Two of the Same

[Zander Ellison]

The house was still busy, but it wasn't long till the middle four would be heading back to school, and Zander was almost grateful. He cared a lot for his family but they were a lot of work. They took a lot of his time and patience. It wasn't like he didn't try with all of them, but it was hard. He found it hard to stay on top of everything. TO know what Kailey needed, to keep Ciel and Kyle away so that they wouldn't annoy her. But, that was all part of being the parents to 4 teenagers who all had no idea of the impact they made on the eldest life. It was something that he was sure no one in his family actually thought about. What was the impact on Zander who had to try to be the peace keeper, without making Kailey feel like he hated her, or that the he was standing up for her and not for the twins. it was just hard for the eldest to get a proper grip on the family and to be able to lead them in a direction that didn't drive other members insane. He just had to make sure they didn't kill each other. Simply said, and not an over reaction. It was how he had to be. It was how he had to live. Knowing that some of his siblings would care little if Zander was their to stop them or not, they still had the school time to be at each other, but at least their under the constant supervision of adults he could at least feel safe in the knowledge that they couldn't really harm one another too badly at school. It was why he'd really wanted to transfer them to Hogwarts, their they would've been in different houses, but no one would've wanted that, so it was just another pointless idea that Zander had had. Something that he could easily write off as an insane one if anyone ever questioned how he would deal with it. Durmstrang was still a good school for them. Zander had gone to Hogwarts Scotland, and the only one of his family to have gone, but it was still good. He was quite worried about Kailey. he didn't know what to do. If she was all right, if she wanted to learn from home during the semester. Or if she wanted to be at school with all the others. Obviously he couldn't split up Kailey and and Justin but, he wanted to hear from Kailey first. Neither would really understand Zander if he forced them to do anything. He just had to hope, that if he spoke to Kailey he could make her see, he had no favourites in the family. And that he did love Kailey. Despite how she made the others in the family feel.

It was odd walking up near the end of the day and actually feeling nervous. He knew that he didn't actually have a real reason for why he wanted to speak to Kailey, he just knew that he wanted to. He wanted to be sure that she was okay. That she would be okay. He was the eldest after all and looking after all the children was what he had to do. It wasn't like given any other situation he would ignore Kailey. He always tried to make everyone feel equal. If that wasn't achieved then Zander could hardly really be blamed. He was just one guy. He was just one person, who was twenty three looking after his eight siblings. Now, most of whom who didn't really need him or want him their. It wasn't easy for the eldest Valentine. By no means was it easy for him. All he really wanted to do was make music and pursue his own dream, but he would put all that away time and time again for the people in his family. SO that they could have good lives, full of the opportunity that he had been stripped off. Zander stood outside Kailey's room and lightly chapped on the door. He knew better than to just waltz in. He was pretty sure she was in the room. If she wasn't then, he'd have to wait for her to come back to her room. He leaned into the door. "Kailey? It's Zander." He said, unsure as to if she would open or not upon hearing who it was. He just had to wait to see if she would let him or not.​

 

[Kailey Valentine]

When Zander knocked in Kaileys door, she raised from her chair and answered the door. "What do you want?" she questioned him, her hand on her hip, the other hand on the door. She didn't want to talk to anyone. Kyle had pushed her hard and she landed on her hand and she thought it was sprained or at most broken.

Zander had annoyed Kailey by always sticking up for Kyle and Ciel. She looked at him with an annoyed look. She had tracksuit bottoms and a hoodie. "Well?"