Double Lives and a Secret

You promise?

Hey! Above is the groups siblings. Josh and  Liam are Xander's brothers: Liam is 17 and Josh is 16. Molly and Lola are Nathan's sister: Molly is 18 and Lola is 14. Mae and Jae are Paige's sisters: Mae and Jae are 11.
I know I haven't been updating frequently. I was away on holidays and had no internet, this is my last week and I'm going to try to get 3 more updates, maybe more if I can. Thanks, Sacha :)

Gabriella's POV

We had just boarded the van and the last thing on our list was Tori. Will would not leave until we had her, but the problem was... We were running out of sleeping space in the van and we had no clue how many friends she would want to bring. We've just loaded Corbyn and Noah's friends and their siblings in the van and they were setting up around the van.

Sleeping space was limited. There were rooms that had beds everywhere and everyone was doubling up. I have no clue where these friends were gonna stay when we got back, but I guess we could build extensions or something.

I just realised how exhausted I was, I guess I hadn't been sleeping much because I was handling everyone else. Cooking food, helping Rue and Faye, at least the friends could get their siblings ready and calm them down, also I kept hearing things be done. Like the dirty deed performed every night.

Troy and I had not been sleeping well and I was letting him sleep in so he could get more sleep, but it wasn't helping, we were both exhausted and had been sleeping on a couch for the past week. I'm gonna need a big sleep when we get back, but I've also gotta talk to my parents about Laci and Noah appearing and we had no idea about them.

My parents have been keeping secrets from us our whole lives, I only faintly remembered Sage, Chase and Corey. I didn't even remember Noah, Laci and Aiden. My parents hadn't mentioned them and I keep stressing out. I need a relaxing sleep for at least a couple of hours, I'll ask Sage if she can do anything...

Sage's POV

Gabriella has been so tired lately and so has Troy and I need to do something about it, they can barely keep their eyes open. It must be hard because they are looking after Rue and Faye, the two little girls that Gabi adopted. I don't think any of them can keep this going, they'll pass out sooner or later if they don't sleep soon. Oh, look Gabi's coming over here, I'll tell her what I think.

"Hey Gabsy! I need to talk to you." I called out and she nodded, coming over.

"Yeah I needed to talk to you as well," she responded, bags under her eyes you could see as she had shed her makeup.

"I'll go first, OK?" I told her and she nodded, sitting down next to me. "Gabsy, you haven't been sleeping lately and neither has Troy. So for now on, Aaron and I are going to help with Rue and Faye, cook, wash, do all the chores you usually do. Is that understood?"

"Yeah, understood. I was gonna come ask you if you could do that. Anyway, I'm going to go take a nap with my boyfriend, wake me when you find Tori or we're stopping." Gabriella informed me and than stumbled back to her couch with Troy, falling into his body and drifting off straight away and soon he followed. My poor sister is over worked now and I'm going to change that.

Corbyn's POV

It feels great seeing all of these people come together to find their friends long lost siblings. So much has happened so far in this van, the Keeper.

I saw Kaci for the first time in years. Kaci and I were really close and it was great seeing her. I liked seeing Noah interact with his siblings, most of them he hadn't met. And Aiden was having a great time. There was other 13 year olds for him to hang with and he seemed to be having fun, which was great to see.

Noah and Paige are officially together and it's great to see Noah with this grin on his face. I feel at home here and that's all I could ask.

But I noticed that Gabriella and Troy are really tired, Gabriella went to talk to Sage before and they agreed on something and then Gabriella went to Troy and they fell asleep. She's working her ass off to find all of us and now we're going home and it's stressing her out. I hate seeing people close to me, so tired and stressed. Vanessa mentioned to me that her and Troy haven't been sleeping well and that it affects how they work.

We just have to find Tori and than we can go. I think everyone is just wanting to get home. I really want to see my Mami and Papa and than everything will be all good. I also want to find that girl that I remember, it would be great if I could find her.

"Hey! You right Corbyn?" Noah came over and sat next to me, in the corner of his eye watching Paige as she talked to Thalia.

"Yeah I'm good Noah, I'm good." I answered and he nodded, before he spoke up quietly.

"Thanks," he whispered and I nodded at him, knowing what he meant.

"Anytime, Oli. I just did what I had to do. Go back over to your girlfriend, you just got with her, don't be worrying about me." I told him and he nodded.

"Thanks, Jamie." He told me and I watched him go over to Paige, pulling her into his lap as she giggled, Thalia left them alone and went and sat with Nathan. I felt a presence near me and looked to my right, on the seat that Noah was just on sat Xander.

"Looks like, we're the only ones left, huh?" He asked me quietly, scanning his eyes around the room.

"I guess so, but we're not alone. We never will be now, Xander." I told him, myself looking at everyone.

"You promise? I don't think I can take another hit again. Noah already promised, so you have to." He whispered and I looked at Xander, his eyes showing his fear from his past.

"I promise Xander. We're not alone and we never will be, I promise." I whispered back and he nodded, before rising and disappearing.

When I was promising Xander, I was more trying to make me believe it myself. In just over a few hours, my life had changed and I know it was for the better, but can it stay this way? Yeah it can, I know it can.