Chapter 1

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"I just can't believe it! They're actually sending me to them for a whole damn year" Right now I was in the middle of ranting to my best friend Raya over the phone.

My parents decided to rent our house out for 12 months while they went on a cruise. As me only being 17 I'm still in school and couldn't join them. So they are shipping me off to my mothers best friends house for it, she grew up with her and she is really sweet.

"Oh come on Purse you get to live with 2 of the hottest ITALAIN twins on this earth shut up complaining!" Raya added a dramatic sigh on the end.

My name is Persephone Amora but I usually get called Purse for short.

"I haven't seen them for a few years Ray its gonna be awkward as hell."

"I'm sure you will love it babe."

Thoughts of the last time I saw the twins cloud my mind. Valentine was my first kiss, very shortly followed my Lorenzo being my second. We was sat under the cherry blossom tree in their back garden, playing games and talking of our future plans. At the age of 7 we thought we had it planned out.

As Valentine was my first kiss Lorenzo had the privilege to be my first husband. Which they took a good hour deciding which one would be better but they soon settled on a deal. We would all get married and live in a big house. Baking pancakes and playing on the swings all day.

I smile fondly at the memory...

This also meant that I will be moving away from her for this period. I won't be too far from her, about 1 hour. I'll also have to start a new school.

"I'll miss you..." my voice drifted towards the end, we met when we was only 12 years old and haven't been separated more than 4 days since. Literally.

"I will make sure to visit you don't you worry little sister." I could picture her smirk on the other end. Raya was only 3 months older than me but she loved to rub it in my face. We may not be related by blood but we are my spirit.

"Oh you had to ruin it" my eyes rolled.

"We both know how sensitive you are Purse I had to" she laughed.

"Fine fine" I giggled. She isn't wrong, I tend to be emotionally about things and get attached easily. Overall I am very sensitive. "Just make sure you are here in the morning before I go though okay?"

With a quick duh we ended our conversation quickly. My whole room along with the house is packed up ready to go into storage. All i need to bring with me is all my clothes, I haven't really been the type to wear makeup.

I made sure to leave my clothes, bath stuff and anything else I needed to bring with me by my door. The vans are meant to come in the morning to take everything else away, my dad will be going with them while my mom takes me to the house.

All I could think about in the shower was the last time I seen the twins. We was 14, all the same age, and i was visiting for lunch with my mom and dad. Before this i hadn't seen them for about 2 years. Of course when we was younger we played many games together, shared secrets and fantasies.

The main fantasy we used to always play eventually becoming our secret that we kept from our parents. That when we was old enough we would get married and be together for ever. Now that wasn't news to our parents, we would often yell it through the hallways and plan out our 'vows'. But they didn't know about our confessions...

The way Lorenzo would tell me he loves me with candy, spelling it out poorly with flower petals that would get blown away in the wind. Valentine, the one that barely speaks and has always had selective mutism would write in on paper and pass it me. Write it on bathroom mirrors while i was in the shower. This all stopped at the age of 12. The last year we had together was different, the twins had their sports to focus on and I had school. I haven't been the smartest kid and honestly i'm still probably not.

We lost touch with each other and we didn't try to stop it. Maybe it was puberty. Maybe it was us living so far away from each other. I hoped it was one of them options. It hurt to admit maybe they didn't 'love' me anyway.

Maybe it's silly. But I think the Castillo twins would always hold a special place in my heart.

With thoughts of what they would look like now drifted as I fell to darkness. Valentine and Lorenzo Castillo drifted away with it.

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