My Secret Twin Sister//Emma Chamberlain + Dolan Twins +James Charles

forty one

ANNIE LAKEN

I'm anxious.

My body was filled to the brim with adrenaline. I felt like I was going to explode due to my nerves shooting throughout my body. I hated this feeling, absolutely hated it. Not knowing what was in store for not only myself, but my friends was really taking toll on me. This was way worse than confronting Freya... these people, I used to care about them deeply. Now here we are, sitting in front of my ex best friends house, waiting to knock on the door.

I don't know what has gotten into me. If this happened months ago, I would have never said or done anything about this situation. I was too much of a whimp, but now with my friends I'm 100% more confident. They push me to stand up for myself and not let anyone get in my way.

They make me a better person.

Starting at Maya's one story house, surrounded by a black fence, a hand rested on my thigh, brining me out of my trance. My head turned to the side, meeting eye contact with Grayson. He gave me a sympathetic look before taking his hands and wrapping them around my head for a quick second, kissing my forehead.

"You sure you don't want any of us to go up with you?" Grayson asked, one more time to see if I was okay with going by myself. I didn't feel like it was right for them to all come up to the door with me. This was my issue. Maybe if I needed back up, they could come, but not right away.

I nodded my head, reassuring him. "Yes, I'm all good," Turning back so I was looking out the window, I took a deep breath. It's now or never. "If you hear screaming, then you know I need you guys to back me up." I eye balled everyone to make sure they knew. Everyone gave a thumbs up, my hand finding its way to the door handle, pushing it open quickly before I could chicken out.

Turning back around, I met eye contact with my sister one time before making my way across the street. A strange feeling of déjà vu washed over me as I got closer to Maya's fence. So many days after school would I come running here with her to play and to hangout once we got older. So many secrets, so many promises we made were here. She was my best friend. I never would have thought she'd turn on me like this.

But here we are.

Opening up the gate, I continued to walk up to her big, brown, wooden door which always stood out to me for some reason. A small black peep hole stood eye to eye with me, making me feel even more uncomfortable and slightly embarrassed for showing up here with no warning. The only thought that was going through my head as I rang the door bell was if Maya's mom answered the door.

Maya's mom always loved me. She treated me like her second daughter and always welcomed me with open arms. She is honestly one of the sweetest ladies I've ever met and it hurt a lot to just never get the chance to explain my side of the story. Obviously, she'd believe her own daughter over me, which sucks especially in this situation where I'm brought out to be the bad guy.

My heart felt like it was going to explode waiting here. I had so much time to plan out what I was going to say, but right now, standing here, I feel speechless. I completely forgot everything I wanted to say to her. I also forgot what I was going to say to Maya's mom if she answers the door.

A small click caught my attention, taking my breath away.

This was it.

The door slowly opened, and of course the person who was standing at the door wasn't who I wanted it to be.

Maya's mom sent me a confused look, but smiled. "Oh, hey Annie." She said softly, completely taken off guard. I'm probably the last person she thought would be at her door step.