Hey Everyone!

So I guess it's needless to say that many of you probably hate how the story is developing right now, and it's kind of the same for me. There are still major events that are going to begin soon, but I am just taking a while to get to them.

Please keep on reading. I know that everyone probably dislikes Adrian's storyline, but as you know his twin brother is part of the story now and he is going to be in it a lot.

I'm on holidays now, so I have a fair bit of free time. I hope to get a few chapters written. I am, however beginning to write another fanfic, but a Klaine one. And for those who don't know, it's about Blaine and Kurt from Glee :)

Anyway, that's enough babbling from me!

Enjoy :)


"Oh, god!" Exclaimed Carter. He was shocked much the same as Jill, Eddie, Justin and Liam had been earlier.


SYDNEY POV

Carter was at the side of the bed, looking over Adrian who had not changed since the last time we were here. For someone that did not know the person he was looking at, Carter seemed to be affected by it.

I knew it must have been hard for him, seeing Adrian like this. He had finally found out that he had a brother, in the worst of circumstances.

"Carter, can you heal?" Eddie asked.

"No, I can only read auras and walk dreams." He said, I could tell he wished he could heal, Adrian might have survived otherwise. We would have gotten Lisa out here, but she is currently on medication that prevented her from reaching her spirit magic.

Eddie and I left the room, giving Carter some time with Adrian by himself. Out in the lounge room we were greeted by Sam, Adrian's doctor. Jill had called him, saying that we had found something that might help our situation with the life support.

"He is just in with Adrian at the moment," I told Sam after explaining the situation to him. "Do you mind if we just give him a few more minutes?"

"Of course, that's fine." He said politely.

I left out the spirit dreams, feeling that they were irrelevant to the situation. He didn't have the same reaction as the rest of us had, given that he didn't know Adrian.

We had all sat down in the lounge room, Clarence had gone for a walk down the hall, while Dorothy served drinks and some nibbles for us.

"Mr Daniels, does this change anything relating to turning off Adrian's life support?" I asked once we had all sat down.

"I can't be sure, but if what you say is correct and that Carter really is Adrian's twin, which would be a hard thing to be mistaken, then there is no reason why he cannot be the one to decide."

"Thank-you so much for your help." I said with gratitude. "You have been very understanding through all of this."

"Oh, there's no need for that." He said. "It's the least I could do given the sensitivity if the situation."

We all sat for a few more minutes, each of us having a few biscuits and chatting to each other. Jill excitedly spoke of our shopping trip to Liam, who was impressed with my new outfit choices.

I could see that this was all hard on everyone, Jill especially. Liam, Eddie and Justin had all developed close relationships with Adrian, however many times they complained about him.

"Do you think we should get Carter now?" Eddie asked.

"I will go see if he is ready to come out." I said, getting up from the love seat. I had not noticed until then that no one ever sat in that seat…apart from Adrian. My tears were fought back once again as I made my way down the hall to Adrian's room.

I knocked on the door as I was entering as so I wouldn't frighten Carter. "Hey, are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, it's just a shock, that's all." He replied, voice slightly choked. "It's weird seeing him like this – it feels like I am looking at myself. I can't believe after all these years I have had a brother, now I finally find out and he's…" He trailed off, not needing to finish for me to know what he would have said.

"I'm so sorry that this is the situation that you have found him in." I said, saddened that he had to be put through this.

"No, don't be. You brought me here, I should be thanking you."

"Have you thought of any reason why that might be, that I was the one who brought you here?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" He questioned, uncertain what I was asking.

"You said that you hadn't chosen to enter either of the dreams, do you have an idea why? You mentioned that Adrian had something to do with it."

"Well, ever since you mentioned twins I had thought that maybe it was a simple connection like that, but that still doesn't explain why it was your dream that I entered if it is him that I am connected to."

"That's a good point, but I can see where there is piece missing. That is something we should look into later on. You should probably come and meet Adrian's doctor now."

"Yeah, of course."


Sam held in his shock when he saw Carter, I imagined it would have been weird dealing with the death of a patient, then having someone appear in front of you that was their identical twin.

"Hi, I'm Carter Doyle." He held out his hand, introducing himself to Sam.

"Sam Daniels." Accepting his hand. "Well, it's needless to say that you are related. I will leave you with Adrian's friends to decide what you would like to do." He left the room, joining Dorothy and Clarence in the kitchen.

"What was he talking about?" Asked Carter, a little nervous.

Justin explained the issue to Carter, telling him about Adrian's parents, and that he was now the one who was allowed to give permission to turn the life support off.

"No." He said abruptly. "No, I can't do that."

"Carter, we know that this has all come as a shock to you," Liam said. "We understand that it is a lot for you to process, but if no one gives the doctor permission to turn the life support off, then Adrian will lay there like that for months."

"I'm sorry, but I can't do it." Said Carter. "I don't even know him, this cannot be my decision."

"We are not asking you to make the decision for us." Eddie assured him. "We just need you to tell the doctor what has been decided, he won't accept it from us."

Carter stayed silent for a moment, thinking through what Eddie had just said to him. His expression was neutral, making it hard to know what he was thinking.

"Please, Carter." Jill begged from the corner of the room. Everyone seemed to jump slightly at the sound of her voice; she had been so quiet the whole time we had been there. "He can't be left like this."

"Okay, I'll do it." He said. "But I take no part in the decision."

"We all want the machines turned off, we just need you to tell the doctor that you want that too." Liam told him. "Are you able to do that?"

"I can do that." Confirmed Carter.

"I'll go get Sam." Jill said, leaving the room to get him from the kitchen.

When she returned, Sam was following her with a clipboard in hand. It was filled with paperwork, which I assumed were consent forms that Carter would have to fill out and sign.

Carter and Sam sat opposite each other at the coffee table, Sam giving Carter instructions on where to sign or initial on the forms he had. It took a good ten minutes to sort out the details, of which Jill, Eddie, Liam and I spent talking about whatever conversation we could manage.

"Thank-you Mr Doyle." Sam said, as he tidied up the forms that had been scattered over the coffee table. He turned to the rest of us. "I will let you all say your goodbyes, let me know when you are ready."

We all froze for a moment before making our way to Adrian's room. Carter had said he didn't want to intrude, but everyone insisted that he join us. Justin was first to say his goodbyes, it was touching to watch him hold Adrian's hand to his chest for a moment, then lay it back down beside him.

One by one, we all said our goodbyes then left the room. Jill's was the longest, being the first one to speak. "I'm going to miss you, Adrian." She placed a kiss on his cheek before wiping a tear from her eyes. She left the room with Eddie, who had bid his goodbyes before her.

Carter and I were left alone beside Adrian. He looked uncertain, but I encouraged him to say goodbye. He knelt beside him, placing his hand over Adrian's. "I'm sorry we never knew each other. I'll take care of her for you."

I thought his words were warm, but I didn't understand what he meant by his last statement – I'll take care of her for you. Take care of who? Carter didn't know Adrian, how would he know to take care of someone for him?

"I'll wait out there for you." Carter said, leaving me alone in the room.

I sat on the edge of the bed, feeling my tears welling up in my eyes. I held his hand tight within mine, not wanting to ever let go. I don't know what made me do it, but before I could stop myself I was leaning close to him.

Much like Jill had, I kissed him goodbye, but instead of the cheek, I placed a soft kiss on his lips. I sat up straight, looking down at him. My tears fell, splashing onto his bare chest. My next words shocked me, I barely believed them myself but I was caught in the moment. "I love you, Adrian."


CARTER POV

"I love you, Adrian." I felt the pain in her voice as I heard her say the words. I felt rude eavesdropping, but I had to know for sure. I had told Adrian that I would take care of her for him, and I meant it.

The connection between myself and Sydney's dream was partly because of Adrian and me being twins – we had both worked that out for ourselves – but the part that she had not worked out, was that the two of them were linked in a way that cannot be seen. Through love.

I sensed the love between them in both of the dreams, which is what I thought was the reason for me being sucked into Sydney's dream. I was linked to Adrian, who was connected to Sydney – she was the closest I could get to him.

I watched her as she cried over him, tears splashing onto his chest. It was sad to know that neither of them knew how the other felt. She had been so strong this whole time, but had finally cracked, letting her pain flow from her eyes.

Feeling that she needed support, I stepped into the room. When I reached her, she didn't move, only sat staring at his face. I sat down beside her, putting my arm around her shoulder, pulling her close to me.

"Thank-you, Carter." She said, giving me a small smile.


Sam informed us all that Adrian could not be moved from the house tonight, so he would be returning tomorrow with an Alchemist van to transport his body. Jill, Eddie and Sydney had to be back at Amberwood by curfew, so they had begun to get ready to leave.

I accepted a ride from Sydney, she said she would be more than happy to give me a lift home, especially since my house was only two streets further than Amberwood.

"Thank-you for everything, Carter." She thanked me as I got out of her car. "We will keep in touch."

"Goodbye." I said before shutting the door, then walking up my front steps.

I opened the front door, but before I had the chance to enter the house further then the foyer, my mother was in front of me.

"Carter Mason Doyle!" She yelled. "Where on earth have you been?"

"Whoa, calm down mum." She was acting like I had been gone for days.

"Your father and I have been worried sick about you." She admitted. "You must understand that these spirit fuelled wonderings worry us."

"Spirit is fine, Mum. You don't have to worry about it." I told her. "It wasn't a spirit fuelled wondering anyway."

"It wasn't?" She asked surprised.

"No." I paused before I spoke again, not knowing what the best way was to handle this. "Mum, when were you going to tell me that I was a twin?"

My mother's face fell in shock and guilt. She knew, she had known my whole life, never bothering to tell me.

"You never told me. You kept this from me my whole life." I had been trying to keep calm before, but it wasn't working now. "If you had of told me I might have had the chance to get to know him, instead I get the privilege of saying goodbye to his dead body."

"He-he's dead?" Mum asked, eyes wide.

"Yes, he's dead." I snapped. "Thanks to you and Dad, I will never know who my brother was."

"Carter, you cannot blame us for this."

"Then who do I blame, Mum? Huh? I would have had a brother for most of my life if you and Dad had just told me about him."

"Carter, it's not that simple."

"Don't give me that crap." I yelled, losing my temper. "Just tell me this, why did you give him up? Why did you choose to only raise one of us?"

"I-I didn't choose, Carter."

"What do you mean?"

"Now isn't the time for this, Carter."

"It is the time! I've lived twenty-one years without a brother because it's never been the right time to tell me about him. So now bloody well is the right time!"

"He had already been adopted when we came to see you." I froze. Not only had I not got the chance to meet my own twin brother, I had also never met my real mother or father.

I turned back towards the door, pulling it open. I ran down the five front steps, aiming for nowhere in particular.

"Carter!" I could hear her pleads from behind me, but since I couldn't even bring myself to say that they were my mother's pleads, I continued running.

I had no idea where I was running until I randomly came to a stop after a few minutes. I looked up to see a large building, recognising it as the west campus of Amberwood.

East campus was two miles away, not too far to run. I took off, speeding towards the only person I knew who had not lied to me – Sydney. We had connected instantly when we first met, but not in a romantic way, more like a brother and sister relationship. I felt that I could trust her.

I reached the east campus, but didn't enter immediately. I had to remember that they were all sensitive around me, I looked too much like him. I pushed aside my worries, deciding that they wouldn't mind.

One thing I definitely did not think through was the fact that there were other people who knew Adrian, people who did not know that I existed.

"Oh my dear!" Exclaimed the lady at the front desk.

"Oh, my apologies ma'am. I didn't mean to frighten you. I'm just here to see my sisters, Sydney and Jill Melrose." I confirmed, hoping to relax her state of shock.

"You-you're. You're supposed to be de...you're not meant to be alive." She stuttered.

"Again, my apologies ma'am. I'm Carter, Adrian's twin brother." I said, again hoping she would be able to relax.

"Oh dear, that explains it." She breathed. "It would have been nice to have known about you before recent events. But nonetheless, I am very sorry for your loss, Carter. You may go see your sisters." She told me where to find them, directing me up the staircase behind me.

"Thank-you, ma'am." I said politely. I began to walk over to the stairs when she suddenly spoke from behind the desk.

"You know, you remind me a lot of your brother." She said. "Not just in appearance, but also mannerisms."

I smiled politely at her, not knowing what to say. It was strange to be told that I am like someone who I have never spent a minute with in my entire life.

Thinking of their reactions to seeing me made me question whether or not I should visit them like this, then an idea hit me.


SYDNEY POV

Jill and I had returned to our dorms after arriving at Amberwood. I didn't have the energy to do any homework, neither did Jill, so the both of us got ready for bed.

We had only been lying down for a few minutes when there was a knock at the door. My instincts told me it was Eddie wanting to check on us. I got up from my bed, walking to the door to let him in.

I was surprised when I opened the door as I was greeted by a broad white piece of cardboard that was being held by someone, covering their face.

"It's Carter," a voice said from behind the cardboard. "Hi."

"Carter?" I asked curiously. "What are you doing here, and why are you hiding behind that piece of cardboard?"

"I didn't want to frighten you," He said as he lowered the cardboard. "You know, with my awesome looks and all." He chuckled at his remark, I could not believe how much he was like Adrian.

I knew what he meant though, his gesture was sweet. It is something that Adrian would have done – being sweet, but then still making himself look good.

"Thank-you, Carter." I said. "Are you okay, is there something wrong."

He had been joking a moment ago, but his expression turned sad and angry. I had a feeling it was something to do with Adrian, but wasn't entirely sure what.

"No," he replied. "Is it alright for me to stay here tonight?" He asked.

"Of course, come in." I let him in, shutting the door behind us. "What's happened?"

"I confronted my mum when I got home," he told us. "She's not my real mother. Neither is my father."

"Oh, Carter. I am so sorry." I said, today really has been as tough on him as it has been on us.

"I'm sorry, Carter." Jill said from her bed.

"No, don't be." He said. "Never felt part of that family anyway." He said. It wasn't all that bad of a thing to say, but something in what he said had me thinking.

Although Adrian had never said it outright like Carter just had, he too didn't feel part of his family. I wondered that maybe Adrian had never met his real parents either.

Carter, Jill and I spoke a little, but soon ran out of conversation. I set up a bed for him on the small couch that was situated under the window before climbing into bed.

I don't know about Jill and Carter, but it took me more than a few minutes to get to sleep. I just laid there on my side, staring out the window. A few tears escaped my eyes before I drifted off to sleep.


Okay, so I hope you all liked that chapter. I was actually a little teary myself when I was editing it.

Please, please review. They really encourage me to write more. I love to know what you think :)

I should be able to update again soon, I am just having a little trouble with the next chapter. It's a huge one in the way of events, I want to make sure that it is perfect :)

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