The Sweet Nothings || ✓

'WE CAN'T ALWAYS BE SURE OF HIS NEXT MOVE'

Lana's P. O. V

My eyes instantly watered up and I waited for the girl on the other end of the call to confirm my question. Telling me that I wasn't just dreaming another twisted dream. Telling me that this wasn't just an illusion that my brain wanted to show me.

I knew it was her. Even by the slight way she breathed on the other side told me that much. But I wanted to be sure, before my heart breaks for another time.

"Yes. Yes it's me Sis. It's Maia." I heard her voice breaking at the end of the sentence.

And my tears streamed down my face now, not able to keep it in. Since the very start, I had kept everything inside me. I had stopped talking to people about her because I knew no one understood. No one understood the way in which I loved Maia. And I didn't even expect anyone to understand it. We were different. The nice different. The soft different. The good different.

And it broke me to know that whatever she was going through was all because of some family vendetta.

Even now, when I think about Maia and I, the way we were in the past, a sense of warmth envelopes me. In the beginning, even I had had problems putting my feelings into words but after pondering over it for weeks, I had come up with an exquisite answer.

I loved Maia. I loved Maia Oberain. I loved my sister with everything that was inside me. I have always loved her since I got to know her properly, and I know whatever happens, we fight, we don't, I will still always love her. And I knew nothing could stop me from loving my own sister, not even the fact that she was the reason behind the murder of Andrew Wilson, my Pseudo-father. I had long back, put it behind me, though sometimes the pain did surface back. But Maia had always seemed to have this ability to calm me, soothe my pain, till it was only a dull ache.

All that time, in the start of all of this, when I was in the hospital, Maia used to slip in frequently. We had bonded up that time, not even knowing that future would reveal us to be sisters. But I was happy now.

I loved Mai. I loved her like I love the Sun. With intensity. With innocence.

Shaking my head, I brought myself back to the present. Then forcing myself to speak, I croaked out.

"Oh God! I thought you forgot me!" I said, opening up about my fear to her. She sighed.

"I did. I did forget everything Sis. But not you. Its you who I always remembered. And I don't think I can ever forget you." She said softly. And my fear subsides. Of course. It was natural for me to worry about her.

"But how are you? Where are you Mai? And where is Xavier?" I asked, my concern and rage reflecting in my voice.

And that's when she slowly starts enfolding the story.

"Don't worry. I don't exactly know where I am, but I am I good hands." She says and I couldn't help but scoff.

"Which surely means you are not with that bastar-"

"Uh-huh. No slanging Xav, sis. You don't know his side of the story." Then I hear shuffling behind the receiver.

Another voice comes up on the call.

"Hey Lana." He addresses. I stiffen. Maia surely isn't in her senses but for her sake, I speak up.

"Start up with the explanation Xavier, I haven't got all day." I deadpan. And he begins.

Through this whole time of being a gang leader, I have come to detect the start of a lie in an instant.

But surprisingly, the way Xavier spoke have nothing away and by the end of it, I stood there, confused, no wiser than before.

"And how do I know you are not lying?" I asked, not sure whether to trust him or not.

"Because you have no one better to trust." He states.

Agreed. I didn't. I have no one better to trust than him.

"And what about Maia?" I ask, because that specific part got me worried. Even though I had no one who I could remotely trust on, but even the thought of Xavier and Maia together gave me a sense of uneasiness.

He sighs.

"I love her. I really do."  He says softly. And at that very moment I was sure he did. The way his voice wavered everytime he took her name, the way it rolled off his tongue with such gentleness, confirmed Xavier's infatuation with my sister.

"Okay. But if you even so much as to touch her before I see you in person, trust me, it's going to be my hand and your neck. I'll kill you myself." I stated. Though somehow, deep inside me, I knew that was an empty threat. I wouldn't harm anyone that Maia loved.

I heard Xavier chuckle on the other end of the call.

"Sure." Then he pauses, his voice becoming serious now.
"I think you should hurry up Lana. I am protecting her with everything that I have right now, but she isn't that safe here. And Dean's plans can change any second, we can't always be sure of his next step."

I knew this was to happen soon, I have to save Maia from there soon, so I started asking.

"Okay, so where are you both?" I asked.

"Chicago. There's a town called Weatherly. It's a big white mansion in the middle of the woods again." He said, and I made a mental note to look the place up.

"Okay, I will try to be there as soon as possible. I hope you can manage till then. Right?" I asked, trying to make sure of my little sister's safety.

"Yeah, I can. So here's how it's going to go."

We had a brief rushed talk about the plan which we would follow and in the end, reassuring me about Maia, Xavier cuts the call.

I sighed.

Finally. Finally I was going to get her back.

I was just about turning to move back to the dining hall to tell everyone about the progress when I felt a presence behind me.

I turned sharply and my eyes searched the garden. But it did not good because there was no light around here.

So disregarding my delusion of being watched, I moved to the dining hall. Entering it, I noticed that everyone was still there. Though not eating anymore, just chatting away into the night.

I coughed to bring everyone's attention to myself.

"Only the inner gang, Henry and Aidan to stay here please. Rest of you can move." Everyone slowly got up and left the room.

I wasn't surprised to see Damien not moving an inch and Nana and Nany still present after everyone moved out. Noticing that Hazel was conveniently not present, I spoke up.

"Xavier called up." I started and watched Lizzie stiffen slightly. I explained everything to them, leaving behind the part about Xavier loving Maia. I still had to wrap my head around that situations myself.

A murmur of sweeped through the room by the time I came to the end of the explanation.

I looked at all of them closely, each looking more determined than the other to do anything to save Maia.

I spoke up again, knowing that I could trust them.

"We have to save Maia. And we have very little time." I finished.

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Mia.