My nerves were high as I thought about my sister coming home from college. I hadn't seen her in two years. Her father lived in another state and she hardly ever visited. She was the product of a fling my mother had before she met my mother. She had fallen pregnant before the two separated ways. She did so well raising us the best she could but the father ended up marrying a really lovely woman and they wanted custody of Lily. I hadn't seen much of her since.

I knew my mother would be excited for her return. She loved her like any mother would love their first born child. It always felt weird when Lily was around. I used to complain about never seeing her but as the years have gone on it felt like she'd rather be somewhere else. I was expected at my house soon and i really just couldn't be bothered with moving. I was where I would rather be. Nathan wraps his arms around my shoulders pulling me closer into him. We lay under the sheets in my bed talking about all things.

I had been listening to his childhood stories the best I could but my thoughts kept drifting back to Lily. Her blonde hair cut to shoulder length. He bright blue doll like eyes, her rosy cheeks and peach lips. She was the perfect girl.

"Em, are you okay?" Nathan whispers as he runs his fingers through my hair. I look up at him smiling. Nodding my head I unfolded myself from him.

"Yeah I just need to get heading out soon, actually I should have left twenty minutes ago," I mumble fiddling my hair. Tugging at some of the knots I pulled myself out of bed. I didn't want to leave. I wanted to stay here for hours. I just wanted to listen to Nathan's voice until I fell asleep. But that wasn't going to happen. If I didn't get to my mother's house soon she would be mad.

"What for?" Nathan questions as he stretches looking at the clock. "You don't have a class or anything so what is the hurry?"

"My sister is in town," I mutter looking around the room for my cell phone.

"I didn't know you had a sister," He smiles, leaning forward in the bed before pulling his way out of the sheets himself. He jumped up grabbing his hat and stuff off the dresser next to my bed before heading towards the door.

"I don't, well... I guess it's a long story and she is never around, which Is why I need to hurry. Sorry I can't really explain it right now, I will have to tell you later," I mumbled trying to grab all my things before ushering him out of the room. Ailis had wandered off to spend some time in his own world. This had honestly been helpful. I had spent the entire morning with Nathan without any distractions.

"I will see you tomorrow then," Nathan whispers leaning forward giving me a quick kiss before placing his hand on my face to pull me in for an even deeper kiss. I try my best to pull away but found myself stuck in his trance.

"I really have to go," I muttered through our lips moving. He pulled away smiling at me before groaning.

"Fine," He hugged me quickly before we parted heading in opposite directions. I could still feel his kiss lingering on my lips.

When I entered the house I was greeted by my mother and Lily sitting on the couch. They were talking over glasses of water. It was awkward walking in late but my mother should have expected it out of me.

"I'm so glad you decided to join us," She teased as she rolled her eyes smiling at Lily. Lily smiles in response as the two of them start giggling about something.

"Sorry I'm late, I had a study group," I mumble, "Or something," I whispered under my breath hoping they wouldn't notice. They didn't. I took a seat on the couch across from them glancing at the outfit Lily was wearing. An instant anger begins boiling up in my chest. She was wearing my shirt. I tried to ignore it the best I could for my mother but I knew this entire night it was going to stare right back at me, whispering for me to save it, to take it home where it belongs, to reunite it with its friends.

"So what are you guys talking about?" I question, bringing the attention to me for a mere second before both girls started laughing again.

"Boys," My mother whispered. The thoughts of Miles flashed through my head again. My heart was still filled with guilt that Ailis and I had ruined something so special for my mother. Why hadn't we fixed it yet? I glance around the room. It looks like my mother and sister had ordered pizza. I leaned forward opening the box to grab a slice. It was completely empty.

"You guys didn't save any for me?" I mumbled closing the lid to the box before setting it to the side.

"Oh I'm so sorry, we didn't know when you were going to get here. You were supposed to be here around forty minutes ago," I rolled my eyes. The pizza wouldn't have even been cold by then.

"That's okay, I ate before I came," I lied and my stomach knew I was because in that very moment it began to growl in protest. I did my best to cover it, coughing just loud enough to hide the noises.

"You should get that checked out," Lily teases as she turns to my mother. "Yeah so Henry is the sweetest boy I've ever met and I really think he could be the one," I wanted to barf at the name Henry. What did he think he was, prince charming? Isn't that where names like that came from?

We sat on the couch discussing things for the next couple of hours. Well more like my mother and sister chatted while I stared up at the ceiling putting my two cents where it would fit but mostly getting ignored. I didn't want to be here. I wanted to be with Nathan, he always seemed to pay attention to me even if there was so much going on.

"I kind of have a boy too," I input my thoughts, my mother and sister freeze for a moment before looking at me.

"Well why didn't you say anything earlier?" My mother beamed, "How long have you two been dating?" My heart sank as soon as she asked. Why hadn't she asked earlier? Did she not care about what was going on in my life now that I was in college?

"Well technically we aren't dating," I mumbled waiting for somebody to argue my first statement then. It didn't take long for Lily to jump in.

"So you don't have a boy then," I shrugged my shoulders. I wanted to fight her but I felt like there was no need to. I would give anything for Ailis to be here right now. I thought about calling him, but there was no way all the clicking noises wouldn't set my mother and sister off. They would label me as a freak. I decided to excuse myself. They weren't paying any attention to me so there was no reason for me to sit here and listen to their banter back and forth.

I removed myself from my seat before heading up the stairs. I was going to head to my room to call for Ailis. He would be able to entertain me. He always seemed to find a way to make me smile even if I was so annoyed I wanted to scream.

Collapsing on my bed I decided there was no point in me being here at all. I didn't need to see Lily. The only reasons I would ever want to was to get my clothes back. Suddenly an idea came to mind. Maybe that's what I needed to do. Maybe I needed to head into her room so I could gather all my clothes she had stolen from me.

I thought back to all the times she used to return home. Every time she would drop off a pile of my clothes and soon others would go missing. That was if she was home long enough to unpack. Most the time she just added to her collection. My closet was always shrinking when she was around. She had a serious problem. I pull myself off my bed heading towards the hallway. If I remembered correctly my mother had said she was going to be staying with us for a little while. Maybe she was here long enough that she brought all the clothes she needed to trade out. I entered her room, trying to be as quiet as I could as I race straight towards her suitcases.

My heart jumps as I work on opening the first one. I could see shirts of my hanging out, as if she had bypassed them when she was getting dressed this morning. I quickly started ruffling through her stuff when the door opened. I hadn't heard anyone coming up the stairs. My heart stopping dead as the footsteps echo across the floor. I had been busted.

I shook my head waiting for my mother to yell at me. I felt like she was the only one who would have noticed I was gone long enough to come search for me. Lily and I were never close enough to worry about each other. If she wasn't around she wasn't on my mind. I knew my mother had wanted us to be closer so I had figured she was the one who chased after me.

"Why do you always have to act like this?" Lily questions in her perfect innocent voice. I wanted to punch her. I wished my sister and I were closer but she was never around. If she would have came to more things growing up I wouldn't be so concerned with her stealing my clothes. Because if she was around at least I would know I would get them back. Every time she left I didn't know for how long she was gone.

"Act like what?" I fold my arms over my chest glancing around her room. She had brought a few bags of things. It looked like she was staying for a while. Of course since she didn't live with us she stayed in the guest room.

"Like I've stolen the most important thing in the world. Like your phone charger or something," I rolled my eyes at the girl. She was being ridiculous.

"Just give me all my clothes back please," I mumbled. She scoffed before digging through her bags pulling out a few items and handing them to me. I searched through the items frustrated that I hadn't even noticed they were gone... Except for one. Lily handed me a red dress that I had picked out for my sweet sixteen birthday party. It was my favorite dress I had ever purchased and it took me months to find it. I rolled the material through my fingers until I found a large tear at the bottom of the dress. It was split on the seam about six inches up the skirt.

I wanted to cry at the thought of my favorite dress behind destroyed all cause my sister was too inconsiderate to ask before she borrowed things. I looked around the room noticing a bunch of gold necklaces sitting by her door. What if someone were to borrow those? Without thinking I grabbed all of my clothes from her and turn towards the door. Trying my best to ignore the gold. I wasn't going to stoop to her level.

Maybe Ailis could fix this problem with a whole new wardrobe.