Haley and Brooke couldn't say a word. "How do you...?", Haley tried to ask but was interrupted by their further fight.

"What are you doing here? Don't try to ruin everything I have built up. I know you Phoebe! Do you want more money? You are such a spoiled brat!", Victoria was still screaming at Phoebe merciless while Phoebe just looked up at her with a smile on her face.

"Okay enough. What is happening right now?", Brooke asked and looked from her mother to Phoebe. She could not believe that Victoria was yelling at Phoebe in this way. But somehow Phoebe seemed to have the courage to yell back and showed no sign of fear.

Her mother breathed slowly, "Well Brooke, this is your sister, I mean half sister Phoebe." Brooke didn't say a word while Phoebe looked to the ground. She did not want Brooke to know that and feared Brooke's reaction.

"What?", Brooke asked in shock and looked from her mother to her newfound sister. Phoebe? Her sister?

"Well, a mother can have fun. But the fun ends when such a brat is the result.", Victoria looked with so much hatred into Phoebe's eyes that she had to shiver a little for the first time.

"No one asked me in the first place whether I want you as my mother-fucking bitch.", with that Phoebe stormed furiously out of the store. Haley ran after her immediately while Brooke and Victoria stayed in the store.

"Well, I don't want her on the page. Look for another one." Victoria wanted to leave but Brooke began to scream, "How could you not tell me that I have a sister? All my life I was searching for a family I never had. All my life you resented me and only used me. Why mother? Why didn't you tell me that there was someone out there who felt the same?"

"Stop being such a baby. You never wanted a sister." Victoria left the store.

xxxxx

Haley ran after Phoebe who was running towards a bridge. There were many other old people who obviously lived there. "Hello, you must be the teacher?", an old man asked nicely. "Yes", she answered a little confused.

"It's not nice how you all treat my Phoebe", he said and coughed obviously a bit drunken, "She is such a sweetheart Everyday she tells us the greatest stories about adventures and what would we have to eat without her?"

"Stop it, Jonas" Phoebe said while walking furiously up and down.

"No Phoebs. Nobody treats you like they should. You help your sister every day, you fight for her, you live alone since 9, you have great grades, you help that teacher's kid Jamie. All you receive is slapping at the orphanage, a drunken and aggressive father and that mother..."

Brooke was now standing there as well and didn't know what to say instead of,"I am so sorry." Somehow she could understand now why Phoebe was that unapproachable when it came to her emotions.

"Well Miss. I think by your look you're the rich sister, right?", Brooke looked astonished at Jonas.

"Well, yes.", Brooke answered him politely and could not stop looking at Phoebe. For the first time she realized that Phoebe definitely was a younger version of herself.

"Then start behaving like a sister."

"Jonas. Stop it. Please.", Phoebe asked and slapped the man playful on his head.

"Okay, okay. Only because it's you. But let me tell you one last thing. I would not live if it wasn't for that girl and there are many others that can tell the same.", with that he looked at Brooke-she nodded and looked ashamed at the floor, "And you Phoebs. No running any more ok? An eleven year old kid should not sleep under the bridge every day."

Phoebe way lying in his arms now, "Well no one should", she said and looked up into his eyes.

"Right, you're too smart for me. I forgot", he smiled and caressed her hair. "I want to tell you a story about a little girl"

"Noooo Jonas.", Phoebe tried to argue but Brooke and Haley said, "We would love to hear it" and sat down in front of him. Brooke couldn't help but stare at her new found sister while Phoebe avoided looking into her eyes. The other people under the bridge came together as well.

"Once upon a time there was an evil, evil woman. She had...", he closed Phoebe's ears "Sex", and then he opened them again "with a man, that was not her husband."

Phoebe laughed: "Jonas, I am not a baby. I know all about sex."

"Yes, I know. That's what frightens me as well.", he answered. "well, this woman had a child already. A teenager. Obviously she did not care much about it as well. Sometimes the woman visited the man and the child but she was never nice. She gave her money and told her daughter what a shame she was for her and one day, when this little girl saw a picture of her older sister, she decided to become like her."

"What?", Phoebe protested and turned red, "I did not" but by the color of her face one could tell that she did. Brooke blushed as well and was happy to have Haley with her holding her hands.

"Who says that I am talking about you?", Jonas asked, "But her mother told her how much her sister hated her and never wanted to meet her. So this little heart became more and more a heart of hatred. It was the time her dad drank more and more. Sometimes he hit her so hard that she could not move any more. But she was a brave little girl and got used to it. She was alone at home with him, when he died. And she remembered his last words "Be a good schoolgirl." It was then she met her first foster family and she hated it. She learned how to hurt other peoples' feelings and soon they didn't want her anymore. In the orphanage it was the same. One day, at 9, she decided to live alone. Her mother was still sending her money-the only thing that is good about her I guess and she left the orphanage at night. At first she was very afraid. She lived under bridges and taught herself all school stuff. She always spent her money for others that had nothing like we do. She came to Tree Hill to meet her sister. She saw this magazine called "B-Davis" and recognized this woman immediately. Well...the rest of the story is known to you, I guess." Jonas looked into Phoebe's eyes and smiled.

"Thanks a lot idiot!" she said ashamed and hid her face in his chest.

"Oh, I forgot to tell, that during her life she got some bad habits like cursing and pretending being older than she is."

"What?", Phoebe pushed him "are you stupid?"

"I guess then Joshua-who is 14- is not your boyfriend?", Jonas smiled. Phoebe looked away and Jonas immediately said: "I think it is time for others to help that lost girl being a child again and start living her life.", he looked at the two women in front of him who nodded calmly.

Then Brooke started to talk but could not suppress her tears: "Phoebe...I...I... am so sorry. I never knew that I have a sister. It's...news for me."

Phoebe smiled:"No big deal.", she hated talking about her past and wished to vanish. Brooke was astonished about this reaction and the others as well.

Suddenly Joshua came down the bridge and saw his girlfriend:" Phoebe, please don't go. Let me help you." He realized that his teacher and Brooke Davis were down there as well. "What?", she said but was interrupted by Joshua "I am sorry but she wrote me this letter that she will leave Tree Hill tonight and...and..." it was the first time that Phoebe saw him cry and didn't know what to do. He went down to his knees and took her hands: "Please stay.", he looked deep into her eyes and hugged her and then ran away again.

Phoebe's eyes were wide like a water balloon and Brooke broke the silence: "Well, I think he likes you", she smiled and reached out to grab the hand of her newfound sister.

Phoebe didn't know what to say while all the others smiled:" Well you cannot go because there is a bed waiting for you."

Phoebe answered immediately:"Yeah, like the orphanage waits for me" she laughed.

"No!", Brooke smiled and took the other hand into hers "at my place. I did want to ask you it this morning but well….I had the thought that maybe you would like to live with me as...well my foster kid? I know it sounds weird but I talked to Julian and the orphanage and...well now...since we are sisters it's even easier and...", Brooke stuttered. She really hoped that Phoebe would say yes. Brooke had discussed this a lot with Julian. Of course both of them knew that Phoebe was not an easy person but Brooke had really started to like her and the little detail that she was her sister actually proved it even more that this was a right choice.

"No, I don't want to", Phoebe whispered and broke Brookes heart. Haley asked immediately "Why?", she had a clue why Phoebe was acting this way.

"Well, you don't know me. I can be very mean and one day you will realize that you don't want me and...", Phoebe had to suppress her own tears. Of course she liked Brooke and the idea of living with her was something that normally made her smile. But on the other hand she believed that she was not lovable. She knew that sooner or later Brooke would regret it and she did not want to feel the pain again of loosing someone she loved.

"Stop it. You should have seen your sister in her teens. She was soooo horrible.", Brooke looked stunned at Haley and then smiled "well, yes...kind of the truth."

"You are who you are and that's what we like. Start being a kid. And by the way, I see you acting mean every day. It's not like it's news for us, kid.", Haley smiled with wet eyes.

"Could you stop calling me a kid? I am a teenager and not a baby!", Phoebe protested and crossed her arms in front of her.

"Well, not officially. My kid is a teenager, you're a kid.", Haley smiled at the astonished look.

"No way. Jamie is older than I am?"

"I guess so, if your passport was right?", Haley asked.

"So mean." Phoebe whined and leaned back at Jonas.

xxxxxx

Okay, the secret is revealed. She's her sister. A little version of Brooke. I bet some of you already thought that. But I hope that at least one of you is like "Whaaaat?"

Thanks again for your amazing reviews. I know that it probably gets on your nerves to read that all the time but it is true: Reviews make me happy! ;) and I want to get better with my writing and ideas, so every review helps me.