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Recap:
When I get down stairs I hear some voices I don't recognize, I walk into the living room and see two faces, one that I hoped I would see again, and the other I hoped I also see again but only so I would be able to get revenge. "Ray?" I ask "Hey 20" she responds.
(A/N: I apologize in my last chapter I said it was chapter 2 when it was indeed, chapter 3.)
The Past's Not Always in the Past Chapter 4
Daphne's POV
Sabrina has been upstairs since dinner (probably in her gravy tree house) when the doorbell rang, and before I could get up granny was already at the door (she is actually very fast). I got up to see whom it was anyway, it was starting to get late, so I ran through some of the possibilities, Snow? Maybe. Charming? Not likely. I don't get to continue because I get the door.
I freeze when I see whom it is. Ray, and some other girl I don't know.
Granny is saying to Ray and the unknown girl, "Why hello, and who might you be?"
"Hey," Ray responds, she has always been this straight forward, "We are old friends of Sabrina Grimm, does she live here?"
"Oh yes, she is my Granddaughter. Come in, come in," Granny Reida invites.
That's when I snap out of my trance. The first thing I do is give a huge hug (tackle) to Ray, we both fall to the ground.
Ray laughs and says, "Daredevil, how are you doing?" using my old nickname she gave me two years ago; she gave it to me because she said I was the exact opposite.
"I'm gravy! How about you?" I answer
"I'm guessing gravy is one of your new words?" I nod my head to Ray in response. "Well, I'm doing better than before, winning more, but I could still be doing better." As she replies she glances over at the bruise on her arm.
When Ray said, "winning more," she was making a reference to an illegal fighting ring in NY, one that Sabrina used to fight at.
I pull Ray inside, and into the living room, where everyone stares at her.
"Wow, you have a big family. Whoa, wait a second, is that your parents?" Ray inquires
"Yup! This," I say gesturing to my parents "is why I'm doing so gravy!"
Ray smiles down at me, "Okay, now I have to brag in Twenty's face about this! I told her they didn't abandon you guys! Everyone loves you both! Well at first impression maybe only you."
I laughed at that because it's so true, 'Brina's really bad at first impressions, but I am very depressed to find out that Sabrina thought that our parents abandoned us, she must have felt so alone.
It's weird for me to hear Sabrina be called Twenty again; no one has called her that in a year and a half. See everyone in at the fighting ring called her Twenty because, well first of all only two people there knew her real name, (if they knew they would have called the orphanage) Ray being one of them, and on Sabrina's first day there she fought against twenty boys, some up to five years older, and won all matches. Ray also said she calls Sabrina twenty because "She acts like a twenty-year-old."
Ray's actual name is Rachel Murphy; Ray is Sabrina and mine's nickname for her because she ran away from her parents and came to her Aunt's and Uncle's in the other side of NY when she was 8, and so some people call her Runaway, and Runaway and Rachel both shortened is Ray.
"Well, I think introduction's are in order," Granny says, "I'm Reida Grimm but you can call me Granny Reida."
I jump in on the introductions, "That's Puck, he's adopted, my Uncle Jake, Red my BFF, also adopted, Ppppp-" I finally come up with a name for Pinocchio "Patrick, adopted, Mr. Clay, my Mom, my Dad, and finally Elvis!" I point at each person and run over to Elvis and give him a big hug.
Everyone says hello except Puck who burps. Ray just smiles while the other girl makes a disgusted face.
"Well, I'm Rachel or Ray, and this," Ray says pointing to the unknown girl "is Christine." And Christine waves.
Wait a second, I've heard that name before, I think, is this the Chris that Sabrina and Ray used to talk about, the one that's awful and mean and Snotty? If it is why is she here with Ray, Ray hated Chris, so it can't be, can it?
"So how did you guys get here and where are you going to stay?" I ask.
"We-" but before Ray could reply Sabrina come into the room with wet hair and bloody knuckles, (oh no, she better not be starting again, we don't need anything, why is she doing this? I think) and says "Ray?" "Hey Twenty," she responses
Sabrina's POV
I like to make people think I have no fears, but what a big lie that is, I have so many fears, like my family will disappear or abandon me, or that they will all die or get badly hurt because of me, that they will suddenly not love me anymore, and my biggest fear is that someone else will stab me in the back again, I don't think I can handle if someone does that to me again.
But as I see Ray and Chris standing in my living room, whole new world of fears open up. One of the greatest, my family finding out who I actually am, and hating me.
You see this whole time the whole year and a half I've lived here, I have been wearing a mask, the mask didn't stop me from letting people in, it just didn't let people see who I really am. Don't get me wrong, I am still actually brave, and don't like letting people in, I still have trust issues, am tomboyish, and Puck annoys me like no other. But he does not nearly annoy me as much as I lead on, and I'm actually pretty girly, I love shoes, like to do dance, like to sing, and am great at gymnastics.
And Ray, standing there knowing me inside and out like a best friend should, and knowing all my secrets and insecurities, scares me like no other, she could tell my family everything I've hid from them, everything I don't want them to know. Even without knowing she is.
Daphne knows a lot about me too, but I know she won't say anything, because she knows I don't want them to know and understands why- because me and my past could hurt them.
*!*!*!*!*!BACK TO THE LIVING ROOM!*!*!*!*!*
My jaw is clenched and my hands are in fists when I see Chris. I don't know why she is here and don't care I just want her gone. Because I clenched my fists it caused them to gush blood. I didn't notice until my Mom gasped.
" 'Brina, honey, what did you do to your hands?!" My Mom asks concerned
Ray and me just ignore my Mom "Your still at it?" Ray questions, "No, today was actually my first time in a year and a half." I respond "Oh, well we have a lot to catch up on but it's kind of late so, we better be going, we'll catch up tomorrow, how does that sound?" Ray asks "Great. See you tomorrow." I smile at Ray and glare at Chris.
"Bye, see ya Daredevil, Twenty." Ray says while stepping out the door, Chris just nods. Once again I wonder why she is here.
All eyes turn to me once they leave, "What happened to you hands honey?" my mother repeats. I start freaking out, I have no excuse, and I guess I'm just going to have to tell them the truth.
"I was practicing my boxing, I used to box you know," I whisper, I didn't mean for it to be a whisper it just came out that way.
"You used… to box? I mean I remember you doing many activities when you were little, but not… boxing." My Dad said the word boxing as if it was foreign.
"That makes sense since I didn't start boxing until after you were kidnapped." I explain
"Is that when you met those girls?" Granny asks
"Yep." I don't want to give any more details than I had to.
"How come we never knew this about you?" Uncle Jake inquires
"I just never felt it was important to share." I reply.
"Wasn't the self-defense classes with Snow easy for you then?" Uncle Jake questions
"Well, not necessarily, see in boxing, I am good at being fast and offensive, I have never been good at defense, so it did challenge me." I said, and it was true, I have never been great at defense.
"Alright, well I'm going to get to bed." I say trying to get away from all the prying eyes of my family members. "Daph you want to come too?" I ask
"Uh, sure," she says. I'm glad I got her away from the living room so she can't give any info away by mistake.
Daphne and I march upstairs and into our room, we both change into our PJ's, mine are just some loose T-shirt and shorts and Daphne's are these monkey-patterned pajamas.
"So Daphne do you want to sleep in the secret room, it has a bigger bed if it would make you more comfortable?" I suggest.
"Yeah! That sounds punk rock!" she answers. Daphne follows me through the portal and into the bathroom, then I stick my hand in the hand scanner, and the door opens. We both step through and I close the door even though no one would be coming through.
We both climb in to the big bed and the Cudi hopes in between us. "Did you name him yet?" Daphne asks
"Yes, his name is Cudi." I respond
"Oh, cool, I like it," she says "Cudi," she says trying it out "Cudi, come here, come here boy!" Daph says in a high squeaky voice as he bounds over to her. They cuddle for a few minutes then he nestles beside me and then Daph yawns and lies down and says, "Night Sabrina, night Cudi."
"Good Night Daphne," I reply "night Cudi." I whisper in his little ear. In response to Daph and me he does a mix between a cry, growl, and bark, which was probably supposed to be a good night. I laugh at it but Daphne is already snoring up a storm.
I lie down, are my thoughts are already haunting me. What are Ray and Chris here for? What are John, Schmitty, and Aaron up to? What will happen is my family finds out what I'm really like? Will they like me? Will they hate me? Will they kick me out if they do? Where will I live? Should I run away to New York before things get bad? No, I can't leave Daph, and they would probably go after me.
To shake the thoughts out of my head I get up to go for a walk on the beach, I was going to call Cudi to join me but I realize he has been snoring as loud as Daphne, I was just to lost in my thoughts to notice.
I open the sliding door and walk on to the deck then onto the beach. I take a deep breath of the salty sea air, I love it. You'd think I love the noisy city sounds I grew up with, but I don't, to many bad memories ruined it for me. But at the beach I've had no bad memories at all, actually, I've only had one memory. It was before my parents were kidnapped, I was seven, Daphne was turning two today, we took her here for her birthday, we had an awesome day, running around, swimming, having the best churro I've ever tasted. It was just a great day.
I finally calmed thinking of this memory and walked back into the house, not shutting to door so I could listen to the calming waves and breath the salty air as I drift into a peaceful sleep, but quickly it turns to nightmares.
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