them. “Noraveena” they said “We are most pleased to see you again” “Again?” I ask. I’m positive I’ve never seen these two creepy ladies before in my life. They are not forgettable.

My birth date. I stare at the photograph for a long time. I turn it over and over in my hands. I look at the two infants—they’re identical in every visible way. Same size. Same position. Same features. Two babies who should not exist together. Two babies who are impossibly, improbably the same. Twins. The word forms in my head and I can’t seem to get it to leave.

Selene yelled, “Yes, honey, sorry.” I told her, “Lady and gentlemen, Selene has a condition known as Uterus Didelphys, which means she has two uteruses. So, the first set is triplets: a boy and two girls. The other is twins whose names have been chosen already.” Amber was beaming with joy, “What are the names?” Adam asked, I smiled at Selene, “Their names are Artemis and Apollo, for our love of Greek mythology.” I replied. Everyone congratulated us and Grandpa pulled me off to the side while the others went to Selene.

“Since you don’t know, it might help you both understand each other better and why things work and don’t work for you. It starts with being twins born on either side of the stroke of midnight. This has a telltale sign of your wolves and your features as humans. One dark, one light. One represents the night sky and stars, while the other represents the moon. Got that? Here’s the issue. You aren’t fraternal twins. There’s a term dissimilar identical twin. You’re identical, but not. Now this is where things get complicated. You are two halves of one person. One develops only part of the life skills they need and the other learns the rest of the life skills. You are effectively only a fully func

"Did you get any information?" "No, not yet. It's not yet clear to me but I will tell you what I have anyway." Gabriel said. "What's it?" "Well, I found out that her parents are not living in the U.S... they currently live in Rome." "Rome?" "Yes, Italy. They are actually Americans and...one more thing, they are one of the most influential couples in Italy. They are famous and rich...like your family." "Did you get their pictures?" "Ah, no. Getting their pictures is not easy. They live quiet lives and you hardly see them speaking in public but I have their names, Harriot Hamilton and Dana Hamilton. That's all for now."

Hearing this made Hana and Kevin gape. OK, they are getting confused here. ***

"What?" Sarita exchanged puzzled glances with Vikrant. "Twins?" "Yes." The doctor nodded. "Hidden twins are common in mono amniotic pregnancies which is true in your case. Your babies are sharing the same sac which would make them identical." "You know, mom thought so too, Sarita." Kaly said. "She was right." "So... They're fine, right?" Vikrant's voice came out a bit shaky. "The fall didn't hurt them?" "Their heartbeats are strong." He assured him. "Baby A seems to weigh more than Baby B but it's not so much that we have to worry." He pointed to the screen to show them the babies' fingers and toes and whatnot.

" Adam asks. "They are perfect! "She concludes. " Come on Romeo, sanitize your hands to get them. ... The forty"eight hours in the hospital had been filled with joy, Adam and Lillian couldn't stop looking at the little faces of their children who were exactly alike. They couldn't tell the difference so easily in the first few hours, so they bought a bracelet for each of them, one with the letter "R" engraved on it and the other with the letter "D". Adam's parents still hadn't gone to see their grandchildren in person, Elisa had just arrived from the country and Francesco was still out of the country. Geneva and Romeo were the only ones who had already gone to see the boys, Geneva had stayed

, the suffocating sensation down there, including my success in getting him to shoot air multiple times. Okay, I'm crazy. I'm crazy about someone like him. If only I could lock him up, let alone walk, if possible he wouldn't sit other than swaying on my lap. "This... is the head of the office." Aryo half-shouted, responding with a similar intonation. His younger brother was a boy, too? Is it the same as him? I mean, families must have similarities. Aryo is good-looking in my opinion. Okay, I'm face-blind when it comes to determining someone's level of looks, and that's normal for a man. Our dominant race prefers tangible objects that are comfortable to touch rather than faces.