If I Told You [Completed]

Dylan? Fire?

edited, slightly

"I should go." Melissa says, grabbing her belongings and standing up from her seat.

Sawyer sneers at her. "Yah you should. Get out." He points towards the door harshly.

Melissa starts walking toward the door, only looking down at the floor as she watched her feet fall on the ground.

Stephanie speaks up. "No, Melissa, sit down. Sawyer, get your fucking act together and sit down as well." Her voice is harsh, and her expression is anger mainly, with a hint of sadness.

Melissa walks back to the table silently and takes a seat. Sawyer stands there for a moment and sighs but decides to sit down.

Stephanie and Julia look at each other nervously, not knowing what to do next. Stephanie slowly sits down in front of the two of them and puts her hands in front of her.

"Tell me, why are you two like this."

Melissa looks at Sawyer before starting and she sighs softly and shakes her head.

"Well, me and Sawyer are twins-." Melissa starts.

"Oh, so we're gonna forget about Dylan now?" He interrupts, glaring at his sister.

Melissa glares at him. "Anyways, no, we're not going to forget about Dylan."

"Who's Dylan?" Julia asks as she pulls up a chair.

"I was getting there. Anyways, Me, Sawyer, and Dylan." She pauses to glare at Sawyer again. "Were triplets. Sawyer and Dylan were honestly really close with each other. They told each other everything, shared just about everything as well. Just about 5 years ago I think?"

"8 and a half on the 21st of September." He adds, with his arms crossed in front of his chest.

"Yah, whatever he said. One night, there was a fire at our house. That whole day, Sawyer and Dylan had their friends over and they were playing around while I was upstairs. Someone was cooking and the food burned and set a fire." She pauses before taking a deep breath. She looks at Sawyer before continuing. "Dylan died that night."

"Because you killed him." Sawyer says.

"The fuck you mean I killed him. You were the one that set the fire!" She says back to him, enraged.

"I didn't set the fire!" He yells at her.

"Yah you did! You were the one that didn't check the oven dumbass." She sneers at him.

"What the hell! I told you to check the oven, but no, you were the one that was halfway drunk probably making out with someone." Sawyer says, not looking at her.

"I was up all night doing my project what do you mean. We were even 16 for heaven's sake! Why would I be drinking?!"

"Oh, yah because people don't usually drink underage?!"

"I was the best kid. And you accuse me of doing drugs? And drinking?" She scoffs.

Stephanie and Julia just watch them argue from the background. Melissa and Sawyer must have forgotten they were there.

Steph slammed her hands on the table, making the two arguing to stop. "Okay shut up! And calm down guys!"

The two look at her at the same time, remembering that Stephanie and Julia were still there. They glare at them, but become silent, nonetheless.

"Okay, first off." She turns to Sawyer. "Is that the reason you froze last night?"

Sawyer hesitates and nods slowly. "I was going to tell you; I swear I was. But then, she came along." He points at Melissa, who sat next to him.

Stephanie sighs. "Okay, you two are going are going to need to fix whatever problems you two have with each other."

Melissa scoffs at that. "This boy right here-" She points at Sawyer this time. "-Literally left us because he didn't want to talk to me. I doubt he wants to fix the problems we have."

"I left because we didn't have a house, Melissa." He says, not looking at her anymore.

"If you had stayed, we could've had a house. You know you had money that you could've used to help us." She says.

Sawyer doesn't argue with that, defeated.

"See? He doesn't even say that I'm wrong!" She exclaims and scoffs. Melissa turns and looks him straight in the eye. "That night, all you lost was Dylan, right?" Sawyer nods hesitantly. "Well, guess what, that night I lost both of you, you and Dylan."

Stephanie looks at Julia, who just shrugs her shoulders. Neither of them knew what to do.

"Okay you two, need to apologize to each other, first of all. That happened 8 years ago, neither of you can change that now." Julia says, interfering.

Melissa and Sawyer roll their eyes and turn away from each other, crossing their arms in front of their chests.

Stephanie laughs at their childish behavior. "Oh my gosh. Y'all, stop acting like you're five." She turns to Sawyer and hits his shoulder. "You sir, man up and face it." She then turns to Melissa. "And you, don't talk back this time. Okay? Got that? Now, turn around and apologize."

Sawyer looks up at her and sighs. "Okay." He turns to Melissa and taps her on the shoulder. "I'm sorry about what I said. I know it wasn't your fault that Dylan died."

Melissa's expression softens and she looks down. "I'm sorry, too."

Stephanie begins to smile at how caring and loving this scene is becoming, but she automatically stops smiling once Sawyer speaks again.

"That doesn't mean I'm going to start talking to you actively now, but maybe every once in a while." He says.

"Sawyer!" Stephanie says and hits his arm.

"No, it's fine. As stubborn as always, Sawyer." Melissa says. They all laugh at Melissa's words. She gets up from her seat to hug Sawyer. Sawyer flinches slightly before leaning back away from her. "Please?"

Sawyer looks down and nods hesitantly.

Melissa wraps her arms around him. Sawyer stands still but slowly wraps his own arms around Melissa. Their bodies relax in each other's hold.

"I missed you." Melissa whispers into his shoulder.

"Don't worry, I missed you too." Sawyer whispers back to her.

Melissa pulls away and ruffles his hair. "I'll see you at some point." She smiles as she grabs her belongings. She looks to Julia and Stephanie. "Thank you for today. I had a great time. And thank you, Julia, for stalking me and inviting me."

"I'm glad." Julia says with a smile.

Sawyer looks at Julia and points at her. "Wait, you did what? You stalked my sister without me knowing?"

Julia raises her hands in the air. "To be fair, I thought you were cheating on Stephanie."

They all laugh, and Sawyer shakes his head disappointedly at her.

"Well, bye. Thank you, guys, for having me. And, Stephanie, thank you for helping me and my brother fix our relationship. I probably would never have approached him if it wasn't for you guys." She walks away to the door, but she looks back before leaving. "Hey Sawyer, text me when you get the chance. I'm free whenever." Her hand goes to the doorknob as she begins opening the door. "Oh yah, Sawyer! Take care of Stephanie, will you? Don't break her heart."

Sawyer looks down and blushes faintly. "Just leave." He says as he laughs. "But don't worry, I don't plan on it."

Stephanie and Julia look at each other and laugh as well.

Once Melissa is gone, Stephanie turns to the two that stay standing there, "Well, that was definitely an experience."

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