did you hear about river?

chapter 5

i think i should start off with this, for anyone who feels the pain of others, grab some tissues! i cried when i was writing this. i don't cry at my own stuff so i think it must be really sad or i'm just dramatic.

"that meeting was exhausting." I say as I walk out.

"for sure." mia says as she turns to rory, who managed to get her medicine sooner.

"i need to register with a pharmacy here. freya add that to my to do list." i say to her.

"could i maybe do it for you?" she asks.

"no." i say as i get an email.

i read it in content as i realise i finally get a chance to meet my brother.

i show the girls the email and depart from freya and the girls depart from their own respective workers.

"they seemed so shocked that we came together, that we knew each other. that we can actually work professionally even though none of us have been adults for long. this adulting shit is harder than i thought." mia says as we get into the car, onto our location.

i start wringing my hands in nervousness.

"you alright?" rory says as she looks at me in the eyes.

"haha yeah i'm fine, i'm fine." i cover my mouth as i realise what i just said. "maybe i'm not fine." i say as i start to shake my hands in nervousness, tears welling in my eyes.

"it's okay, you will be fine, i have faith in you. you know that, right?" rory says as she pulls me close.

"but they treat me like a disappointment. i'm not a disappointment, am i?"

"what kind of question is that. you're a self-made billionaire. you were named one of the most successful teenagers of our generation. you are not a disappointment, you are far from it." she says.

"you're right." but my thoughts were still rampant and erratic.

as we got closer to the home i'd learned to hate, i started to feel a little less tense. i'd finally get to see the brothers that i hadn't seen ever.

we got to the mansion in record time, the driver dropping us off, a man accompanying us inside.

"well i guess this is it. i get to see my sister for the first in ages and i get to finally see my brothers." i say as i turn to thank the man who accompanied us to the first before reeling in shock.

"miss bassaux, is that you?" mitchell says as we exchange a hug.

"mitchie! it's been such a long time since i've seen you. it's been like 8 years!" i say that, realising it was a sad fact as i'd only moved out of the house a year ago.

"it's been too long river, it has been too long. it's been a tough couple of years not being able to see my admittedly favourite child." he says laughingly.

"it was really hard without you. it was a really, really bad time for me but i don't want to talk about it. i'll see you in a bit and maybe we can exchange details and then we can speak more often and catch up!" i say as i push open the door to the first portion of the house where guests could deposit their stuff for safekeeping.

"that would be amazing river, it truly would be." he says as he lets me go through the foyer.

we walk to the desk, the lady speaking without looking up at first.

"hi, would you like to deposit anything... RIVER!" maisie says as she gets up to hug me. "girl it's been so long! soooo long! look at you, your outfit, your beauty, your beautiful friends may i add. my gosh it's so good to see you! oh my gosh that reminds me, you need to go in, quick!" she pushes the door open and we walk through, my eyes immediately lock onto the interior of the house, remembering all the memories that lay here. good or bad, they were still memories of the people i loved.