A Sister's Love by Varissa Darke (novels in english txt) 📕

feel her instantly freeze, in confusion, perhaps? It was too dark to see her, but I wish I could have seen her face the instant I yawned.

Suddenly, she giggled. "Jason! How long have you been hiding under my bed?" Alex scoot over and threw her arm over my chest. "Uhh, Jason? How long have you had boobs?"

"I went through an odd change this afternoon." I said in my best man-voice. Alex suddenly jumped out of bed and ran to the light switch as I burst into a giggle fit.

"Ana!!!" She squealed I ran to hug her. It had been too long since we'd been together like this. In fact, I think it had been exactly a year.

"Alex! I've missed you so much!!" I embraced her tightly, never wanting to leave.

"Ana." She pulled away. "There's something I've been wanting to tell you, but I didn't want to tell you by text." I nodded. She took a deep breath, trying to steady her voice. "I'm pregnant."

My smile faded. "No, Alex. No, no. You..." She bit her lip, nodding. I bit my own lip. "I'd say you're too young to be pregnant, but then, that would make me a hypocrite."

Alex raised an eyebrow. "What...do you mean?" I bit even harder down on my lip. Her eyes widened. "Holy shit. No, no, no, no! There is no way!" Sadly, I nodded.

"Looks like we're both pregnant. Does Mom know?" I asked her. She shook her head. "Your the first person I've told." I nodded. "Same here."

I sighed. "Well, this'll be fun."

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"Happy eighteenth birthday, Corey." I whispered into the soft March air, blowing around me in a calm, beautiful wind. You'd think the cemetery wouldn't be that great of a place for a birthday party, but to Alex and I, it was nothing short of perfect.

"Te isbuesc, my brother." Alex whispered, softly stroking the flowers laid by his headstone. I wrapped my arm around her waist, resting my head on her shoulder. "Ready for this?" I whispered, butterflies instantly swarming around at the words.

Alex gulped, then nodded. We took hold of each other's hands, slowly turning to face our crowd. My mother, father, my mother's brother, my grandparents on my mother's side of the family, Alex's boyfriend, Jason, and all of our friends.

Together we stood, our eyes meeting. We gave each other a quick nod. Alex spoke for us. "Everyone, we have an announcement. We love you all more than anything, and we think there's something you all need to know." She gave me a nod, telling me it was my turn.

I gave a fake grin, taking in a secret, deep breath. "Alex and I...are both pregnant." I winced, wanting terribly to go hide behind Alex. Alex gripped my hand even tighter.

Our crowd was silent. Jason approached us, taking Alex's hand in his. "Is this true?" His eyes were worried. Alex nodded. Suddenly, the entire world seemed to erupt with chaos as a roar came from our audience. Dad was yelling at Mom. Mom was yelling back. Grandma was trying to seperate them. My friends all surrounded me, shouting, swallowing me in some loud, pit of darkness.

"Please! Everyone just stop!" I cried out, crashing to the ground. Everything went silent. Alex dropped beside me, scooping me up in her arms. Tears were uncontrolably falling.

"This should be a time to celebrate. It's our birthdays, mine, Alex's, and Corey's. What the hell is wrong with you all?!? This was suposed to be a time when we all work together to make the best of our situations. But all you guys can do is fight and yell and just fight some more with each other! I thought we were family!" I couldn't stop myself anymore.

"Come on, Ana. Come with me." Alex stood up, dragging me with her. Together, we made our way to the farthest away from the party we could get. Alex was trying to wipe my tears away, but they just wouldn't stop.

"Why do our lives suck so much?" I asked, forging a smile.

Ana shook our head. "I don't know. All I know is that we have to stick together this time. We can't let them seperate us no matter what. But I have a feeling Mom's going to kick me out fo the house."

"Yeah. She probably will, even after my little outburst back there. But, that just means you can come live with Dad and me."

Alex hugged me. "Okay, now come on. Let's go back to the party and see if we can get this mess straightened up, then we'll talk to Mom about me staying with you guys for a while."

I smiled. "Te isbuesc, Alex."

She smiled back. "Te isbuesc."

Chapter 4:

Mom didn't really kick Alex out, but we decided to take her back with us for a month. We decided we'd work out a custody agreement, so Alex and I wouldn't have to be apart. One month we'll stay with Mom, the next we'll stay with Dad, and just keep going back and forth.

Dad had Alex and I transfered to a different school, Josh's school. It would be easier on the both of us, he though. And it was. I had Josh there and all of his friends, so that meant Alex and I wouldn't have to worry about having to make friends.

Josh took the news of my pregnancy very well. He was grinning from ear to ear, so happy with the news, as long as I was happy. And thanks to him, I was.

Josh wasn't very good at keeping his mouth shut though, so everyone at our school already knows that Alex and I are "preggos" as they say. And none of them care. They're definitely not the kind to judge. "No one is a misfit here at the school of misfits." That's pretty much their motto.

Alex and I have an art class together, which is a blast, of course. The teacher is amazing too, so she let us all put on old t-shirts and jeans and paint all over each other. Never in my life have I felt so close to my sister as I do when we're both covered in paint, head to toe, laughing until it hurts.

Alex and I also have lunch together, which is great. Right now, I feel I need her by my side every second she can be there. Even though we have two seperate bedrooms, we find ourselves falling asleep in the same bed anyway.

"No way! You guys are both due November 28th?" We nodded in unison, laughing. "As of right now, yep!" The girls around shook their head, chuckling.

"So what if you guys have the babies the same day? That would be so cool!" I glanced over at Alex. She grinned. "That would be pretty cool."

"Another question!" One girl called out. "What the hell does Tay Eebesc, or whatever you guys say mean?"

I chuckled. "Te iubesc. Our grandparents were from Romania, and didn't speak much English, so we learned a lot of Romanian from them. Te isbuesc, means 'love you.' "

"Aww! That's so cool! I'm totally gonna start saying that now!!" The bell rang. A few of the girls groaned. "We'll have to meet back up here Monday. Ah, wait. You guys are going back to your mother's tomorrow, right?" We nodded. "Okay, see you in May then!!"

"Later guys!!" We both called out. Together, we stepped out of the school, where our mother's car was waiting, already packed with a month's worth of our stuff, ready to go back to her place. This would be the first time I'd be back for longer than a day. "I've missed Mom." I said softly with a smile.

Chapter 5:

"Here's your old room back, though, from what I've heard from your father, you'll probably just end up sleeping in Alex's room." My mom flopped down on my bed, inviting me to sit by her.

"Wait. So you've actually been talking to Dad?" Mom chuckled, tucking her arm around my shoulder.

"Well, now that we've started this whole custody thingy, it's kinda required. We're both adults, we've learned to forgive, forget, and let go of grudges. Though it's still hard." I nodded, resting my head on her chest.

My mom took a single look at me and shook her head. "Hard to imagine. My little girl, so grown up. Both of my girls. You've grown since the last time you slept in this room." I smiled.

"Yeah." A thought suddenly came to my mind and my smile faded. "Is all of Corey's stuff still in his room?"

I felt my mother gulp. "Yes." She said softly. I nodded, slowly standing up and making my way to Corey's room.

The usual smell of Corey's room (man-stink mixed with a hint cologne) was gone. His cheetah-print blankets were still on his bed, perfectly made. His fourth-year, Camp Ozark blanket was folded around his pillow, like a pillow-case, the way he always had it.

Slowly, I sat down on the bed, gazing around the room. The Used, Halo, and Avenged Sevenfold poster were hung all aroung the walls. Something hanging from the back of the bed caught my eye.