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Maddie ran through the gat and up the path. All she wanted to do was run and hide. This is what she'd been avoiding. She heard his light footsteps come to the gate, before a clicking and slamming that signalled the gate had opened and closed.

"Maddie," she head him say faintly just before she closed the front door behind her. Without announcing her return she made her way upstairs to her sister's room and hoped she was there. Before she could put her hand on the doorknob, the door flew open.

"Maddie!" Kylie exclaimed as she pulled her little sister into a hug, "Where did you go?"

"It doesn't matter," the small brunette muttered into her sister's shoulder.

"I saw you walk up, that Evan boy was following you." Kylie stated, "It's Valentine's Day, you should go speak to him." The older girl persisted,

"I can't. He hates me." Kylie pulled back and looked at her sister curiously.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Kylie said knowingly, "Why would he have come here?"

"I don't know." Maddie mumbled.

-

Evan stared at the door that had just closed behind Maddie. She had ignored him, but at least she knew he was here. He walked back to the cad so he could get his overnight bag and pay the driver.

"Good luck." The driver said to him as he drove off.

"Yeah, I'm gonna need it." The young man said to himself as he waled back into the garden. He took a deep breath and knocked on the front door. It took less than a minute for the door to open and reveal a miniature Madison.

"Hi," the girl said happily.

"Uh, hi… Is Madison here?" he asked, trying to get his mind around how much this younger girl looked like his best friend, former best friend.

"I'm Madison!" the girl chirped and Evan raised an eyebrow.

"Um, Janine? Janine Madison Baker?" he rephrased and the girl sighed,

"No, she's not here. She left yesterday. I don't know where she went; you can try and call her." She suggested, sounding much too mature.

"I saw her walk in just before…" he said confused, "She must have slipped past you. Could you go check?"

"Sure." The girl sighed, "Come in if you want." She invited him in and closed the door behind him.

Evan took in his surroundings. Everything was so proper. Madison had explained her mother to him, but he didn't picture their house like this. Maybe he did. Now that he was inside the house that Madison had abandoned 16 years before hand he wasn't sure what he had imagined.

"Janine!" he heard the young girl say loudly, trying to get someone's attention.

-

"Janine!" a young voice called and Janine looked to the door and cursed,

"He rang the doorbell…" she muttered and looked at the floor,

"JANINE!" the child of the house shouted again, trying to get her half-sister's attention. She threw the door to Kylie's room open, not even bothering to knock.

"Haven't you heard of knocking you rude brat?" Kylie spat,

"Someone's here for you." She directed to Janine Madison, who looked out the bedroom window, "It doesn't look like he wants to leave. You could at least yell at him." Madison said as she crossed her small arms across her small chest, making herself seem more important.

"Tell him that I don't want to speak to him."

"Look, I'm not a messenger," the child said arrogantly, "I'm going to send him up and you can sort this out yourself." She said and Kylie's jaw dropped. The girl left the room, her nose in the air.

"I don't want him to come up." The words came lightly from her mouth, and it sounded like she was about to cry.

-

The young Madison came down the stairs, looking annoyed.

"You can go up there. She's in Kylie's room. The first door on the left." She gave the instructions and Evan nodded, not even sure if he wanted to. Of course he wanted to, but what was he going to say? Everything he had planned had escaped his mind. It was Valentine's Day. He could get into an even bigger fight with her on Valentine's Day.

Despite his thoughts, he stepped onto the staircase. And one step at a time he ascended.

-

The two women heard the footsteps. They were much heavier than their half-sister's, so they knew it must be Evan. Kylie looked to the younger girl, who had not moved her eyes from the window.

"I'm going to get a drink. You two need to talk it out. I don't need to be here." She said and stood up.

"Please stay." The younger begged, but it fell on deaf ears. Kylie knew that she had to leave and let her sort things out with Evan; if she was present things wouldn't work as well.

She walked out of the room and past Evan.

"Is she in there?" he asked sheepishly.

"Yeah, just go straight in." she said with a small smile.

-

Maddie heard the door reopen; she knew it was Evan. Kylie wouldn't be back this soon. Not unless Evan had decided not to come up. But when he spoke, all hope for that happening was gone.

"Hi," he said quietly, as not to startle her. She remained silent and stared out the window that overlooked the houses, and straight out to the park. It had always been her favourite spot at this house. "Madison…" he trailed off as she slowly turned around. She looked sad, sadder than he had ever seen her before. Even sadder than the night she showed up on his doorstep in the pouring rain.

"No, you don't get to look sad," She spoke sadly, "You're getting married to Taryn. You do not get to look sad."

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