Chapter Four

Mrs. Carter has a driver, he is a tall dark and a scary looking man, and he answers with grunts. He kinds of reminds me of Lurch from the movie Adams Family. He is a nice guy though and apparently has been working with the Carters for a long time. His name is David; he has a small house in the forest and stays there until one of the Carter's calls for him. We sat in the back of the black limo; Jacob was talking to Mrs. Carter.

“Sweetheart what do you need the most” Mrs. Carter suddenly asked me. I looked up like I was thinking about it then told my brother what I'm interested in and the things I needed the most.

'Umm, tell Mrs. Carter, I really need more jeans, matching under clothes and some new sweater because it will be getting cooler soon' I told this all to my brother while looking at her.

“Mrs. Carter, Penny said she needs jeans, under things and sweaters because she gets cold easily” Jacob was fake gagging when he said under things. I rolled my eyes at him when he mentioned I get cold easily, that’s so not true I just like to be prepared and sweaters are so comfy.

“Penny is that true?” she questioned me. I shook my head yes.

“I was joking about the cold thing though Mrs. Carter, she doesn’t normally get cold, she just likes sweaters. I was just trying to mess with her” Jacob said while laughing at me. I gave him a fist to his upper arm.

'Hey bro that's not cool you know your my only voice, please don't add things to what I say, so not cool' I mentally pleaded to him. He just nodded back, he understands how hard it is for me and I know he was just being silly.

“I still don't understand how you two can understand each other, but I'm glad it works “Mrs. Carter was talking to Jacob again and I just looked out the window, it’s an hour drive to the nearest mall.

“Some say it’s a twin thing, I can hear her in my mind, we don't even have to be in the same room ether, and it’s pretty neat” Jacob was trying to explain the process again.

After that conversation it was quiet in the limo, it’s still strange how we went from one foster home to another and then to group homes to a loving couple with a huge house and even a limo. Lately I have been wondering why? How did we get so lucky? During my day dreaming we arrived at the Lakeside Mall. It’s a huge indoor outdoor mall.

When we got out of the car, David pulled away in the limo to go wait for us to finish our shopping. It was nearly noon already and I know we had a lot to get, Mrs. Carter likes to shop. Old Navy was our first stop; both Jacob and I can get most of our clothes here. I love this store. I was walking with Mrs. Carter towards the girl's jeans and we started looking over them. Jacob went to the men section. I knew already what he'd pick. He only wares black loose leg jeans and black t-shirts with his black leather jacket over. He looks good in black so no one mentions anything to him. I on the other hand I love colors, and bright colors are in this year. I got all different colors of jeans; I picked up seven of them so I can do laundry once a week. Yes I do my own laundry. I got a rainbow of colors, dark blue, light blue, green, pink, yellow and three black ones.

Black goes with everything. That's something Jacob would tell me. I then got shirts and sweaters in all the colors that match my pants. I let Mrs. Carter pick out all the tops as long as it was a shade or patterns that matched and looked good with the jeans I picked out. She likes to help me and we don't need to talk to each other she just holds up a hanger and I shake my head yes or no. It makes things easy.

The next stop was Victoria Secret, for my under things, as Jacob calls them. Mrs. Carter and I wear the same size bra and panties, it’s kind of weird but makes it easy, this way I don't have to tell Jacob what size I am. That information would turn him a dark shade of red. Plus the first time she took me here she had me sized, and nothing has changed. I got a rainbow of patterns and colors of matching sets about 10 different kinds. Mrs. Carter also got a few things some of which I did not need to see, because I'm sure they were for Mr. Carters eyes only. Ha-ha but I'm not going to say anything. I was laughing in my head again, and this time Jacob heard me.

'Seriously are you two done yet it’s so boring waiting out here for you two to finish' Jacob started to complain. So I just added insult to injury.

'Well bro you can always join us, no one said you had to sit out there and wait for us' I laughed back at him.

'Ewww, no way sis, that’s so gross I don't need to see what you are getting' Jacob nearly gagged replying to me, I could just imagine his face. I must have been smiling because Mrs.’ Carter spoke up.

“Jacob must be complaining to you, you have that look in your eye, the one you get when torture him.” I smiled back and shook my head yes.

'Hey Jacob, Mrs. Carter bought some unmentionables as well you want to come see them, I had the pleasure of seeing what she bought, It’s only fair to share that with experience with you' I smirked back to him.

'o-m-g, Penny are you trying to make me vomit? I don’t want to see them, I did not even need to know she got anything' Jacob was fake gagging in my head, I just smiled even more.

“Penny you have a beautiful smile, you should smile more often” Mrs. Cater beamed at me. I smiled back. I was really having fun today.

“Penny, do you have all the things you need from this store?” Mrs. Carter questioned me, I replied yes by shaking my head. We made our way to the register to pay. Mrs. Carter started making small talk with the young girl behind the counter. She was tall like me and thin with long reddish brown, she had it straight with bangs that were fluffed over her forehead. Her eyes were very pretty they were baby blue in color; her name tag said “Angel”. Mrs. Carter seemed to know her; Angel had called her by her name and was talking casually. I looked at them puzzled. That's when Mrs. Carter turned and introduced me.

“Penny this is Evangeline, Evangeline this is Penny, she is our foster daughter, and she will be going to the same school as you” Mrs. Carter was saying while pointing between the both of us. I just smiled and nodded.

“oh, Mrs. Carter I go by Angel now, Nice to meet you Penny what grade will you be in” Angel said this in a very chipper tone.

“Oh Penny can't talk, she has always been unable to, but anyway she almost sixteen and she will start eleventh grade” Mrs. Carter explained.

“Oh I did not realize, I'm sorry” Angel apologized to me. I smiled back but tried not to look rude or upset.

'Hey bro can you come in here to the register, I know you don't want to but, Mrs. Carter is trying to introduce me to a girl that goes to our new school, can you help me? Please' I was begging through our mind talk.

'Uh, yea I guess as long as I don't see your um, things' he stated I'm sure with a huge frown on his face. I reached for Mrs. Carters arm and touched her then pointed to the door to show her that Jacob was on his way to talk for me.

“Oh, Ok Jacob is on his way in, that's Penny's twin brother” Mrs. Carter informed Angel.

“Hi, Mrs. Carter Penny needed my help” he let Mrs. Carter know, I could tell he was uncomfortable; he was in a lingerie shop with his sister a stranger and our foster mom.

“Angel this is Jacob, he will be going to the same school also, he will be in all Penny's classes, to help her” Mrs. Carter informed her.

'Hey bro ask her how old she is and what grade?' I asked Jacob

“Penny wants to know how old you are Angel, and what grade are you in?” Jacob asked Angel.

“Oh I'm sixteen almost seventeen and in the eleventh just like you too, maybe we will have some of the same classes, How do you know what Penny is asking?”

“Me and Penny have a special kind of twin talk I guess you can call it, ever since we were young” Jacob explained to her, I bet he gets tired of explaining it to everyone. Most people don't believe us.

“Oh, I get it. You can read her mind, that's so cool” Angel said in a tone that said hippie or stoner. Like someone that says way cool man. I hope she’s not the type to get stoned, because I like her she neat, I wonder if we will be friends. I never made friends.

“Well, I know Penny has good taste, I can tell by what she bought today. Maybe I will see you at school, we can have lunch together or something, maybe the next time you come in I can give you my store discount”

“Ok, well thanks Angel, I'm sure you and the twins will become good friends, thank you for checking us out, we need to get home soon I'm having dinner delivered and I don't want to keep my husband waiting” Mrs. Carter told Angel. I waved and smiled to Angel on our way out. I wonder why she is so worried about dinner. We have never eaten as a family during dinner time. Normally we just have breakfast as a family. The carters are too busy working at night they just come and get a plate and go back to their office.

“Good bye, nice to meet you Penny” Angel yelled as we walked away.

'Wow bro I think I might have my very first friend, I'm so happy'

'Awe, now you won’t need me, that so sad Penny' Jacob was being sarcastic I could tell.

'No way bro you will always be my number one, but I really need a girl as a friend and someone that's not related to me'

'Yes I know. She seems nice. How does Mrs. Carter know her, we have never met any of her friends, not even family?' Jacob was asking me, I told him he needed to ask Mrs. Carter.

“Mrs. Carter how do you know Angel?”

“Oh Evangeline is her full name she is my friends daughter and she's a sweetheart, I bet you will all get along just swimmingly” Mrs. Carter told Jacob.

“Hey, I was wondering how come we have never met any of your friends or family, do you not like us?” Jacob asked but I know he seemed worried. I was wondering why we never met anyone as well. Mrs. Carter stopped walking and looked at the both of us. She had worried in her eyes. I was afraid of her answer. We were walking fast towards the limo when she halted in her steps.

“No. I am not ashamed of you two, we just wanted to make sure you were the right twins first, I mean if you fit in with our family. Well I just wanted to make it's all perfect before you meet everyone that's all” Mrs. Carter blurted this all out kind of fast like she was not expecting to have to tell us.

“You will meet everyone after you have your sixteenth birthday, and that's only in two weeks. So it's not much longer. Ok now we need to hurry or we will be late for our own dinner”. We got to the limo where David was waiting for us. He took our bags and opened the door so we can get in. He then put our things in the back while we sat and waited for him to drive us home. It was already 4pm it would take us an hour to get home. I was tired after all that walking in the mall.