Born For This (F.S)

9. familiar pains

Freya's P.O.V

Both the flight and the drive to my house back in France all took under 3 hours. We were arriving now a little after noon so that gave me time to spend with my siblings thankfully before leaving tomorrow morning. Besides my siblings I also wanted to see my grandma's, being close to them felt like I was close to my parents for a moment.

Esther and Nathan stayed behind in Spain but they would be heading out later this afternoon. Zayn left first to Dubai to go speak with Shreya and her husband.

I was nervous about heading to Italy tomorrow but it needed to be done. The business has to go on one way or another. Daniel and I were all that was it for this side of the continent.

Since my uncle Calum had died Eliza didn't want anything to do with the business ever again really. Eliza has retired long ago when she first got pregnant with Tommy and then she stayed home with us while we all grew up. So that meant that the work was left to my Mom and Dad, which also meant they had to be gone longer because of that. If they had a third person to helped them then the whole load wouldn't fall to them. I always believed they should have more associates to split the work with but it's hard finding people I understand you could trust.

From what I understand Daniel is in charge of forty-five percent of the work while my parents the other fifty-five but both parts are equally important. Now thought without my parents there I should be filling in their spot and taking care of it but it was going to be hard when I'm still very new at all of this. I was supposed to be on the sidelines still watching my parents be Harry and Eleanor but that time was cut very short. Now I'm suddenly at the front except I can't really do it without their partner.

"Freya!" My sister calls out first when she sees me come into the living room.

I was pulling my bag at my side with Daniel next to me as well with his own bag. It definitely felt strange to bring someone this close to my most inner circle.

I'm not sure if Daniel has ever been around before that I can remember of. Anyways though with all that has been going on he's still someone new and I'm nervous how he'll do with my family. Unfortunately it will be my job to entertain him since I'm the hostess of the house while my parents are gone. So much for being the oldest, am I right?

"Hey you!" I say happily embracing my sister as tight as I can. Blythe takes her time but once she's done there's Archie who looks like he's been holding up alright.

He doesn't seem too wound up but he's not all the way relax like he was before this all happened. I know deep down he's going through it as well like I am in his own way. Archie doesn't linger as long as Blythe did but I could tell this hug was one that he needed. I am the older sister after all, I've been taking care of him his whole life. Sometimes though I don't know who needs comfort more from who. Other times I wished I wasn't the oldest one and I had another elder sibling to go too in moments like this.

Landon looked absolutely miserable. I almost started to cry when I was holding him because the way Landon buried his face into my neck. How hard he was trying to hold it together and not break down like he truly wanted. It hurts my heart and for Landon a bit more because out of all of us he's closest to my mother the most. Landon is her twin down to the moodiness but with also how sensitive he is. He doesn't show his emotions all the time but when things happen like this it's kind of like he has no option but too.

"How have things been?" I ask looking at them.

"Just bored and worried mostly. Do you know anything about Mom and Dad?" Blythe murmurs, face falling to the side in sad hopefulness.

The twins both looked like they weren't expecting any good news. That makes my heart hurt because I can't bring them any new at all at the moment.