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I haven't seen Lip since I told him to go to MIT after he admitted to deciding on Chicago Polytechnic for me. We received the news from the doctors and are both cleared of cancer or any future sighting of it. Our mother stayed in town around for a little while longer. We never had a great mother-daughter bond until recently. I've been staying in my mom's hotel room for a while to avoid Lip from showing up to my house. I found every way possible to avoid him. The hotel service walks in with the crate full of treats and my eyes turn into hearts. I run up to the macaroons and start scarfing them down.
"Don't overeat junk, it will end up catching up to you." my mother walks up to me with an apple and hands it to me while grabbing the macaroon out my mouth.
"I really regret staying with you, the more I'm around you, the more it drives me insane." I roll my eyes and plop down on the bed.
"Oh sweetie don't be silly, you need me at a time like this. And you should be thanking me; I haven't even said a word to your father." She remarks.
"Said a word to Pa about what?" Ethan walks in and grabs a mouthwatering treat from the crate.
"Nothing, E. What's up?" I smile, and he gives me a weird look.
"Besides the fact that Lip has driven me crazy about you. What's your problem, anyway?" He barks.
"I just needed time," I say.
"Like last time? And for what? Mom's fine, I'm fine, you're fine." He takes a bite and looks over at me. "I think you should quit being a bitch and take him back." My eyes widen.
"Ethan! Don't ever speak to your sister like that! Is that how your father raised you to be?" She walks up towards him, staring up at him.
"He hasn't really been in the picture for awhile, neither have you." He states, and she gets taken aback.
"When did you grow balls?" I cross my arms and glare at him.
"Learned from the best." He raises his eyebrows and gestures me to leave. Ethan walks out, and I sigh having to follow him.
"What?" I bark, and he chuckles.
"I should be asking you the same. You've been distant with me too, and have been with the one person you cannot stand other than pa. What's your deal?" Ethan blocks the hotel room door so that I won't escape.
I lean back on the corridor wall and sigh. "I can't tell you E."
"We are twins. Twins don't keep secrets from each other. I tell you everything, Arielle." He sincerely says, and I stare into his green eyes. We never kept anything between us; he's my best friend.
"You can't tell anyone, and I mean anyone. Especially Lip, I swear to god Ethan." I poke his chest.
"Fine, just fucking tell me." He begs, and I let out a deep breath.
