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'Killed me with a baseball bat'
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I stand in the doorway of Serena's room, staring at both her and Emilio with a frown.

"Savannah we can-" I hold my hand up, cutting Serena off as she sits back down on her bed.

"You two are going to explain to me right now what's going on," I stare at them, wanting an explanation. I've been avoiding this subject for too long, but now I need to know why things are so awkward between them.

"We'll explain after school, we promise," Emilio looks at me with nervous eyes.

I cross my arms walking into the room taking a seat at Serena's desk "School can wait a couple of minutes, both of you, start talking. Now!"

They both jump at my raised voice, Serena fidgets a little before finally deciding to speak "So you know how I told you me and Emilio met at the beginning of summer?" I nod, she sighs as she continues, "Well let's just say a lot happened that summer, even if it was a short amount of time,"

Emilio gives Serena a sad look before speaking " We met at this party and one thing led to another and we hooked up,"

"But a couple weeks after I-I," Serena starts sniffing as tears well up in her eyes, she looks over at Emilio, anger evident on her face " Get out," she whispers slowly to him,

"GET OUT NOW!," She screams, tears rolling down her face. Emilio's face contorts into a pained expression as he moves closer to her

"Serena, please, I'm sorry,"

"I hate you, get out," Serena says, her voice laced with venom.

I stand up, slowly tugging on Emilio's arm "Go to school with the rest of the guys, I'll talk to you later,"

Emilio reluctantly nods, sending Serena one more longing expression, before walking out her door.
I walk over to Serena, my gut twisting as I see the raw pain on my twin's face. I swallow the lump in my throat as I wrap my arms around Serena's shoulders. She returns my embrace by pulling me closer, she was softly crying on my shoulder.
I pull away a little so I could see her face, I brush the strands of hair that have fallen onto her face behind her ear as I study her. Her long dark lashes held droplets of tears as her eyes were slightly swollen, she looks pale making her freckles stand out more prominently. Even when my sister was crying, she was still beautiful.

She wipes the tears away from her eyes as she sniffs a little "Savannah, he made me kill my baby,"

My heart drops to the bottom of my stomach as I stare at my sister in utter shock "W-what?,"

"A couple of weeks after we had sex, I started feeling sick,so I took a pregnancy test, I was so scared Savannah, I wanted to tell you or Mom so bad, but I didn't know what you would say. The test came back positive and I had no clue what to do. I decided I was gonna tell Emilio," I nod comforting her into keep going.

She takes a shaky breath before continuing "Him and I had been hanging out those past weeks, and to be honest, I was falling for him. But when I went to tell him I was pregnant, I saw him kissing another girl. It hurt me so much Savs, I knew we weren't dating, but this was the first guy I actually liked since Aaron," I nod thinking about her ex. Emilio must of meant a lot to her as she doesn't usually get attracted to her hookups, and she hooked up alot.

"It made me feel like I was being used, and I wanted this baby S, even though I was so scared, I knew I wanted it. But when I saw him kissing that girl it made me realise I was just a hookup and that was all I would ever be to him. I felt so useless at the time, so I requested an abortion and got one. Because I was a hookup, I let the only good thing that could ever happen to me slip away. I told Emilio afterwards and he freaked out at me, he was as upset as I was. I never told him why I killed our baby though. It wasn't his fault It was mine, I killed our baby because of a guy that never wanted me, I killed a child's life S, I-I kill-," Serena breaks own as she sobs her heart out as I hug her tighter, pain overtakes my body as I feel every single emotion my twin was feeling. Tears stream down my eyes as that was all I could do to mourn the niece or nephew I never met.

Cry.
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After my emotional morning, I still decided to go to school, as it wouldn't look good on my record. My outfit matches my mood, leggings, oversized hoodie and a messy bun. I wore little makeup, just enough to cover up the fact I'd been crying. However my twin sister has a reputation to uphold being popular, she wore a skirt reaching mid-thigh, a cropped slogan t-shirt and her hair was straightened, dead straight. Her makeup was done flawlessly as usual, also covering up the fact that she'd been crying. That is one of the many talents of my twin, covering up her pain.

She smiles brightly at Luna, Josh and Kelsey, who were standing by my locker.

"Someone's happy this morning," Kelsey laughs, "If only you saw her this morning," I mutter under my breath. I put in the code to my locker, pulling it open as I note falls to the ground. I frown, picking it up,

Hey beautiful,

I have soccer practice after school, wanna come watch? We can go get some food after and start the project

Hope you can come, really wanna see your pretty face again,

Brett

My mood escalates as I read the note with a smile and I laugh softly at Brett's failed attempt to draw a heart at the end of the note.

The note whips out my hand "Hey!"

I frown as Kelsey grabs the note off me and scans the note, a smirk erupting on her face "Oooh Brett's asking you on a date!"

I groan "No he's not," Kelsey passes the note to Josh as his face also erupts in a smirk.

"Damn, my bestie has a date with an actual guy and not a 5 year old,"

I pout, punching Josh on the arm as he groans "Why do I always have to end up in pain,"

"It's how I show my love Joshy," I flash him a smile and pull Kelsey towards are first lesson.

As we're walking to our lesson, we are confronted by two of the nicest, most genuine girls in the whole school who were head of the school council.

"Hey Savs," The first girl smiles, she was Sri Lankan and had clear brown skin, her hair was thick and black reaching her shoulders, her eyes an inky brown hidden behind her face-framing glasses. She stood shorter than me by a bit, but her intelligence made up for her height.

I smile at her "Hey Thirisa, "

"So we were wondering...," the second girl began, she was mixed raced of Algerian and British descent. She was pale but had long wavy black hair, she also had an enviable figure even though she was only a bit shorter than me but taller than Thirisa, but it made sense as she was the schools star athlete.

"What were you wondering Lydia?" Kelsey spoke beside me.

"Well the principal gave us permission to do a talent show at the last council meeting as you know Kelsey, and we were wondering if you'd like to audition, having an amazing voice and all, " Thirisa explains in excitement as Lydia nods with enthusiasm as well.

Kelsey nods in agreement "Yeah I forgot to tell you, you need to audition."

I think about it about it for a moment "Sure I'll do it, "

"Great, auditions are tomorrow in the main hall at Lunch," Lydia says. We talk for a couple more minutes before heading to Physics.

As I reach the door, I see that there is only one seat left for me,

And it was next to Emilio.

Even though I felt a whole ton of anger towards him, I reluctantly made myself go sit next to him. I study him a little, he had his head down, his usually styled hair sticks out in every direction. As though he could feel my presence,he looks up, meeting my eyes. His eyes were a darker shade of brown, sadness filled them, his eyes were slightly swollen like he'd been crying. I feel a sudden pang of sorrow for him as I realise I hadn't heard his side of the story.

I sigh sitting down as he looks at me, I bite my lip thinking carefully "Emilio,as mad as I am at you, I wanna hear your side of the story,"

He looks at me, a glimmer of hope shining in his eyes " Savannah, I really liked Serena, Hell I still do and I'm pretty sure I'm in love with her. When I heard that she was pregnant it took away our child, I felt so broken I shouted at her. To this day I wonder why she did and it kills me every day that she won't tell me,"

I frown "I'm gonna tell you because I want my sister to be happy and that means fixing this situation. Serena saw you kissing another girl when she originally came to tell you she was pregnant,"

Emilio looks confused for a moment but realisation hits him as his eyes widen "Oh shit, I wasn't kissing that girl, she came onto me I swear, I pushed her off the next second,"

He wrinkles his nose in disgust and I know he isn't lying.

Oh no.

Serena is going to break down completely when she finds out, and I can't do anything.

"Ok Emilio listen up, You need to tell Serena this, but be careful she is gonna breakdown, be there for her and comfort her. Promise me you won't leave her, Emilio promise me," I stare intently at him as he nods frantically.

"Savannah I promise you, I will, I'll take care of her, I will always look after her,"

I listen to those words spill out his mouth, and I really hope he does keep that promise.
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A whistle blows, as I sit myself into one of the many seats in the soccer stands. It was a grey day with the clouds rolling up above. I snuggle deeper into my hoodie as I sit down. I scan the soccer team for Brett, and not a second later I see his flushed, handsome face. He was wearing his soccer kit which shows off his abs and biceps, they were defined but not as defined as Hunter's.
I scrunch my nose and mentally slap myself at the thought. I watch Brett warm up as I scroll through my phone a little, looking at nothing in particular.

"Hello friend," I look up to see Hunter's smirking face.

Speak of the devil

"Hunter, what are you doing here?" I ask in response.

"Studying the team, coach asked me too,"

"Why would coach ask you?,"

"I was on the national under 16's team back in Barcelona," He says casually as my jaw drops,

"Dude, what the hell? Why aren't you on the team?,"

He shrugs " Don't do well in team anymore plus I'd spend my time doing other activities," he winks at me as I mock gag.

He continues "And don't call me dude,"

"Don't call me princesa," I fire back as he raises his hands in surrender.

I think for a moment " hang on, didn't you live in NYC though?,"

He nods " Yeah I did, but I visited Spain a lot to see my family, so I would play the big matches with the team," He looks at the boys for a minute.

"What are you doing here anyway?,"

"Oh Brett asked me to come watch him play," I shrug a small blush tainting my cheeks.

I feel Hunter tense as he stare at me " You and Brett,huh?," he asks in a nonchalant tone, but it had an edge of...annoyance.

"We're just friends, why does everyone think that?," I groan.

"Well I think he likes you a tad more than that princesa," he nods in the direction of brett as I follow his gaze to meet Brett's stare. He had his eyebrows furrowed as he sees Hunter next to me, his face distorts into anger. His gaze shifts a bit to meet my eyes, his face quickly erupting into a smile as he waves at me, I give him a smile and wave back.

I tilt my head over to look at Hunter to see he is on his phone " Your so antisocial," I say sticking my tongue out as he looks up.

"Ok princesa, tell me what I should do for fun," He crosses his arm waiting for a response.

I think for a moment "Do the talent show, you can sing or something," I watch as he looks disgusted.

"You want me? Hunter Sanchez,to do a talent show?," I nod in response as he looks at me as I'm crazy "Bite my ass," He says shaking his head.

"Pleaseeee," I pout as he groans "For me?," I continue doing my best puppy dog look.

He sighs "Fine, but if I have to sing some cringey ass song I swear to god...," I shake my head quickly. He mumbles something under his breath but I couldn't quite catch it.

Soccer Practice lasts another hour, so me an Hunter sat there talking, sorry arguing about random shit.

Hunter checks his phone "Princesa I have to go, but i'm telling you phish food Ben and Jerry's ice cream is the best flavor," He gives me a mock stern look before starting to walk away.

"Dude, you know cookie dough is the best!," I yell at his back as he shakes his head laughing,

"Don't call me Dude!,"

"Don't call me princesa!,"

"Never!," he turns around and flashes a smile. His rare smiles.

I smile at his back as he walks away, I shake my head laughing at the boys antics.

"Hey Savannah," I turn around to see a really sweaty Brett, my eyes wander down his body, stopping at his shirt, which clings to his abs due to the sweat.

"You done checking me out?," Brett smirks as my eyes shoot up to his, my face going red.

"Sorry, Hey Brett," he shakes his head laughing leaning in before stopping "I'd give you a hug but I'm all sweaty,"

I roll my eyes " what makes you think I'd wanna hug you?,"

He winks "The fact that you were checking me out,"

I groan "Oh my god stop, let's just go," I begin walking as I hear him follow me, laughing.
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We sit in a booth at Limelights, waiting to be served.

"So what was Hunter doing with you at practice?," Brett asks looking up from his menu, his eyes curious but his body tense.

"Oh apparently your coach asked him to watch your practice cos he's a Spanish national player or something," I reply as he nods looking back down.

"Hey Savannah and Hun- Brett," Mallika corrects herself with a frown, out of the corner of my eye I see Brett tense again. What is it with him and Hunter?

"Sorry, I thought you were Hunter from the back," she says to Brett sheepishly.

"It's ok, I'll have a milkshake and some fries and she'll have...," Brett waits for me to answer "The same," I smile at Mallika who nods writing down our order. She starts taking some steps before stopping abruptly and comes back leaning into my ear,

"Good luck with Brett, you got yourself a good one," she stands properly, sending me a wink before walking off.

I groan as Brett looks amused "What was that about?,"

"For some reason everyone thinks we'd be 'good' together," I say making air quotation marks.

Brett smirks "They're right, we would be,"

"Piss off," I say with a blush.

Mallika comes back with our order and makes another remark about how we would be cute together before walking off. Me and Brett spend the rest of our time talking about school, my music and his soccer.

Brett takes his phone from his pocket, checking the time " it's nearly 6, wanna get going?,"

I nod as we get up from our seats heading out of Limelights. We get into Brett's car, continuing our conversation. We drive for a while, I don't notice the roads we take, until a comfortable silence falls.

That's when I look out the window.

"Umm, Brett, why are we like in the really posh estates area?," I continue staring out the window, newly built modern mansions passing by.

Brett bites his lip continuing driving down a narrower road "I,er, kinda live round here,"

I nod, not making it a big deal. Well that's when I saw what was in front of me.

"Holy shitcakes you live here?!," my mouth hangs open as I stare at the mansion in front of me. Brett drives to a gate in front of the mansion, security fences evidently surrounding the property.

A man stands at the gate as Brett pulls his window down.

"Master Brett, how are you?," the guard asks opening the gate.

"I'm fine Melvin," he give a nod before driving in.

My jaw drops even more at the sight.

The most enormous mansion. I thought the ones we saw were big but this one was twice the size. We drive into a massive driveway, a driveway which could easily hold a hundred or more cars. In front of the mansion is a huge fountain, crystal water flowing out. The mansion itself was white, it could easily be the size of the White House. It had a massive mahogany door, with paths leading either way to the back of the house.

"Does the president live here or something?," I ask in awe of the house.

Brett shrugs "Just my family,"

He parks the car in a corner of the driveway, he gets out the car and comes to open my side door "what a gentleman you are,"

"Anything for m'lady," he winks as I laugh.

He leads me to the front door, and it was no ordinary door, it was one of those doors where you had to type a code in then put the key in.

Fancy I know.

Brett pushes the door open, as I gasp yet again.

"Welcome to my humble abode," he mumbles as I look in front of me, a huge hallway with two long stairs leading upstairs meeting at something that looks like a balcony from the top. A huge chandelier hangs in the middle, illuminating the room. The floors were a whistle marble, covering the entirety of the floor, The hallway lead in 5 directions but Brett leads me up the right stairs.

"My rooms in the east wing," he explains as I nod awestruck. We walk past loads of rooms till we reach one near the end, it had Brett's name written on a gold plaque in fancy italics. He opens the door and lets me in.

Brett's room was the size of mine and Serena's room put together. A king size four poster bed in the middle with a desk to the side. The room was painted blue, but was covered up with soccer posters. Beside his bed was a photo frame which I couldn't identify. My eyes drift to his walk in wardrobe next to a room which presumably leads to an en suite.

"Shall we get started then?," Brett pulls a chair from a corner of the room near his desk for me to sit on.

"Yeah, I got my notes in my bag," I take my notes out and lay them on his desk as he mirrors my actions taking out his notes, laying them on the table.

We begin talking and putting our notes together, spending at least an hour on half of our project. A while later, I feel my stomach grumble.

I blush as Brett looks up from writing at me "Are you hungry?," he laughs as my stomach grumbles in response and I nod.

"Well how does pizza sound," he aks.

"That would be great,"

"I have to go get it though, the nearest pizza place doesn't do delivery," I nod in response as he gets up and leaves the room. I continue writing, occasionally checking my phone when I got bored of working.

SLAM!

I hear the door slam, never hearing it open. I frown. Wow Brett was quick.

But he only left 10 minutes ago...

My heart races as I stand up, edging towards the door, I hear grumbles and paranoid shouts, as I realise it isn't Brett. I gulp as I look around Brett's room, my eyes land on a baseball bat. Why the hell does he conveniently have a baseball bat in here? Savannah stop it you could possibly be murdered , just pick it up.

I pick the baseball bat up, cautiously leaving the room and into the now dimly lit hallway. I move slowly as a eerie silence falls upon the house. I slowly move towards the left staircase, a corner separates me from the staircase.

Come on Savannah you have a baseball bat and the intruder could have a...knife.

I gulp and take a breath as I swing round the corner baseball bat swinging in motion as I scream out loud.

"AAAAGH," I scream, my eyes shut.

The end of the baseball bat stops in mid air as the intruder catches the end of the bat "What the fuck,you nearly killed me with a baseball bat!,"

I open my eyes realising the voice was too familiar " Hunter what the fudge nuggets are you doing here, how can you break into Brett's house?!,"

Hunter gives me a look like I'm crazy and slowly it turns into an amused look "Why would I break into my own house? Plus the servants are all around the house and haven't you seen the security, literally no one can get in here,"

"What? ," before I could say anything the door opens again, Hunter and I peer down the balcony and see Brett closing the door. Hunter rolls his eyes walking down the stairs as I follow suite.

Brett turns around as we reach the bottom, a frown emerging on his face.

"Hunter," Brett nods towards him.

"Brett," Hunter acknowledges him.

"Okay anyone want to explain to me what's going on here?!," I ask exasperated, before Brett opens his mouth the door opens again.

"AGAIN REALLY?! I WAS JUST ABOUT TO GET AN EXPLANATION!," I shout at the person walking through the door.

Luna.

Luna stands there confused in her gym clothes as her eyes flicker to her brother and Brett.

"What's going on?," she asks.

"We were about to explain to princesa here why we're all here together after she nearly destroyed my beautiful face with a baseball bat," Hunter smirks.

Luna smiles amused "Let's go into the living room then," Luna begins walking in to the right of the staircase as we follow behind her. I gasp as we enter an exquisite living room with antique sofas, a cashmere rug and a bunch of ornaments.

"Princesa this isn't OUR living room this is just the show off living room for important people," Hunter shrugs.

"How many living rooms do you have then?," I ask scoffing.

"Only 3," Luna replies as I gape as we reach a hallway following from the first room, the hallway had pictures and some family portraits lined all the way down the long hallway. As I look closely I see baby photos of three boys with the one in the middle holding a newborn baby. We walk down the hallway as I glance at the pictures. To the left of the hallway was another room which Luna opened the door to.

This room was dimmer, with deep purple walls and a massive flat screen sofa in one end taking up a whole wall, a L shaped black sofa was in front with a coffee table to the side. I notice a vending machine filled with all sort of candies and drinks.

"Welcome to OUR living room, the other one is for adults or any holiday such as Christmas," Brett explains. He puts the pizza down on the table as he motions me to sit. I hesitantly sit and look confused at the three of them.

"You gonna explain then?," I wait as the three,of them share a glance.

Hunter speaks first "Luna and my parents own this house, my dads sort of the CEO of this massive worldwide company Sanchez Federation," he explains.

"And I'm their cousin, I live with them," Brett adds, my face dawns realisation as I notice the similarities between them. He spoke Spanish, Mallika thought he was Hunter, how stupid am I?

"Why didn't you tell me?," I ask them.

"We thought you already knew, like Brett's second name is Sanchez," Luna says.

I am so stupid. "I didn't know your second name," I mumble to Brett.

Hunter starts laughing "wait you've known him for what,3 years? And didn't know his second name? Only you princesa, only you,"

"Shut up man," Brett groans.

"That makes more sense now, wait what about your Mom then?," I ask Hunter.

"Our Madre is a retired model and now fashion designer, Luciana Sanchez," Hunter says.

My jaw drops "your Mom is THE Luciana Sanchez?, what the hell her line is incredible, Kels loves her!,"

Luna shrugs as Hunter reaches to get a piece of pizza, ahhh pizza. On cue my stomach grumbles.whoops. With all the excitement I forgot my hunger.

"I think you need to feed her," Hunter says his face full with pizza.

"Hey! I'm not a dog," I pout.

Brett snatches the box from the table and begins walking out the room "Let's go back to studying,"

Brett and I study for a while before a question pops into my head "Hey, Brett, if you don't mind me asking...,"

Brett looks at me and nods,"where are your parents?,"

Brett's face distorts into a look of pain, his eyes dropping in sadness, I realise it must be a sensitive subject "You don't be to tell me, I'm sorry for asking," I turn away a little before Brett replies.

"No,it's ok, I want to tell you,"

I nod as he takes a breath "My parents were murdered when I was 10 and I have been living with my aunt and uncle since then, my dad's older brother is Hunter and Luna's dad. I miss them so bad and I just-," I could see Brett was struggling so I pull him into a hug. My hand wraps round his shoulders as I rest my chin on his shoulder. He returns the hug, wrapping his hands around  my, waist causing tingles to erupt in my stomach.

"I get you, I know how you feel, I got you Brett," I whisper from his shoulder. Brett relaxes into the hug, he pulls back a little and stares into my eyes making my heart race. He scans my eyes desperately, my lips part as I stare into his deep brown eyes. Before I know what was happening, Brett leans in, his lips touch mine, and before I knew it,

We were kissing.

My lips tingle as Brett's lips were soft as they move against mine, my hands go up into his hair, tugging a little. My brain becomes fazed, until I realise something,

This is my first kiss...since him.

I pull away with a gasp my heart pounding at the thought of him.

"I-I'm sorry Savannah, I just got caught in the moment," he runs his hands through his hair, looking away.

"It's ok," I mumble.

I stand up gathering my things "I think it's time I go,"

"Yeah I guess, bye Savannah," Brett says as I exit the room. My mind races as I feel flustered, so flustered I run into a hard chest.

"Princesa aren't you all over me today," Hunter says as I roll my eyes.

"Where you off to?," he asks.

"Home,"

"I'll drive you,"

"I'm fine,"

"Nope I'm taking you its final come along now," he finishes as he walks always, I scoff as I follow behind him.

We drive in silence for a while my mind still caught up on that kiss. I see that we were nearing my road "You can just leave me here, I'll walk the rest of the way,"

"You sure?," Hunter asks as I nod.

As I'm about to close the door Hunter speaks "What happened?,"

"Huh?,"

"You're flustered, what happened?,"

"Why do you care?,"

"Just tell me,"

I bite my lip scanning Hunters piercing eyes "Brett kissed me," I blurt out.

Hunter's jaw clenches and unclenches "How do you feel then?,"

I think for a moment sucking my cheeks in "I don't know,"

He nods and closes the door, beginning to drive away.

What's his problem?
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As I'm headed to my room, I hear soft singing coming from Liam's room, I peer in to see him on his keyboard finishing the lyrics to a song. I study him closer and frown as I see that he looks really sad.

"Hey Ferb, what's wrong?," I ask my brother by his favourite character from when he was little, Ferb from Phineas and Ferb.

He wipes his eyes, he's been crying, my frown deepens "it's just these guys at school saying shit about me not having a Dad and that I'm gonna grow up to leave my kids, fuck them Dad never left Mom,"

My blood boils as I feel my brothers pain "You're right fuck them,"

"But Savs, I miss him, I miss him so much, every single day, it hurts without him, I put on this carefree face but no one Can actually see how much I'm hurting without him,"

I struggle to swallow as my heart strains from my brothers pain.

"Hey what's going on?," Ryder asks walking into the room. I look sadly at Ryder and he immediately understands, I explain to him what happened.

Ryder tenses before walking in front of Liam, putting his hands on his shoulders "Liam Ryan Harrington, I will ALWAYS protect you, no matter what,"

Liam nods weakly as me and Ryder and I embrace him in a tight group hug.

"How about we play call of duty now?," I ask.

He nods before his usual smile returns to his face, " Imma kick you ass,"

And that's how the rest of the night went, sure we still hurt, but we all hurt every single day and nothing can ever stop it. But anyone can put on a strong front.

And that's why my family does best.
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A/N

Sorry for the late update, this chapter was longer and harder to write. Anyway hope you enjoy this chapter. ALSO SHAWN MENDES WHERE WERE YOU IN THE MORNING IS FIREEE!!! ALSO GUESS WHOS GOING TO SEE SHAWN NEXT YEAR? ME!!!!  I'm so excited!!

Word count: 5000+
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