In the distance I saw Sienna Blake, my sister, yes, I am a Blake. My Mum didn't want me, nor did my Dad and I only recently found out about my sister, of course I had Liberty and Will but now I had Sienna, we aren't just brother and sister though, no, we are twins!
Sienna was walking with Darren, pushing little Oscar in his pram and Charlie by her side. I hadn't known my sister for long but I knew one thing...something with this picture was not right. Why would Frankie just agree to Charlie living with them? Why would Darren dump Nancy? Something did not sit right, I could tell. I did not know my sister well but I knew her enough to know she wanted Darren and she always got what she wanted. Nancy was the mother of their baby boy, Charlie's aunt, Darren's wife. Why would Darren ruin that?
I knew she must have done something awful to prise him away from Nancy but what exactly I did not know. The thought of her being a homewrecker did not make me hate her. Why didn't I hate her?
I watched them, they looked like the perfect little family, Darren and Sienna and their two sons, but they were not a family, they were not her family. Oscar started to cry his heart out, I watched her freak out, she looked flustered, looked like a proper Mum.
She managed to calm Oscar down and she gave him to Darren. I heard her say something then I saw her walking my way. Smiling sweetly, it was a sickly sweetness and I wondered what she possibly wanted. We hardly spoke these days, especially since our Mum died, suicide they say but some people think it was murder, our Dad does!
"Hey you" she spoke as she reached me and sat down beside me.
"Oh... hey sis" I answered.
"You sound down? What's up?" she asked while reaching for my hand. She touched it and I pulled away so fast that you would swear I had super powers.
She gave me an odd look, I really didn't care what she thought. I missed Texas. I looked at her and there I saw a look I recognised. I knew that look well. Texas gave it to me on her wedding day. It was hurt!
This feeling deep in the pit of my stomach was bubbling away; I only ever felt it for one person before today and that was Texas. I didn't dwell on it too much though, I just put it down to her being family. I cared about her alot, I put this down to the fact that I was her big brother, by 5 minutes but still I was older, I felt a need to protect her even though she clearly didn't need it. I suppose I felt this way about Liberty too, I mean I do, of course I do. I do I do I do. Yes, I love and care for both of my sisters.
"I'm... fine" I sighed. It even sounded unconvincing to me, so of course it would to her.
"O...k" she hesitated "well I know that isn't true so just so you know, you can talk to me yeah?"
I didn't reply. I couldn't.
I desperately needed someone but it was not her, or so I thought...
I just really missed Texas. I needed time.
There was Sandy, she was a bit of fun, nothing serious. I did not love her like I did Texas, and then there was Maxine. What was I thinking? She was a nice girl but I didn't want anything serious. I wish I could make it right with Texas.
I got up and just walked away, away from my sister, away from the village and away from life. I needed to numb the pain and the guilty...