Deep Secret

Welcome Home

••Alright readers. Shelby, Heather, Jayce, Stacie, Lacy, and the other characters are now 18 and are Seniors! After two years without Ky, Shelby holds on. Colton's two years are up, and he's coming home!••

"Shelby!" I hear someone shout my name. "Ya?" I ask lazily, still in bed. "Colton's home!" That caused me to burst from my bed.

I jumped out of bed to see my twin sister Stacie in the doorway, a smile plastered on her face.

"He's HOME?" I ask in shock. "Yes! I'm not like my old self. I wouldn't be joking NOW! He REALLY is HOME!"

I ran out of Stacie's and my room, hair a mess like a lion's mane and matted to my face, wearing my rumpled PJ's, all the way down stairs to see my family crowd around a tall boy.

"Colton?" I question. Everyone turns around to see me. "Hello Shelby. I'm home," smiled the tall, thin boy. "Colton!" I scream, running up to him.

My 21 year old brother caught me in an embrace. "You're home! You're finally home!" I cry. I burry my face in his shoulder. "Yes my sister, I'm home," Colton said, hugging me tightly.

I pulled away to look up at his face. Backing up, I examine him. "Well, you surely are taller than ME!" I say jokingly. He laughs. "Ya, I'm a beanstalk," he teased himself. Everyone laughs.

Colton says that he experienced so much on his mission, he wanted to go back to Alaska.

"Was it cold?" Sam asked, he is now 10. "In the winter time it got bellow freezing, but we stayed warm," Colton replied. "Do they have summer?" Stacie asked. "Yes, their summer got up around 70 degrees one summer, and the other time it got up to 80 in Fairbanks!" Everyone was in shock with the temperature.

We all had our own days to spend with Colton, and mine came up.

"So, Shelby, what do you want to do?" Colton asks me. "Um, I don't know," I respond. "Am I really hearing this? My sister that comes up with the best ideas has nothing in MIND?" Colton teased. I laughed. "Nope."

Colton then came up to me and placed his hands on the sides of my face. "Hey! You in there! You must release Shelby's mind. Do you hear me!" Colton shouted. I pushed away and started laughing. "I've changed while you were away, Colton," I admit. "I can tell," he responded, looking at me quizzically. "What made you change?" my older brother asked. My smile dropped. "Ky," Colton says my answer with depression.

I look back up at him, my arms holding themselves. Colton then came up to me and hugged me. "Do you want to talk about it?" "Yes," I murmured.

Going into Stacie's and my room, I told Colton EVERYTHING that happened between Ky and I. Once I finished, I started to cry. "I'm sorry for what has happened to him AND you," Colton says, touching my hand. "Me too," I whisper.

"Hey, to enlighten the mood, do you want to go and watch a movie?" Colton asked, smiling. "Yes please," I say, wiping away a tear.

We both go down to the theatre room, and look at all the movies.

We decided to watch "How to TrainYour Dragon 2."

I popped it in, then said, "Hey, I'll go and get some snacks, k?" "Ok," Colton said smiling, setting up the room for us to sit and watch.

Going out of the room, I pop a few bags of popcorn, grab a bag of Colton's and my favorite chips, two sodas, and headed up to my room to grab some blankets.

I grabbed the blankets, then looked at the picture settling on my desk. My face drops from happiness to despair at the thought of Ky kissing me. "I miss you Ky," I whisper, a tear trickling down my face.