I do believe in love, but I believe it's not something beautiful, it's something that would destroy you.
Love? People say it's the most powerful force in the world. I do agree, it's so powerful that it destroys you, destroys you until every single piece of you is broken.
That's my perception of love,
well at least before I met her...before I met them.
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5 years since my mom died. She got in to a car accident, her car fell off a cliff a hundred feet high.
But that wasn't the worst part, a month after I found out that my dad was cheating on her. A week after my mom died, my dad found a 'new found love', and it got its fruit immediately.
Although I was trying to accept that fact, my dad had a different idea. Every time he sees me he sees the mistake that he has done and that left him to one decision.
He left me at an orphanage.
That was my life's darkest moment, but in fact my whole life was dark.
I stayed in the orphanage for years, for 8 long years. It felt hopeless, it felt...loveless. But finally when I turned 17 someone was willing to adopt me.
The Guttierez family.
I was confused, why would one of the richest family in our country adopt me?
Everything felt surreal, for years I lived in a bunk bed, eating a typical meal, nothing really was special. And in just a snap it turned around.
The family that adopted me had numerous cars, maids, and a mansion...I could honestly get lost inside of it!
Mr. Guttierez introduced me to everyone in the mansion. "Here's our new family member everyone, please treat him well. Welcome to the family."
One of their maids brought me to my own room, my OWN room! I've never had one before. It was red and black, filled with action figures and stuff, it felt like it belonged to someone else before but I was fine with that.
I stayed in my room the whole afternoon, I only went out when Mrs. Guttierez called me for dinner.
Dinner time. My world stopped.
There was one girl beside Mr. Payne, she was cute...but she seemed a little grumpy. She was the only daughter of the family, the unica hija.
"Who is he, dad?" She asks while she gives me a death stare. What did I even do?
"Sunshine...Melody he's uhm, Liam, your new brother." Mr. Gutierrez answers.
"What??? No one would ever replace the real Liam! This sucks, dad! And mom you agreed to this? Where did he even come from? I'm going back to my room, I lost my appetite." Melody screams as she goes back to her room and locks it.
"I---I'm sorry." I told them.
"No, it's not your fault. She'll accept you. She just seems grumpy because she doesn't want to show her soft side." Mr. Guttierez comforts me
"Liam, her brother, died few years ago. He died from cancer. Melody and Liam were really close, they have been partners in crime. Sibling goals I could say. But ever since he died, melody just locks herself in her room and doesn't talk to anyone...and yes, you and her brother has the same name." Mrs. Guttierez adds
"Can I talk to her?" I asked.
"You may try but I can't promise you she'll let you in his room."
I went to her room. I just felt like I could comfort her and for some reason I felt like she has a good side despite the rude side she's showing.
I knocked in her room, she asks me to go but I didn't. I just talked outside her room.
"Melody, I know how you feel. I've lost someone before, both of my parents in fact. You're actually lucky you still have someone. My mom died and my dad left me in an orphanage, since then I felt loveless. If you let me in your room I can be your crying shoulder for now."
Melody didn't reply but the door opened. She hugged me.
"I'm sorry for screaming a while ago. I just miss him so much. And weirdly, you sound just like him." She cries out.
"Maybe I could be the Greg to your Niall, the Gemma to your Harry, the Phoebe to your Louis......the Liam to your Liam." I told her.
"Who even are those names?" Melody asks while trying to hold back a giggle
"...Just made those siblings up! Hah! Great to see you smile now!" I answered
Everything went well after that night. In them, I found the family that I never had, the family that was once broken.
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This may not be your typical romantic love story, but there's no greater love story than the love story you have with your family. Although I'm not related to them by blood, I'm related to them by heart. (and paper)
Their family thought me that even after going through the darkest times, love still exists.
Love may be the one that destroyed you, but love would also glue you back together.
