It is now morning. Six AM to be exact. Everyone in the house is packing, even Blake. He decided to go with them, so when this is all over he could tell Ava the secret. He didn't want her to be in the dark. The longer they wait to tell her, the more hurt she will be. He hasn't gotten approval from Ariel and Eric to tell her yet, but he was certain they would say yes. Or will they? Eric worries that Ava will find out. He was thinking about how she would hate them for not telling her that she had a brother AND that her brother is a Titan. He is in his room pacing, worrying about what the day may bring.
Everyone is in the car. Ariel in the drivers seat, Eric in the passenger side, and Blake and Ava in the back. Blake is just playing on his phone when Ava pokes his shoulder. Ava feels embarrassment having to ask him this, but she wants to watch something on his phone with him. She is very bored and they still have a long way away from Shang Hei. "Hey uhm Blake.. can we uh watch something on your phone? Like Disney Plus or something?" Blake is touched by this. He was usually a hard, emotionless guy, but seeing his sister wanting to do something with him made his heart melt. Never in his life has he experienced a sibling kind of love. When he was younger, he got teary when seeing other kids in the Titan and underwater village with their sisters and brothers.
He was so stuck in his thoughts that Ava thought he was icing her out. "Jeez you could've just told me you didn't want to share." Ava's heart aches. The one time she opens her layers to this guy she never met that's supposedly her cousin or something, he ices her out! "No no sorry, I was in my thoughts. Of course we can watch something." Ava smiles and sits closer to him, looking as he puts on a movie. Ava used to be very quiet and to herself, but since all these people showed up in her life (Chloe, her Mum, her Dad, and Blake), it made her change slowly to the energetic baby her mom used to know. Blake ends up putting the movie Mirai. It's about an older brother and his younger sister. Blake thought maybe giving her hints before he tells her, so she won't be as angry. Who knows? Maybe she will figure it out by herself.
About an hour later, the movie is close to being done. Blake looks over and sees Ava slobbering all over his shirt. 'You're glad I have somewhat of a brotherly love' he says in his thoughts. He pats her head and softly hugs her shoulders. She shuffles, then adjusts herself on the other side of the car. Blake wipes off her spit and chuckles to himself. 'If this is what siblings do, leave me out of it.'
In the past hour, Ariel and Eric have been whispering things to each other. "Eric, what will happen if she finds out? She will be understanding, right?" "I don't know.. she will want to know why we didn't tell her." "We can't tell her that we didn't tell her she had a brother because we didn't trust her! That would make her even more mad!!" "It's not our fault we thought she would tell the queen!!" "I guess, but still.. I feel like we should have told her. She wasn't even that close to the Queen. When I observed them from afar, it seemed like she hated the Queen." "She didn't even know who you were back then. We have to tell her in time.. Maybe when she is eighteen." "Alrighty then..."
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To explain the whole Queen thing:
If Ava told the Queen about her brother, the Queen would want to claim him too. She wants to stop Ariels whole family from achieving anything. Basically, Ariel's family was destined for greatness even before Triton was born. The Queen was able to stop Ariels mother and father from getting their whole legacy, but Ariel was very powerful and was able to fight for this long.
If you were wondering Ariels last name, it will be revealed in time 😊
It's not that important to have a BIG reveal, but I just want to hold you guys off for a while 😜
I hope this helped :)