7 Parts Of A Circle

Drifting Apart- Tara

Without a word Emelia just left. I look around but no one makes eye contact with me.

"Taylor?" I say to break the silence.
Everyone's heads snap to face me and I bite my tongue with the sudden fear that I'd done something wrong.

"Yes?" She replies.

I let out a breath as silently as I could then opened my mouth to speak.

"Shall we go...home?" I ask.

She nods and grabs her bag.

We stand up and I look at her. She looks back. For once I cant tell what my own twin sister was feeling. We were just awkwardly staring into each others eyes.

"What are we doing for gods sake?" Taylor exclaims almost angrily.

"I don't even know anymore..." My voice trails off and I stare at the ground.

"Is this really happening?" She asks bringing up our past.

I sigh. I realise how we both dreaded what we thought about. We were scared we'd lose the people closest to us. Again.

A few years back Taylor and I were living like royalty in Beverly Hills. We had all the money we could ask for. Yet that money couldn't buy us happiness. We both longed for proper friends but they all were just as spoilt and all wanted to go shopping.

After a while everything began toppling down eventually and our parents began losing our money. We moved to a small apartment in Los Angeles which only had one bedroom, a bathroom and a small kitchen. My parents, two other sisters, Taylor and I shared the bedroom together. There was barely enough space but still Taylor and I could attend school.

School was our excuse then to get away. By then we were in the 6th grade and had met a group of girls who were having the same problems as we were. We had some laughs and were always there for each other. It was different...but in a good way.

However, after a bit our group began to split up and girl by girl they were pulled into other groups. The majority of the girls landed themselves in the most popular squad around. It changed them. And before we knew it...it was just Taylor and I...alone. We'd drifted apart because everything had just spiralled out of control. I couldn't go through this again...but more importantly neither could Taylor.

Taylor had it far worse. The girls found her more of an easy target. She shied away quite often when we were just one group and when we became closer she opened up...maybe too much. Her flaws were put out into the open only to be spread around the school. She gradually began to break from the teasing and I swore to her that I'd stay by her side no matter what. She was my sister, my second half and I couldn't lose her. We only had each other then.

Taylor and I were sitting on the doorstep looking back on what had happened and more importantly what was happening.

Ever since Cameron appeared a sudden sense of danger appeared. We were all prepped and ready to destroy the Principal but suddenly Cameron's secretive ways plunged us all into darkness. Everyone had lost the spirit they had.

"What are we going to do?" I ask worriedly.

Taylor sighs and shrugs.

"There's nothing really we can do." She cries.

"It's almost as if we've all been distanced from each other...like we're trapped in our own bubbles of thoughts which we can't share with anyone."

"It could explain why Em suddenly rushed off." Taylor suggests

"She's supposed to be the strong one though." I argue.

"We've all got to break sometimes to shine.....like a glow-stick." My sister quotes.

"That's from Tumblr." I sing.

But no matter where she got it from she was right.

I stare at my sister again. She used to be the broken one...but maybe this time I was the weaker one.

"I'm always going to be here for you ." Taylor promises.

"Like I was there for you?"

"We're strong alone but we are indestructible together." Taylor quotes again.

"Even though I know that's another quote from Tumblr I think it's what we need to tell the others." I suggest.

"And hey if the quotes don't work we can just leave it to Alicia to find a Fall Out Boy quote to fit the purpose." Taylor jokes whilst nudging me.

"Yeah but I don't think 'remember me as I was not as I am' fits in this kind of circumstance." I joke back.

"Hey you never know!"

"We both know!"

We laugh at the sudden jokes we are firing at each other and realise the sudden lift in mood. Maybe it was just a phase. Maybe it's getting better. And if it's just for us...well that's two out of seven to go.