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Ivy was staring vacantly out of the enormous windows of the apartment, a blanket around her as she leant with her back against the wall and her forehead against the window, the rain pelting the glass.
Christian sat down on the floor facing his sister, their legs almost touching. Ivy seemed to barely acknowledge her brothers presence and he shifted slightly, thinking before he spoke.
'The twins are asleep'
'Good' It wasn't a sarcastic comment, if anything she seemed grateful and genuinely relieved
'Do you want to talk about this?'
'What do you think' Christian swallowed 'I lost you once when you went to San Francisco, I'm not going to lose you again'
Ivy blinked 'I'm not going again Christian'
He sighed, running a hand through his hair 'you are, whilst you're using its like you're someone else, do you get what I'm saying? I might not be physically losing you but the drugs- they change who you are and it's as good as losing you again'
She took a deep shuddering breath and Christian finally saw some type of emotion on his sisters face, even though it was tears forming in her eyes, Christian was glad that she seemed to realise what was actually going on.
With a sigh he pulled her gently into his arms and let her cry there for a while.
When Daniel had got two glasses of water and had a quick shower, Ivy was already in bed, though she was lying on her side he could tell she was awake. After a beat Daniel pulled on his boxers and crawled under the sheets, wordlessly lying so that his chest was against Ivy's back and curling an arm around her tightly. She stilled obviously before releasing slightly as he kissed her shoulder and continued to hold her tightly.
Ivy didn't move or say anything for a long few minutes before she finally spoke, her voice quiet 'why did you try?'
'What do you mean?'
'You knew about my past when we got together… and yet you were the one who pushed the relationship, you were the one who did the chasing... My brother beat you up and you still didn't leave'
Daniel pulled back and lightly turned Ivy over so they could see each other, and he tried to ignore how pale and drawn she looked.
'I knew, yeah, I'd seen your records and Christian told me, but it didn't make a difference. I knew that I was going to get in some serious shit for dating the boss's little sister, but I was the one who pursued you, not the other way around, I knew what I was getting in to. Your brother broke my nose when he found out I was dating you, and I still agreed to pack my life up and follow you to California. I'm not going to lie and say that I'm not a bit… disappointed that you've been using again, but I'm not going anywhere Ivy, alright. I knew what you'd been like before we met, and I stayed around, and I'm not about to leave now'
She nodded slightly and he kissed her forehead lightly, voice quiet 'go to sleep, tomorrow is going to be a long day'
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