• Prologue:

    For as long as I can remember, I've had a decent life. The days with my family, Me, Rose, Henry, Mom and Dad, were incredible. We were a very close knit family and were always there for each other. My sister Rose and I were the closest I believe. We were sisters in blood, sisters at heart, sisters forever. Our family rarely fought. Except when Rose and I fought with Henry. But that was to be expected. We loved each other. Well at least that's what I thought... until the worst day...the worst thing, happened. Divorce. Now I knew something was up from about a week ago. Mom had skipped work a few times and one day I came home to dad weeping upstairs. But I never expected something so tragic. Rose and I had never split apart. We were "joined at the hip" as my mother used to say. I loved my sister. With everything my body could hold. She was more then a sister. She was my best friend and my guardian angel. But it seems that after 11 years of pure joy and happiness. Things collapsed. Shattered. I thought mom and dad were tight. That they would die together. But I guess the "I Do"'s at their wedding weren't enough to keep them that way. It was a normal sunny afternoon and we decided to go for a hike up and down the trails by our cabin. I walked along side Rose and we talked. I shot the occasional glance over to mom and dad. Who seemed pretty aggravated if you ask me. I shot Rose some curious glances as to what was going on but I guess she didn't see them fighting as all she said was "What's up Delilah? What's with the looks?". We got home that night and I went to finish the book I was reading. After a nice dinner Mom pulled Rose and I upstairs to talk while Henry was watching TV. This is it. I thought. Here is when I'm finally going to find out what's up.
    "Rose...Delilah..we h-have some news" Mom said in a shaky voice
    Rose and I exchanged a curious look
    Dad started explaining and I saw Rose stare out the window. I looked up at dad and when he finally finished explaining, I burst into a spasm of sobs. My eyes became crowded with tears and everything turned into a blur. I slowly sank to the ground clutching a tissue to my face and sobbed. I cried harder then I ever had or would. I buried my face in my knees. When my sobs quieted down to a soft sniffling I looked up at dad, mom and Rose. Rose had tears streaming down her cheeks. The depression had passed and now came the anger.
    "WHAT HAPPENED?! HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?!" I screamed.
    "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?!" Rose and I screamed together.
    After a few seconds letting the questions drift in the air Staying unanswered. Rose spoke.
    "Who gets full custody?" Rose demanded in a calm and quiet voice filled with pain.
    We both went quiet. Waiting for an answer. But that answer is what changed my life forever. That one sentence; Dad takes Delilah and Henry and I get Rose. Hurt me in ways I can not explain.




    Chapter one: Alone

    BEING HOME WITHOUT ROSE is the strangest feeling I have ever experienced. The house feels empty without her. And even though it has only been 2 days I already miss her. It's like when Mom left with Rose she took a piece of me with her. I have never felt so alone in my life. I walk around the house with a gloomy expression on my face and a heavy heat. Ever so often dad would come up to me and remind me that everything is going to be OK. But I know that the all-too-clear truth is staring me right in the face. It's not going to be OK. It will never be OK. They took my sister from me. And nothing can make that OK. All I do is grunt and walk away. I went upstairs to my room and turned on my radio. I popped in a Paramore CD and cranked the volume. I lay there on my bed letting the blaring music burn my eardrums and carry away all of my problems and worries, curling up into a little ball and sobbing once again. I laid there for a good 15 minutes until my head pounded with a headache. I got up slowly and turned the music down to an almost silent tune. I went and sat on the edge of my bed, staring at my feet. I heard a knock on my door.
    "Come in" I said in a whisper. Dad came in and sat beside me. Putting a heavy arm around my shoulder. I shrugged him off.
    "I know this is hard for you. And I understand what your going through. But we have to be tough and stick it out."
    "No.." I said quietly "You don't understand. You took my sister away from me. Someone I share my own blood with. A part of me. But you took it away like it was nothing. You have no idea what I'm going through."
    He was silent. Secretly knowing I was right. And I was right. We sat there in the silence until something popped into my head. A question that was left unanswered.
    "Why did you separate us?" I asked.
    Dad gave a long sigh.
    "It was for your benefit. It won't be good for you to always be connected with your sister. There's a point where you'll just need to be separated, or you'll be soft as pillows"
    "I'd rather be a pillow then be alone."
    "Your not alone. You have me and your brother."
    "Oh yea. That's a big comfort." I retorted.
    Dad gave another sigh and left the room. Things went by slowly but at the same time they went by too fast and before I knew it, it was Labour Day and Rose, Henry, Dad and I were in Montreal. Tomorrow I would be going back to school. But this time, my sister wouldn't be walking by my side.


    Chapter Two: Something Different

    I walked slowly up the path towards the school building, not quite ready for the questions that were coming my way.
    "Hey Delilah. Where's Rose?" My friend Alexandra asked.
    I was silent. I wasn't ready to face our old friends. To answer the questions. I was certain I would start crying if I did.
    "Delilah?" Alexandra grabbed my shoulders. "What's wrong?"
    "i-it's nothing..."I stuttered and looked down. The tears were coming but I was determined to hold them back.
    She squatted and looked up so she was looking me in the eyes.
    "Tell the truth" she demanded quietly.
    I looked her in the eyes and before I knew it I was on the ground crying heavily with her arms wrapped around me. Stanton rushed over as soon as he saw Alexandra and I.
    "DELILAH!!" he screamed. "whats wrong?!"
    I felt a slight bit embarrassed. Sitting here on the ground with two people wrapping their arms around me. I pushed them off gently and stood up. I wiped the last tear from my face and decided I should tell them now.
    "Guys...." I started. "Rose isn't coming to school.."
    "Is she sick?" Stanton asked.
    "No...we....our parents..." I couldn't finish the sentence.
    "What about your parents?" Alexandra asked. I could see the worry on her face.
    "they...s-split up..." I could feel the tears coming to my eyes again.
    "Oh Delilah" Alexandra and Stanton pulled me into a tight hug. I didn't push them away this time.
    The bell rang for us to go inside. We walked down the halls together. With Alexandra on my left and Stanton on my right. We went to our lockers. Which were right beside each other. Got our books. And went to class. My first class was,sadly,without Alexandra and Stanton. So I had to face this by myself. It's going to be like this forever. I thought. I laid my head down on my desk and tried to pay attention to what the teacher was saying. Although I must say she isn't all that interesting. I had almost drifted off to sleep when the P.A system buzzed our room.
    "Mrs.Luphin please report to the office. Mrs.Luphin"
    "I'll be right back. Don't destroy anything" She said,
    I rolled my eyes and she left the room. Two twins, Luke and Fredrick, got up and started drawing on the chalkboard. According to gossip from before summer break, the twins have A.D.D or something. So they are always doing something. I lifted my head and looked around the room. I saw kids from before summer break and a few kids who looked new, but had just gotten tans. I decided to take a look at what the twins were drawing. Luke was drawing a picture of a cottage from what I could tell. And Fredrick was drawing something that looked like a p***s. Lovely. I sighed and laid my head back down on my desk. A few minutes later Mrs.Luphin walked into the room with a boy following close behind her. I smirked and raised my head. The twins rushed back to their seats and Mrs.Luphin erased their rather odd doodles.
    "Class, this is Cameron." She said, gesturing to the boy.
    I looked him over. Checking him out I guess you could say. But he wasn't even close to being attractive. Okay I'm lying. He was gorgeous. He was about as tall as me, maybe taller, with shaggy dark black hair and blond streaks. He wore black skinny jeans and a leather jacket on top of a white T-shirt. His eyes were a beautiful red-ish brown and he had rather pale skin. I stared at him with my mouth hanging open slightly and my eyes wide.
    "psst. Delilah. Close your mouth please" Dylan whispered to me.
    I shook my head out of the trance and closed my mouth. Damn he was gorgeous.
    "Cameron you can sit on the left side of Dylan over there" Mrs.Luphin said.
    Thank god he isn't sitting beside me. I thought.
    10 minutes later the bell rang. Ending first period. I walked out of the classroom and before I was clear of the doorway Cameron came running out with Dylan close behind him. Dylan's face was bright red in anger and Cameron's was full of fear. I wonder what pale boy did to upset Godzilla. I thought and chuckled. I backed away and Dylan tackled him. At first I thought pale boy was dead meat, but then something amazing happened. Cameron pushed Dylan off him with incredible force,got up,and punched him hard in the gut. Dylan fell backwards holding his stomach. Cameron looked around,grabbed his books,and left quickly. I turned away from Dylan and the gathering crowd and came face to face with Stanton.
    "What the hell happened?!" He said shocked.
    "Some new kid got on the bad side of Dylan." I said.
    Stanton shook his head in dis-belief.
    "And he did THAT to Dylan?"
    "Yup. Pretty amazing isn't it?"
    He nodded. I sighed and walked away. Wishing that Rose was here with me. He followed.
    "Jeez Delilah. This must be hard for you." He said. Changing the subject from the pale boy back to my misery.
    "It is..."
    The bell rang for second period. Stanton gave me a quick hug and ran to his second class.
    I walked slowly. Not wanting to be in school I decided to ditch. I stuffed my books into my locker and walked down the empty halls to the front door. I walked outside and,to my surprise,saw Cameron sitting under a tree reading. I walked by him, trying my hardest not to be seen.
    "I won't tell on you for ditching school." He said without looking up.
    "Um...thanks." I said.
    He looked up from his book and patted the spot on the grass beside him.
    I walked over and sat.
    "What book are you reading?" I asked.
    "Twilight" He replied.
    "Hm. Never heard of it. What's it about?"
    "It's about an ordinary teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire."
    "Is it good?"
    "Extremely."
    He looked at me and smiled.