A.N- Hey guys! I know I said that I would start this in 2015, but I was way too keen to begin! So here it is, the sequel to my other fanfic, 'We Know Better'. If you just randomly clicked on this without reading 'We Know Better', I would recommend that you go and read it first! So, I hope you enjoy 'We Know Even More'.

Johnny

"Dad, I'm home!". Ria's voice echoed throughout the house. I ran down the stairs and saw her standing there, she looked just like Lexi.

"Hey Ria! How was school?" I asked keenly, her hopeful smile turned into a moody frown.

"Dad, it's Alex, not Ria. And, um, school? Yeah, yeah it was... good," she turned around so I couldn't see her face. I couldn't believe that thirteen years had passed so quickly since her birth. Alex was unaware of the death of her twin brother, Declan. Honestly, I was still recovering from it.

There was silence between Alex and I for a few minutes, but then she broke the silence by saying, "I...I gotta go, you know, homework to do,". And with that, she left, dragging her schoolbag up the stairs.

I heard the front door open for the second time, "I'm home!". It was Lexi.

"Hey babe!" She greeted me with a kiss, then dropped her workbag.

"Thank god, another term over! Now we can just concentrate on Christmas," she said, smoothing her hair.

"Yep, Tee, Stanley, Alvin and Florence are coming over at about Six," I replied.

Tee was my younger sister by three years, she was twenty six. Her husband, Stanley, was my age. Alvin and Florence were their kids, Alvin was four and Florence was eighteen months old.

"Where's Alex?" Lexi asked, taking her blazer off.

"She's upstairs, but, she's in a funny mood,"

"Ah, probably mood swings. She is thirteen,"

"oh, yeah, yeah,"

Lexi curled her slender arms around the back of my neck and I slid mine around her waist. "God, I can't believe she's thirteen,"

"It's gone so quickly," I said sadly. "Next she'll be getting boyfriends, god, I'm not ready for that!"

Lexi laughed, that was one of the things that hadn't changed about her. Her smile was still contagious, her laugh was still sweet.

After Tee and the family had arrived and lots of hugs and kisses had been exchanged, Alex emerged from her bedroom. Her cheeks were streaked with tears and there was a tiny drop of blood on her hoodie.

"God, Alex are you okay?" Lexi asked worriedly.

"Um, yeah! I'm fine..." said Alex, "I was just laughing so hard that tears were coming out of my eyes,"

"And the blood?" I asked.

"Oh, um, that's been there for ages! I wouldn't worry!" And with that we all went into the kitchen to get the Christmas holidays started.

That night, I couldn't sleep. I was thinking about Alex. I wasn't too convinced about her stories. I was sitting in the kitchen at one in the morning when I heard a knock at the door. I went to answer it. At the door was a scruffy looking teenage boy holding a lot of bin bags.

"Um, can I help you?" I requested. When I got closer to the guy, he looked a bit like me but had a few of Alex's features. No, it couldn't be Declan... could it?

The boy shockingly said, "Hi Dad," before collapsing into a sleep by my feet.