Bear hugs

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Lilac's pov

I finally got in touch with my older brother James. Well he's my step brother, but he's been my only family for a long time. It's been years since I've seen him at all and I miss him so much.

He lives in a social community which I find weird, but hey, I don't judge. I think it's cool to be able to have a great community.

I live in cold Colorado. It's snowy and small but I love it. I have two jobs. I work part time in a library and part time in a florist. My mother loved flowers hence my name and if I'm honest I'm the same.

I live with my best friends Ann and Chase. They are the best friends a girl could ask for. I met Ann in first grade. She and I were inseparable. We were outcasts and we liked it. We never partied or rebelled.

We met Chase in 7th grade. He was new and was bullied as soon as he came to our school. We took him under our wing. People just hated him because he batted for the same team.

They became my family.

- 27/3 -

I was late. I told James that I would be there around 3:00 but I'm just rolling up at 6:30. Typical. I'm always late.

I got out of the cab and grabbed all of my bags since I'll be here for a month. I didn't have a phone so I couldn't tell James I had arrived, so I just walked inside.

I only got in to the gate when I saw this man. He was tall and muscly. He was very handsome. It looked like he wanted to say something but he just stood there looking at me like he was nervous. So I made the first move.

I held out my hand to him.

"Hi I'm Lilac. I'm looking for my brother James. Could you help me?"