"Mila?" 

The two girls turn around and are face to face with Ryan and no other than Amanda hanging in his arms. 

Mila gives Amanda a questioning look. She thought she was locked up in some mental hospital.

"By the look on your face, I guess you haven't heard that I'm declared sane," Amanda says casually. Mila and Irina don't miss the way she just pressed herself even more against Ryan. 

"No, we haven't" Irina answers through clenched teeth. 

"So, I guess you two are back together?" Mila questions, still not quite comprehending the sight before her. 

Ryan scratches the back of his neck awkwardly. He hates confrontations. He was hoping he wouldn't have to meet Mila again since they don't go to the same school anymore. 

"Of course. Ryan clearly couldn't stay away from me." She plants a hand on his bare chest, "Isn't that right baby?" 

Even though Amanda's gaze is locked up on her boyfriends, Ryan is looking at Mila. 

He has been thinking for the past week that he needed to say sorry to her for the way he ended their relationship, but then Amanda came back into his life.

Kyle and Sam make their way back to the group. Sam hasn't noticed his old friend yet.

He swings his arm around Irina, "Hey girls, me and my new bro Kyle was wondering when we were..." He leaves the sentence hanging in the air when he finally notices Ryan standing before them. 

"What is he doing here?" His voice drips with disgust. Sam has lost all respect for Ryan ever since he broke up with Mila, he thought his reason was cowardly and just a bad excuse.

Amanda looks at Sam, then back at Ryan, and then towards Mila. Confusion is written all over her face. 

"What is going on here?" She asks. 

"Oh, nothing important. Your ex-boyfriend..." 

"We are together again." Amanda interrupts.

"Who cares." Sam shots back, "He's a douche and a coward." He looks at them "You two deserve each other." 

 Sam then looks at Mila, Irina and Kyle. "I'll go find us a spot down at the water." 

Irina looks after him and then back at Mila, "I'll go after him." 

Mila nods her head. She knows that Irina will be only one who can get Sam in a good mood again. 

"I guess it's true what they say, red-heads has a short temper," Amanda says, "Isn't that right baby?" 

Ryan is still looking after his old friend when he mumbles a "Sure." 

Mila rolls her eyes and turns her attention towards Kyle, who has been watching the whole exchange. "Let's go too." He doesn't argue and follows her without saying anything. 

Ryan untangles himself from Amanda and grabs out after Mila. "Can we talk?" 

She looks down at his hand on her arm. "We have nothing to talk about Ryan. We broke up. Our story has ended." 

Mila removes his hand from her and continues her way towards the water. 

She lets out a breath and can't help but smile. 

Their story has ended, and a new one can start.

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"I had fun," Kyle says as he and Mila walk back towards their houses.

The sun has just set and the day is soon over.

After they had left Amanda and Ryan, Kyle and Mila quickly spotted Sam and Irina sitting on the sand talking and laughing. So Mila and Kyle agreed not to interrupt them, therefore they went over to the promenade and got something to eat. 

They got to know each other better. Mila learned that Kyle too had chosen to take a year off of school and figure out what to do with his life. Mila, of course, had another reason for taking a year off before starting college, but she just told him that, that was the same reason she had. 

"I'm glad," Mila says and smiles. She hasn't laughed so much in a long time.

Mila too learned that Kyle has been living in California all his life, but he and his mom needed a fresh start and moved to a new city. He never mentioned his dad which wondered Mila, but then again she never told him either why her family moved here two years ago. 

He seems like a nice guy, but Mila can't think about starting something with him. At least not before Peter's trial is over.

As they stand before Kyle's home, they hug each other goodbye and Mila makes her way over to her house. 

She notices that Chelsea's car is in the driveway, neither Nick's nor Robert's is there though.

It's quiet inside. Unnerving quiet.

The only sound there is is the faint sound of the waves in the distance.

Mila walks silently through the house, looking for her mom.

As she stands in the kitchen, she suddenly hears the faint voices coming from upstairs. 

She follows the voices.

They lead towards her parent's bedroom.

Mila can hear Chelsea's voice along with an unknown male voice. 

The door opens, and she halts at the sight. 

A man, who is not her dad, is undressing and kissing her mom. 

Chelsea notices her daughter and gives her a smug smile. "Well, hello Mila. I thought I taught you to knock." 

"I thought you were in trouble," Mila admits standing still. Not even blinking an eye. 

The man who was holding Chelsea springs away from her at the sound of Mila's voice. He then starts searching for his clothes frantically. 

Chelsea rolls her eyes, "They are over there." She points at the dresser. 

The dresser where Mila's dad's clothes are. 

Chelsea casually takes her clothes on too, when a voice comes from downstairs, "Mila, I'm home." 

Mila recognizes the voice as Nick's.

She can't find it in her to answer.

"Mila!?" He calls out again.

"Why don't you answer your brother, Mila?" Chelsea says with a smug smile. 

Mila narrows her eyes at her so called mom. She knew her mom had become cold. But this is not cold. It is evil. 

Nick's footsteps near the bedroom, "Mom, do you know where Mila is?" 

He steps inside, and he too stops right beside Mila.

"I think I better be going." The now fully dressed homewrecker says.

"I don't think so," Chelsea says and grabs his arm, and pulls him towards her. She pulls him in for a kiss. But not just a small one. No, this one is with tongues. 

Nick slowly backs out of the door, dragging his frozen sister with him, though neither of their eyes strays away from their mom kissing another man. 

Chelsea walks over to the door, still kissing her lover, and closes the door.

The two twins stand outside their parent's bedroom door. 

Trying to make sense of their mom's action.

That one is not hard though. 

They both know why she is doing it.

"I'm home!"

It's Robert's voice.

Chelsea wants to hurt Mila, and she has finally found a way to do so.

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This book is finally getting started!

I can't wait to begin writing the rest of the chapters of this book! The background story is now done, and now we can get on to the more exciting stuff!

What are your thoughts on this chapter?

I promise you that there will not be any of the normal teenage drama in this book.

The first part of this chapter was a scene I had to add, to introduce the last person before moving on to the next part...

Till next time

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