"The Quiet Cousins"
Written by: Carla M. Cuffee

THE QUIET COUSINS
How can I start this story or tell the journey of two cousins named?
“The Quiet Cousins”
One would ask, how did they come to be called “The Quiet Cousins” when actually they are farthest from being quiet.
The families lived very close to each other in the same city, on the same street. The cousins practically grew up in the same home, until the parents of the younger cousin had job opportunities in another state. For the first few years they were at each other homes, having dinners and birthday parties to cookouts in the summer. They played together almost every day, see one you see the other, they were inseparable. But eventually, the families drifted apart as their visits became less and less. The families tried to get together and see each other on major holidays. But that too, became less over time.
The Quiet Cousins had a two-year gap in age. But that didn’t stop them from having the same taste in clothes, shoes, even the same hair styles. This went on for a few years. They had a love for the same taste in music. But by them living in different states and being away from each other for long periods of time. They eventually, took two separate paths.
The oldest of the quiet cousins, was involved in a number of sports and one being an adventures skateboard kid, and having a love in, basketball and swimming.
While the other cousin had taken the road of an artist and comedian. You would find her most days on her YouTube channel, creating her view of art. She loves to prank her close net of friends and family. She was a practical joker for sure, she would challenge her family on odd but hilarious challenges, which they all turned out to be pranks.
See what we’re not told over time, is that “The Quiet Cousin's” kept up with their love of music, they would both sing while they went about their days, humming and creating new tunes.
They would collaborate later in life. But in the meantime.
They went about their days, enjoying their creative and adventures lifestyles.
The older Quiet Cousin, as I mentioned earlier, loved basketball and while on the court shooting hoops. She would create her style of dunking with a song that she came up with. The crowd knew when they heard her humming her favorite tune. She would get that ball in hand, swinging side to side down the court, as if she was dancing. She had the crowd mesmerize, until she was on top of the basketball rim. She would then twirl like a ballerina, high in the air and in goes that ball all while singing her favorite tune.
Her love for swimming was something that she took serious interest in and wanted so badly to make it to the Olympics. While at her swim meet, she would put on her ear pods and play her favorite songs to warm up the muscles. She was seen on the side line dancing. She knew she had to take this seriously, if she wanted to be in the Olympics. She had to be a strong swimmer and her love for music got her in that mood of competing.
Now, the younger Quiet Cousin was on her YouTube channel one afternoon, sketching and teaching an art class. She had a following of twenty thousand followers at the time and they were participating for the class to be a fun one ... remember she was a practical joker, while in her art studio, she would set up a prank with some of her family members, which they did not know that she was conducting a live stream class at the time.
She had set up an called egg smashing contest. She pretended to have already boiled some eggs and was in the process of rinsing them in cold water, when her family walked in her studio. As she tells her family members that there were some eggs that were boiled and some that were not and they all had to take turns picking out an egg and smashing it on their heads. Now mind you, there were no eggs boiled so when each one would pick an egg and smash it on their heads. The egg would ooze out of its shell, sliding down the faces. Must I remind you that she was live streaming her class and all 20K followers saw the family members smashing eggs on their head. What next followed was her family running after her in a rage of laughter. She finally was able to calm her family down now to see that her ratings shot up to fifty thousand in one hour, after the egg smashing class.
As the story goes on …
On another particular day, during her live stream class. She had decided to sing a song that she had in mind while sketching.
She did not know that the older Quiet Cousin, swim meet, was being live streamed and she too was singing a song that pretty much matched up with what, the younger Quiet Cousin was singing.
Both were being live streamed and during breaks the younger Quiet Cousin was on the Jumbo-tron.
See, the older Quiet Cousin did not take notice, because during her break, she would warm up by dancing and singing. What she did notice, that veryone at the meet was all looking in her direction.
Which the announcer had asked over his mic ... was that her on the Jumbo-tron (remember at that time she too was singing).
Both Quiet cousins looked very much alike, but I remind you that they have a two-year gap in age.
Both cousins were shocked to see each other via live stream, singing the same song, which turned out to be a song that they made up when they were younger!
Later on, both Quiet Cousins would write songs and travel the world while singing together. They won lots awards collaborating their love of music.
Both Quiet Cousins continue to love their field of passion. So, you would see their interest in their music videos.
From a basket game being played to a swim meet, broadcast, Olympics style.
Their videos had art written in every part of their music, which display huge canvases were splash in every video.
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Written by: Carla M. Cuffee
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