The Perry Brothers - Ch. 22

Terri and Terry, 23 years old

The twins have got to work at Monster Inc. They're really proud of themselves. But now it's time to go home. They walk through the market place in the centre of Monstropolis. It's sunny, but cool. Terry thinks the weather's going to get worse soon. "Excuse me!" A monster of about Terry's and Terri's age runs after the brothers. She's just a little taller than Terry and has eight sharp eyes and silky long hair. "Hi, sorry to distrub you, I'm Catherine Palmer." "Uh, okay... Terri Perry." "Terry Perry." Catherine laughs awkwardly. "I love your names." She suddenly starts talking more officially. She has clearly planned what to say. "Anyways, I'm making a documentary on two-headed monsters to make people more aware and understanding. I saw you two walk by and thought, that it'd be great help for me, if I could interview you and do some filming with you." Terri looks over to his brother. "I guess that's okay. Terry?" "Well, I guess so. But are you doing this on your own? Or do you have some company with you?" "I'm doing it on my own, but I'm hoping to get it officially published. And it also could help me get a permanent job. But um... Could I get your number... Numbers?"

   "Okay, so I was thinking that first you could just tell your names, age, where you live, the basic stuff and then end it with 'And we are two-headed monsters' so it'll kinda be your intro." Terri and Terry have come to Catherine's place to film the interview. It's cozy, but that makes it seem strange that there's cords all over the floor and a big camera in the middle of the room. "You ready?" "Yeah..." "Aaand, action!"

  Catherine films all of the questions separately. Terry and Terri get to explain about what it's like having your brother right next to you all the time, how it affects their life and how it's difficult to blend in and live a normal life. "Have you come across bullying or discrimination?" Terry laugh a little. "Oh, yeah. A lot." "We've been really lucky and surrounded by good people, mostly. There hasn't been any beating up or anything..." "Except beating up each other." "But when we were younger, there was a lot of name-calling, other kids leaving us out of the group. Stuff like that." Terry starts getting a more serious tone. "Not just when we were kids. It really never ends. To be honest there comes a lot more discrimination from adults. You know, kids are innocent and see the good in everything. No one has taught them to hate yet. That's pretty much the only thing I like about kids..." "What comes to my mind right now is what happened in college. There was this guy, Mike, who wanted to take part in the scare games and needed a fraternity to do that. He chose the one we were in." "But apparantly we weren't enough." "Yeah. There had to be six members. And there was!" "We count bodies, not heads..." "It was understandable, because there was one challenge, where we had to go one at a time, so..." "But it still did hurt. Just the way they said it was so..." "They called us 'that dude'! I mean, this was a small, harmless things. But still something made it really stick in the memory."

   After a lot of emotional and funny talking, the interview is done. "Wow, thanks guys. I don't think I could've talked about those things if I were you. Now, if you still have time and energy, it'd be great to film some clips for narration parts." They go film Terri and Terry doing their normal everyday things. Cooking, shopping, walking, dancing, writing and a couple of clips of staring into the distance. "Thank you so much! It's been great help. I'll contact you once the document is finished. Uh... Well, bye!" Catherine starts walking away. Terry tries to go back inside, but Terri stays staring as Catherine slowly blends into the scenery. "She's really pretty... And kind... And funny... She's the kind of awkward and cute type. Like me." Terry smiles at his brother's stunned face. "Ask her out." "Wh-what? Why? What do you mean?" "Come on, Terri. I know you want to." Terri stares at Terry for a very long while. Then he suddenly starts running after Catherine, causing the twins to stumble around before finding balance and a synchronized speed and rhythm to run in. "Catherine, wait!"