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AN: here's chapter 5. Enjoy people.

Lila's POV:

I waited in the parking lot for Ashton. While I was waiting, an Jared approached me and I had a flashback to the last time I saw Xander.

"Hey," he grinned that sleazy smile of his, "you wanna go somewhere with me?"

I looked at him in disbelief. Is he always this thick? "Why the hell would I want to go somewhere with you?"

Jared looked taken aback for a moment, "Well, I saw that you were waiting for somebody and I thought-"

"That it would be you?" I finished for him and he went slightly red when I started laughing, "the world doesn't revolve around you, dingus. You'd do well to remember that fact."

Ash's car rolled up and I sat inside, glaring at Jared. As we drove away, Ash said, "I heard the entire conversation. You remind me of my friend."

"Who?" I asked curiously.

"You don't know her," Ashton said quietly.

"Oh," I replied, "well, I would like to meet her. She sounds like a lovely person."

Ashton smiled sadly, "She died."

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The rest of the ride passed by with little small talk. At long last, we reached the mansion- my old home. I had to fight the tears that threatened to fall and talk with a lump in my throat.

We walked to the front door and rang the doorbell which emitted a shrill sound. The door opened to reveal my third oldest brother.

Drake's eyes widened when he saw me, "Mystery Girl?"

Great.

Drake's POV:

"You know her?" Ashton asked, confused, looking between me and MG.

"I- yeah," I replied, a balloon of hope expanding in me, "can we talk, please?"

MG nodded and I grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the living room where the rest of my brothers were.

"Charlotte, Noah and Greg, out," I said. They obeyed, exchanging confused glances with Ashton who was behind me. When they were out, I shut the door, not missing the way MG's hand twitched towards her waist or how she automatically got into a small fighting stance.

"Who's- Mystery Girl?" Axel's expression mirrored mine and Vito's head snapped up. The other three looked confused.

Lila's POV:

A string of colourful vocabulary clouded my mind; I was so idiotic to come here and even more idiotic to say 'mystery girl' to Drake at the airport.

"Who's this 'mystery girl'?" I decided to play dumb.

"You are," Drake replied, "I saw you at the airport and at Leon's house." Fab. He had a good memory.

"Oh!" I exclaimed with fake realisation, "you're talking about my twin, Anita," did I really just play the 'twin' card?

Drake didn't seem to buy it, "Oh really? Your twin? Well, then, can we meet her?"

Damn you and your clever mind, I thought, "Uh, no, you can't," I looked down with crocodile tears shining in my eyes, "she left." Nice save.

Drake scoffed, "Oh really?"

"Drake," Aless said warningly.

"Please, can we not talk about this?" I begged, unsure if I would be able to keep up this facade any longer. Without waiting for an answer, I exited the room, real tears streaming down my face. Why did it have to be so hard?