Step Siblings (James McVey/The Vamps)

I can't hurt you like that

James' point of view

It's been two weeks since I last saw Livi and Maya, they were coming back up today. Courtesy of my father, well kind of, I told him about her scars and he's telling me to make her go to the therapist that I had signed her up for when we were leaving the hospital. At the moment I'm sat on her bed thinking about her pale face, and her bright eyes, nd all that I love about her. I just got back from my one and a half week trip to Los Angeles yesterday, so I guess you could blame jet lag, but  I think I just miss her too much to sleep. That's probably why I'm laying like a starfish on her bed a three in the morning. I wouldn't ever tell anyone, but I think I like Olivia more than my real sister, yes I love Emily but she can be such a brat. Olivia's just this genuinely sweet girl who was put through some horrible situations.

 As I somehow forgot to put my phone number in to her phone last time I saw her, I've had no communication whatsoever with Liv. I called magda once because I still had her number from when we called her at the hospital, but she just said she'd send it to me and never did.

I truly couldn't wait to see her, the entire time i was in L.A. I kept staring at a selfie we took on her last day in Bournemouth, I'm thinking about printing it and putting one copy in my room, and giving her another copy. i just wasn't sure if that would look weird or not. I mean, My dad has quite a few pictures of Liv, Maya, and him on the walls of our living room and up our stairs. Granted, there is also a lot of pictures of Emily and I, there's even a few of the band, my dad just likes photos.

I hadn't realized how long I'd been laying there thinking until my gym alarm went off, that meant it was 6:00am, wow time flies. I decided that I might as well go to the gym today, as I knew I wasn't going to get to much when Liv was here. I changed in to more comfortable clothes, grabbed my gym bag and walked out. My dad wouldn't care, he's use to me disappearing to go on runs and to the gym, it's just what I do.

When I got there, I went straight into it, working out for about two hours before hitting the showers and leaving, today I hadn't had a trainer like I usually do. I liked it just the same though. I needed to think.

I didn't want to go home just yet, so I walked to the nearest breakfast shop and got myself a muffin. The barista kept eyeing me up, but I paid no mind to it. Sure she was cute enough, but she wasn't my type, not that I have a 'type' I just know what I like when I see it. And I didn't like her. My phone, that was in my front pocket, vibrated signaling that I had a text. I pulled it out and saw that it was from Connor

text from 'Con the ball'; hey mate, hows Livia?

text to 'con the ball'; idk she hasn't come up here yet.

He didn't reply, but I didn't think anything of it. I was too lost in thought over one thing; Olivia Grace Burgundy. I couldn't stop thinking of her, her cuts, her choppy fringe, her dainty little feet that were almost always covered. All her sweet little perks and flaws, everything that was my step sister, I thought it was adorable. Obviously in a brotherly way, not a relationship way, that would be gross.

When I finally made my way back home it was 10:30am I wasn't sure what time Livia and Maya were getting back, but I'd assume it'd be before 1. When I came in the first thing I saw was Emily, sitting on the couch playing with her phone.

"Oh James, can I have my friend Jenny over? Dad likes someone to know beforehand, but he's not in." wait, why wasn't dad here? I'll figure it out later.

"Um yeah, sure, but who's Jenny anyway, I've never heard of her until you said you had a sleepover with her?" that was true all in all, but I don't talk to Emily as much as I use to, so maybe she didn't want to bring up her friends whilst we were having sibling time.