The Scarlett Story: How it all started

Chapter 6,Part 2

I leave the hallway. I cross the castle and go upstairs to the Mohana common room. Thankfully Nevaeh and Eain are there. I need someone else to talk to about Kerrie. I sit down beside them. Eain turns to me and looks slightly concerned, I guess I look really mad.
"Is everything okay, Mathias? You look really irritated. Is there something wrong?" The two of them ask almost at the same time.
"No! Kerrie is sleeping with Lovel!" Now I really hear how childish and immature I am being, but I don't care!
"'She what?" Eain asks before Nevaeh interjects.
"She is doing WHAT?!"
"I KNOW!!! That's what I said! My own twin sister is sleeping with Lovel! The person I hate the most!"  They both are in shock that something like that would actually happen.
"But you said they have only been dating for 3 months!?" Nevaeh exclaimed. I may rant a little too much about Lovel and Kerrie.
"They have only been dating for three months."
"That is not long at all! That is too damn young to sleep with your significant other! Does Kerrie have any idea of the consequences that may arise from this? "says Eain. Nevaeh nods and adds,
"There are a lot of consequences to sleeping with your partner. There is no way she would take the chance of doing this, right?"
"Well, Nevaeh. Apparently what is considered wrong, is just another day for Kerrie and Lovel."
"She could potentially ruin her life, if she isn't careful!" Eain exclaimed, concerned about Kerrie. Nevaeh nods as well.
"I know. Kerrie has always been so smart. She always thought everything through before doing anything. I don't understand what happened. How could she have become so stupid?" I feel bad for calling Kerrie stupid, but I am right.
"She is not stupid. She is simply caught up in the moment of having her first boyfriend." Says Nevaeh. Eain sighs and nods. "She probably is just swept away by him, and he is probably manipulating her. I am sure he is, if he is the person we think he is."
"And I honestly thought that as well, but Lovel is always so kind to Kerrie. And Kerrie stands up for herself and me to Lovel. He can't be manipulating her because she is so sure of everything. She acts just like her normal self. Just dumb."
"So now you are calling her dumb as well?" Nevaeh asks, surprised by the comment, but Eain shakes his head. "That is a possibility. Kerrie might be acting the same, but on the inside, she could be manipulated by him. The fact that your sister sleeps with her boyfriend at that age alone proves that she is dumb. Even if she acts like everything is normal, there could be a reason that she has not mentioned. It is her first boyfriend after all, and first experiences are always the ones that we think and hope are great."
"But Lovel isn't Kerrie's first boyfriend. Kerrie has been with other guys. This doesn't make sense."
"Oh, is that so?" Eain is more intrigued now. "Tell me. Who has your sister been with before Lovel?"
"Some guys that lived in our area. I don't know them." It was always for something useful, not because she liked them. The two of them are now interested. Nevaeh leans in.
"But did she sleep with those guys?"
"I don't know? Maybe?" Money is money.
"Did she mention that she did? Or are you just guessing"
"I am just guessing. She has never said, and honestly I don't want to ask." They are now even more curious. Eain speaks with a smirk on his face.
"So she has had other bfs, but still decided to sleep with this Lovel guy early on?"
"Yes, Eain. I thought we already established this." I say sarcastically.
"Yeah, yeah, I know already. But why does your sister do this? She knows better, right?"
"Yeah, she does. Kerrie has always been such a grown up, even when we were young. So she knows better, but it seems that she doesn't care."
"That is very stupid of her. This could ruin her life. Why does she not realise that? Or does she just not care about the possible consequences?"
"Obviously she is thinking about the possible consequences, and I know Kerrie enough that she is being smart about this. She has never wanted children. She hates the idea of having children, especially because of what happened to us, she never wants that to happen to her children." I say innocently.
"And I'm assuming that she is on some kind of birth control?" Eain says, then Nevaeh chimes in.
"Wait, what are you talking about your parents?"
"Yeah, Kerrie is on birth control, she has been since she was eleven." I say to answer Eain's question. Then I answer Nevaeh's question. "Kerrie and I were told by our Uncle that our parents left us, because they had us at a young age."
"Wait, what do you mean by Since she was eleven? She started taking birth control at eleven years old?" Eain says completely surprised. Then Nevaeh says something that completely changes my life.
"Mathias, your parents didn't leave you. Your parents were murdered. Everyone knows this." Nevaeh is looking at me like I am stupid.
"What are you talking about Nevaeh?" I ask. I have never heard about this.  Nevaeh looks stunned and almost sad for saying those words.
"U-uhm, Your parents did not just leave you. They were murdered. Murdered in your own house, in the master bedroom. That is why they are not in your life." I can't believe her, it does make sense but honestly my parents just leavening me sounded better. Thinking about it more I start to tear up.
"But that can't be true. Aunt Grata, Mum's own sister, said that mum had left me and Kerrie."
"She lied to you. Your parents were murdered. I can tell you exactly what happened if you want me to. Your parents were at home with you and Kerrie. Lord Hodge came into your home and killed both of your parents. He tried to kill you and Kerrie as well but the killing curse didn't work for some reason?"
"So my family lied to me my whole life?" Not surprising.
"Apparently so. But yes, your parents were murdered. Your parents were in their mid-twenties when Lord Hodge broke into your home late at night and murdered them in the master bedroom. Your parents were murdered when you were a newborn so you would not remember. You and Kerrie would be traumatised if you saw your parents die when you were so young."
"Not necessarily. Kerrie has HSAM. Or in simpler terms, she can't remember almost anything in vivid detail even from a young age." What if Kerrie had known all along and continued to allow me to believe these lies? After a few minutes, Nevaeh finally speaks again.
"But if Kerrie did know the whole time, why didn't she tell you? Why did she let you believe those lies?"
"It's Kerrie. She will do anything to keep me safe. If she did know about our parents murder then she didn't tell me about it to protect me."
"But is she really protecting you, or is she protecting herself? If she really knew, then she was manipulating you for 13 years now. I understand about protecting you if you were still a little child, but what about now? Why do these lies have to continue?"
"I don't know? But she might not actually know anything about it."
"Then you should ask her. If she does know, she should tell you. I think this is the least you deserve to know about. No one should keep hidden from you for this long, especially your own sibling."
"Yeah, I should ask her about it." I really want to ask Kerrie about this. But I am so upset, mad and extremely sad. I don't say anything else to Eain or Nevaeh. I just stand up and go upstairs to my dorm. I take off my shoes and sit on my bed curled into a tight ball. I hug my pillow tightly. Everything didn't change a lot, but at the same time it did. My parents were gone, I already knew this, but they didn't leave me. No, they were torn away from me. Killed, and everyone my entire life has been lying to me. I lay there for hours. Eain came into the room at some time. Eain comes over and sits on my bed. He doesn't speak to me, he just sits there until I go to sleep.