Love Is The Only Way

Chapter 1

As I heard my name being called downstairs, I knew it was the moment the moment I had always wanted to know about, the rush that went through me never felt so fast that the excitement, the joy it was all going through me, I could hardly walk down the stairs and I did miss a step to be fair, but this is the moment I had always been so excited about it was finally time to learn about the story, my parents love story I was a part of it but I do not remember it all that clearly, I do remember my psychotic "mother." That bitch screwed me over in more ways than anyone else even if you added them all up together nobody had hurt me as much as her, but that was beside the point I have been waiting for this moment for years and it was finally happening, they always promised they would tell the story as soon as I and Riley were 12 and 15 but instead, they had Rayne so we had to wait till I was 18, he was 15 and Rayne was 6 so that she could at least take in and comprehend the story. I could hear Rayne getting so excited about this story too if anything Rayne was the result of this story and was one of the most memorable parts for me and Riley at least; I had never seen Riley so excited for something and I think the craziest part of this to me was that he was a 15-year-old boy who had never been more excited to read in his life, but I could completely get why he would be so excited because this was our story, mainly mums and dads but none the less this was about how I and Riley joined together to become brother and sister. Riley called for me as loud as he could "Lily get your ass down here it's time for the story." I could hear the excitement in his voice which made me even more ecstatic than how I was already feeling, running down those stairs felt like the longest 5 seconds of my life and just as I reach the bottom of the stairs I went crashing into the door, but I was just so excited that I just jumped back up as quickly as I could and ran through to the living room and practically broke my sofa as I jumped up next to mum, dad, Riley, and Rayne. Mum said to us to be prepared for the unexpected in this story and to be prepared for anything that we did not already know, going by this I presumed some things about my biological "mother" would come up, but I did not care I knew how she was, and I knew that this was all for the best nevertheless mum and dad always prepare me for any stories including her in it. My heart was racing so fast, and I was so ready to hear this story as per usual they dragged on before they started telling us the story, but we all ended up shouting "hurry up and tell us the damn story we have been waiting years for this and we need to know now." They kept rambling on about how rushing into things make them less interesting and will not last as long, to be fair I am sure they were talking about the relationships they have had in the past as in my mum and Riley's dad both awful choices, I really do not know much about Riley's dad other than the fact he is not going to ever be a part of our lives although Riley always wishes he knew him more, he does love my dad but in fact, he truly is our dad. Rayne tried to grab the book so that we could read it since it never seemed like we were going to get to hear it with their long talks, I am sure they were just doing it to get us more excited about the story and to also get us a little pissed off so that our emotions were higher so we could really appreciate the story and feel it ourselves as if we were in the moment. They said to go and grab some snacks because we were in it for the long haul to read their love story and our life story. We all ran through to get snacks turns out they had bought a heap in preparation for this, but we were not even in the mood to eat we were just so ready to finally hear about this and the anticipation was so high that we were ready to hear this story, we all snuggled in close and dad lit the fire, we got our blankets set up as well and mum got the journal open and just as it opened it was as if the whole aura in the room changed it was as if we were in the story but it truly is no surprise there that we felt this way since it was our story after all and the tone in the room felt full of love but stress at the same time. I could feel us all being pushed in together and we all just let it happen, but I almost wanted to cry, this meant the entire world to me right now it was all I wanted to know since I was about 5 and it really was happening. No matter how many times I say it, it still feels so absurd to me that it was happening I saw a tear fall from Riley's eye but man I have never seen this boy cry before except for when he was little and a trouble maker to say the least and him crying just set me off my parents looked at me in a strange way and dad said in a concerned tone "honey is everything okay, you have been waiting for this for years aren't you finally ready to know everything?" Mum just gave me a tighter hug and said in a joking tone "she's just so excited to know how boring our life was." Which calmed me since I was honestly starting to wonder if they had built up this moment my whole life just to keep me and Riley on a hinge and trying to rake round for this journal for hours upon end, we never found it. We would always get up in the middle of the night just to try and look round the house, but it never happened, our parents are smarter than we thought but I calmed myself fully and they started to tell the story.