A/N: Okay, after some violent reactions I got from my friends who read my story, I felt like I had to clarify why Nate is dating Hannah. It's because, when everyone was mad at him for leaving Alex alone with her baby, guess who was there? Hannah Montana! So yeah, everyone was mad and Hannah was the only one beside him. Of course, he didn't know it was all Hannah's fault. Hannah blamed Dean. Then, after a while, he felt like he needed to date her because of everything she did for him. So, they did. Then, he made himself believe he actually likes her, even if he TOTALLY DOESN'T. Soon, he forced himself so much that he actually THINKS he does, even if HE DOESN'T. Get it?

DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything except for the twins!!! Yay!!!

Goodbye – Chapter Six

Sibling Rivalry

Maddie stared at her ceiling. Here she was, lying down on her bed in her room in the Gray's house. Uncle Shane actually picked out a room for her! Turns out they had too many extra rooms. Maddie just stared at the ceiling there, thinking. Thinking about her decisions. She always tended to rush things and be spontaneous. She tended to do things without thinking about it thoroughly. Now, as always, she was having second thoughts after doing it.

What would happen when her dad gets home?

Was she fair to her Mom and brother for leaving them like that?

Did she really have to run away?

Should she call home?

Should she go back?

Would her dad even want her?

What would happen when he rejected her?

What would happen if he wanted her so badly she couldn't go home?

Should she leave now?

Should she stay?

When would she actually go back to Canada?

All these questions attacked her. They were like the ants and she was the sugar. She couldn't do anything. The questions were starting to control her, instead of her controlling herself.

"Maddie?" she heard Mitchie's voice from the other side of her door.

"It's open." She said.

Mitchie went in and sat down on the bed beside Maddie.

"Spontaneity getting to you now?" Mitchie asked knowingly. This girl had so much Alex in her. Being impulsive was one of the things she got from Alex.

"How do you know?" Maddie asked.

"Alex is my best friend. This always happens to her. She would do something without thinking then actually think about it after she did it." Mitchie replied matter-of-factly. "Wanna talk about it?"

"No." she said even if she was dying to talk about it. Nope. She won't talk about it.

"Alex was stubborn, too." Mitchie said after a while.

"How do you know me so well? Sure, my Mom and my brother knew everything about me, but they lived with me. I've only met you a few times but you already know me." Maddie asked curiously.

"Well, you're just so much like you Mom. You're like your Dad, too. I guess, since I know them both so well, I could understand you." Mitchie asked replied after thinking about it.

"I'm like my Dad?" Sure, she knew she was like her Mom but no one told her she was like her Dad.

"Yeah. It's actually kind of weird since somehow, your parents are opposite and they got mixed up in you. You're spontaneous but you could also control yourself and think about things before doing it. You're stubborn. You're obedient. You're understanding. You are like your dad, but I feel like Ghoul is exactly like him. I can't be sure though." Mitchie said. Maddie was more open. Ghoul's the closed one. Sure, he was more outgoing. That doesn't mean he's more open about his feelings.

"Studmuffin." Maddie said, smiling.

"Do you know how the word 'studmuffin' came to be?"

"You mean like how it became a word that's used by almost every teenager?"

"Yeah."

"Sure. I'd like to know." Maddie liked learning about things. Got that from her dad.

"That's how Shane described Nate. It was his own special term for his brother."

Whoa, Maddie thought. That was totally unexpected.

"Ghoul's tougher though." Mitchie added, breaking the silence.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, he's tougher on the outside. He's more closed off. Just tougher. It's hard to explain. It's just that Nate would never intimidate someone or start a fight. Or maybe, I don't know how—probably some genetic stuff—it's just the fact that Ghoul got Shane's temper. Somehow. Whatever. Shane got his temper from their dad anyway."

Maddie giggled. Ghoul does have a bad temper. Ghoul did intimidate a lot of people and if it wasn't for Maddie, he would've started a hundred fights already. He might even be in a fight right now!

"I don't know what to do." Maddie burst out.

"What?"

"I'm confused. What if he doesn't like me? What do I do when I meet him? Should I be mad? Should I be happy? There are just a lot of questions going through my head."

"Aw, honey, if course he'll like you! Just be yourself! It's actually okay to be mad and happy at the same time. You have good reasons to feel that way! Don't worry about it!" Mitchie comforted.

"Thanks, Aunt Mitch."

"Please don't call me Aunt. It makes me feel old!"

They both giggled.

"Now, go get some rest. You look like you haven't slept yet."

Maddie obeyed.

"`Night."

"`Night."

-x-

Three days went by in a blur. Maddie already met Jason and Ella. They were so sweet! Nate called Shane and decided that they were extending their vacation. They were coming back on Friday and it was now Sunday. Maddie was nervous. Five days can go by fast. Shane called Alex and somehow he got her to agree to let her stay. She doesn't know how, but Shane got Alex to let Maddie stay.

Right now, they were all eating breakfast. Mitchie made chocolate chip pancakes, Maddie's favorite breakfast. It was delicious.

"I'll get it!" Jason said when they heard the doorbell ring. Who could possibly be here at this early? He stood up and walked out of the room.

He came back a minute later with someone following him.

"Guys! Look! There's this guy who looks exactly like Nate when he was young!" Jason exclaimed. Everyone stared at the boy who walked in after him.

"Maddie!" the boy yelled when he saw her.

"Ghoul?!" she yelled, surprised. She wasn't supposed to yell. What was her brother doing here?

"Who's Ghoul?" Jason asked. Oops. They forgot to tell him about the fact that Maddie has a twin.

"My twin brother." Maddie replied, still shocked that her brother was here. He was just there, his arms folded, glaring at Maddie.

"How come no one told me that?" Jason asked, clearly pissed, then went back to his pancakes.

"I feel like I'm staring at the past." Shane said. "This is so weird."

He walked over to Ghoul.

"Hey, I'm Shane." He said. Maddie didn't call him Uncle Shane anymore. Apparently, no one here likes being called Aunt or Uncle.

"I know." Ghoul said. Thankfully, his voice was kind. He didn't glare at anyone like how he glared at Maddie. Uh oh, she thought.

"Hey, you know what's weird? You're named after me! I'm Shane Adam and you're…damn. I know you're name's long and kind of hard to pronounce if you've never heard of it. I know you have Adam in your name."

"Guillaume Nicholas Adam." Ghoul supplied.

"Yeah! Anyway, I think it's time for introductions. You already know Mitchie and Maddie and that's Jason and Ella." He said, pointing to each person as he said their name. "Jason is your uncle and Ella's his girlfriend."

"Ghoul! Sit down and eat." Mitchie said and he sat down. Mitchie handed him a plate of pancakes. Mmm. His favorite breakfast.

Everyone ate in silence.

"Did you run away?" Mitchie asked when they were all in the living room after breakfast.

"No. Unlike some people here, I actually got permission to go here."

"Shut up, Ghoul." Maddie said. [to make this easier( I know I get confused sometimes), Maddie would be normal, Ghoul would be bold and if it's italicized, it's means they're yelling at each other in French.]

"Why? It's true! You ran away and I was allowed to go here!"

"You didn't have to rub it in my face!"

"You didn't have to run away!"

"Well, maybe if you told me who Dad is when you found out, maybe I wouldn't have run away!"

"How the hell is this my fault! This is not my fault! Don't you dare try and turn this around!"

"If you told me, I would never have felt like I couldn't trust anyone and I would never have felt the need to run away!"

"Mom didn't want to tell us and I didn't want us to meet him! That's why I didn't tell you!"

"So it's alright that you knew and I didn't?!"

"I found out by accident!"

"Why did you read the freakin' diary?! Don't you know that's invasion of privacy?! Especially since it was a diary!"

"If you were me you would have read it, too! I know you, Maddie! Curiosity gets the better of you!"

"It's still not fair that you knew and I didn't!"

"I was trying to protect you!"

"I'm tired of being protected! I wanted to do something by myself! I was always being protected by you!"

"Why'd you run away?! You could do something alone back in Canada! I would've stayed out of your way! Haven't you ever heard of baby steps?!"

"What if I wanted to start big, Guillaume?!"

"You could've told me, Madeleine!"

"You wouldn't have helped me!"

"How are you so sure that I wouldn't help you?!"

"I just know!"

"How?! Maybe if you told me I would've helped! But, NO! you just had to run away!"

"With the way you're acting now, I'm pretty sure you would've stopped me!"

"YOU'RE MY SISTER! OF COURSE I WOULD'VE HELPED!"

"THEN WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SO ANGRY NOW?!"

"BECAUSE YOU RAN AWAY WITHOUT A SINGLE WORD!"

"I HAD TO RUN AWAY! DO YOU THINK MOM WOULD LET ME LEAVE TO GO TO THE ONE PERSON SHE DIDN'T WANT US TO MEET?"

"YES! EVEN IF SHE DOESN'T WANT US TO MEET HIM, SHE WOULD'VE! YOU JUST HAD TO WAIT!"

"SHUT UP!" Mitchie yelled. They shut up and looked at her. Everyone was staring at them now, especially since they were standing up and yelling at each other in French. They didn't know they were standing up. They just automatically did. They both crossed their arms over their chests and looked away from each other like little kids.

"Ah. Sibling rivalry." Shane said like it's a good thing. Mitchie smacked his head.

"That's your temper acting in on them. Somehow, your dad managed to pass it on." Mitchie said.

"Really?"

"Really." Mitchie said before turning to them. "Maddie, up to your room. Ghoul, get your bags and follow Jason. Jason, give him a room. Stay there. Think. Be quiet."

They did as she said.

"Were they yelling at each other in French?" Shane asked when they were out of hearing range.

"Yeah. You do not want to piss them off if they're already yelling at you in French. It could get ugly. Especially if you're not related to them." Mitchie explained.

"Whoa. How'd they learn to speak French like that?"

"Alex wouldn't listen to me when I told her that she couldn't live in Quebec since the official language there was French but, being stubborn Alex, she stayed there until the twins were eight. Then she got tired of all the communication problems and finally moved to Vancouver where they speak English. French was the twins' first language. They learned English second."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Whoa."

"I know right?"

"Wanna eat ice cream?"

"Sure."

-x-

By dinnertime, the twins were fine with each other. It was always like that. They would swear to themselves never to talk to each other ever but, somehow, they would just start to talk like nothing happened. They were forgiven even if apologies were never spoken. That's just what happened.

After dinner, they all went back to the living room to see what they could do.

"Hello?" Shane answered his phone after the first few rings. "Really? When? Tomorrow? O—okay."

"What's wrong?" Mitchie asked since Shane had his serious face on. It takes a lot for Shane to go serious.

"Nate's coming back tomorrow."

"What?"

a/n: ooh…cliffy (: Cliffhanger in a filler! That rhymes! Yeah…except for the arrival of Ghoul and the sibling rivalry, this feels like a filler to me…

Ghoul's with the Grays too :O what'll happen?

Nate meets them in the next chapter :O

Oh yeah, the choices? I'm going to use all…in a way. I didn't use the first one since it was too short to explain her escape.

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