The Way It Should Be

Chapter Thirty-Three

We are sitting in his room talking.

"Do you have an siblings?" I asks out of the blue.

"Yeah, but they are in their rooms, they might come in here and tease us but don't pay attention to them."

"OK, but how many?"

"I have two and an honorary brother."

"What do you mean?"

"My dad's assistant, he lives with us, so I pretend we are actually related."

"That's super cool." I laugh, "I wish I could have that!"

"Yeah, it is super cool! He is eighteen years old and left home to search for his sister."

"Sear for his...?"

"Yeah, two years ago his sister vanished - no one has found her yet - so after he graduated he went out in search for her."

"That's really kind of him." I laugh. "If Evra or Darren vanished I don't think I could even keep a level head."

"You seem like the type to flip out."

"Hey!" I punch his shoulder playfully.

"Has he told you what his sister is like?"

"No... He is still sad about it, but I snuck into his room and read his diary. But I only reason up to the part where his sister disappeared."

"Oh yeah, can you tell me?"

"I forgot most of it, but apparently his sisters best friend died and he thinks she ran away because she was filled with grief. He also thinks she committed suicide..."

"Thats horrible!"

"Yeah..."

I think about for a second, I ran away two years ago... Maybe, just maybe this is Ethan we are taking about? Nahhhhh that's crazy! Right?

"Hey... uhmm... What is your brothers name...?"

"Ethan, Ethan Woods, why?"

"Jus-Just curious... It's nothing. But it's getting late so... I'm gonna head home."

"Alright, let me walk you out."

We head down the stairs together, alerting his parents who were in the kitchen.

"Oh, is Alicia leaving already?" His mom asks.

"Yeah." Jack yells back.

"It was nice meeting you!" His dad yells to me.

"Same!" I yell.

"Come over again!" Jack's mom invites.

"Will do!"

"She's got to go!" Jack barks before pushing me out the front door.

I smile at the boy standing outside his house. "I had fun."

"Me too." He smiles back.

"See you tomorrow?" I add.

"Yeah."

I give him a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek, but he moved his head and we kissed on the lips - though it was just a peck, it was still a kiss.

I widen my eyes. As I quickly stepped back.

"I'm so sorry." He says.

"Its fine." I smile at him. "It was an accident after all."

"It would be better if it hadn't happened though." We hear and look over to see Darren.