Born Broken by Anna Huscha (good summer reads .txt) 📖

Bakster nodded.

"What?" Xavier asked coldly, looking up at her.

"Xavier... I haven't told you this before but ... you have a twin. You guys were given away at birth because your mother couldn't handle twins, I've only told you about your mother... not about your twin. He's been housing with this woman" Mr. Bakster explained, Xavier basically hissed as she reached her hand out. He turned his head and dodged making any contact with her.

"What's his name?" Xavier asked, Lexi drew her hand back then spoke.

"Damien" Lexi stated, Xavier nodded then looked up again.

"Why are you here?" Xavier asked bluntly, Lexi hesitated but continued regardless of Mr. Baksters expression.

"Well, I want to be your foster mother, I want you to get to know your twin and have a life" Lexi said point-blank, Xavier eyed her to find try and find even the smallest amount of lie in her words but couldn't find it, not this time.

"I... really?" Xavier asked suddenly, first time she had heard him speak normal.

"Yes" Lexi stated, Mr. Bakster interrupted.

"Have you and Damien talked about it?" Mr. Bakster asked, this time both of them looked at him, Xavier glared at him.

"Yes, Damien hasn't answered me but this time I'm not leaving it up to him, I know he wants to meet you Xavier, he and you both have that right" Lexi explained, Xavier nodded before Lexi turned and signed papers that were handed to her after a few moments.

"He can be a handful" Mr. Bakster warned once Xavier was in her car, she nodded to him.

"As all boys can be and I have yet to find one who can break me" Lexi stated before walking to her car, Mr. Bakster called out to her.

"Why are you doing this?" Mr. Bakster asked, Lexi paused as she opened her door.

"Because you asked me to in the first place and now that I thought about it, I know he needs a mother, he needs his brother, he needs a life and I'm willing to love this boy" Lexi said plainly before she climbed into her car and closed the door.

Xavier looked out the window, the words he just heard lingering in his head.

The trip took an hour before they finally arrived in the driveway, Lexi parked in front of the garage, once out she led Xavier towards the house.

"Good, he's not home yet, I can surprise him this way" Lexi stated, leading Xavier into the house.

Lexi led him through the house once, giving a quick tour and showing him which room would be his, it was across the hallway to Damien's room.

Xavier examined everything carefully, analyzing each room she showed him. He was unpacking his small bag alone before a small knock was heard on the door and Lexi popped her head in, he looked up at her then continued what he was doing.

"Is that all you have?" Lexi asked, opening the door as she stepped in, Xavier gave her a small nod.

"Oh, heaven's no! We're going shopping for you tomorrow then we can get you registered into school, when's the last time you've been there?" Lexi asked him, looking him up and down.

He had a bad scar going down from his collar bone to his left nipple, a few scars on his right cheek and hadn't shaved in a week, his black hair hung down over his eyes and was messy from the places he had been sleeping in the last few nights. His bright blue eyes were the only things that hadn't changed.

"Hm, well let me go get one of Damien's new razors then you can get cleaned up some and go get a shower... then we can discuss school and all that. We need to desperately go shopping for you though" Lexi planned it out as she headed out then returned a few moments later with a brand new razor in her hand, offering it to Xavier.

He watched her and blinked, staring at the small, blue razor in her hand before taking that and a towel she had picked up on her way back.

"Thanks" Xavier muttered before turning and heading into the bathroom, slipping into the hot shower without a moments hesitation; relaxing instantly.

Lexi stared at his bag as she heard the water turn on before she took all the clothes from the bag and took them downstairs, throwing them into the washing machine.

"This poor child" Lexi said as she shook her head, the thought of what could have happened in his past haunted her for the minutes she waited for him to finish up his shower.

Xavier turned the faucet off and stepped out, grabbing the towel and drying his hair off before his body. He wrapped the towel around his waist and headed towards the mirror, wiping off a spot, he stared into it then picked up the razor. He pulled the protective cap off of it and tossed it into a small trash can that sat underneath the sink.

He turned the sinks faucet on then dipped the blades, taking his hand and splashing his face with water before starting to shave.

Xavier eyed his reflection, running his fingers through his long black hair before grunting and leaving the bathroom, he noted the pair of clothes sitting on his bed for him.

He looked at the clothes carefully before picking up the shirt and jeans that were there and a brand new pair of boxers. He slid the clothes on that seemed to fit perfectly minus the slightly large tee.

Xavier exited his room and walked downstairs, sitting on the couch waiting for him was Lexi, she turned and saw him then smiled.

"There, isn't that better? No more scruff" Lexi said victoriously.

"Could I ... um, get my hair cut?" Xavier asked, flicking his hair, Lexi lifted herself up off the couch then nodded.

"Follow me!" Lexi said enthusiastically, she led him back towards a large bathroom that was just off from the dinning room hallway, she sat him down on the toilet then ran a comb through his hair.

"How short?" Lexi asked, Xavier gave it a thought before biting his lip ring.

"All of it" Xavier said finally, Lexi's eyes widened for a moment before complying and started to cut.

"Any style or literally all of it?" Lexi asked before she had cut much of anything off.

"I want a short spiked look" Xavier explained, remembering Danny's hair.

"Oh, I can do that!" Lexi said with a smile, happy that she could help him. Xavier relaxed slightly as she got to work, small clumps of hair started to fall from his head for a good five minutes before finally it stopped and the scissors were laid down on the sink. Lexi ran her fingers through his hair, grabbing a can of hairspray and quickly pinching up some of the tips.

"There" Lexi said, brushing him off, Xavier eyed her before standing up and glancing in the mirror. It was a completely new look for him.

His new hairstyle complimented his eyes along with his piercings that rested in both the middle of his bottom lip and his tongue.

"Thanks" Xavier muttered before they headed back out to the living room once the mess of hair was swept up.

Lexi sat down on the couch away from him, letting him have his room, he seemed to like that.

Damien

Damien wrote a small note and stuck it into Chase's hands before slipping away from the dead party, since his keys wouldn't be given back until later and his ride was still passed out, sprawled out across the floor, he decided to walk.

He walked three blocks before finally coming to his house, he climbed the stairs and went inside.

"Hey mom, I'm home" Damien stated, slipping his shoes into the rack before heading into the living room, Xavier didn't lift his head as he had been told to do.

"Damien, welcome home honey" Lexi said as she stood up and greeted him, Damien hugged her then glanced at Xavier.

"Who's he?" Damien asked that's when he looked up and Damien's breath was taken away. He was in fact a twin.

"Hi" Xavier murmured lightly, Damien looked from his mom to Xavier.

"I had to, hun, you needed to meet him" Lexi said, Damien didn't know what to think or do, he hadn't ever been told he had a twin until a day ago and was now meeting him face-to-face.

Xavier stood up and blinked a few times, just looking Damien head to toe, he was much like himself, dark skinned with the same sky blue eyes, the only thing that Xavier differed was with the piercings and the scars.

"I'm Xavier" Xavier offered, Damien nodded then swallowed, there seemed to be a solid block keeping him from letting any words out.

"Damien" Damien managed after some struggling, he couldn't figure out why he couldn't speak out of random.

"Why not sit down? Relax and try to learn something about each other" Lexi said, helping Damien sit down as Xavier sat back down in the same place he had been sitting before, Damien just nodded once again.

Damien glanced over at Xavier after a moment, his eyes darted from the piercings to the only slightly visible scars that played along his skin, to the same exact features that he himself had seen when he looked into the mirror in the mornings.

"Tell me..." Damien started.

Xavier looked up at him and blinked, remaining silent, waiting for Damien to finish but when he didn't he then spoke up.

"What do you want me to tell you?" Xavier asked once Lexi was gone, out of ears reach.

"Anything, what have you gone through?" Damien asked, Xavier scoffed; too vague.

"Well if I were to even tell you anything that is far too vague to even know where to start... we'd be here all night" Xavier stated, Damien nodded after a moment of examining his face.

"Yeah... how many homes have you been through?" Damien asked, Xavier leaned back.

"Probably a few hundred homes, I can't remember since I started going through so many homes since I turned nine" Xavier explained, Damien eyes widened.

"Why so many?" Damien asked, putting his elbows on his knees.

"I don't know, I never liked 'em" Xavier said plainly, Damien nodded.

"Fair enough" Damien stopped talking as there was a knock on the door, he glanced through the curtains to see that Chase stood there with bedhead, rubbing his face.

"Hey, will you do something for me?" Damien asked after a thought popped into his head, Xavier shrugged.

"Depends" Xavier said simply.

"Answer the door" Damien said, looking over his shoulder at his twin, making sure not to be seen by Chase.

"One of your friends I'm guessing" Xavier figured out, he stood up and walked over towards the door, pulling his Labret stud into his lip.

Xavier opened the door, eying the boy who stood in front of him, Chase looked up at him and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Do you remember how I fell asleep last night? No? Me neither but my neck feels like I slept using a rock as a pillow... you gonna just stand there or you going to let me in?" Chase asked, Xavier shifted his weight onto his left leg.

"Well I was thinking about just letting