"He's on his way."
"Thank you."
Aurora replied as she grabbed her last suitcase and rolled it towards Zoe's car.
Amelia was on her trail.
"Why didn't you just tell him?"
She asked causing Aurora to halt.
"Because I've got this and don't you dare say a word to him."
Amelia raised her hands up in surrender.
They were okay Aurora would like to think. She still remembered the night they'd become actual sisters instead of the pretending they used to do.
The memory of Amelia's tears as she stepped outside onto the porch was imprinted in her brain. Aurora placed a box of tissues in front of her sister's face as a peace offering.
She grabbed it as she wiped at her eyes.
"Came to gloat?"
Amelia asked, her eyes cut into slits as Aurora took a seat beside her.
She shook her head.
"Why am I gloating when we're both cut off. I don't have a car or tuition money either so..."
Amelia's eyebrow arched.
"You really like him huh?"
Aurora looked at her sister, noticing the look she gave her. Amelia was trying to read her.
"You do. That's why you won't break up with him to not get cut off."
Aurora shrugged.
"Logan abandoned staying at his parents for Christmas vacation because his mother tried to break us up. How would I look breaking up with him for a car and tuition?"
"Smart."
Amelia retorted as Aurora rolled her eyes.
"I'm not you Amelia."
"I can see that."
Aurora got to her feet.
"I can see that this was a waste of time."
She said turning on her heel to re-enter the house.
"Wait."
Amelia sighed.
"You have to get that this is really weird for me."
Aurora sat down.
"How do you think I feel? I don't want your sloppy seconds."
Amelia chuckled.
"I've heard that before."
Aurora looked up at the sky.
"Look I'm sorry about the way we went about things. When I found out he was your boyfriend, I did keep my distance."
"But Logan pursued you?"
Aurora nodded.
"Did he do the same with you?"
Amelia shook her head as she smiled.
"Nope. He came up to me once and the moment I found out who he was, his reputation, I wasn't about to let him go."
"You do know how wrong that sounds?"
Amelia shrugged.
"Logan's mother and father are well known people. My ticket to achieving my goals. Honestly I didn't care too much for Logan, just about getting what I wanted."
"Why the tantrum then?"
Amelia chuckled.
"Funny thing is. I wanted mom and dad, especially dad to see you weren't the poster child for good behavior. I ended up getting the both of us cut off and spending a really hard Christmas together."
Aurora could hear her sniffles as she slid closer to her.
"You do know that you're the one that stopped hanging with me?"
"Because you were making your own friends. Getting into your own groove, you didn't need me anymore."
Aurora placed her hand over Amelia's shoulder.
"You're my big sister. I looked up to you."
Amelia placed her head on Aurora's shoulder.
"I just didn't think I was worthy for you to look up too."
"Don't be crazy. You have your ways but you're not half bad."
Amelia playfully shoved Aurora.
"Hey!"
Aurora lifted up her hands in surrender.
The honking of Zoe's car horn, brought Aurora back to the present day.
"Can I give you some advice?"
Aurora loaded her suitcase into the trunk.
"Sure?"
"Don't lie to him. Logan doesn't like being lied to and as soon as he finds out what happened he'll be there for you."
Aurora nodded.
"I'll tell him eventually."
She bent forward, coming face to face with the melon shaped baby bump.
"And you cute stuff keep your mom out of trouble okay?"
Amelia rubbed at her stomach, smiling.
"The only trouble I'm in is walking around campus with a baby bump."
"Then you should tell the father?"
Amelia arched her eyebrow.
"And risk being the talk of the campus. I don't think so."
Aurora could sense that there was more to her excuse about hiding her pregnancy from Mateo but she didn't have time to pry.
She hopped into Zoe's car.
"Be safe."
She said to Amelia who leaned on the door to the car.
"Your boyfriend is driving. I won't reach to school until tomorrow."
The three chuckled.
"Zoe take care of my sister."
"I always do."
Zoe said as they said their final goodbyes.
The ride to USF was one filled with songs upon songs. Zoe and Aurora played and sang every song they could possibly think of.
"After winter, must come spring."
Zoe sang, as she lowered the volume.
"You know it's weird to see you and Amelia act like actual siblings."
Aurora shrugged.
"It feels weird sometimes but I'm glad we've buried the hachett."
"You just have to work on the ones with your parents now."
A sigh escaped Aurora's lips.
"Yeah really work on it, my father is not a fan of Logan."
It was pretty simple, her father had told her. Break up with Logan and he'd gladly fund her to go to college. If she didn't, community college was it.
Aurora knew her father thought the threat would work. Get her to a point where she knew she had no other options but she did.
Unlike Amelia, Aurora did save and had a job last semester. Enough to pay her rent and half of her tuition. She needed to put aside for her basic living needs and any other things she might happen to need.
She worked out a tuition payment plan with administration and talked to Patsy about taking up more shifts.
It would be an added burden to her already hectic life but it was one she was willing to adjust to. Amelia was right, she did really like Logan and she wasn't about to let anyone come between them until they both got a chance to see where their relationship would go.