The 7 Sins

Chapter 11

2 YEARS LATER!!!

Seth's POV

It's a heavy atmosphere in the dining room as we all eat dinner. It's been a little over 2 years since Arabella left and it hasn't been the same. About a year ago, Richard was diagnosed with a serious case of Bipolar disorder. After Arabella left, he went into a serious state of depression.

He tried killing himself, but thankfully he was stopped in time. Even though he was saved, he injured his left leg so he is handicapped. Richard and my mom don't live with us anymore. They live in the country side, away from everything. My mom is still working in fashion and everything, but she does it on the sidelines of every thingelse she has to do. Richard has his secretary take care of his business for him and he is planning on giving the business to Arabella when she returns.. If she returns. They have been alot more happy there and I'm glad to see that.

As we all eat our dinner, Richard clears his throat. "So, how have you all been? I mean, it's not like we visit you guys every week so we don't know what is going on in your lives." He cracks a small smile and we all smile back. Yep. Alot more calm.

"We've all been doing good. Nick and Joel are gonna graduate in-" I get cut off by the home phone.

RING RING! RING RING! I am just about to get up when the answering machine goes off.

We wait to hear who it is and we all get a shock as to whose voice we hear.

"Hey dad, it's Arabella. Listen, I know that this is a bit sudden, but I wanted to surprise you and come see you. I'm at the airport right now, if you can, can you come and get me?" Arabella? Was that Arabella's voice? She's here?

We all daze for a while and soon, I am being dragged out of my seat by Jake.

"Come on, she said go get her." 

I crack a wide grin on my face and run for the keys.

"Wait!" Richard shouts. I feel nervous as to what he might say. He stays quiet for a few moments. All of a sudden, a few tears falls down his face and he looks at all of us.

"P-please, go bring me my baby girl." Richard says with his face in his palms. 

After hearing that, we all rush out of the door. We all quickly get into our 2 cars and speed towards the airport.

Nick and Joel are sitting in the back while Dylan is driving. They are both going crazy in the back and begin laughing.

"Dude, what's up with you two?" Dylan asks, eyes staring straight ahead.

"She's back! Why shouldn't we be happy?" They both say in unison.

Dylan and I share glances and begin to laugh as well.

As we reach the airport, we catch up with Jake, Chris, and Evan. We look around the airport and can't find Arabella. Soon, someone clears their throat behind us and we turn around.

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Joel's POV

We hear someone clear their throat and we all turn around. We find a beautiful tall girl with longbleach blonde hair and light blue eyes. Why does she look so familiar?

She smiles the whole time while looking at us and then sighs. "You guys aren't going to even say hi to me?" She smirks.

We all share confused looks as to who this girl is. "Umm.. Do we know you?" Chris asks.

She shows a look of shock and soon begins to laugh. I look at her as if she was a nutcase. She finally stops laughing and looks at us. "Are you telling me that you can't even recognize your sister? I mean, I know I was gone for a while, but come on!"

We all stare in shock as we realize who she is. This..Is...Arabella? I refused to believe that she was her, but then I looked into her eyes.. Her electric light blue eyes. It is her!

I walk towards her, taking in how she now looked. She looked to be about 5'9, but that was probably because of her black heels she was wearing and she was also wearing a white tank top with a black leather jacket and black torn skinny jeans. 

She wasn't the same shy girl I first saw when I met her.. She seemed different. She seemed more confident and proud. I didn't really hate this new attitude of hers, I rather liked it... As if she was more special than other people.

"Arabella?" I say, confirming that it is her. She smiles and wraps me and my brothers into a huge hug. I blush realizing how close I am to her compared to my brothers who are against my back.

She lets go and says,"So where's dad and Melissa?" All of our faces drop to the floor. We never really told her what happened with Richard considering we didn't know where she was

Jake steps up."Listen Arabella. There is something you should know."

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Arabella's POV

I stay quiet in the car whie we drive to the house. It's been so long since I've seen my father and I don't know what might happen. The boys told me about what happened to dad and I am completely shocked to hear what happened. He tried to commit suicide? Because I left?

My heart feels like it's being twisted and I soon find it hard to breath. I snap out of my thought when I hear Dylan say we're home.

I rush out of the car and run straight for the door, not caring about the fact that I left all of my things in the  cars. I take a deep breath and slowly open the door. It was completely silent and it felt as if no one was in here.

I was about to go outside, thinking that no one was inside the house, when I hear a gasp behind me. I turn around to find Melissa and dad standing in the living room. I noticed that dad was holding a cane in his hand.

As we stay still for a moment, I notice tears rolling down my father's cheeks. I fight the urge to do so myself when all of a sudden I am being pulled into a hug. My dad begins crying and holds me into a tight grip. It was hard to breath, but I ignored it, thinking that my dad really needed it.

When my dad finally let go, he looked at me. He smiles and says, "You have grown into a beautiful women. You look just like your mom and I know she would have been very proud of you."

This time, tears do fall down in my face and I quickly wipe them away. Melissa walks towards me and pulls me into a hug. 

"i haven't seen you in so long Arabella. My god, you have changed." She looks at me up and down and gives a mischievious smile.

"we should totally dress you up one day." 

I laugh, thinking that she totally hasn't changed. I turn around to find the boys carrying my things upstairs and I walk towards them.

"Umm.. What are you doing?" I ask in slight confusion.

"What do you think?" Nick asks.

"We're taking your stuff upstairs to your room." Joel says, stopping at where I was standing.

I give a small smile. "Thank you guys." They all turn and give me a "No problem".

I turn towards Melissa and dad and notice them packing things up. I walk towards them. "What are you guys doing?"

They share nervous glances and turn towards me. "We are going back to our house." Melissa says.

I give them confused looks and then I remember what the guys told me. They're going back to their house in the country. I turn towards my dad and give him one last hug. It felt like they were never coming back, but I knew it wasn't the last time I would see them.

I walk them to their car and wave at them as they drive off. I sigh. Alot has changed since I left. I turn back to the house and walk inside.