The Ride Home (ON HOLD)

Chapter 23

Shelby

"I'm sorry, you're my what!?"

"Sister, I guess mom and dad never told you. That actually hurts a little so you're sure they never told you about me?"

"I'm pretty sure I would know if I had a sister. Wait, how do you two know each other?"

"Well, that's a pretty long story, but as you know my parents would foster children and every once in a while adopt." Max explained, "Well anyway she was one of my foster sisters as a kid and I don't know why but she contacted me saying that she wanted to visit."

Max shrugged his shoulders and plopped down on the couch acting like he was annoyed. Luna sat next to him while I stood there with my arms crossed and a confused expression on my face.

"Okay, so we are like full sisters? Same mom and dad? Or just same mom and different dad or the other way around? Or?"

Luna turned around on the couch so she was completing facing me. "We are full sisters. Same mom same dad."

I walked over to the couch where they were sitting and sat down on the table that's in front of the couch.

"I have a question."

"Ask away!"

"Why were you here arguing with Max a few months ago?"

"Well, um I don't quite remember." She said as she hung her head, 

"Max?" 

"Shelby, it was ...um it was personal. I'm sorry."

"Okay fine.Can you at least tell me why I never knew you existed or why you're here?"

"Well, mom and dad had me when they already had you and you know in all those books and movies how parents leave kids in a box in front of a fire station and stuff like that? Well, that's what they did with me. When I turned 16 I got a test to see who my biological parents were and well I visited them and I saw you sitting on the couch and while mom and dad were screaming at me to leave I blocked out there screaming and tried to get inside to meet you. But I obviously didn't succeed otherwise you would've known me before now." 

"wow"

"Yeah, I guess."

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"Okay, so how old are you?" I attempted to say while having leftover pizza in my mouth.

"I'm 19. And you're 23, right? So we are four years apart."

"mmm..hmmm."

Luna stood up from the couch and immediately fell back down. She tried again and succeeded that time. While she walked over to the kitchen I looked at Max, while he was staring at his phone I remembered that we never got the chance to talk. I don't even know what happened between us. 

I remember him and Ross ignoring me for a whole day and then it was like I forgot we were even dating. Today was the first day in a few weeks I've felt like Max and I have been distant. I really need to talk to him and explain to him what's going on.

Enjoy :P