Manipulative || A.I.

Influence

Sarah's POV

The second she got out of the hotel she ran to Amelia's. Buzzing the intercom until the door was finally opened she ran up the stairs and banged on the door.

"I knew you would be coming over soon," Amelia gave a weak smile as she opened the door to let Sarah in.

"You are related?! What the hell Amelia?! Why couldn't you just tell me that instead of having me string this boy along for a month?! Do you know how much I actually had to talk to him?"

"Please! You wanted to talk to him! You like him!" Amelia shouted with a sarcastic tone.

"I do not! That guy is nothing but something pretty to look at." She spoke almost choking on the words.

"Is that why you are so flush thinking about it?" Amelia smirked and just watched Sarah squirm.

"You're crazy!" She thought about his kiss and how much she enjoyed it and how much she hated the fact she liked it so much.

"Oh really? Then why do you have that same look you did at the concert?"

"Whatever. But for once in our friendship let's not talk about my shitty relationships and talk about the fact you are Ashton's sister!!!" Sarah plopped down on the couch.

"I didn't know it when I first saw him. My mom told me I had a half brother in Australia and I was dying to know who he was and I wanted to meet him and not feel like an only child. So when I had the chance to study abroad I studied in the area my mom said my dad was last relocated. Sydney, Australia. And I started to dig and found him. I never saw a photo but I found out he was in a band.

"I went to the first concert and I was instantly drawn to Ashton. The passion he had playing the drums...well you saw it"

She looked over at Sarah who thought about all the images she had while he was drumming. And how he became one with the drums and the musical beat he created.

"You're making that face again" Amelia mocked.

"Continue Meels..."

"Well like I said I was drawn to him. He was cute, a musician, and foreign. And I didn't know what my half brother played. If anything I thought Luke and I were related because of our eyes. But then I went to meet them all and Ashton introduced himself and my heart was attacked with pain. I never actually talked to him but I still felt heart broken. He tried to get me to hang out with him, alone, ya know. But every opportunity I brought a group around. I did not want to tell him what I knew."

"Why not?" Sarah asked. 

"I don't know. I just felt it was not my place to tell him. If our father wanted him to know he had a sibling he would have let him know." She shrugged. 

"Well he does have a sibling, so he didn't get the whole 'only shild syndrome' you have" Sarah explained, "You should have told him the second you found out who he was." 

"Wow you're reprimanding me? This seems like a first in a very long time. How did you know he had a brother?" She raised an eye brow. 

"He told me on the second worst date ever," Sarah said. 

"Yeah he told me it didn't go to well. Why do you guys seem to get along when you are not actually together and then the second you are, you want to kill each other?" Amelia leaned back on the couch and looked up at her ceiling. 

"I could ask the same thing. Whenever we are near each other we argue and then he just kisses me," Sarah leaned back as well to look up at the ceiling. 

"That happened once," Amelia joked. 

"Nope. It happened again tonight," Sarah explained. 

"What?" Suddenly Amelia was back to the upright position.