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my naughty twin sister
My naughty twin sister - Part 1
Part 1
Chapter 1 – The Wrong Album
Nora Hayes worked the afternoon-to-evening shift at Vinyl Haven, the small record store tucked between a laundromat and a Thai takeout place on Elm Street. At twenty-eight she still loved the ritual: alphabetizing sleeves, dusting turntables, watching people’s faces when they found something they’d forgotten they missed.
On a chilly Wednesday in early November, the bell rang at 6:40 p.m.
A woman in a wool coat and knit beanie walked in, cheeks pink from the wind. She carried a canvas tote and scanned the new arrivals bin like she was looking for an old friend.
Nora watched from behind the counter while flipping through special orders.
The woman pulled out a worn copy of Joni Mitchell’s Blue, turned it over, frowned, then slid it back.
Nora couldn’t help herself. “If you’re after something specific, I can check the back.”
The woman looked up—dark eyes, faint freckles across her nose. “I thought this was Hejira. Same era, wrong sleeve. My copy’s scratched to hell.”
Nora smiled. “We’ve got a clean Hejira in used. Want me to grab it?”
“Please.”
When Nora handed it over, their fingers touched on the edges—brief, accidental.
“I’m Rowan,” the woman said, almost as an afterthought.
“Nora.”
Rowan paid cash, tucked the record carefully into her tote, and left with a small nod.
Nora replayed the moment later while closing up: the way Rowan’s voice softened when she said “scratched to hell,” like the damage hurt more than it should.
Chapter 2 – Return Visit
Rowan came back five days later.
This time she brought the scratched Hejira in a protective sleeve.
“I tried playing it anyway,” she said, setting it on the counter. “Needle kept skipping. Figured I’d trade it in if you take damaged stuff.”
Nora examined the vinyl under the desk lamp. Deep gouge on side B. “We can give store credit. Or I could try cleaning it—sometimes miracles happen.”
Rowan hesitated. “You don’t have to.”
“I like a challenge.” Nora smiled. “Leave it with me. Come back Friday?”
Rowan nodded. “Friday works.”
She lingered a moment, glancing at the listening station in the corner—a turntable hooked to old speakers, headphones ready.
“You let people listen before buying?” Rowan asked.
“Best part of the job.”
Rowan’s eyes flicked to the bin of used jazz. “Maybe next time.”
Nora watched her leave, coat collar up against the November dusk, and thought, Next time.
Chapter 3 – Side A
Friday evening Rowan returned just as the store was quieting down.
Nora had cleaned the record as best she could—still a faint skip on track three, but better.
“I saved it mostly,” Nora said, sliding it across the counter.
Rowan tested it on the listening station. She sat on the worn stool, headphones on, eyes closed. When “Coyote” started, her shoulders relaxed.
After the side finished, she pulled the headphones off. “You’re a wizard.”
“Just stubborn.” Nora shrugged. “No charge for the rescue.”
Rowan insisted on buying her a coffee from the place next door as thanks.
They sat outside on the metal bench despite the cold, steam rising from paper cups.
Rowan was a high school history teacher who’d moved to town two years ago for a quieter life after a breakup she didn’t elaborate on. She collected records because her dad used to play them on Sunday mornings—Fleetwood Mac, Carole King, whatever felt like home.
Nora told her about dropping out of art school, taking over shifts at the store when the owner needed help, staying because the music never judged her for standing still.
They talked until the coffee was cold and the streetlights buzzed on.
When Rowan stood to leave, she said, “Can I come listen again sometime? No trade-in required.”
Nora’s pulse ticked up. “Anytime.”
Chapter 4 – Shared Spins
Over the next few weeks Rowan became a regular.
She’d show up after school let out, browse for twenty minutes, then claim the listening station. Sometimes Nora joined her—split headphones, one earbud each, shoulders almost touching.
They listened to everything: Nina Simone live recordings, old folk compilations, the new pressing of Big Thief that just came in.
One rainy Tuesday in December, Rowan brought her own record—a private press of her dad’s college band from the ’70s. Lo-fi, earnest, slightly out of tune.
They played it after closing, store lights dimmed to just the neon “Open” sign glowing red.
Halfway through side A, Rowan laughed self-consciously. “It’s terrible.”
“It’s honest,” Nora said. “That’s rarer.”
Rowan looked at her then—really looked. The rain tapped the windows like gentle percussion.
Nora felt the air shift.
Rowan reached over, brushed a strand of hair from Nora’s cheek. Hesitant. Asking.
Nora leaned in.
The kiss was slow, careful, tasting like coffee and vinyl dust and relief.
When they pulled back, Rowan whispered, “I’ve wanted to do that since the Joni mix-up.”
Nora laughed softly. “Took you long enough.”
Chapter 5 – Winter Playlists
January brought snow and shorter days.
They started spending evenings at Nora’s small apartment above the laundromat—turntable on the coffee table, blankets piled on the couch.
Rowan taught Nora how to make perfect French toast. Nora showed Rowan how to splice cassette tapes (even though no one used them anymore).
They argued about whether Rumours was overrated (Nora said yes; Rowan clutched her heart in mock horror).
One night after a long school day, Rowan fell asleep against Nora’s shoulder while Astral Weeks spun.
Nora didn’t move. She watched the snow fall outside the window, felt Rowan’s steady breathing, and realized this was the quietest happiness she’d ever known.
Chapter 6 – The Mix
In March, Nora made Rowan a mixtape—old-school cassette, hand-labeled in Sharpie.
Side A: songs they’d discovered together.
Side B: songs Nora had loved before Rowan, but now sounded different because of her.
She gave it to Rowan on a Saturday afternoon in the store, during a rare quiet hour.
Rowan read the tracklist, eyes shining.
“You made me a tape.”
“Seemed fitting.”
Rowan pulled her behind the counter, kissed her soundly amid the shelves of soul 45s.
“I love you,” Rowan said against Nora’s mouth. Simple. True.
Nora’s heart stuttered. “I love you too.”
Chapter 7 – Summer Static
By late June the store smelled like sun-warmed vinyl and the basil plant Rowan had insisted on putting in the window. Business picked up with tourists hunting rare pressings, but the real change was the new “Events” chalkboard Nora had hung by the door: Free Listening Nights – Bring Your Own Record, Share the Sound.
The first one was Rowan’s idea. She’d said, “People come in alone. Let them leave feeling less alone.”
Ten people showed up that Thursday—mostly regulars, a couple of nervous first-timers. Nora dimmed the lights, set out mismatched chairs in a loose circle around the listening station. Rowan spun her dad’s old band record again; this time she didn’t apologize for its imperfections. Someone brought a scratched Prince album and laughed when it skipped. Another played a recent indie folk EP and teared up quietly during the bridge.
Afterward, while cleaning up stray sleeves, Rowan leaned against the counter and watched Nora stack chairs.
“You looked happy tonight,” Rowan said.
“I was.” Nora paused. “We were.”
Rowan stepped closer, slipped her arms around Nora’s waist from behind. “We should do this every month.”
“Deal.” Nora turned in her arms. They kissed slow and easy, the faint crackle of a needle still settling in the background.
Chapter 8 – The Long Weekend
In August Rowan’s school went on break. They took four days off—first real trip together.
They drove three hours north to a small lake town Rowan remembered from childhood summers. Cabin rental: one bedroom, creaky porch, no Wi-Fi. Perfect.
They brought a portable turntable and a milk crate of records. Mornings were coffee on the dock, afternoons swimming until their fingers pruned, evenings spinning albums while fireflies blinked outside the screen door.
One night, halfway through Court and Spark, Rowan set her wine down.
“I’ve been thinking about next year,” she said. “Lease on my apartment is up in October.”
Nora’s heart did a small, hopeful flip. “Yeah?”
“I don’t want to renew it.” Rowan met her eyes. “I want to wake up with you every day. Not just most days.”
Nora set her glass aside too. “My place is tiny. Above the laundromat. It smells like detergent half the time.”
“I like the smell of detergent.” Rowan smiled. “And I like your tiny place. And you.”
They talked logistics late into the night—whose couch was comfier, whose bookshelves had more space, how they’d fit two turntables in one living room.
By the time the record ended, they’d decided: Rowan would move in at the end of October. They’d combine collections, argue over shelf space, make it theirs.
Nora pulled Rowan onto the porch swing. They sat wrapped in the same blanket, listening to crickets and distant water.
“I’m scared I’ll be bad at this,” Nora admitted. “Sharing space. Sharing everything.”
Rowan kissed her temple. “We’ll be bad at it together sometimes. That’s okay.”
Chapter 9 – Moving Day Mix
October arrived crisp and golden.
Moving day was chaos: boxes of records labeled by genre and mood, Rowan’s history textbooks stacked beside Nora’s half-finished sketchbooks, a pizza delivery at noon because neither remembered to eat.
They played a moving playlist Nora had made—upbeat enough to keep energy up, soft enough not to annoy the neighbors. When “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” came on, Rowan grabbed Nora’s hand and pulled her into a ridiculous slow-dance in the half-empty living room, stepping over boxes.
They laughed until they were breathless.
That night, after everything was in (or at least mostly in), they collapsed on the couch amid unpacked chaos. The turntable was already set up on a milk crate because the stand hadn’t arrived yet.
Rowan plugged in speakers, dropped the needle on Tapestry.
As Carole King’s voice filled the small space, Rowan looked around—at their combined records, their mismatched mugs on the shelf, Nora’s coat hung next to hers on the hook.
“This is home now,” Rowan said quietly.
Nora rested her head on Rowan’s shoulder. “Yeah. It is.”
Chapter 10 – Forward Spin
One year later—another November, another rainy Wednesday.
The store is the same, but different: a second chair at the listening station, a shared “Our Picks” shelf, Rowan’s after-school drop-ins now routine.
They still host listening nights once a month. Attendance has grown; people bring friends, strangers leave as friends.
On slow evenings Nora flips the “Closed” sign early. They lock the door, dim the lights, and dance—slow, silly, barefoot—among the aisles.
Sometimes to Nina Simone.
Sometimes to whatever’s already on the turntable.
Rowan always hums off-key.
Nora always pretends not to notice.
And every time the needle lifts, they look at each other with the same quiet certainty:
The music keeps playing.
They keep turning the page—together.
Chapter 11 – The First Fight
November 2025 brought the first real argument.
It started small: Rowan wanted to repaint the living room a soft sage green; Nora liked the current warm cream and worried about the mess during store hours. Rowan pushed; Nora dug in. Voices rose just enough to feel sharp.
They slept on opposite sides of the bed that night—back-to-back, silent.
The next morning Nora woke to the smell of coffee and the faint scratch of a needle dropping. Rowan had put on Blue—their shared comfort album.
Nora padded into the living room in socks. Rowan stood by the turntable, arms crossed, eyes red.
“I’m sorry,” Rowan said first. “I pushed because I want this place to feel like ours, not just yours with me added.”
Nora exhaled. “I’m sorry too. I got scared change meant losing something.”
They met in the middle of the room. Rowan rested her forehead against Nora’s.
“We’ll paint it together,” Nora said. “Sage green. But we test a patch first.”
Rowan laughed wetly. “Deal.”
They spent the weekend prepping walls, laughing at paint-splattered jeans, dancing to old Motown while the first coat dried.
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End of Part 1
Story by u/midnightpings. All credit goes to the original author.
