Beacon of Secrets

Juliet and Elizabeth Chamberlain

It had been many hours but they had finally arrived. Juliet rubbed her eyes sleepily before she looked at the house, her jaw dropping as her gaze landed upon the house. Her sister, Effy, as she liked to call her, was still fast asleep. She shook her gently to wake her which didn't take long. Effy looked at the house long and hard, a smile tugging at her lips.

"How do you like it?" Asked their father

"We love it," answered Juliet, as she turned from Effy to her parents.

"The movers already have most of our stuff set up, but you're both going to have to arrange your own rooms. The boxes were left in your bedrooms so... good luck with that," Faye, their mother, stated.

They both rushed out of the car, their parents following slowly behind as they ran into the house; each going into their bedrooms, they began setting everything from the boxes out on top of dressers and furniture that were already set up.

* * *

After many hours of hard work, both sisters were done and they decided to go out.

"Mom, Dad, we're going out!" Juliet called out to them as her and Effy walked outside. They were both fairly alike, and like many would say, 'just like their mom.' What most people meant by that was that they were reckless troublemakers that wore revealing clothes and didn't know when to stop, basically, they were horrible influences and bad girls, at least that's what they thought about Juliet, no one really knew that Effy was the same way

* * *

They walked around and spotted a boy. The two sisters looked at each other, a smirk on both their faces.

"Watch and learn little sis," Juliet said as she approached the young male, pulling out a card they had found on the way.
"I was wondering if you knew where this little boutique was," she said as she handed over a card with an address on it.

"No idea, I literally just got here a few hours ago. I'm new in town."

"What a coincidence, so am I! Newbies should stick together," she said with a hint of a smirk as she took his phone and handed him hers. She put her number in, taking a picture and adding it as the contact picture before handing it back. He handed her phone back to her, their hands accidentally brushing against each other's.

"I'll see you around," she said in a low voice, winking slightly as she turned to walk back to her sister. Effy, who had stood on the side and watched everything, rolled her eyes slightly.

"Don't roll your eyes at me, young lady," Juliet said, mocking their father slightly.

Effy didn't speak much, but her silence and expressions said a lot.

Next they headed to a small shop where they saw another boy. Effy pretended to bump into him as he was too distracted to really notice anything.
"You okay?" He asked softly as he turned to look at her. She nodded her head but didn't speak.
"Um," He began, clearly unsure of how to continue, "I'm Andrew" He said softly. She looked up at him, biting her lip before she wrote her number down quickly on his arm, her name written above it. She walked back to her sister, a triumphant smirk claiming her lips.

"That's my sister," Juliet said as she looked at Effy, returning the smirk, "I taught you well." Effy simply shrugged, the smirk never leaving her lips.

"Alright, well, we should get home before mom and dad start calling," Juliet said as she grabbed hold of Effys hand and they began making their way back home.