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C.P.O.V.
Evangeline had been away for a few weeks now and I was starting to feel like a loner again. I didn't visit her because mum said Evangeline would be tired and she thought that her family would be unsettled. Of course, I told her that there had been a fight at Evangeline's house, missing out the minor detail of what it was about.
The last few droplets of water in the grass that grew around the path had evaporated because of the heat. Walking to school was like getting baked in an oven. Why did I have to go to school anyway? What was the point? Especially without Evangeline. My mind was switched off all day, so I didn't learn anything either.
It was still early when I got to C.O.G.G.S. I ran to the library where there was air conditioning. The sun had dehydrated me, despite it being early in the morning.
"Oh, sorry!" looking up to apologise, I was surprised to see Evangeline smiling nervously back at me.
"Carlimille."
"Evangeline! You're back! How bad was it? You'll have to tell me everything!"
Evangeline pulled me over to sit with her on a couch in the library. Her expression was even more anxious and worried than before.
"Vangela?"
She sighed and looked at me. "I don't know. I'm still really confused, but I want to tell you, because this involves you."
"What? What is it?"
She took another deep breath. "Okay. Can you promise me something?"
"What?"
"Right, I want you to promise me not to tell your mum what I am going to tell you."
I raised an eyebrow. "Sure..."
"Cool." She took another deep breath. "I am a, your, t-w-i-n."
"T-w-i-n?...Twin?!" Shock whitened my face.
"Yeah" Evangeline bit her lip.
Silence filled the atmosphere.
"You...got adopted?" my voice was so quiet I could barely hear it myself.
Evangeline nodded.
"My mum is...your mum? My mum was shocked because...wait, she would have sued your mum if she was half sure, right?"
"Um, no, because...your, my mum thinks that I am dead.
My confused expression made Evangeline suddenly more anxious.
Evangeline held her breath. "Here is the last part."
I wasn't listening by the time she had finished her sentence. My thoughts flickered back to when I was at Evangeline's house. Does she mean we're Siamese twins? I let out a loud gasp.
"Yeah, we're Siamese twins."
I stared at Evangeline for a long, long time. After a while I couldn't resist anymore, curiosity controlled my mouth. "You're supposed to be dead? You were the one...sacrificed?"
Evangeline nodded, tears overflowed out of her eyes. I went over to hug her. "Don't cry."
"Car...you don't...understand." her sobs filled my heart with an uncomfortable feeling. Was this because we were twins or was it just my sympathy for her?
I whispered gently "What don't I understand?"
"Things have just turned upside down for me! My mum I've had for more that 14 years is not truly my mum! I family isn't my family! Everything that I thought I would never lose I've lost!" She started crying louder. I tried to comfort her but I had never really known how to do that so, instead I dragged her out of the library, away from the staring eyes.
"Vangela. I'm sorry. It must be so terrible." I wanted to help; but how? This was her family and...and I can't involve anyone else. I can't even help by comforting her.
"Please Vangela. I want to help."
Her eyes brightened suddenly with hope. "You do?"
I nodded happily. I felt hope too, like I could take some weight off her injured shoulders.
She looked uncertain. Hesitating, the words slipped out of her mouth "I want you...to not...tell your mum. I want you to promise me that no matter what happens, you're not going to tell your mum."
Anger consumed me first. What? She wants to protect her kidnapping mother? How could she do that? Mum would have been really hurt when she thought her other child died. How could she not let me tell her the truth? Did she not want to go home to her real family? Even if I was her...
Suddenly, I felt understanding sooth the rage as I thought of how I would feel if I were her. Fourteen years of love and affection, if I were the victim, I would want my "mother" to stay safe too. So I nodded fiercely. I would do what I could to protect Evangeline now, even if I felt ripped up myself. Even if I felt like she was betraying her real family. She is more torn up that I am. I have to protect her from her agony as well as I can.
She's my other half now.
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