In or out

¨sizzle ski¨ the oil started to bubble and jump as he added the onions and green bell peppers. He stood in front of the stove and started stirring and with every movement the pan sizzled in response. the onions started to caramelize on the edges then he started adding his garlic, salt, pepper, and just a bit of soy sauce. He didn't know why but there was nothing better than the smell of garlic being cooked, he leaned closer to the pan the steam hit his face his eyes started to sting he backed away and blinked a couple of times. He turned down the heat and went to the fridge and got the leftover ground beef from yesterdays dinner. His mom hated when he didn't use the leftovers she called it ¨a waste of food.¨ he scooped it out of the container it all fell at once all the cold fat holding it together as it reached the pan you could see the fat melt. He grabbed a lid and covered the pan and checked on his butter rice. before you judge it is actually pretty good I would know iv´e had it myself. ¨It's almost done a couple of more minuets and it should good,¨ he told himself. he moved back to the pan and saw that all the fat melted and now looked just like the oil he gave it on last stir and turned off the stove.

¨We're home.¨ it was Their parents. their footsteps going upstairs

¨Hey guys help me set up the table before they come back down.¨ Orion said already placing the plates on the table. The twins closed their computers and added the rest of the cups and utensils.

¨smells good Ori, his dad patted his head and took a seat.

¨Thanks, ¨ he said grabbing the pan and added it to the pot combining it all together. ¨when do you think mom will be down.¨ Orion turned around .

¨She's talking a shower so she won't be down for a while.¨ his dad answered. Orion was a bit disappointed he wanted them for them to be together a bit sooner.

his dad turned to the twins ¨so ho was school today.¨

¨well I got an A on my math test today.¨ sunny said and took a seat at the table..

¨ If you want to know what school is like every day well i´ll tell you in Health we learn about drugs,in Math we learn about the most useless things ever to be honest if you know how to do the basic four Math expressions which is addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. for fractions and decimals besides that it is all useless . In science we learn about the many ways we are going to die in the future, and there are actually a lot of ways, social studies gives us all the reasons to hate america and re points why it sucks. and English... wait I don´t have any complaints about English.¨ nix took a dramatic breath in sat down in a chair and let out a big sigh.

¨ You done there buddy.¨ their dad asked.

¨yes i'm done.¨ nix replied stretching his hand out on the table.

¨You can start serving dinner now,¨ a yell came from upstairs. yes Orion thought it was almost time he could finally know the answer.

¨watch out guys.¨ he placed the pot in the center of the table and started serving.

¨Looks good.¨ his dad commented the twins nodded in agreement with their mouths watering. The three started to eat to happy to say anything.

¨Don´t stop now.¨ their mom said taking a seat. ¨now who wants to do prayer.¨

The twins pointed at their father, ¨he ate first.¨

¨Just like that, okay I´ll do prayer¨ they all crossed their arms Dear Heavenly Father thank you for the opportunity of letting me and my wife come home and see our children. I ask that you bless our family and the food and the hands that helped prepare it. Please bless that it will nourish our bodies and that we will wake up tomorrow amen.¨

¨Amen¨ they all said in union. The twins and their father went back to eating. and Orion finally sat down after serving his mother.

¨so How's the case mom .¨he asked

¨It was a piece of cake. after after yesterdays session I was able to get 50% of the picture and I nitpicked out all the things that didn't add up then I asked the most careless friend to come to the podium used some reverse psychology and a couple of sentences later I got the both of them in jail.¨

¨congrats honey I told you could do it.¨ his dad kissed her on the cheek.

¨Don't you think that was two easy.¨ Sunny asked.

¨ Not really it wasn't one of my big cases and some are just really easy the more you start to overthink the farther from the truth you get.¨ she explained further on how she handled her cases and the noise started to slowly fade out. Orion didn't have much interest in his mothers job and if you haven´t figured it out already she is a lawyer. He always found it boring to be stuck in a court room trying to prove someone who you don't know is incontinent based on science and facts, he just thought such an intense environment wasn't a place for him. And his dad´s job didn't internist him either he didn't hate his job and thought it was smart that his dad choose a job that fell to his favor because of his ability which is to speak and understand multiple languages. So he ended up being a court translator which is why his parents came back from work together.

his mom turned to him¨so why butter rice?¨ Her voice snapped him back to reality.

¨I just thought it was a while since I made it.¨ he replied

¨Really because from what I can gather you only make this on special occasions.¨ she said.

¨What are you trying to imply.¨"Orion asked

¨ It came didn't it,¨ you could hear the excitement in her voice.

¨Yes.¨ he said all the anxiety coming back.

¨Where is it? Did you get in?¨ she asked her mouth pinching at the corner of her mouth trying to hide her excitement and it wasn't working all it did was make him worry even more what if he didn't get in? what if his parents ignored him if he didn't get in? What was he going to do if he didn't get in.

sunny could see her brother so she answered instead ¨ We don't know if he got in and he doesn't know where it is. I'm the only one who knows where it is.¨

¨well go get it.¨ she said shooing her away from the table.

Sunny looked back at her brother before she left to go retrieve the letter. Their father then felt like he should probably say something to reassure Orion that he wasn't going to probably get in and if he doesn't that he will not be given the death penalty or be shunned by the family. ¨Before anything happens Orion i'm already so proud of you to have come this far. and cross our fingers that you will make it in. but remember If you don't get in you are still mine and your mother¨s son and nothing will change that and we will be here until you figure out your next move.¨

¨Thanks dad.¨ his voice quivering and tears to forming in his eyes. then his brother turned to him yea there is no way that you didn't get in. even though his mouth didn't move his voice is what then let all the tears run down. He didn't want to live in a world where he is left all alone. This is something that constantly eats up at him and the mixture of emotions he feels always confuses him on what are the emotions that are his and the emotions of others so he was never at peace with himself. his mother placed a glass of water in front of him and told him that he should drink some he obeyed and wiped his tears with the sleeve of his sweater.

Sunny walked letter in hand ¨well here it is.¨ she walked towards Orion grabs his hand and placed the letter in his palm. ¨It's going to be fine.¨ she leaned against the counter behind him.

He looked at the letter in his hand and poked a hole at the corner his finger there inside the envelope lets just get this over with he thought and slides his finger down the envelope making a steady tearing sound. he pulled out the paper inside it was folded into three parts the ends of the paper meeting in the middle. he lifted the top fold and saw in printed letters the Meditor Collage of intellectual arts. he scans the paper and finds the red letters "we are here to inform you that you have been excepted." "guys I got excepted." he said not fully realizing what he just said.

"wait you got excepted." sunny repeated "you got excepted." she was jumping up and down. he still couldn't make out her words but her energy told him everything he needed to know.

everyone started jumping up in down repeating," you got excepted! you got excepted!"

after a couple of glasses of cider and phone calls later the excitement died down a bit the twins were washing the dishes and his parents were talking in the living room so he decided to go upstairs

He was now sitting crisscross in the middle on his bed and started scanning his room it was hard to believe that by the end of the summer he would no longer be in this room he would be in the dorms with his roommate taking the next big step into his life. he glanced at the clock checking the time it was 7:00 "damn it's still pretty early." - his eyes shifted to the the blue book besides the clock. It was the English book that he had tried reading earlier-"The Great Gatsby"- 'it is set on long Island during the jazz age and how a boy named Nick Carraway meets the millionaire jay and his obsession of reuniting with his former lover."

'i guess I better get this over with." Orion grabs the book and snuggles up in his blanket and starts reading. by the time it was 9:30 he had finished the book, he placed it on the nightstand turning off the lamp. He was excited and nervous about what would happen after a couple of months and drifted to sleep.