Never Forget

Chapter 20

"And out of no where he said that I have a sister." I said as I paced back and forth on J's patio. Right after I met with Jack, I went to his house to tell him everything that happened. "She's not only my sister but my identical twin sister." I said. I've been pacing and talking since I got here and that was about 15 minutes ago. J hasn't really said anything. He just sat back and listened intently. "He gave me her number and said that I could call her if I want. Her name is Joanna Marie Carter." I finally took a seat next to J on his patio seat swing. "Wow. How does all of this make you feel?" He asked.
"Honestly...it's very confusing and a little exciting. I have another sister! But I haven't seen her in 15 years I'm guessing. I'm just so curious as to why Sasha and I got adopted to our family but she didn't."
"Why don't you call her and ask her about it?"
"I'm not sure..."
"Well she obviously wants to meet you and talk to you."
"You're right. I'm going to call her."
"Good. Go ahead."
"Oh....wait...you meant now?!"
"Yes."
"I'm was gonna wait a couple days....or a couple months"
J smiled and shook his head. "No no. Do it right now. If you don't do it now, you probably will never do it." He said. I pouted. He knows me too well. I took my phone out my pocket. I already saved her number in there. I found her name and I froze. "What if she's nothing like me? What if she hates me? What if I don't measure up to her standards? What if-" J cut me off.
"What of she loves you just as much as I do? What of she's amazing and complements your amazingness? What if you're able to lead her to Christ if she's not there already?" J said and looked me in the eyes. I took a deep breath and hit the call button. Wait....did he just say he loves me?

The phone rang 4 times before she picked up. "Hello" the voice said. "Hi...ummm...this is Krista Johnson."
"Oh my gosh! Hold on!"
I heard a lot of movement and what sounded like footsteps running. "Krista, are you still there?"
"Yeah."
"Sorry, I wanted to move somewhere a little more private."
"That's fine."
"I'm Joanna...your sister. Sorry I just never thought that this day would come. For so long I was the only child and...." she paused. "Sorry I'm talking too much. I bet you have a lot of questions for me."

We continued speaking on the phone. She explained to me that about a month ago she found a picture in her mom's closet. It was of three small girls. Two of them looked just alike with a mess of brown curly hair and the other one was smaller blonde haired baby and looked more like her mom. She asked her mom, our mom, about it and she confessed to having three baby girls. Me, her and Sasha. She had given Sasha and I up for adoption because she was on the run from her abusive ex-boyfriend. She kept Joanna because at the time she was easier to handle and she was scared that of we ended up in the system all three of us would get split up. It was a better chance of there was just two of us. Her ex ended up in jail a couple years later and she didn't have to run anymore. She settled down and she found Sasha and I again but she saw how happy we were with Hilary and she didn't want to tear us away from that. We were on the phone for almost two hours when she said she really had to go. We decided to meet up in about a week so I could tell her about Sasha and everything that's happened.

I sat on the couch next to J. He had gone inside 45 minutes into the conversation. "Hi." I said. "Hello. I take that it went well."
"It did. We're going to meet up with in about a week or so. I have a lot to think about."
"Yeah.. you should pray about things as well, see what God has to say about everything."
"Alright. I will."

I stayed for a little longer and ate dinner with his family. He gave me a ride home. When we got to the apartment we were talking about our plans after summer. J was going to a bible college about an hour away.

"I think you should consider going back to school Krista. You're a very smart girl and you shouldn't waste a mind as beautiful and amazing as yours" J said. I thought about for a second. Maybe I should go back to school. "Okay." Is all I said in response. "So... you love me?" I asked him remembering what he said earlier. He's face turned bright red and he began staring at the floor as if his shoes suddenly became interesting. "Oh...you caught that." He said still not looking up. "Yeah...I did." I said kind of shyly. After a moment of silence, He looked up and looked me in the eyes. "Krista Johnson, I'm head over heels in love with you." In that moment it felt like my heart stopped and all the wind was knocked out of me. The butterflies in my stomach couldn't seem to stop. I just stood there staring at him in awe. He continued staring into my eyes, his gaze intense. I glanced down at my hands and realized that he'd been holding them the hold time. I look back up "I'm in love with you too J". A huge smile broke out on his face. I couldn't help but smile too. He grabbed me and hugged me. We were hugging for what felt like hours but it was only a couple of minutes and there is no place I would've rather been. I don't know how but I just knew that this was going to be the start of something great.