My Evil Twin Brother

An out of body experience is a sensation of being outside one's body, typically floating and being able to observe oneself from a distance. This feeling was experienced when the author's brother misbehaved on the first day of school. The teacher was scary, loud, and his accent made him hard to understand. The author felt a sense of obscurity and was unable to help him.

A couple weeks before returning to school, the author's mother put them in a special class, which the new teacher, Mrs. Harris, was much nicer. She reminded the author of her aunt and always favored her over her brother. She told the author that if her brother tried to do anything naughty, it was up to her to stop him.

The author's mother was very happy with her grades and never spoke to her about her brother's behavior. They didn't make any friends, and after what happened on the first day, the other children mostly kept away. Every now and then, one of the bigger kids would come up to them. Stuart asked the author to draw on their hand, and the author started to panic, scared he was going to stab him. The author's brother stood his ground, his breathing increased, and as before, I floated away.

As the author scanned the crowd, they appeared scared and scattered as Mrs. Harris pushed her way through. "What happened?" she asked. The shock that had taken hold gave way, and the author began to cry. She said that Stuart asked to draw on their hands, but they didn't do anything, I promise."

She took a moment to study our faces and said, "I believe you," she replied, "let's go back inside, lunch is almost over." And the bell rang. Looking back on this time, Mrs. Harris was our guardian angel. She treated us like little adults, not the tearaway children our councilors said we were. In her class, we thrived, but the other kids didn't accept us and viewed us as strange and abnormal.

The last time they both went to school together was when they were nine. They had no friends, but they had made it through a year of school. On the first day of term, they were both upset when they found out Mrs. Harris had passed. The author didn't know what it meant at the time, but they thought she had moved away.

In summary, the author's out of body experience was a terrifying experience for the author and their brother, who were both struggling with their behavior and the expectations of their new teacher, Mrs. Harris. The experience left the author feeling unsupported and disconnected from the world around them.

The narrator and their brother Stuart attend a new school, where Mr. Giles takes the class. They enjoy math and are happy that they understand the material. However, their brother Stuart gets hurt and falls into the river, causing the narrator to feel a sense of loss. Their mother, scared and angry, tells them that their brother must leave. The narrator pleads with their mother not to take their brother away, but the step-father insists that they cannot. The narrator's mother slaps the narrator, and the narrator agrees to take his brother away.

The narrator's mother suggests they move to a different school for a new start, and the narrator is nervous but confident in their ability to make friends and achieve good grades. They still miss their brother, but their mother believes they are better off without him.

As a quirk of fate, the narrator runs into their step-father, who refuses to let them in. The narrator reveals that he sent Stuart away, and the narrator reveals that he did not send Stuart away. The narrator's hand is examined, and for the first time in their life, everything makes sense.