Identifying Sara

Chapter Thirty-Nine

5 Months Later...

People say no matter what, nothing can break the bond of a family. I do not argue with that, however, I do believe that a family bond can be put on hold, and in my situation, I think that's what happened with me and my family. We had a bond, not strong enough, so it was put on hold for a while and now it's back, better then it was before, just minus a member.

Today is a day I thought would never come, not ever in a million years. Because today, I am learning to drive. Now don't get me wrong, driving is something I have been dreaming of ever since I was little. My mother used to say that the possibilites of me driving were very small, she would say that it's too dangerous and the freedom that comes with driving is a freedom she didn't think I was the kind of person for. But, today I prove her wrong because today I will drive.

I'm nervous yet excited. Nervous because in England, everyone drives on the left side of the road instead of the right like people do in the United States. I'm excited becase my father and my brother will be accompanying me. I'd say that over the past few months, our bond has grown tremendously. My father has stopped being so involved in being an FBI agent since I've come home and he's worked out things with his son making Leo become more alive as well.

Also, I'm getting my license so that I can drive Mason and Beth to the airport in a few weeks. Mason finally took the opportunity and turned it into something great for him and Beth. They plan to go to the United States for two weeks, seeing as much of the country as they can. I finally met Beth too, she came home for a weekend and was with Mason pretty much the entire time so we met up at a cafe and talked for hours about stupid things. Carson may or may not have been mentioned a few times too. I told them if they run into Carson, tell him hi, from Sara. We all laughed at that, because over the few months that Carson and I have been apart I've realized that he is happier, and so am I.

I'll admit there are still times where I feel the gap that he used to fill, but that gap was made by a series of different opportunities, good and bad.

The man who will be testing me comes into view, leading me to a car. "Are you ready?" He asks in a thick british accent. I nod and get into the car taking the keys from his hand, finally accomplishing something so big it seems like a dream.

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"I passed!" I screech running into Leo's embrace. My father joins the hug laughing and patting my head. "Glad you made it out alive sis!" Leo says ruffling my hair. I glare at him and fix my hair up before anyone can see it in it's wild state. Since the talk with my mother, I've dyed my hair back to what they think was my natural hair, a beachy blonde color. It was really weird seeing my hair blonde for the first few days, it was like, something I couldn't explain. My emotions were so out of whack that I could barely help crying. I just felt so- me. I've never felt more me in my entire life.

"Well what now?" My father asks us. Leo shrugs and looks at me, "I don't know." I say. I think hard until I come up with an idea sure to make everyone happy. "Wait! Yes I do! Ice cream!" I say excitedly. Leo nods at that. My father laughs and together we all walk to the ice cream shop a couple blocks down. The air is perfect for walking, it's not so cold that my cheeks sting, not even close. It's now early June, and the sun warms my skin making me feel energized.

Leo graduated highschool last month and I attended of course. When Leo walked onto that stage, I cheered so loud that my throat was on fire by the time he came down the few steps back to the crowd of some school students and kissed a girl! Luckily I got that on tape on my phone, every now and then I replay it over and over again just to get on Leo's nerves. I later learned her name was Hillary and she was Leo's long time crush, and I mean long time.

I still have a little while to go, but now my life has been completely turned around, in the best way possible, I can't imagine it getting any better then this. This is what I have dreamed of, and this is what I always thought would never come, but it did and now I think the wait was worth while, yes many things did happen that I may not agree with, but now in this very moment I don't regret anything, this is all just something that seems to only happen in the dreams, but now I get to live it.

THIS IS NOT THE LAST CHAPTER! There's still one more left..