Facing The Truth (Truth Series 1)

2: Revelations

Sky's POV

I can't believe what I'm seeing. Sitting on the bed is a small black haired girl that I haven't seen in years. She wears her usual attire made up of black, red, and blue but she is practically covered in mud. The room is silent as we stare at each other for a few moments. Finally I break the silence with a whisper, "Eden."

"Adam," she whispers back. Then her eyes fill with tears as she suddenly darts forward and hugs me. She buries her head in my chest and mumbles, "I missed you so much!"

I hug her back and whisper in her ear, "I missed you too."

After a while we break apart. She steps back, smiling softly, and wiping the last of her tears from her eyes. I grin and say, "Things haven't changed much have they. It's been 5 years and you don't look like you've grown an inch!"

She glares at me and crosses her arms over her chest. "Shut up! It's not my fault I'm really freakin' short! At least I'm not obsessed with GOLD." She says accenting the g-word.*

My friends gasp and I pout slightly, muttering, "It's butter."

She rolls her eyes, laughing softly, and uncrossing her arms. "I know idiot. I was only joking."

I smile. From behind me Jerome practically shouts, "No offense but WHO IS SHE?"

"She's my c-" I start to say before Eden interrupts.

"I'm his sister from another mister."

"WHAT!?" Everyone but Eden and I shout. I just send her a really confused look.

She giggles. "Well I might as well be you and Aden were practically inseparable."

I freeze immediately at the mention of Aden's name. Upon realizing what she had said, Eden's eyes fill with shock and pain. Suddenly she spins around so her back is to us. Behind me my friends exchange confused looks.

Eden's POV

I stand staring at the wall with my back to Adam and his friends. My hands are in fists at my sides and I'm biting my lip. The room stays silent as Adam and I are lost in our thoughts. The tense silence is broken when Adam sighs and quietly asks, "What are you doing here, Eden?"

"Looking for you," I mumble softly.

"Wait, SKY is your cousin!?" Jason exclaims exaggerating Adam's nickname.

I spin around on my heels to face them and smile. "Yup, unfortunately," I say popping the 'p'.

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!?" Adam shouts. His friends and I laugh.

"Oh nothing. Nothing at all." I grin and his friends laugh even harder. After a few minutes everyone calms down, although Adam's face is a bright red. I rub the back of neck nervously and say, "I haven't exactly introduced myself yet. Not even when I was talking with Jason. So um... yeah, if you haven't figured it out already my name's Eden."

"I'm Jerome!" A large furry man shouts. He has ominous gray-black eyes and wears a black suit. Although this is my first time meeting one, he is quite obviously a bacca.

"I'm Bajan Canadian or Mitch," says a minecraftian with light brown hair and eyes. He wears a red and black checkered jacket over a plain white T-shirt and blue jeans.

Then a minecraftian, whose right eye was a reddish brown while his left eye is hidden behind dark brown hair, steps out from behind Adam and Jason. He wears black headphones with a green light in the center of the earpiece, two purple bracelets, a white shirt, and gray pants. He calmly states, "I'm Deadlox or Ty."