AN - Thanks again for reading but please please please please please please please please can you review? It would really mean a lot to me and I'm starting to think it's not worth continuing the story. Also be nice cos I leave school tomorrow so I'm really emotional. Anyway thanks to those who have reviewed and here's Chapter 5.

I'd like to dedicate this to all my mates - Beckie, Becky, Tude, Coff, Simpk, Angie, Kim, Josie, Sarah, Tez, Terri, Claire D, Claire C, Louby Loo, Laura, Stacey, Sharon, Jade, Lucy, Sally, Genny, Lidge, Sam, Andrea, Jodie, Emma, Lawren, Joanne and Steph. I hope we can all stay in touch! Love you all!

~*Nina Pina Pudding and Pie*~ (as Angie would say!)

"Jesus David what are we gonna do?!" Eloise was hysterical. Two hours ago she had had it all. A nice house, a good school to go to, two parents who loved her and the most amazing boyfriend in the world. Now she had nothing. All because she hadn't locked her door. She always locked her door. Now everything she had was about to be taken away from her. She didn't deserve that. She felt the salty tears gradually easing themselves out of her eyes. Eventually she could no longer control then and fell, sobbing, into David's arms.

"Don't worry El" he said softly as he stroked her hair reassuringly. "It'll be OK"

"How?"

David paused. He knew things wouldn't be OK. They both knew that. He searched for a reason. Any reason. But there was none. "Because I say so OK?"

Eloise raised her head and smiled slightly as David stroked the stray pieces of hair off her tear stained face and tucked them behind her ears. He gently ran his hand down the side of her face and raised her chin up towards his. Very slowly he leaned towards her, almost wary of what she might do, and softly met her lips with his.

Just then the front door opened and they heard the loud chattering of their little sisters. Eloise looked at David, the panic she felt reflected in his eyes. This was it. Their moment of truth. She moment in which their lives were going to be turned upside down and shaken until there wasn't even a shred of anything left.

"This is it. . . . . ." David whispered as he took her hand in his, "I love you"

Eloise gave a faint smile, "ditto"

From downstairs they heard Monica shout, "David! Eloise! Could you come here for a minute please?"

The pair glanced at each other again before slowly making their way down the stairs.

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"Hey mom" David said so quietly it was almost inaudible as he entered the living room, his eyes fixed firmly on the ground, " You wanted to see us?"

Monica had no time for pleasantries, instead she beckoned them towards the sofa and when they were both seated began.

"Now, you both know why you're here, you both know what I saw and I don't think I need to go into too much detail. I've been thinking of what to say to you since. . . . . well. . . . . since you know what. I'm not gonna pretend I liked what I saw, and I don't really know how to put this" Monica took a deep breath. This was without a doubt the hardest thing she had ever had to do, "You are brother and sister. Not by blood sure, but you have been raised as brother and sister. It's wrong and please tell me it was just that one time. A stupid mistake, a dare, a bet whatever just please" Monica pleaded, "Please?" She could tell by the looks on their faces it wasn't. "How long?"

Neither of them wanted to answer. Their eyes remained transfixed on their hands. How were you meant to tell you're mom that you had been sleeping with your brother for two months? You couldn't. Eventually David spoke. . . . .

"Two months"

Monica sat down, her body almost crumpling under the news she had just received. Her head buzzed with all the questions she wanted, no needed the answers to. They were her kids, she had always told them that they could tell her anything. And yet the biggest thing of all they had hidden from her for two months. She wanted to shout at them, scream at them for hiding this, but one look at their young faces made her stop. By the looks of things they had been punishing themselves ever since she left. All Monica really wanted know was a solution, she wanted everything to be resolved. Monica couldn't put into words the turmoil she felt inside and the crippling silence was only broken when Eloise spoke,

"Are you going to tell dad?"

Just then an idea shot into Monica's brain, "No" she whispered, "On one condition. I will forget everything I saw if that's the last time it happens. If this ends now, no one has to know"

David and Eloise looked shocked. End it? They had tried that before and it didn't work. They loved each other too much to face being apart. Slowly David shook his head.

"I'm sorry mom but we can't. I just. . . . .we just. . . . we love each other too much"

"You're 16, El, you're only 15. You know nothing about love"

"I know that whenever we're apart I can't sleep and I'm counting the minutes until we're together again. I'm sorry but that's the way we feel" Eloise replied, standing up to her mother for the first time in her life.

Monica was stunned by Eloise's sudden outburst and felt compelled to give her a piece of her mind. But then she looked into their faces. They may be only young but they did care about each other, Monica could see that. She didn't have the heart to split them up. She sank into the sofa cushion, wishing she could go back to this morning when her biggest concern had been whether Clare would behave for the entire shopping trip. But she couldn't go back and sooner of later she was going to have to accept that. A part of her knew that no matter what she, or they, said they were going to continue seeing each other anyway. Monica would just feel better if they had her approval. She suddenly realised that both Eloise and David were looking at her, waiting for her to speak, she smiled down at them. . . .

"People won't like it you know"

Eloise dared herself to smile, "Does that mean?. . . . . ."

Monica nodded. Eloise and David jumped into her arms and then hugged each other before David softly kissed the tip of Eloise's nose. In that moment Monica knew she had made the right decision.

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"Chandler honey? Could you come in here for a minute please?" Monica asked hesitantly as soon as the front door opened that night.

"Sure" he replied cheerily as he walked towards his wife, "What's up?"

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"David! Eloise! Get here NOW!"

The pair made their way downstairs with their heads held low for the second time that day. This time it was towards their dad. As soon as they entered the room the shouting started.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?! WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT?! HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID?! IT'S SICK AND DISGUCTING! HOW COULD YOU?!"

"Dad we're sorry" David began, "but we love each other"

"Love?!" Chandler spat, "You don't know the meaning of the word"

"We do" Eloise whispered, very softly

Chandler simply shook his head and began pacing, "This is going to end NOW! You two will not be left alone together, either me or you're mother will be with you at all times. I'll switch you both to different schools. I'll. . . . . "

"No" Eloise said with more bravery than she felt. "I'm sorry Dad but we can't do that. You can't split us up"

Chandler looked at them, the disgust he felt shone through his eyes. His mouth curled into an ugly snarl and he uttered two words

"Get out"