Peas in a Pod

We were peas in a pod. The three of us. Cousins. All born within four months of each other. The bond of our mothers all being pregnant at the same time trickling down to us. There's a picture of us celebrating Halloween together. Costumed, weary and suspicious. So many things happened for us at the same time: kindergarten, graduations, celebrations of all kind. We eventually went separate ways, but it was always there. The bond. Somehow. I don't know how. But now this. Without warning. One of us...

Gone.

I feel strange. And all I want to keep saying is: But we're too young to die.