I am excited to see my mother. She wraps her arms around me as I enter the house. "I've missed you so much Ana,
love.". I feel guilty immedeatly. "I'm so sorry about that mom.". She brushes it off and ushers me into the dining area.
"Let's eat first. You can rest later."
Soon enough, we are all sitting down for dinner. Phoebe is being nice to me, to my suprise. She even smiled at me once. I hope it lasts, whatever this is. Mom asks me about my exams. I tell her that they went well. "So what course do you want to pursue? " dad asks me. "I'm really interested in the feild of engineeing." I tell him as I eat my mashed potatoes. The dinner is amazing. Lamb chops with mashed potatoes. "That is amazing honey. So what colleges have you-" dad is inturrepted as Phoebe suddenly stands with her plate. "I'm sorry, I can't do it. I tried, really, but I don't think I can." I stare at he as her words make no sense to me. What does she mean?
Dad glares at her. "Phoebe, we have talked about this. You will make an effort ." . "I'm sorry dad, I just can't pretend that this is normal. That it isn't weird that this stranger is sitting here at our dinner table" she says as she looks at me.
Oh wow. I'm shocked into silence. " Well, you don't have a choice. There is no other option. You will HAVE to deal with this." dad says to her. He's furious. Mom puts an arm on his shoulder. "Phoebe, go to your room. We will talk later." mom says. Phoebe leaves after slaming her plate into the sink.
I just sit there, heartbroken. "Is that what you guys think? That I'm a stranger?" I say as I try not be sound as hurt as I feel. "Oh no sweetheart ! We love you. You're our daughter Ana." dad says as he puts an arm around me.
"Phoebe is not used to sharing attention. She will come around eventually, honey. Don't worry about it.". mom says in an effort to comfort me. Ted, who has been quite throughout the dinner, speaks up. "I love you like my sister Ana.
Don't worry about being accepted into our family because you're already a part of it." he says calmly. "Absolutely sweetheart. You are everything to us." my dad says. He sounds frantic. "I think we should go to bed. It's quite late now." Mom says. I nod ,and after hugging them both, I escape to my room.
I'm shaken. Phoebe hates me. I know this. No one has EVER hated me. Hell, no one has ever even disliked me.
And my own sister hates me. I don't know what I could have possibly done to make her hate me so much. Whenever I'm hurting I try to shut it out completely. So that's what I'm gonna do. For now, anyways. This is only a temporary solution.