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The Hitting Zone half_empty 24670K 2022-07-23

As predicted, we didn't get home until late. That didn't stop Noah from doing the ab workout though. As soon as we got in the room, he dropped to the floor and began. Seeing him still dedicated after a game made me copy his movements.

”We have to stick with this every single day.” Noah huffed between the different exercises.

I had nothing to say back to him. Part of me agreed, especially with Coach's speech still somewhat fresh in my mind. But mostly...because I was already struggling. I want to say I have some muscles, but not nearly enough. My frame was still thin, at the very least I wasn't underweight anymore.

After we took turns showering, we found the rest of the family already sitting down at the table for dinner.

”Hey! You started without us!” Noah accused. He sat down and filled his plate with a couple of pizza slices. ”Rude.”

”You two were taking too long.” Mrs. Atkins replied. ”No reason for us to eat cold takeout. It's not like I would let them eat all the food without saving you some.”

”Sorry.” I mumbled.

”It's not a problem. We'll be adjusting the schedule.” Mr. Atkins pointed at my seat. ”Go ahead and sit down. Pizza is only good when it's hot.”

I sat down and pulled a pepperoni slice onto my plate.

”I like cold pizza.” Dave commented, shrugging his shoulders. ”No shame.”

Mr. Atkins gasped. ”You're not my son!”

Noah and Kyle laughed; I cracked a smile.

”Hey! Just because we don't like the same things don't make us unrelated.” Dave huffed, munching on his pizza slice.

”And just because we like the same things, don't make us related.” Kyle laughed.

”Idiot. We're identical twins. No matter what, we're related.” Dave retorted.

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”Language.” Mrs. Atkins warned.

”I'm just saying, even if he dyed his hair blue, people will definitely see that we have the same facial structure.” Dave concluded.

I paused. Facial structure? If I looked like that player, wouldn't someone have said something?

”There are twins who look nothing alike.” Noah pointed out. ”It's kind of crazy that you could have all recessive genes and not look like your family.” He looked at me and smiled. ”Next time anyone says that you don't look like my brother, we can tell them that you got all the recessive genes.”

”Ha-ha.” I forced out a weak laugh and turned my focus on my food.

So even if me and Jeremy Patterson don't look anything alike...we can still be related. For some reason, I wasn't feeling too hungry anymore.

”How'd the meeting go with Mr. Duncan?” Noah asked. It was like he was trying to kill my appetite.

”It went well.” Mrs. Atkins smiled.

”Traffic was killer.” Mr. Atkins said. ”I let them know that I don't like making the city drive on a Friday.” He looked at the boys. ”What will everyone be doing tomorrow? Your mom and I have a couple of showings around the neighborhood.”

”I'm going to the mall with Marie.” Kyle said.

”I'm getting together with Garret and Alex at the park for some extra pitching practice. Kelvin said he might come and watch depending on how physical therapy goes.” Dave said.