Broken

Chapter Twenty Five

"Come, just tell us. The suspense is killing me." I say nervously.

"Come on, man!" Dustin groans.

Colin looks at the paper and turns to us with a big smile on his face.

"It says right here that we are related."

"I knew it! I could tell by the eyes." Dustin smirks.

We both stand up and walk to each other. I stop in front of him and really look into his eyes for a moment. He is my brother and my family has grown by one. He pulls me into a bear hug and I start to laugh.

"I can't breathe, big guy."

"So sorry, I can't believe I have a little sister. We have missed so much."

We have time to catch up."

"Yes, we do."

"Congratulations guys, this is pretty cool." Jack says.

"We need to go celebrate!" Sam calls out.

"More for us to celebrate!" Elijah adds.

"Yes, Dustin gets his cast off Friday, which means the tour can start up again." I say excitedly.

"We'll have some new material to premiere too." Dustin states.

"That's awesome, can I hear it?" I ask.

"Nope, it's a surprise." Dustin smirks.

"Not even a hint?"

"Nuh uh"

I give him my best puppy dog eyes and pout my lip.

"That is not gonna work."

I walk over and climb on his lap and start kissing his neck, and pepper his face with kisses.

"Not gonna happen."

"Ugh, a girls gotta try, right?"

"Hahahah, it was a good try."

"I guess, I will go up and make lunch for everyone."

"I'll help." Colin calls out as I head up the stairs and he quickly follows me.

"So what do you think of this whole situation?" I ask as we head into the kitchen and I pull out what I need for lunch.

"I still can't wrap my head around this. My mom left us and started a whole new family. I just wonder why she abandoned me?"
"At least you had a father she left you with. I spent my youth bouncing from foster home to foster home and most of them were not nice."

"I'm so sorry that happened to you, Daisy."

"It's in the past and we can't change that, no sense living back there."

"That's true. Doesn't make me feel any less guilty."

"Everything happens for a reason."

I finish making lunch as the guys head upstairs. We all sit down to eat and all excitedly talk about the weekend. Dustin getting his cast off, and the revelation of a half brother. Eventually the guys head back downstairs to finish and Colin and I sit upstairs talking about our childhoods. It was so different, the way we grew up and I wish I had that life too. The guys stayed until late into the night, and eventually I went to bed.

Later I feel the bed dip as Dustin tries to climb quietly into bed. I turn over and snuggle into him as he wraps his arms around me. This is becoming my favorite way to sleep.

"Thank you for finding family for me."

"Anything for you doll. I'm just glad you are not mad at me."

"No, not at all. You are only looking out for me. I appreciate that."