The Sidemen || Miniminter Fanfiction

X Chapter 9 X

Alice's pov

I was confused... How did they find out? How do they know? Where did they get this information that I've been trying to forget for so many years, from?

Ethan was completely and utterly oblivious to this problem. I was adopted when I was a baby because my real parents passed away... I still don't know what the cause of how they died was till this day. Ethan's mum told me that I was adopted when I turned 12. She thought that, that was the right time to tell me. but it was only her and me who knew.
Nevertheless, she looked after me and raised me like her own.

She IS my mum.
Ethan IS my brother.

However, I still regret not telling Ethan...

The thoughts and the guilt build up on me and I suddenly realise that I'm still in Simons car.
I was crying. I was scared.

Before I even knew what was going on, Simon pulled me over so that I am tight in his embrace. With my head resting on his chest and the slow, steady beat of his heart, Simon whispers softly.
"Hey... Hey what's wrong?" He slowly says, making sure I gather everything he says due to my heavy breathing and tearful eyes stopping me to actually pay attention. I was numb and I was scared.

I hold Simon tighter, knowing that his comfort helps me calm down. He decides to pull me over to his seat so that I am sat on his lap, still in his warm embrace.
"Shh, it'll be okay... What's wrong Alice?" He whispers again, being so fragile into not hug me too tight.
"T-They... Know my secret" I finally speak as my voice breaks at the end.
"Who is 'they'? What secret?" he asks worriedly
"I-I'm adopted.... A-And Ethan doesn't even know... He thinks I'm his actual sister." I burst out crying even more, as the guilt rises to the point I feel it's suffocating.

Ethan is going to hate me... If he finds out.

Simon was shocked. And for the first time, he had nothing to say.
"Why don't you tell Ethan? He will understand, I promise" he finally speaks after a couple of minutes or so. He stares into my eyes and I get lost In his.
"I'm scared that he will hate me. I mean, it has been a secret for so many years..." I hesitate, my lips trembling in the process.

I look stupid.

Why does he put up with me?

"He will understand, he loves you okay?" He reasons with me as he places his hand on my cheek, rubbing the tears that still lingered on my skin but also brushing away the dark, brown hair that fell over my eyes. My hair was protecting me from the humiliation... And Simon broke it.

No humiliation was needed, because HE understood.

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Alice's Pov

It was 11pm and Vik finally arrived and picked us up to take us back to the sidemen house.
I was nervous, because I knew what I was about to do.

I was going to tell Ethan.

My hands were shaking from the nervousness but also from the coldness that was outside. Simon grabbed my hand in a firm grip to reassure me that everything was going to be okay.

He let go the minute that we entered the sidemen house.

"Ethan!" I shouted, knowing far to well that he probably was editing his videos. Speaking of videos, I need to edit mine and Simons later.

"Yeh?" He answers as he walks down the stairs.
"Uhm... Can I speak with you?" I ask, worriedly.
"Uh... Yeh?" He replies with confusion.

Here goes nothing.

We both walk into a room, alone. But before I close the door, Simon smiles at me. He makes me feel more confident. He makes me happy.
I smile back at him as I close the door.

"Okay... I have something to tell you, and it's big news but I don't know how you will react and I'm scared that you will hate me forever..." I rush, too scared to carry on.
"Okay?" Ethan says, starting to also get nervous.

"I'm adopted..." I speak, shutting my eyes because I'm too scared to see his reaction.

This is it. This could be the part where he will hate me forever!

I open my eyes to hear him speaking after a minute of silence.

"Wait... What??" He asked, with a confused expression.
" Mum adopted me when I was a baby and you were too young to know. She told me that I was adopted when I turned 12 years old... B-But I was too scared to tell you... I was scared of how you would react..." I explain, stuttering on some parts.
" My real parents are dead and I still don't know how they died. I don't even know them, or even how they looked..." I start to cry.
"I love you Ethan! And I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you. I was scared that you will hate me" I finally finish.

He stands up and embraces me in a hug. I was shocked.
" You are still my sister, and you will ALWAYS be my sister... I love you!" He cries with me.