As soon as Clare processes seeing her sister she quickly hugged up tight because it had been so long. "God I missed you so much Darcy" the teen tears up with emotions with a mix of pregnancy hormones.
"C-cant breath" Darcy chuckles as Clare pulls apart apologising.
"Sorry Darce" she steps aside to let her big sister in.
"No need and I missed you too baby sister" Darcy grins now in the house shutting the door behind. "You need to catch me up on everything" Darcy drops her bags on the floor crossing her arms.
"Everything?" Clare questions "You may need to sit down but first I want you to meet my boyfriend" Clare grabs Darcy's hand walking towards the kitchen.
Darcy's eyes winded oh little does Darcy know that was just the icing on the cake "Boyfriend? Wow, I did miss a lot."
Once the girls enter the kitchen Eli was standing there at the worktop when Clare walks up to him "Eli I want you to meet my sister Darcy" she smiles wide turning to Darcy "Darcy meet my boyfriend Eli Goldsworthy."
Darcy offers her hand to shake "Nice to meet you hope you are treating my baby sister right?" She raises an eyebrow.
Eli didn't hesitate "Of course, I love her more than anything you have nothing to worry about" Eli takes Darcy's hand before wrapping his arm around Clare's shoulder.
"Good and Clare you have to catch me up" Darcy smiles as she exits to go grab her bags.
"I should go" Eli looks at Clare.
"Are you sure?" Clare asks, looking at him.
"Yeah plus you and your sister can have sister time" Eli kisses Clare's temple.
"True I do miss her but will you be okay?" Clare rests a hand on his chest.
Eli nodded "Yes and I'll text you when I get home" he smirks as she tugs on his shirt to press a kiss on his lips.
"I love you" she whispers against the kiss looking into his eyes.
"Forever and always" Eli kisses her lips "Good luck not that you need it."
"Thanks, I'll need it" Clare knows she had to tell Darcy she was pregnant but she had to because this baby bump was only going to grow bigger.
After Eli leaves Clare walks up the stairs where her sister was "Sorry about that Darcy."
"No worries and when can I sleep? My old bed isn't in our room?" She was standing in the now changed bedroom that once was shared by her and Clare when they were growing up. The walls were pink, with photographs of Clare with Eli and Clare's friends all over including a picture of Clare and Darcy.
"Oh mum thought it was a good idea to take your bed out when she learned you were staying in Kenya longer but you can sleep in Jake's room he's in BC" Clare explained.
"Jake? That's our step brother right?" Darcy crosses her arms.
Clare nodded "Yup that is correct" Clare sat down on her bed with Darcy following suit.
"So tell me what is going on? How did you and Eli meet?" Darcy had so many questions she had missed out on so much.
"Where you want me to start" Clare had so much to tell Darcy.
"From everything" Darcy replied with a smile.
Clare takes a deep breath this was going to be a long night she told Darcy about Eli driving the hearse over her glass, being English partners with him, him being there for her and Darcy's pending divorce, Romeo and Juliet project, Julia, the library kiss to them getting together, Vagas night, the divorce and the hoarding to the cracks of their first break up which worried Darcy especially telling her about Love Roulette and then dating Jake one of Clare's regrets but she can laugh about that.
She also told Darcy about the Frostival, Asher which both Clare and Darcy cried about and Darcy wished she was there for her. Clare explained about Cam and wanting to help Eli because she loves helping people Darcy explained that it's okay to let people deal on their own which Clare understood then Clare told Darcy about losing her virginity, cancer, and her best friend Adam's untimely death to now.
"Now I have something else" Clare was nervous but her sister took her hand which made her feel reassured, "I'm pregnant."
Darcy took a few moments to process this. It seems like yesterday Clare was a niner and wanted to door school and not boys but from what her sister told her she changed a lot. "How far are you?"
"13 or 14 weeks," Clare tells her big sister. "Eli has been supportive" Clare seems to have read Darcy's mind for her next question.
"Good because if he wasn't I would have to give him a piece of my mind" Darcy chuckles.
"You have nothing to worry about but thank you" Clare smiles at her sister.
Darcy hugs Clare "Anytime Clare, I know I wasn't here for you for these years but know that I'll always have your back" she lets go looking at Clare.
Clare nods "Thanks again so tell me about Kenya?"
"Well after I built schools I decided to enrol in a university in Nairobi because I was offered to help out more and wanted to help the kids so I became a teacher then I took counselling courses and eventually worked as a survivor's counsellor at a centre to help not just women and children but men too" Darcy was very happy talking about helping people.
Clare smiles proudly she was so impressed with her sister "Wow that's very impressive I'm so proud of you."
"Thank you I needed it, especially what happened in grade 11… so this gave me a new view on life," Darcy tells Clare.
"That's good I've always been proud of you" Clare softy smiles.
"And I'm proud of you Clare now I'm going to be an aunt I'm spoiling her or him" Darcy giggles as she gently places a hand on Clare's baby bump.
Clare smiles in awe "I'm sure you will Darce" she watches happily. She missed her sister so much that she's glad she's here and that Darcy is okay with her being a teen mother pregnant in high school.
