Sabrina ; The next generation

Seventeen

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"What the fuck were you doing in knockturn alley?!"

Eli was walking fast with me behind him. I was no longer holding his hand. He let go as soon as we got to Diagon alley — as soon as we were safe.

"I—"

"You know goddamn well you're not allowed down there!" He snapped. "You're seventeen... you still live under mum and dads roof so the rules still apply to you!"

"I saw Alec and I—"

"You why?!" He stopped walking and instead turned towards me. "You thought it would be a good idea to approach him while he was with the very same guys that's been harassing you every time they see you?!"

I pressed my lips together and folded my arms over my chest.

"Yes, I know about that." He breathed, his voice bitter. "I overheard mum and dad talk about it the day after they found out."

I didn't say anything. I just looked at Eli who shook his head before sighing.

"Why do you keep reaching for a relationship to Alec?" He asked. "He keeps treating you like trash and while you've got two siblings over here who cares and wants what's best for you, you still keep reaching towards him."

"You don't know what it's like."

"What?" He asked, opening his arms. "What, Sabrina?!"

"I'm adopted!" I yelled at him. "You're not, and Mia's not, but I am and so is Alec! Alec and I both grew up without looking like mum and dad. Every single time someone tells me that I'm like either one of them, all I can't think about is that I'm adopted so it's not fucking possible. I love them, but... I don't know, Eli... I look at you and I look at Mia and I— I wish I shared DNA with anyone in this family and I wished I looked like someone."

Eli looked at me for a second, then sighed.

"I look like dad... I do, but only with the hair and the freckles. Other than that, I look like the woman who carried me... and Mia, she doesn't look like dad at all, but that doesn't upset us—"

"Well that's where we're different." I shrugged. "Because it upsets me... and it upsets me, knowing that someone out there didn't want me. You won't understand it because you're not adopted. I am and Alec is and that's why I want him to fucking care about me, because he understands it. I know it sounds ridiculous but I can't help how I'm feeling, and no matter what I try... I can't turn it off."

Eli ran a hand all the way through his hair before resting it against his neck.

"Didn't mum find your birth dad so you could get some answers."

I nodded.

"And I'm fucking terrified." I said. "I'm supposed to be meeting him next week and what am I supposed to say? Hi, I'm the daughter you gave up for adoption. Do I look like you expected me to?"

I scoffed at the thought.

"But all of this still doesn't excuse such stupid behaviour." He told me. "You could've been seriously hurt!"

"I know."

"If you see them again, you stay away from them, Sabrina. I'm not kidding around. I don't care to have to bury a sister because she gets herself killed."

I scoffed.

"I don't think that would've happened."

Eli shrugged.