I sip on my ice latte while watching Laurent staring at me in disbelief after hearing of what happened since two weeks ago.
"Damn, sis. Have you informed the other two?" he asks me.
"Nope. If they know, mama will know. And she will be hovering." I smiled softly.
"Yeah, be prepared. She is hovered over me when I moved here" he laughs.
"So, when are you getting to your training?" he asks me.
"I am not sure. Doctors said that I am not able to do extreme excerise. And I have not informed coach of what happened," I sigh.
"Have you told your brothers of your sport?" he looks at me knowingly.
"No. I am not sure if I can trust them. What if they take it away from me. Lau, its the only thing that can keep me happy and stable. I will die without it" I tell him sadly.
"I know. I think your brothers need to know about it and how it makes you feel" he pats my head softly.
"Everything alright?" James joins us back. The twins have disappeared after knowing that I know another guy that is also my brother figure.
"Yup. Just advicing her to open up more to you guys" Lau smiles at James. Who in return looks at Lau grateful.
I mean, I have not told them anything about me. So they will take any chance for me to share with them anything.
"Yes, Ana, you can always talk to us anytime about anything. We will love to listen" James smiles.
"Thank god, Luke is not here. He will be forcing me to open up right now" I smiled making James to chuckle with head shake.
"That is our brother for you" he laughs.
"Alright, you guys carry on with your shopping. Ana, I am sending my interior guy to redo your room," Lau stands up typing on his phone.
"We can find one ourselves" James tries to deny the offer.
"No, its okay James, this guy has been doing Ana's room for a long time. He knows her style inside out" Lau smiles. He walks out after kissing my head.
"What does he mean?" James looks at me,
"I rarely stay with mother. I always staying at Jack's, Laurent's or with my other two friends" I tell. This is opening up about me.
"That is why the two guys are close to you," James nods understandingly.
"Yeah, they both took care of me for as long as I can remember," I tell him as I bite into my chicken nuggets.
"Ana, can I ask you something? You do not have to reply if you do not trust me" James looks at me.
"Was living with mother bad? I mean like, did she abuse you?" James asks me.
"I do not remember. All I do not have any memories of me before I was 13 years old. And all the memories I have were the times I spend with Jack, Laurent and my friends. The recent car accident was the only time I spend with mother," I answer him.
"So, you are not sure of how you got the scars on your body" he ask me
"90 percent of them I do no remember. 10 percent of them came from my hobby," this conversation is shocking the hell out me. I am being super honest with James.
"Did you drug my food with something? I am like telling all the truth without feeling scared" I smile at him.
"No, I will never drug you. I happy to know that you trust me," James smiles brightly.
"Can you share with me about your hobby?" he looks at me waiting for me to finish my salad.
"Not now, I am scared to share about that. Let me know you guys better and I will share about it" I tell him.
"I understand. But know that I will support whatever you do as long as it not dangerous and will not cause you any harm," he pats my head.
"I do not get it why everyone likes to pat my head" I huff.
"I think it is our way of showing we care," he laughs.
"I have been sharing about me. What about you?" I look at him interested.
"What do you want to know about me that Luke and Ethan have not shared with you?" he asked me amused.
"Relationship, what inspired you to be a doctor?" I rested my chin on my palm.
"Well, I am still single and I am gay. I guess I wanted to be doctor, was mainly because of my best friend. He was poor and he could not afford to see doctors. He was abused by his parents. So, I always tended to his injuries. My passion grew from there. And I want to have a free clinic for abused victims, who can seek help for free and we will try to help them legally as well" he speaks deeply.
Something about his experience pricks my heart. And my head was hurting. As though memories were trying to resurface.
"Hey, you okay?" James calls out worriedly.
I nod.
"Come you two, Vince called asking us to return home" Alexander stands at our table.
"Lets' go. Have you boys gotten everything?" James looks at the twins nodded.
We drove home quietly. I wonder why the twins were too quiet.
As we walked into the house. I held Alex's arm pulling him backwards.
Once he saw I was the one pulling he smiles happily. And took over of pulling me to the back of the house.
As we exited from the back door, I saw a beautiful garden.
"Dad, loved gardening during his free time," Alex remises.
"Are you both okay? You both were super quiet on the way back" I ask him directly, he looks taken aback.
"Not really. It just hurts us that you already have brothers in your life. And I guess we are scared that we not mean anything to you" Alex informs me sadly.
"Alex, I do not really know what a family is like. I only know what care and affection feels like, thanks to Jack and Laurent. Now I finally have chance to have a normal family with you all. I am not saying the journey will be perfect. But I am willing to give it a try as long as I do not get hurt" I share with him my point of views.
"So far, only Alessio has been hurting me unknowingly," I tell him.
"Maybe he will apologise when he gives you a tour of the house later on" Alex speaks with hope.
Yet something tells me the tour will not end happily.