Double Act (A One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter Thirteen: The Phonecall

Double Act - Chapter 13

~~ Livvy's P.O.V ~~

I was a confident, loud girl, always full of smiles and always having to having the last say in everything. I was the first to give my opinion on something, and I was good at expressing it too. I loved to sing, but I really loved to talk. I always had so much to say.

But now...

Now I was generally speechless. I had no idea what to tell Lara. I couldn't believe it, and it occurred to me that she could be lying, but with one glance at her I brushed the thought away. As much as we got on eachother's nerves, the one thing we could always do was read the other twin's expression like an open book.

Her horror-struck face told me that she was generally scared of what I would do, of what I would say. She was scared of me. Scared. Of her own sister.

I could feel the emotions flickering through my mind. Anger, jealousy, hurt, the battle raging on inside my head. I opened and closed my mouth like a goldfish, still staring at Lara, who was quite obviously terrified.

I noticed a tear falling from one of her glassy blue eyes, trickling down her cheek and falling with a silent splash on the floorboards. I stared at the tiny droplet of water and frowned, with all of the anger and the jealousy slowly ebbing away. Mentally rehearsing all of the things that were bursting to escape my mouth, I closed my eyes and sucked in a breath.

~~ Lara's P.O.V ~~

I didn't really register anything else. She seemed to stay silent forever, time going into slow motion as the emotions flickered inside her eyes. Her gaze never shifted from my face, keeping a blank expression until all of a sudden she frowned.

I don't know what it was. It may have been the shock, I wasn't sure what made me do it, but I felt a tear run down my cheek and fall to the floor. Liv's gaze shifted, staring at the now wet spot on the floor. She sucked in a breath, as did I, and we both launched into incoherent babbling...

"Sorry I made..."

"...and I know you..."

"...every right to be..."

"... don't blame you..."

"...let me...Lara!"

I closed my mouth abruptly and locked eyes with Liv, her glare telling me that she wanted to speak first. I swallowed, ready for the angry yelling I was sure that would meet my ears.

"I'm sorry, Lara,"

"I know it was wrong and I should hav- wait..." I frowned, "... huh?"

She bit her lip, a sign that she was trying very hard not to cry. "I'm sorry. I'm a horrible person," I opened my mouth to object, then realised I had nothing to object against. It was true. "Jesus, don't try to be too nice! I'm only your sister!" she rolled her eyes, smiling scarcastically. I tittered nervously, not sure whether to fall for this sudden change of heart.

She smiled wide, eyes sparkling, and had opened her mouth to speak when the phone started to ring. I looked around before realising that my phone was still clasped in Liv's hand. She stared at it for a moment before tapping the screen and holding it up to her ear. With only one side of the conversation audible, I made the best of what I could hear.

"Hello?... This is Olivia..." after a few moments, Liv frowned, "What? Is he alright?... Oh my god..." Upon hearing an answer, Liv covered her face with her hand, tears dribbling down her face and between the cracks of her fingers. She lost her grip and the phone slipped through her grasp as she crumpled to the floor in shock.

I grabbed my mobile and held it to my ear, "This is Lara," I said quickly, glacing nervously at my sister who had curled up into a ball on the rug. "What's happened?"

"I'm sorry, Lara," a posh female voice apologized, "But I'm afraid you and your sister must return from Doncaster immediately,"

"May I ask why?"

"It's your brother, James. He's been taken into hospital," I gasped, "With cancer,"

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Authors Note: DUN DUN DUUUUN!

Did you see it coming? Did you did you did you? I gave you a tiny hint in the second chapter;

'He was surrounded by official looking letters, but when I tried to read them, he gathered them up and threw them over the other side of his large double bed.'

Okay it might have been a bit of a rubbish hint... I hope it was a surprise though!

I haven't uploaded in aagggeess so sorry for that. Shouldn't people on Wattpad be excused form school? I'm sure this is more important. AND HEY guess what? I have a hidden talent..... Throwing Wellies! I know, it's a sport, trust me. ;)

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AAHH gotta go guys! I'm supposed to be in bed! Well, techically I'm in bed I'm just not asleep and I have school tomorrow and I haven't printed my I.T homework but I'm sure I'll have time and if I don't I might die so if I don't upload this week then assume I'm dead...

... Or late.

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