Chapter V: Cousin Chaos

While Mom and Grammy are talking to each other, Gramps and Priam explored the barn. I wasn’t in for a talk neither for a barn exploration that’s why I settled myself beside the river. I am in a squat position while watching as the water flows. Peace. I like it. I was sitting there for a while when the others called me. I saw them all bundled up inside the ranch house. I went there and saw them watching the horses eating. "Lauren! Do you still remember her?" she asked while pointing at a white horse "Ria!" I happily said and went to the horse to pat her head "Let’s have a race, Sis?" Priam challenged and I gave him my smirk I rode Ria while Priam chose the strongest horse in ranch as his horse. The race was brief but exciting. "Great race." I said and wiped the sweat forming on my forehead "I didn’t know that you’re a former horseback rider!" Priam shouted at me and glared like a brat. He still couldn’t accept the fact that he lost in the race. "You didn’t asked, Priam." I said and he just frowned at me so I laughed at him "Let’s go back. The others are here." Gramps said and Priam and I looked at each other "Others?" we asked in unison "Your cousins are here." Grammy said and we all went back to the mansion to greet our cousins When we arrive at the mansion, everything was in chaos. Some of my cousins were in the living room watching basketball with canned beers on their hands. My Aunts and Uncles were in the dining table engrossed in their conversations. When I went upstairs, there were some of my cousins reading all sorts of books. We were a big clan but the mansion was really in chaos. It was so noisy downstairs because of my cousins shouting while watching basketball. Upstairs is also messy because of all the books scattered on the carpeted floor. Uncle Petro and Aunt Elisa’s son are Patrick Earl Villegas, Patrick Ezekiel Villegas and Patrick Evans Villegas. Uncle Piolo and Aunt Danica’s were Prick Drake Villegas, Peter Dane Villegas and Prince Daniel Villegas. Aunt Bettina gave birth to the twins which were Pierce Bryan Villegas and Pierre Brix Villegas. They were like a carbon copy of Uncle Paolo. Uncle Paul and Aunt Grace has an only child named Phoenix George Villegas. And the last children were Priam and I. We’re twins. Mom and Dad were divorced before Priam and I was born that’s why we never got the chance to see him. Well, I’ll have to deal with these crack heads for the weekends. I hope they’ll leave soon or I might have a headache ’till God knows who. After dinner, everybody went to the entertainment room. I just changed my clothes before following them to that room. When I entered they were watching Marvels, wait! It was Titanic! Wait, what? It was The Conjuring? I wasn’t so sure if my eyesight were right because the channel kept on changing every time I blink. They were fighting over the remote control like some newborn babies fighting over a bottle of milk. Tsk. "Could you please grow up? " I said and snatched away the remote control from their grasp "Lauren! Give it to me!" "No, Lauren! You should give it to me!" "No! Lauren’s going to give it to me, right ‘couz?" "Give it to me!" "Come Lauren. Give that remote to your handsome cousin, Brix" I sat down in the middle of the room and pushed some buttons here in the remote. After a few second the television showed the news. I heard everybody groaned. It was fun teasing them but they were so noisy that my eardrums were about to burst. We spend the night watching, talking and laughing with each other. When I felt sleepy I excused myself and went to my room. Maybe I was that tired that I didn’t notice that I fell asleep. It was a chaotic weekend for me but at least I got a chance to bond with my chaotic and crazy cousins.