A/N: Woohoo guys! The sequel is up! I hope you like it!
Also if you haven't read Endless Waves i suggest you do that first then read this!
Melody POV:
"Ryder!" I yelled from the escalator as I saw my blond twin waiting for me.
"Mel!" he yelled back running to meet me.
I set down my bags and ran into his open arms.
He picked me up and spun me around like he used to do when we were kids.
"Oh my gosh! I've missed you so much!" I practically screamed as he set me down.
"I missed you too sis!" he smiled as he looked me up and down.
"When did you get so hot sis?" Ryder joked.
Since the last time I saw him I had grown a lot. I was now 5'6" and my once long wavy raven hair was now cut short and stopped around my shoulders. So it was like a medium length wavy hairstyle now. You can say I finally passed the awkward stage of growth because now I finally was starting to fill out my body. If you saw what my mom looked like in high school you could say that I looked exactly like her apart from our hair color.
"Oh shut up!" I laughed.
"When did you get so… Muscular?" I asked raising my eyebrows. Looking him up and down.
He had on a white tank top with a black billabong logo, a pair of tan jeans, some white Jordon's and a black hat that he put on backwards so the bill part was behind him, he had grown out his hair a little because his blond locks was curling around his hat. And you could clearly see his defined muscles from the side opening of his shirt.
He laughed and began to flex his muscles, "Sports does that to you! I gotta keep the ladies begging for more" he smiled.
"Oh gods, you haven't changed a bit Ryder" I smiled hugging him once again.
"You too sis… Gosh 3 years has been too long" he said as he reached for my luggage.
"I know… But I'm back!" I giggled grabbing one of the backpacks.
For the past 3 years I have been away at an all girl's private school in London. When I was in 8th grade I was offered a scholarship to study abroad so I took it, it took some time convincing my parents but they finally let me go because they believed that it was a once in a life time experience. It was only this year when I decided to come back and go to school with my twin brother for my last year of high school.
"You don't know how stoked I am sis to have you back!" he smiled as he led me to what I guessed was his truck.
"You have no idea how happy I am to be back" I replied as I followed him to the back of the truck.
We loaded up my belongings into the back and I hopped into the passenger side of the truck.
He got in a started it up.
"So… Where's mom and dad?" I asked as we pulled onto the freeway.
"Oh, they're at home getting things ready for you" he smiled as he used the blinker to turn left.
"Nice nice… So you guys still live in the same house right?" I asked as I stuck my hand out the window and began to swirl them in circular motions.
The truth is, I barely got to keep in contact with my family. At the school in London I was only allowed to call my family on my birthday and Christmas. That's it. I also got to email them once a month, so I never really bothered to ask questions of where they lived now. I only focused on asking how they were and how much I missed them.
"Yup... Still the same place." he smiled as he pulled off of the freeway onto a less busy road.
Memories came flooding back to me as we passed by the old coconut tree that we used to swing on and jump into the ocean when we were kids.
"Remember that tree?" Ryder asked as he drove past.
"How could I forget? That was the reason for your first broken arm" I laughed.
"Yea, those were some good times." He smiled.
We were almost to our house when a thought popped into my head.
"So… How did mom and dad react to the tattoos?" I asked my brother as I went to touch my rib cage.
"Not well… I mean mom was all for it but dad was kinda mad, but they came around eventually! You're so lucky you didn't have to face dad's wrath. He seriously wouldn't talk to me for like a good 2 days!" he laughed shaking his head as he pulled up into our driveway.
I giggled at that thought.
I remember the day before I was supposed to leave, Ryder was super sad that I was going away to London. So, us being naïve children… I suggested that we go get something to make it so where ever we are, we would always be together. So… he came up with the ideas of getting a tattoo… And I actually agreed to it. So, we went to a family friend that did tattoos and had him tattoo us. It took a while to convince him, but he finally gave in when I told him I was leaving tomorrow and we needed something to remind us that no matter what, we would always be together.
We ended up getting a quote, "Together forever never apart" was what Ryder got tattooed and I got the other half of the quote that read, "Maybe in distance but never in heart". We both got it tattooed on the side of our rib cages. This quote really explained how close we were to each other. Ever since a young age we were inseparable. We were always and forever twins. No matter how different looking we were. Because believe me when I say, we looked nothing alike. Ryder had curly blond hair and sea green eyes while I had wavy black hair and grey eyes. The only think that made it so we looked related was our facial structure. We both had the same nose and high cheek bones and dimples. Although Ryder's jaw was way more defined compared to mine. But other than that our faces really did look similar, we had the same curved eyes and lips. But I envied his long think lashes. Mine were so short and stubby looking. It sucked.
"Home sweet home" Ryder sang as he parked the truck and unlocked the doors.
We both went to the back of the truck and grabbed my stuff and walked to the front door.
"Go ahead" he smiled as I stood in front of the door.
I nodded and knocked twice and rang the doorbell once.
"Coming!" I heard a voice shout from the other end.
I heard the fumbling of the locks and I saw the twist of the handle.
A few seconds later I was met by a young tan girl with long brown hair wearing a pair of white shorts and a long sleeve loose fitted black shirt with black vans. She had hazel eyes and her hair was braided to the right side.
"You guys are here early!" she yelled as she looked from me to Ryder.
I looked at him curiously. Wondering who the heck this girl was.
He seemed to understand and spoke, "Mel, this is one of my closes friends Mahea. Mahea, this is Melody"
"Hi" I smiled awkwardly.
"Hi Melody! I'm so glad I get to finally meet you! Your brother has told me so much about you!" she smiled as she gave me a hug.
I stood there awkwardly as she hugged me tighter. I glanced at Ryder and he just shrugged.
Mahea seemed to have noticed my stiffened posture because she pulled back quickly.
"Oh I'm sorry Melody. I'm a hugger!" she apologized.
"Then why don't you ever hug me like that?" Ryder muttered.
Mahea seemed to have heard that and shoved him back a little shaking her head.
"Uh, it's fine" I smiled back.
I had a feeling me and this girl would get along quite well.
"It's nice to meet you Mahea" I smiled as she opened the door for us to walk in.
As soon as I stepped foot into the house I was greeted with the smell of wonderful wonderful food. My favorite food to be exact.
"Goulash" I whispered as I sniffed the air.
"You and your goulash" Ryder joked as he and Mahea went off to put my luggage into my room.
I quickly walked to the kitchen to search for my parents.
My mom was wearing her white apron and setting the Goulash on the dining room table. While my dad was getting blue cookies out of the oven. It was weird, my dad liked to dye anything he could blue. But I wasn't complaining because let's be real, blue cookies are awesome!
"Hi mom! Hi dad!" I spoke as I stepped closer to them.
My mother immediately whipped her head to look at me and came running to me hugging me tightly.
"Oh my gosh! Melody! I've missed you so much!" she cried squeezing me tighter.
"You've grown up so much sweetie!" she said as she kissed my forehead letting my father have a turn.
My dad picked me up and spun me around like Ryder did.
"Oh Mel, you've grown up to be such a beautiful young lady" he smiled proudly kissing my forehead.
"Thanks pops" I smiled as I brought both of my parents in for another hug.
"Family time!" Ryder yelled as he walked into the kitchen and joined in on the family hug.
"Finally. I have all my babies together" my mom smiled as we pulled away from the family hug.
"Percy! Percy! Go get a camera. I want to take a picture of Melody and Ryder!" my mom yelled excitingly.
"Okay Annabeth" my dad replied as he shuffled off into the living room to find a camera.
He came back within seconds with a Polaroid camera.
"Okay! Now Ryder and Melody time for a picture!" My mom yelled clapping her hands together.
Ryder looked at me and shrugged.
I laughed and moved closer to him.
"Okay… 1…2…" my father said as he was getting ready to take the picture.
"3!" I yelled as I hopped onto Ryder's back.
My dad snapped the picture and caught the perfect moment.
I was on Ryder's back leaning too far to the right with a huge smile on my face while he was caught off guard nearly falling over with a huge smile on his face.
It was perfect.
I smiled and hugged my brother's head as I tightened my legs around his torso.
"I'm so glad I'm home" I smiled as I looked to my parents.
"We are so happy you're finally home sweetie" my mother smiled as my father wrapped an arm around her looking at my brother and I.
I've got to say, some people say that no family is perfect. But for me, I am sure that my family is as perfect as it can be.
With them once again in my life, I'm sure I'll never get hurt again.
A/N: I hope you guys liked it so far! Please leave some feedback on what you want to see in the twin's lives. I'm still working on the plot for this story. But for future convenience i want to tell you that in this story Thalia and Percy are not related what so ever. So keep that in mind! Anyway please Review and Follow for more updates! Thanks!
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