A/n: Again, thanks so much for the reviews! I'm glad y'all liked the last chapter because it was really messed up and I had to redo it really quick. I feel so much love here. I'll try to get one more chapter in before school starts. R&R always.

-Britany

Camille

I just wanted to be left alone. After the Manny incident I needed to be by myself. So when Monday morning came around I hid under the covers and refused to go to school. I wasn't sure if Craig had told anyone about what happened and if I did I didn't want to be bothered by people asking questions. So I decided to stay home. Around 12 I heard the doorbell ring. It's probably just sales people. I thought walking downstairs to peep through the window. It rang again. Annoyed I angrily swung the door open.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked shocked. Standing on my porch was Sage Van Zandt. My sister who I hadn't seen in 3 years.

"Is that anyway to say hello to your big sis? Gimme a hug!" She said pulling me into a huge hug. She let go and studied me.

"What has mom been feeding you?! The last time I saw you, you were 4'9 and wearing pigtails. God! And you've grown breasts! You were like a 32A last time I saw you! What are you now B cup?"

"C. Sage what are you doing here?" I asked again getting annoyed. I hated it when people compared me to how I looked during my...very awkward stage. My sister ignored the question.

"Don't think I haven't come empty handed. I have two big surprises for you. Well 3, but the 3rd is just gonna be for later on." She opened up her very large purse and started to dig through it. She was just like Mom, always carrying a large messy purse. Sage pulled out a nicely wrapped oblong box.

"Listen Sage—"

"Hush! Just open it!" She pushed the box towards me. I quickly opened it and gasped.

"My necklace!" I yelled hugging her.

"Still got mine?" I nodded grabbing her hand I took her upstairs to my room.

There's a story behind our necklaces. When Sage and I were younger we argued a lot. It was mainly Sage. She had a little trouble dealing with not being the baby anymore. Our birthdays are two days apart, so for my 5th and her 8th birthday my mom took us to the jeweler for our very special gifts.

The gifts were two silver necklaces sculpted into half of a heart. One necklace had S in the middle of it and the other had C. When we put our necklaces together it formed a heart. My mom sat us down and told us that the bond between sisters is very hard to break and that friends and boys come and go, but sisters are forever. The words really stuck to us. Whenever we would fight I'd look at my half of the heart and think about what my mom told us.

One night three years ago Sage and my mom had a really huge fight. They never told me what it was about, but it had to be something really major. One thing led to another and before I knew Sage was packing her things. She told me she was going to live with my dad. We exchanged necklaces and promised each other we'd give them back the next time we saw each other.

"Here." I said handing her the S necklace. She put hers on and then helped me with mine.

"I've missed you so much Cammy. I can't even begin to tell you what's happened to me since I left."

"You can begin by telling me where the hell you've been. You didn't give us a contact number or anything. You never called to let me know you were ok. This is the first time I've seen you in 3 years!"

"Tell me something I don't know." She said falling beside me on my bed.

"Shouldn't you be in school?"

"Shouldn't you be explaining why you're here?" She ignored my question once again.

"Big surprised now! Come on, it's in the car!" She said getting up and grabbing my hand. We hurried downstairs and to the door.

"Close your eyes." She whispered covered my eyes with her hands. Sage carefully guided me to her car.

"Alright. Now." I opened my eyes to see a man who seemed to be in his late forties grinning at me.

"This is my surprise? Who's this?" I asked.

"Little Camille? They grow up so fast."

"Again who is this?"

"Camille, I'm your father."

"That's bull. I don't have a father." He laughed.

"Do you think Lisa made you all by herself?" He asked jokingly.

"I don't know, she raised me all by herself so it's a possibility." I said not so jokingly.

So this was the man who'd left me and my family so long ago to get me diapers and never came back? My mother had told me so many stories about the wonderful man she fell in love with who only broke her heart years later leaving her with a 3 year old and a 3 month old to raise all by herself. I wanted to have nothing to do with this man.

"You suck at surprises." I said walking angrily into the house and up to my room. I left the front door open so Sage could get back in. My dad and sister stayed in the living room until my aunt and Liberty came home.

"Honey come downstairs for a minute." Aunt Felicia said coming into my room. I shook my head and went back under the covers.

"Camille you've been in bed all day now I've let you take off school because something was bothering you now it's time to get up." Sighing heavily I got out of bed and marched downstairs. My sister was sitting on the love seat and she seemed upset.

"Where's mom? Aunt Fe told me it would be better if you told us."

"You don't know? No one told you?" I asked sitting down. Why did I always have to be the bearer of bad news.

"You know mom's newest husband, Jack? She was seeing him when you left right? Well he committed suicide and it really shook up mom." I said quietly twisting my hands together.

"God. Where's mom? Is she ok? I thought you both were living here for a while. I never thought Jack would..."

"Yeah I know. Sage, mom's really messed up. She went crazy when Jack died. She tried killing herself a couple of times and she had to be put in Ludson."

"God, the nuthouse?" We started ramble on about how things change so much. Then Sage made arrangements over the phone to go visit her.

"I'm going out to the car to get a few things. Aunt Fe said I could stay here tonight." She left me alone with my dad.

"Sooo how old are you now? 13...14?"

"16 actually." I said grumpily.

"Really? Wow you're making me feel old kid." I nodded. I really didn't want to talk to him.

"I'm sorry honey. For not being around while you were growing up. I know that you probably think I'm a terrible man and you have every right to be. But I truly am sorry. I know that I can't make up 16 years, but I'm going to try."

"Whatever I really don't have to time for bullshit excuses. All I know is that one day you decided that you didn't want a family anymore so you just left and never came back."

"Is that what Lisa told you? That I didn't want you?"

"It's the truth isn't it?"

"You have no idea what happened between me and your mother do you? She filed for divorce, she's the one who kicked me out and told me to never come back. She accused me of having an affair that never happened. Why do you think Sage left to came live with me? She found out the truth."

"Are you calling my mother a liar?" I asked angrily. He stood up and walked over to me.

"She's a liar and only wanted me for my money in the first place. Your mother's the twisted one."

"My mom is not twisted."

"Then what the fuck is she doing in Ludson wearing a straight jacket then?"

"I hate you." I pushed him and ran back upstairs. Some father he is.