F•A•S•T//r.s.l.❣

3.4

"It's so lovely to see you again" Mom pulled me tight into her arms. "My little girl, how are you feeling"

"As good as I can right now" I smiled, but not even the smile could hide the tears brimming my eyes. Mom touched my cheek, wiping a quick tear. I brushed it off, grabbing my brother Lucas into a hug.

For once, the 15 year old who used to fight his way out of my arm, was now holding me in his dearly. He was my height now, unlike when I left him last year. His voice had changed, and he looked more like me.

"How are you?" He asked.

"I'm okay, how are you?" I smiled. He shrugged, but beamed at me.

I then walked to Dad, locking eyes with the cutest baby I had ever seen. Turns out whilst I was away, Mom and Dad had some 'action' and created my new sister Ellie, who was only 4 months old. She was doe-eyes with brown hair like the rest of us when we were babies. I picked her up, messing with her when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"This is my friend Athena" Ross introduced me to two people; a short blonde lady and a tall man beside her. "And these are my parents"

It was quite obvious that they were related because he looked exceptionally like his Mom and was tall like his Dad. I smiled at them both. "Hello, it's nice to meet you both! This is my sister"

"I didn't know you had a sister" Ross said, reaching for Ellie. Without a second thought, he took her out of my arms and walked away, speaking to other spies.

I was attacked from behind by Riker and Rocky. "I see you met our parents" Rocky smiled. "You see, I'm going to marry Athena one day"

Both families exclaimed. My eyes nearly popped out of my head.

"He's being an idiot" Riker put an arm around me. "I will- kidding"

I chuckled. "You guys are too cute"

Casey and Sierra approached me. "Hey everybody, so we thought we could all go out for some pizza tonight! Families included!"

"I heard pizza, I'm in" Lucas jumped in.

"I have a better idea; the adults can go out to a restaurant and the kids- to a certain extent- can go for their pizza" Mrs Lynch.

"And we could go to a trampoline place!" Ross reappeared, Ellie asleep in his arms. That guy is actually really good with kids.

"Sounds good for me! But what are we doing again?"

That was one of the many drawbacks of the last two weeks. My memory is worse than ever, and everybody has to take time explaining things to me. I've also been feeling tired, so I feel like the due date is coming closer and closer.

But it can't be just yet.

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I walked into the training area of the compound, where Ross was shooting arrows at multiple targets. He stopped upon seeing me, and smiled. "Up this early?"

"I, for once, don't feel like sleeping" I smiled. "What about you?"

"Just restless, so I decided to practise a bit; fix up the flick of the wrist"

"Excuse me?"

"Throwing knives" he laughed.

"Let me help, I'll stand in front of the target" he looked horrified. "Hey, we could make a pretty awesome Divergent reenactment, and the worst that can happen is you throwing a knife at my head"

He looked sad at what I said. "Don't say that like it's not a big deal"

"It isn't, I don't exactly have nothing to lose" I shrugged.

Ross walked over to me. "Sure, it will happen soon, but it doesn't mean you have to go Tris Prior in Insurgent selfless on me"

"Idiot" I chuckled and pulled him into a hug.

We figured that we were better off as friends rather than bearing the pressure of being a couple. I honestly preferred it that way.

"Now come on" I walked to the target and stood in front of it.

"I don't want to be responsible for killing you"

"You won't be, because I trust you" it felt as if that sentence had a deeper meaning to it, seen as he had a beaming smile on his face.

"Let's do this" he reached for the multiple knives lined up.

I tied all loose ends with everybody, and I was finally at peace with not only myself, but my family, friends and Ross (who got a category of his own).

"Wait" I said and he looked at me. "I forgive you"

There were no words to describe the smile he tried to hide. "That's- That's all I wanted to hear from you"

It was all sorted, it was all perfect. It was time.

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