When life gives you lemons

1

Homecoming

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I take a step off of the bus with my bag in hand, waiting for my suitcase to be taken off of the Greyhound in front of me. While I wait, i take a moment to breath in the fresh air of New York City. It's been so long since I've been home, I missed it so much. I smile at the thought of being in my home town again, being able to see my family after so long makes my heart warm with happiness. I look around for my brother's car, I sigh not seeing any sign of him.

"Great, he's late" I shake my head. He's always late. I sigh again.

Grabbing my suitcase I put my bag on top of it, after reaching in my purse and feeling around in it for about two minutes I find my cell phone. Pulling it out, I scroll through my contacts as I walk to the closest sitting bench available and settle there. After what felt like hours of scrolling, I finally found my brothers contact. I click the dial button and press the speaker to me ear waiting for my call to connect.

As soon as the call connected, my brother, Amir spoke before i could say anything "I know I know, I'm almost there."

I let out a huff and tisk. "My dear brother late once again." I say with slight disappoinment in my voice. I laugh before continuing. "Now if I were to get married, you would probably show up after we cut the cake." I tease waiting for his comeback, but someone else spoke instead. "Oh hush girly, we're pulling up now." my twin sister, Amya says. I began to reply as I spot my brothers car pulling into the parking lot. Hanging up the phone I rush over to the car. Getting out of the car hurriedly they greet me with a big hug.

It felt nice to be reunited with my siblings, I missed them so much. Being away from them for so long was hard, but it's worth the feeling of happiness when we are all together again. "I missed you guys so much, you have no idea." I say hugging them both tightly.

"We missed you too sis, it's been too long." Amaya said taking a look at me. Amir and I nod our heads in agreement. "I know it's felt like forever, but I'm here now and we've got no time to waste, so let's go home and celebrate." I smile, grabbing my bags, putting them in the hatch. I climb into the back seat, making sure I have all my belongings before we leave. I give amir nod, letting him know I was ready. We pulled off and into the road. I can't help the smile that's taken over my face. I'm home after being gone for so long. I can't wait to get home and celebrate with my family.

I love car rides with my siblings, because its always interesting and it gives us time to catch up. It's always fun when we are all together in the same car, no matter if it's a short trip to a gas station, or if we're taking a long road trip. We always came up with ways to have fun, no matter if it's just talking and catching up or simply just listening to music.

"Soo" I started off. "What's being going on with you guys lately" I ask leaning forward in my seat, folding and resting my arms on the arm rest in between their seats. I turn my head looking at them both.

After hearing my question Amya immediately started telling me everything "Well I've finally decided what college I want to go to, after like five years of trying to chose my major." She said happily with much exaggeration. Amya was always the hyper one of the group. She always exaggerates things and is like a huge bright ball of sunshine that you couldn't get rid of. Even on her worst days she always stayed positive and always look at the positive side of things. That's one of the thing I love about her the most, her ability to be strong and positive in the toughest situations. "And mentally I'm doing well. I haven't cut in two years. So I'm genuinely happy right now." She looked at me, I could see it in her eyes. It's been hard for Amya, she'd been dealing with depression ever since highschool. She had been in such a dark place at the time, but I'm happy she's happy and healthy now. "And as for Mir here....." She trailed off looking at amir smiling proudly. I turn to look at amir to see him with a huge smile on his face.

"What is it Mir?" I ask, my voice full of curiosity. "Well, I was gonna tell you when we got home but I guess I could tell you now" he said stoping at a stop light. He took a deep breath and told me something I never thought I'd hear him say. "I'm getting married"

My jaw dropped, I can't believe my brother is getting married. I paused, "Wait to who? Is it Sierra?" I asked. I hope it was Sierra shes an amazing person, and is so nice and beautiful. He nodded smiling happily."Yes, the one and only." Amir and Sierra are highschool sweet hearts. They'd been dating since the 10th grade and have been together ever since. I'm happy they're still together, I can tell they were meant for each other. "Wow, this is huge. When did you propose? Oh! did you get her reaction on tape? I hope so." I ask, excited to hear all the news. "I proposed last week, and no we didn't get it on tape it was just us on a date is set up for us" he sounded so proud of himself. And I was proud of him too. I'd watched the grow together for a while now. I continue to question him. "So what did you do for the date. Where'd you go?" I asked waiting to hear more "Well I'd love to tell you but you'll probably hear it from Sierra, that way you'll have plenty to talk about." I nod happily as I sit back in my seat.

Hearing all the good news made my heart swell with joy and my cheeks swell from smiling so hard. I'm so proud and happy for my siblings they are both in good places right now. And just knowing that made  happy. For the rest of the ride we all sat in a comfortable silence just enjoying each other's presence.

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A/N: Hello! I am Janelle symone (the novel bully). Welcome to my very first chapter of my very first book. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Sorry that this chapter isn't really long but I will be making longer chapters as I progress. I wanted to give a little bit of backstory in this chapter and I just wanted to let you all learn about some of the characters that'll be playing huge rolls in this book. I have not introduced all of the characters yet so please anticipate their introductions in later chapters. Feel free to comment and let me know what you guys think so far and please vote and share this book with anyone you think would enjoy this read. Thank you!