"Oh, Honey!" Diana kept saying over and over again to me. I wanted never to leave her arms. I looked up into the sky blue eyes that I shared with her, and Taylor. "Is it really true?" I asked tears streming down my face. "Yes, very true, very, very true." She said hugging me again. I broke away from her grip. I looked over at my supposed brother. I knew it was true. It was the most surest thing I ever thought. "But, Jordy, I remember vaguely, why so vaguely?" I asked walkeing towards him. He was sort of standing away, I wanted to be close again. "I don't know Ray, but I remember, and that's all that counts." Taylor said wrapping me in a hug. We were about the same height. "Am I interrupting?" A voice came from behind. We turned around to see Tori standing at the doorway, she was crying also. "Why not more hugs? Come here!" I said grabbing her and Taylor both in a hug. i didn't want to let go, but I didn't know what would happen next. Who was the lady sitting at home in Ramsey?
Tori
I was so happy to see that Jordan and Ray remembered. I felt so stupid that I had run out like that. I don't know what would have happened had Walker not come after me. After this little hug-fest was over, Ray turned to Diana and asked," Who's the woman who was supposed to be my mother?" Diana sighed, and sat back down. We resumed our positions on the couch. Ray sitting next to Taylor, and me next to Taylor. "Rach, the woman is your maternal aunt. My sister. Her and her husband were unable to have kids. They found this out when Clarke was born. She was always joking with me, saying that if I had tiwns, she should get one, and I'd joke back with her. Well, when Jordan and Rachel were born, she took that statement to heart. We became estranged. Barely even writing. When Tori moved, and Rach went into depression, we sent her to stay with them for a few weeks. We were hoping that a change of scenery would help. And that having a kid would help May a little. Well, they moved. And never told us. We couldn't find you, and after we moved back from South America, we knew we'd never find you." I sat in shock. This came as a blow to me. I remember their aunt May. She always brought the best gifts. But, I couldn't even begin to imagine how poor Rachel felt. She found out that her whole life has been a lie.
Rachel
I sat there thinking the whole time Diana was talking to me. I had flashbacks, this time not of Tulsa, but of Tommy, Jimmy, and the rest of my Ramsey friends. I remembered when I was smaller....we'd all be very happy together like nothing in the world mattered, and we were just safe under the stars. I couldn't think of anything worse now. I should have been with my other family...I hated every one of them, like they knew all along, and betrayed me. My mother, the woman sitting at home right now, she was not my mother. The women sitting next to me was my mother, the one with the shaky blue eyes and long blonde hair.....like me. "So, what are we going to do?" I asked a little fratic. I could picture the fight that was going to happen. Between the whole neighboorhood. Evewrybody was way to protective of me, and I knew they wouldn't let me leave without a little fight. It was like trespassing. "You have to show us where you live Rachel, I need to confront my sister, once and for all, and then...well...and then I guess you'll come with us." Diana saids looking hopeful. I knew I needed to go. I needed to live qwith these people. Getto know the other brother's and sisters I haven't even talked to yet, I needed to, even if it meant leaving the only life I had, I need to.
Tori
I know I should be happy that Ray and Taylor would be back together. But, what about me? I lost them once. I wasn't going to again. I had to speak up. "Um, I'm glad you guys are together again, but what about me?," I asked. "What do you mean?," Diana asked. "Well, you guys are going home to Tulsa. How do we know that it won't happen again? I mean, what if we lose touch again? I couldn't bear that," I said, tears welling up in my eyes. "I can't go through that again!," Ray cried. She rushed over and hugged me tightly. I had lived eight years without my best friends. I wasn't about to do that again. "Neither can I," Taylor said. I looked at him. I wondered why I had never noticed how blue his eyes were. "What are going to do?," Walker whispered to Diana. "I have an idea! Tor, you're still homeschooled, right?," Ray asked. I nodded. She went on. "Well, why don't you come on tour with us? I mean, it would be a blast, and give us time to catch up!" I looked to Diana and Walker for approval. I knew my parents would say yes. It was unevitable. "We'd love to have you tag along. We'll talk to your parents," Walker said. Ray and I started to cry. After years of separation, we'd be together again. The adults left the room so us teens could be alone. "I'll never understand girls. Why they cry over such little things," Taylor said. "Little things? You call spending time with Tori, our best friend, little? Ha!," Ray said. They started to argue over what was more important. Spending time with me, or the three of us being together again. Ray won the agruement. "Just like old times, huh? You two arguing, me watching. It always ended up the same way! Ray winning!" My remark was followed by me being tackled by Taylor. We ended wrestling. As usual, being stronger, he won. I ended on the floor with him pinning me down. I stared in to the abyss that was his eyes.