Christian's POV

'Great… now she's smoking…' I started as Ana and I entered our bedroom and I three the packet and lighter in the nearby bin. 'What else are we in the dark about?'

'Christian you're blowing this out of proportion…' She replied as she placed her necklace on the table.

'Blowing out of proportion? You saw that packet yourself for Christ's sake!'

'Now don't get Christ into this situation Christian.' Ana replied as she came forward while I sat down and removed my shoes. 'She's just a normal teenager Christian. She wants to experiment… don't tell me you've never smoked in your life?'

'No I haven't Anastasia, and you know exactly why…' I replied as I rubbed my chest.

'Well… I have…' She continued as she sat down beside me.

'What?' I asked confused.

'Hey… I was a teenager once as well you know… Kate and I experimented a little. I started smoking because all my friends did it… peer pressure does get you into it, but then I grew up and I don't have to do what everybody else so that they like me. I hated them… and I stopped. I was my own person… and Kate followed. She knows I hate them indoors so she stopped for good…'

'Are you serious?'

'Bloody hell Christian! Yes it's true and I'm serious… This is just a phase… she'll grow out of it… but you were too hard on her…'

'She has to stop… one way or another…'

'…and you know as much as I do that she still thinks that you didn't love her… you need to try and explain things in a gentler manner with her. Samantha is not Theodore… She's just like me. She can handle tough times, but she takes them on herself… and now she feels that she has let you down.'

'I didn't think of that!'

'I know you didn't… If you would have you wouldn't be so hard on her…' She replied as she kissed me chastely. 'You should go talk to her…'

'I know…' I replied as I ran my hand through my hair. 'I just feel so distant from her. She's… independent… to independent…'

'You know why she is like that… you brought that on Christian. She knows nothing else than to carry the load on her own… She's still getting used to us as a family… and we have to tell her about Grace…'

'Let's not open old wounds for now. It's already tough as it is…' I replied as I stood up and paced away.

'Don't you think that she has the right to know that her twin sister died?'

'Killed Anastasia… killed…' I emphasised. '…and you think that she won't feel guilty that she escaped death and her sister died?'

'With the same reasoning Christian, don't you think that she will figure it out that Grace wasn't her imaginary friend? That she was real? You know what Flynn told us. She will have flashbacks if she doesn't have them already…'

'That doesn't mean anything… We'll put her on Prozac on something…'

'…and you want our daughter to be on those kinds of medications?' She stood up and faced me in anger. 'No way in hell you're drugging my daughter Christian. I'll take her myself from you…'

'Are you threatening me?'

'As a matter of fact… I am…' She urged. 'Christian she has the right to know and if she needs help accepting everything that I myself will give it to her, but the time of blocking memories and drugs stopped long ago. Samantha is a person…'

'I don't want her to remember what happened…'

'She still will. She has access to the internet… she has access to libraries… don't you think that she won't encounter the article sometime or another?' She tried again. 'Would you rather she discovered from someone else?'

'I… don't know…'

'Well it's time you should… because if you won't tell her, Teddy and I will Christian. Grace is… was her sister. They were inseparable. I had another daughter once… We had another daughter once Christian… We should honour her memory not hide it.'

'I can't do it… not for now…' I admitted as we heard two arguing.

'Get out of my room Theodore! NOW!' Sam's voice echoed cracked.

'What the heck?' Both Ana and I exited our room and went to see what was going on.

Samantha's POV

'You sold me out like a pig in a poke. You're supposed to have my back Theodore!' I threw back.

'I have your fucking back! That's why…'

'Oh please Theodore! I don't blab every little thing you do wrong!'

Theodore's POV

'Well I've never smoked anything so…'

'Oh come on! Don't be such a daft! What about Marina? Or did you forget about her?' She hit a nerve. 'Yeah… your dirty little secret right?'

'Oh Samantha… I never thought you could hit that low…'

'Just like you did right? Truth hurts doesn't it?' She defended.

'What's going on in here?' Mum and dad came in.

'Nothing…' I stared back in both in disappointment and anger at my sister. I never thought I could feel like this towards her. 'We're done here…' I made my way out leaving her dumbstruck behind me.'

'Theodore…' She tried.

'Fuck you Samantha…'

'Theodore!' Mum and dad scolded.

Christian's POV

'Wait wait wait!' I stopped Sam, before she went running after Theodore. 'Give him some time to cool off…'

'…but…'

'In the mean-time… we need to talk…' I continued as Ana closed the door while I guided her to the bed and pulled her beside me while Ana took her other side.

'Sammy honey… Is everything ok? Anything bothering you? At school maybe?' Ana started.

'No… well… there is the actual fact that I have to do the homework…' She chuckled. 'Ohh and I have to endured that Piccadillo guy… but else everything's fine…' She smiled weakly.

'Sam… It's not working this time…' I stopped her. She always turned to comical when there was something bothering her.

'I'm fine…' She turned to her mother. 'Really…'

'Honey why did you smoke?' Ana tried.

'I told you…'

'Actually you didn't…'

'Well… a few friends of mine kept offering me, and I didn't want to keep turning them down. They would say I'm a knock off…'

'Knock off?' I asked.

'Our own way of saying when someone puts everyone down…'

'…and you gave in…' Ana continued.

'Well… yeah… I can assure you I didn't like it at first…'

'Then why the hell didn't you stop?' I asked exasperated.

'I want to be liked not hated dad… and after few times I got used to them…'

'Well, you have to not get used to them… because your little adventure with cigarettes is over… Am I clear?'

'Yes dad…'

'…and if you have something that's bothering you, we want you to come and talk to us… ok?' Ana emphasised.

'Yes mummy…'

'Ok honey…' She smiled as we both kissed her on her forehead. 'Now you should get some sleep.'

'Ok…' She replied as we tucked her in. I smiled at her. She was still my baby girl no matter what. I just realized that time was flying by and there was so much to catch up on.

'Christian… you coming?' Ana took me out of my thoughts.

'Yeah…' I replied as I moved to her.

'Mum… dad…' She stopped us.

'Yes honey?' Ana replied.

'Um… I love you…'

'We love you too sweetie… very much…' She replied.

Samantha's POV

I couldn't sleep. It was already 1am, and thoughts only kept creeping back into my mind. Jared… Jennifer… school… mum and dad… the outburst with Theodore… He didn't deserve that. I shouldn't have said that… it was low… but he did hit low with me too… but there is no justification for my mistake. A mistake isn't solved with another. I had to go apologize. I just hope he's not asleep as yet.

My feet took me straight to his room. His lampshade was still on. I could see the light from underneath the door. I knocked gently and after few minutes of not getting any answer, I decided to start talking.

'Teddy?' I asked gently. 'Are you up?' I continued as I slid to the door.

'What do you want?'

'I… want to apologize…' I started slowly hoping I'll receive a sign. 'It was wrong of me to tell you those words. You're right it was low. But I was angry… I know it's not the right explanation for my behaviour… but that's all I could come up with… at least I'm being honest…' I continued as the door opened and I almost fell on my back.

'What are you doing on the floor?' He interrogated giving me one of his looks with a book in his right hand.

'I… thought you weren't going to let me in.' I admitted as he helped me up. 'I'm sorry… can you forgive me?' I asked again as he moved to his bed and sat down while I remained at the door. He remained quiet and I felt my heart break. I hurt him… and I deserve it. 'Um… well… I'll leave you to your things…' I smiled weakly as I turned to make my way out but he stopped me.

'Sam… wait…' He called me as I turned again and remained at the door.

'Yeah…' I chocked.

'I'll forgive you if you'll forgive me for what I told you…'

'I've already forgiven you…' I smiled.

'I want you to know that I told them just because I love you. I don't want you to die Samantha… you are too important to me…'

'I know…' I let my head drop. 'I'm sorry…'

'Forgiven sis…' He chuckled.

'Um… I don't know if I'm overstepping bounds, but… would you mind if I sleep here tonight? Even if I'll the floor…' I continued as he came forward and lifted me.

'No floor for you. You're sleeping with me Sammy…' He smiled as he tucked me gently and went to close the door. 'If the electric blanket bothers you switch it off.'

'Thank you Teddy…'

'Hey… I'm not your big bro for nothing…' He smiled back as he pulled me to his side. 'Do you want me to read to you?'

'Depends on what…'

'Well, I'm reading Gray's... It's my bed time story…'

'Yeah sure… maybe I'll learn something…' I chuckled.

'Sam… you still haven't told me what's bothering you…'

'There's nothing bothering me Theodore…' I smiled weakly. 'I figured it out…' I continued.

'Ok… but know that whatever you need, I'm here for you…'

'Right back at you…'

The following day I knew I had to follow through with my decision. There was no way I was allowing anyone to pay for my decisions. Teddy had just driven me to work as usual, and I kept giving myself a small pep talk. I was going into this situation alone, and whatever happens is going to be my fault. I guess that's what I deserve…

I made my way to his office as was the deal, and knocked gently. My knees were trembling, and I couldn't seem to know what was real or not. I kept praying that this would be a dream… something that would jolt me up… until his voice echoed.

'Come in…' He ordered as I obeyed. 'Oh… I guess you made your decision…' He smiled sarcastically.

'…but I have to make some amends…' I replied courageously.

'You can make them… that doesn't mean I will agree to them…' He replied as he stood up and locked the door behind him. 'Let's get on with it shall we?'

'Jennifer's not here today?' I asked.

'The diner is closed for the day… I was getting the papers ready and get up to date with everything…' He replied as he moved forward to me. 'So we have… 6 hours all to ourselves…'

'You have to give Jennifer a raise and you have to decrease her shifts…' I told him as I took few steps back.

'We'll see about that…'

'Yes or no…' I demanded.

'The demanding little devil you're becoming! Absolutely not Samantha… the deal was that you at my service and Jennifer is free… you take the other decision and you know the consequences…'

'Bastard…' I spat which only resulted for him to grab me roughly. 'You're hurting me…' I whimpered.

'Ohh… that's just the beginning Samantha…' He said again.

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