Twins of kalos (5th place in Adventure) PWA 2018

Chapter 48: Confession*

I landed safely on the floor after my borrowed Pokémon flew over the park. Fixing my shirt, I looked around to find Serena, but Trevor seemed to have found me first

"Sophia" he waved and ran over

"Hey Trevor... have you seen Serena anywhere?"

"Yeah, she's with the others. Follow me" I nodded and followed him around the park "I was just going to get something to drink. Do you want something?"

"Oh! Uh... a water should be fine" he nodded happily and ran to a near by shop to get one. I could feel Serena's aura becoming closer, but I felt another aura that was much closer. Trevor came back before I had the chance to find him. Where is he..?

"There you go!" Trevor handed me a water bottle. I nodded as a thanks and followed him again until I saw Serena and her friends, even Aria, sitting on a table near the ice cream stand. Trevor went on ahead to sit with them. When coming over, Serena looked up to look at him then later noticed me. She jumped out her seat and hurried over

"Sophia-chan!" She took my hands "where have you been? It's already late... we were about to leave"

"Good thing I came on time..." I squeezed her hands "I have something I really need to tell you" she looked back at her friends staring at us and pulled me away from everyone to find a quiet spot for us to talk

"I think this is a good spot" she had me sit on a bench "where have you been this whole time? You're getting mom worried now" she pouted

"I'm sorry for that, but I needed some time to myself before putting together what I wanted to tell you for a long time... something very important"

"Tell me? Important?" I nodded. She looked down and sighed "well... if you don't mind" she looked at her lap, facing forward instead of me "I want to tell you something as well"

"You do?" She nodded

"Well... the truth is... ever since we moved here to Kalos without you, I've been feeling lonely" her hair hid her face "I try to surround myself with as many people as I can, but there's hardly ever a time where I didn't wish you were here with me. I always looked up to your talents and admired your confidence. Seeing you become such a success... I feel sad that I can't do anything for myself"

"W-what are you talking about? You have so much talents and success!" she sighed

"I was Kalos queen... that's not really a career. If you lose, you lose it all and pretty much have to start over. I love showcases, but what I do is simply for show. There can be other people who can out do me one day... I don't have a place where I can just stay in one place and do what I do best. You design from inspiration, and I create my show from inspiration from you. Every showcase I do, every performance is always because I'm thinking of you... just like when you told me your clothes are inspired by my personality. The only thing about that is... I don't have that much of a personality to begin with"

"Serena-"

"I fake so many of my smiles when I talk to others! I don't want them to see how I really feel. Day by day... to night, I always think how pathetic I am on how much of a dumb blonde I am. I don't pay attention to things, and it results me to saying dumb things or not realize things sooner. Even if I love showcases, I'm really insecure and I think very little of myself... I wish I had your confidence and I really wish I had your beauty. Even though we're twins, you were always more beautiful than I was" my eyes widened in horror. My sweet little sister... thought of herself like this the whole time? "I wanted to be perfect. I wanted to be good at what I do and stay where I am. I couldn't be Kalos queen forever, so I practice all the time and I skip meals. I'd figure that would be a way for me to keep weight off and not get distracted. I'd starve myself all the time... and eventually people started finding this out. Because I had an image to keep, I hold a lot of stress and it eventually gave me anxiety. I felt so much pressure to be this role model to everyone. I didn't want to be a let down, I want people to think I was really happy and the only happiness I truly had was always talking about how amazing you are" I took her hand, making her face me again