Always Look At The Stars

Chapter 2

Long after the ball ended, the younger royals were invited by Isabelle to join them for a « family tradition » as she called it. She was the only one of her sibling that stayed till the end of the ball and sympathize with them. Her sister and her husband left two hour ago because they were young parents which often means you try to get as much sleep as you can. And the third one, despite being late, left after twenty minutes, just time to introduce himself to the newcomers and greet some old friends then rush back to the front door after kissing his grand mother, the queen on her forehead.

This gesture shocked Vanessa because the thought of a kind gesture from her Gram, Grinch she sometime call her when she was sure not was around, was impossible. She wasn't an horrible person incapable of kindness, she loved her family but the first thing on her mind was power and her duty toward her people. Vanessa admired and hated at the same time that devotion, because the queen will do anything for the good of her people but even if it means stepping in the way of her family hapiness, specialy hers because since she was born, she was destin to reign. That meant a childhood away from her family with her gramma who took her education personnal believing that her daughter in law wasn't fit to raise a queen. Thought loving it was called. Vanessa was never free, the queen decide her every move even her love life, she was the one who presented Stephen to her grand daughter and not force but encourage vivly their relationship.

The « family tradition » as Isabelle describe it, is just something they started doing with her brother and sister when their mother died. They use to sneek out after their curfew to go on the roof of the palace that you could access throught a window. Out there, nobody could see them except the stars. When it started, years ago, they used to stay silent, just needing to be together againt the nightmare and the grief, even sometimes ended up sleeping in the same bed or joining their father. Now they just talk, enjoying each other presence.

On the rooftop, the three other were already there. They didn't even know each other names, just their title so Isabelle introduce them.

- « So that is my older sister Elisabeth with her husband Thomas, he is allow to tag along the « family tradition » from time to time.

- I would appreciate that you would stop reminding every one that i'm old, said joifully Elisabeth, but please call me Eli, no need for formalities here. »

- Don't worry, you don't look a day over 35 answer her brother.

- You little fucker she spat has she start to slap him playfully.

- She is only 27 explain Isabelle, and the little fucker is my twin brother Alexander but everybody call him Alex as you might have guest.

Alex gave a little nod, bearly aknowleging them. « That it, I definitly hate him »though Vanessa.

Sophia as been stearing back and forth toward the twins looking confused, then, she fanilly said what was bothering her.

- But how can you be twins, you look nothing alike ?

With the same smog as early, Alex explain to her

- we are what people call fake twins. Real twins come from an embryo that was divided in two, we come from two diferent set of embryo. Two diferent persons.

- I always wandered if fake twins had a link like real twins. Went off Chace

- Well.. both of them started speaking at the same time but then he gave a wide smile and move his hand as if saying « Go on »

- We don't actually, well it's more complicated then that. We are certainly closer than normal sibling, living 9 month together in our mother stomach and i sometime feel something when he is in deep pain but that it.