I sat on the front steps for a while, my plate sitting next to me completely untouched. It was growing cold alongside my coffee but I couldn't be bothered to care; the way that fight ended didn't leave me with much of an appetite.
I didn't need to wait very long before I heard the door open behind me. It was soon closed softly followed by the sound of small, bare feet crossing the deck. I continued to stare out at the forest as Summer sat down next to me, wrapping her arms around my torso. Without looking away I reached my arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer.
We didn't say anything for a while, after all there wasn't much to be said. We both knew how this conversation would go, she would try to convince me that it wasn't my fault and I would counter it. When all was said and done, all it would do would make us both more upset then they already where. It just wasn't worth the trouble and we both knew it.
"Is Tai alright?" I asked after the long silence.
"Right now, I think he's in shock," she replied quietly. "It never crossed his mind that she would just leave like that."
"She was always a flight risk, she was just really good at pretending she wasn't," I said with a sigh.
"He loves her," she whispered after a moment. "Do you think she ever really loved him?"
"I don't know," I answered just as quietly. "My sister's always been a mystery. There's no way of knowing who she really holds in her heart, or even if she has one."
