Drifted Time

22

Savannah's Pov:

Same Day...

I don't know how long I had been waiting for my aunts but I knew they were here when I heard the chaos and commotion coming from downstairs. I spent most of the time staring into oblivion which I tend to do often, not realizing how long I was doing it. I didn't spend a moment more in "my room", I put my backpack on and grabbed my phone then headed down the stairs.

As I walked down the stairs I found Rose sitting on the steps with her arms crossed and tears rolling down her face. I paid her no mind and continued to go down the stairs to find Aunt Ashley making her way up the stairs until we crossed paths. "Let's go, honey." Ashley said as I followed her back down the stairs to find Aunt MK arguing with Scarlett. "What do you mean you're taking her? Chris and Lizzie agreed that she would stay with me until they got back from Albany." Scarlett asked, confused written across her face. "We're taking her, Scarlett. She's free to come back whenever she wants but as of now she's staying with us." Aunt MK told her sternly, I could tell she was extremely serious and upset about the conversation she overheard between Rose and I.

"Where is this all coming from? She's only been here a couple hours and half of the time we were watching softball highlights or I was down here making dinner. I thought everything was going good." Scarlett's gaze flickered from me to Aunt MK, still stuck in utter confusion. "Everything was not going good if I heard your daughter telling my niece about how nobody wants her here. Do you know how much we had to convince her to come here just for her head to get fucked up by your daughters words?" Aunt MK started to raise her voice as she started to get angrier and angrier by the moment. "Who said that? Rose? My daughter would never say anything like that to another person." Scarlett said, started to get offended by the accusation, My aunts scoffed at her annoyed expression.

"Your daughter? What about our niece? Is she not your daughter too?" MK asked, clearly pushing Scarletts buttons. Aunt Ashley standing 10 toes behind her while I sit back and watch. "She's not even your real niece! Why do you care so much?" Scarlett exploded, taking us all by surprise.

The whole house went silent. Only thing being heard was the heavy breathing of the three women. My eyes had gone wide, I didn't think there was anything else left to say but my aunts will always think of something.

"We may not be her real aunts but she calls our sister her mother, not you. If I'm not mistaken, being the sister of a person with a daughter or son makes you their aunt. Now Scarlett, are you her real mother if she's been calling another woman mom for 8 years?" MK retorted, crossing her arms as if she was challenging Scarlett to say something else.

"Get out." Scarlett huffed, practically spitting venom. Of course, isn't it funny? Something happens and I'm leaving this time instead of Scarlett. "Does this give you deja vu? Instead of you leaving, it's me?" I ask, picking my bags up as I follow my aunts out of Scarlett's house.

I don't know what possessed me to say that, maybe it was the hurt, maybe it was the adrenaline, the pain after all these years. I don't know but whatever it was felt weird, I know I shouldn't have said it but it's too late.

What's done is done. Just like after Scarlett believed Rose over me.

Her daughter.

Not me.

Maybe that was the reality check I needed. The reality check that makes me realize no matter how many chances I give Scarlett she will break my heart every single time. I knew it was the wrong choice to give her chance after chance but no, I let everyone push me into trusting her and look where it led me.

The ride back to the twins' house was silent. At Least for me it was, my aunts called Mom and Dad but I decided that wasn't a conversation I was ready to participate in. "Are you okay?" Aunt Ash questioned, looking back at me as if I was just brutally stabbed. It may have felt like it but I wasn't, maybe that would hurt less.

I looked around to find MK nowhere to be found. "She went into the house after the first 5 minutes, she had work to finish. We've been sitting out here for almost 10 minutes. Is everything alright?" She questioned again, I still don't have an answer.

I could lie and say yes but we all know that won't do any good.

"Honestly? No, I'm not. I've repeatedly gone against what I felt was right for me and tried to let Scarlett in a little. I didn't decide to actually try and talk to her because I felt that we were good since she left, I tried to forgive her because I felt bad. Not for myself, for her. But today she proved to me that I was stupid to ever believe in her." I explained, trying not to cry. I heard shuffling and next thing I knew, Ashley was in the backseat with me.

"Why didn't you tell Lizzie or Chris? They never would have made you go with her if you didn't want to." She softly said, pulling me in for a hug. I don't know whether the hug was supposed to make me feel better or make me cry but I started crying.

"Mom was so excited about Scarlett and I getting along again. She misses her best friend and I can tell, I didn't want to make her feel bad. She's spent so long away from Scarlett and I didn't want to do that to her again. Dad too." I told her through my tears, I could feel her squeezing more into me.

After a moment, I could feel her pulling away from the hug. "Look at me, my little Savannah. Your parents would grow apart from anyone a million times over before they even thought about it for you. Don't worry about them, if they wanted to keep in touch with Scarlett they would have. But they didn't and they did that on their own conscience." I guess my aunt turned into Yoda at one point.