My Long Lost Sister

Chapter 5

-Liam-

I sunk deeper into the sofa and leaned my head back. Really, the only thing that would stop me from thinking of Leia was when I'd just veg out in front of the TV. And lately even that hasn't been working out very well. I had absolutely no clue where to go from here. Should I tell my bandmates? Should I go up to her and just straight out tell her? On top of that we were on tour next month, so I had to get all my shit dealed with before then.

My poor mum, had lost total hope on my sister. I know, that every night she cries herself to sleep at the faint memory of her child. And now she was found. And I couldn't bring myself to tell her. Hell, poor Leia doesn't even know she has a family.

I picked up the remote and scrolled through channels. Zayn plopped himself beside me.

"Hey, Mate.......I was wondering has something been bothering you? Its our vacation and you don't really seem........into it?" He said, questioning his exact feelings for my situation.

I sighed, it was time I tell someone about Leia, as I opened my mouth to speak, from the corner of my eye I saw the TV.

In big headlines on the top of the screen : FIRE AT THE ORPHANAGE , was written.

Leia went to the orphanage.

Without thinking I grabbed my jacket and ran. Zayn shot me a questioning look.

"LIAM" he screamed, running towards me, "WHAT'S GOING ON?".

"Zayn, not now......I need to get to the orphanage" I choked.

For some reason, I couldn't breathe properly. Every inch of my body wanted to know where Leia was. What if she had died? I wouldn't be able to handle that. Was everything over before it started? The worst part was...........she didn't know that I was her brother and if somehow she had gone, that very guilt of me not telling her would haunt me. For the rest of my life.

"Why Liam?" He said, "why?".

"Zayn.........I can't talk right now, come if you want to".

And with that I ran outside and skidded to the car, Zayn hot my trail. I bit my lip as I jumped into the drivers seat and Zayn hopped into the passengers. And without another word from any of us, I took off praying that everything was fine.

That my long lost sister was alive.

-Zayn-

All I think was;

What the hell.

Was Liam on drugs or something? He saw a headline on TV and now he just wanted to rush to the scene. All of a sudden? And to add on that weirdness, whenever we all made plans he kept making weird excuses saying that 'he wasn't feeling very well'.

Usually Liam was the most into vacation. He spent all his time, making sure our career was amazing and we were all completely organized. Vacation was time for him to chill, and take a break, but nowadays, he just looked stressed.  I didn't know what was going on with him.

Now. We were rushing off to a orphanage in who-knows-where, doing who-knows-what. I had so many things I wanted to say at the moment, but I pursed my lips in a straight line and decided it was better not to ask any questions. The last thing I wanted was for Liam to shut me up again.

For the most part I was just worried about my friend. What if something was really wrong........last year he had a bad kidney problem. It was awful for him. What if something bad happened again? What if Liam was suffering? The thought of ,one my best friends suffering was just too much to bear. All of us, were worried about him. He's been acting weird ever since we came back from tour.

We stopped on the trail next to a gigantic building that titled : GREENWOOD ORPHANAGE. It was like a wreck scene. The whole building was knocked down, ashes lay on the dirt below and smoke rose from the roof.

From next to me I was Liam's face go pale as he looked in front of him, his brown eyes widened. He began texting frantically on his phone. I opened my mouth to say something then eruptly shut it realizing I wasn't supposed to be asking anything. Well, I didn't want to get Liam madder than he already was.

All of sudden Liam leaned on the steering wheel. He put his head down, his shaggy brown hair slightly rising. His hands were slowly trembling. His back was arched and I heard soft sobs coming from his mouth.

Was he crying?

"Liam" I touched his arm, "You need to tell me whats wrong".

He didn't reply at first. He just lay there, bent down......not uttering a word. Suddenly, he looked up and opened his dry mouth.

His lips moved ever so slightly as he spoke, "Its her........Leia".

I raised an eyebrow, "what?".

More confusion flashed through my body, "Leia.....the girl from Nando's, what about her?".

"She's my sister" He simply said.

"Oh god" I said.

I remembered, Liam telling us he had a sister who he knew nothing about...he told us, he'd never stop in finding her. I tried to put myself in his position, it must be so awkward, and weird to just randomly find your sister. A girl that was meant to be a part of your life. I remember how confused Liam was when he told us.

"Yeah" Liam said slowly.

"Wait" I paused, "that doesn't explain why we're here.......and why are you crying".

"Zayn! I'm crying because my sister went to this orphanage.......the one that burned down".

Shock rose throughout me, "Liam........I'm so sorry".

Liam sighed, "I am too Zayn" a rogue tear dripped down his eyelid, "she's gone....Zayn......she's really gone".

He covered his face with his trembling hands and wailed. I felt a tear drip down my own eyelid at the very sight of him. We both just sat there, not saying a single word. I let Liam mourn in peace as I struggled  not to break down as well.

Then, I saw his phone go off. I looked at the caller I.D and felt my eyes get wider.

It was Leia.