Once upon a time, those adventures were everything to me. Ven, Silas and me. Everyone knew we were the three musketeers, the three amigos, and to some’s surprise, the two boys were content with my never-waring presence. Looking back now, I realize how lucky I was. Most older brother’s barely bothered with their younger siblings, let alone a little sister. They would occasionally spend time with them when pressured by their parents, but never out of their own choosing. Silas seemed to always want me around and I was never all that thankful for how content he was with me tagging along everywhere they went. And we went everywhere together. Our most frequented spots consisted of our lake, the beach, the boardwalk, and in the kitchen of our Aunt
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There was nothing but breathing on the other line.
“Hello?” I repeated, emphasizing my o’s.
“Now, you can understand how creepy that was for me to listen to.”
His voice live on the other end froze my entire body.
“Hello Miss Lilah Day. It’s been a while.” He said laughing quietly.
“Yeah, sorry about that. I just-” Shaking my head, I remembered who exactly it was I was talking to. “How’ve you been?”
He cleared his throat. He didn’t like my serious tone. “I’m on cloud nine. How about you?”
I knew acknowledging his sarcasm would only bring him even more satisfaction.
“Oh you know, same old. I hear you’re coming home soon.” I knew how obvious it was how I’d said home, as if he lived here year round.
“That’s the plan.”
I didn’t know how to do this. To be fake, to try and be okay. Clearly, he did.
“Why?”
“Why, what?”
“Why are you coming back?”
I knew this shocked him. I had always been good at keeping my feelings inside, forgetting about my anger when it consumed me, faking my way out of conversations that were too hard to have. But I’d lost the will to care. Anyone who wanted to be anything but who and what they really were, for all I cared, were not worth my time.
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Being that there is a year gap separating me from the boys (and the fact that I was indeed a girl), I was far more interested in the love story behind Peter and Wendy. Silas wanted to literally inhabit Captain Hook’s body, but Ven? Ven wanted to be the tribe chief who fixed everyone’s problems. We all questioned and teased this certain fascination of his, but it all came together once we saw how interested Ven became in medicine. His grandfather was one of the kindest doctors in Arden and the puzzle pieces came together when Ven was accepted into Stanford the Autumn before. He had finally begun his journey to become our tribe
There was nothing but breathing on the other line.
“Hello?” I repeated, emphasizing my o’s.
“Now, you can understand how creepy that was for me to listen to.”
His voice live on the other end froze my entire body.
“Hello Miss Lilah Day. It’s been a while.” He said laughing quietly.
“Yeah, sorry about that. I just-” Shaking my head, I remembered who exactly it was I was talking to. “How’ve you been?”
He cleared his throat. He didn’t like my serious tone. “I’m on cloud nine. How about you?”
I knew acknowledging his sarcasm would only bring him even more satisfaction.
“Oh you know, same old. I hear you’re coming home soon.” I knew how obvious it was how I’d said home, as if he lived here year round.
“That’s the plan.”
I didn’t know how to do this. To be fake, to try and be okay. Clearly, he did.
“Why?”
“Why, what?”
“Why are you coming back?”
I knew this shocked him. I had always been good at keeping my feelings inside, forgetting about my anger when it consumed me, faking my way out of conversations that were too hard to have. But I’d lost the will to care. Anyone who wanted to be anything but who and what they really were, for all I cared, were not worth my time.
“Pardon me?” He sounded …show more content…
Being that there is a year gap separating me from the boys (and the fact that I was indeed a girl), I was far more interested in the love story behind Peter and Wendy. Silas wanted to literally inhabit Captain Hook’s body, but Ven? Ven wanted to be the tribe chief who fixed everyone’s problems. We all questioned and teased this certain fascination of his, but it all came together once we saw how interested Ven became in medicine. His grandfather was one of the kindest doctors in Arden and the puzzle pieces came together when Ven was accepted into Stanford the Autumn before. He had finally begun his journey to become our tribe