Hate at First Sight

Chapter 13

Alice's P.O.V

As Lea walked away my heart felt heavy in my chest. All I really wanted was to be friends with my sister, for her to love me but she doesn't.
"It won't help you know?" David mutters behind me?
"What?"
He looks at me as I glance at him, confused.
"Doing what you're about to do. It won't help anyone."
I turn to face him now. "What am I about to do?"
"You're gonna tell me you can't see me anymore."

I stand still, trying to come up with a reply. That is exactly what I'm about to do.
He doesn't wait for a reply, just watches my reaction and continues.
"I promise nothing has ever happened between me and your sister and avoiding me won't change anything. She's happy with glasses guy! Why can't you be happy with me?"
He pulls me to him and kisses me. I kiss him back even though I know what I have to do. I pull away after just a gentle kiss because I can feel him pull me closer.
"I'm sorry David..."
He pulls my wrist.
"Would she do the same for you?"
I shake my head.
"Listen David if I treated everyone the way I've been treated I would be a very bad person! You don't know my story okay? You haven't lived my life or even been there to witness me live it. You don't know where I've come from, who has messed me over or how important this family is to me! If I can't make this work with my twin sister who is basically a mirror image of myself I don't know how I'll forgive myself. Every time I see pain in her eyes it's like seeing myself in pain, every time I see her glare at me I feel like I'm being hated by myself. This is a huge big deal to me."

He lets me finish my rant before he replies.
"Will she like you any more if you walk away from me right now?"
I stare at him.
"Well? Will she Alice? Because I think Lea has her mind made up and I think it's hard for her to accept that you can come here and settle in so quickly! She wanted you to be timid and afraid and for her to be the ones to show you the ropes I think. But you strutted into the house like a queen that day with presence and confidence and I think it intimidates her. So losing me won't change that."

I frown at what he's saying but I step out of his reach and begin to walk back home, defeated but proud, at least, that I had done something selfless. I will make this work with Lea. I am absolutely determined. I refuse to go back to America without leaving a lasting impression on my family and knowing that I can come back here any time I want and for once feel like I belong.