The Other Sister

Bye

Five years later, we all still pretty much didn't age. Turns out that the curse gave us an extension in the youth department… we stopped aging after 28 except if your older then you just stay the same.

I applied to Princeton just for fun… you know with no intention of really going since Lucy applied to Yale… anyways, I received a letter from them stating I got accepted!

Russell got a job offer in New York as a stock brocker.

At first, I was thrilled but then I remembered my promise to my sister. I promised Drizzela that I wouldn't leave her. I had to talk to mamá, mother, and my sisters to figure this out.

"Hey, what's up?" Ela asks as she enters mother's kitchen, "I got your call…"

I was sitting on the kitchen table, I handed her the letter. She read it and then smiled, "That's awesome!" "But wait … what will say to Drizzy?"

"I don't know!" I exclaims as I ungracefully flopped down on the chair.

Then the chimes, that mother had installed after I admitted to sneaking out back then, sounded. "I'm here!" Drizzy calls out. I groaned. "Tough crowd." Drizzy teases.

"Drizzela," mother sighs, "your sister has some news."

"I'mgoingtoPrinceton." I said really fast.

Mamá glares at me, "Sera?"

"Fine, I'm going to Princeton." I said. Turning to see Drizzy's expression change. I felt so bad. So guilty. I was breaking my promise to my sister, I promised her that I'd never let her feel the same thing I felt when Zelena left. But what am I doing now? The same thing as Zelena I was leaving everything I knew and loved to chase something. The only difference is that Zelena left me with Regina thinking that Regina would protect me. I am literally the only person whose stopping this town from killing Drizzela. "Dri…"

She ran upstairs, "I can't do this."

I was about to follow her when mother captured my hand, "Give her time."

"Leave her? This was the problem, I need to fix this." I jerk my hand back and ran after my sister. As I got to the upstairs hallway, I noticed the latch to the attic wide open. I climbed up the ladder and saw Drizzy sitting on by the window.

"How could you?" she asks, quietly.

"I know how you feel…"

"No, you don't, because if you do you wouldn't leave." she says. It was a slap in my face.

I took out another package from my purse, it was address to her— it was sent to mother's house— and placed it on her lap. "Here. Its for you."

"What the?! Princeton?!"

I shrugged.

"I sent your application." Lucy states as she walks towards us.

"How'd you…"

"Grandmother." Lucy smirks.

Drizzy opened it and a huge smile spread on her face, "I got in." Then she shouted, "I got in!" But then she runs down to the kitchen and announced, "I got in."

"Got in?" mamá asked, "Got in where?"

She waves the letter, "Princeton."

Lucy walked in front of me and pulls something out of her backpack. It was a manila envelope for placing it on the table, "And we are all going!"

"What are you talking about?" Ela shock.