Paris couldn't believe what she just heard. A sister? Alessia has a sister and she never told her?
Why would she keep that from her?
Her countless questions were cut short when she heard the two girls speaking.
"What are you doing here?" Alessia asked harshly to her sister.
"Calm down will ya little sister? I just wanted to come back home after being gone for so long. Is that so awful?"
"Why are you here Cassidy?" Alessia asked again in the same tone.
"I missed my home and my family why else."
"Am I supposed to believe that?" She scoffed.
Paris for a moment thought they had forgotten she was there at all so she tried to quietly remove herself from the siblings quarrel. That's it until Alessia noticed her and narrowed her eyes in suspicion at her.
"What were you doing with her?" Alessia asked now to Paris rather menacingly.
How is she supposed to tell her that her sister is the hot chick who she made out with last night.
"Uh, you know just... chatting...?"
"You know my sister?" Cassidy asked this time.
"I do-" she was cut off by her angry looking friend.
"And how do you know Paris?"
This whole conversation is starting to give her a headache, the last thing she wanted was to be trapped in the middle of a sibling rivalry.
"Paris? Nice name and we met last night. Good night that was eh?" Cassidy responded - the first part was directed for her sister while the second to Paris, but she could sense that it was also said to piss off her sister.
Then it seemed like it finally clicked for Alessia as realization painted her face. "You made out with my sister?!" She said rather loudly grabbing the attention of a few customers.
Paris could see Sean at the counter looking their way and once he noticed who the other girl was he sent a look of pity towards Paris. As if when someone knows you're going to die, yes that kind of look.
"In my defense I didn't know you had a sister and I didn't know her name either."
"Breaks my heart that you didn't talk about me to your friend lil sis. Do I embarrass ye?" Cassidy said still with that mischievous look on her face.
It was obvious that she was already driving Alessia to her breaking point which was weird. It was strange to see Alessia like this since she's always so sweet and calm. Luckily she managed to stay composed - most likely cause she's at work and has already made enough fuss.
"Get out of here Cassidy you're not welcomed." That was all she said but before turning to leave she gave me a look that I knew it meant that we'll talk later. She started to walk away but was stopped by her sister speaking up.
"I want to see our grandmother Alessia."
"That's a shame." She lastly said before getting back to work.
So much thinking about the girl from last night just for her to end up being Alessia's sister.
"Are you gonna leave?" Paris asked bluntly, not caring if it came out rude she just wanted to know.
"Na really I'll just walk around and come back when they close." Cassidy said now looking at her. "Want to come with?"
Something's tells her that Alessia wouldn't like that.
"Sure I have nothing else to do." She shrugged and followed the Scottish girl out of the shop.
However as they left Alessia took notice of it. Watching her best friend leave with her sister made a feeling of anger and jealousy appear in her heart. Cassidy has always done this, befriending the little friends Alessia had and at the end they liked her better; at the end they only came around so they could hang with her sister and when Cassidy lost interest her friends disappeared. Every single time.
"Didn't know Cassidy was back." Sean said as he served coffee.
"Neither did I. I guess she thought it would be a pleasant surprise." She said sarcastically.
"I know how you get when Cassie is here, don't let her get to you." Sean advised her before walking away.
"Easier said than done," she muttered.
It was hard to compete with her sister when she was so loved by everyone even by their own parents when they were alive Cassidy was always their golden child and could do no wrong while Alessia was just... Alessia. Nothing she ever did could be seen as outstanding, not in the way her sister was.
It might seem like a childish grudge against her older sister but she cannot help it. Their parents planted it there when they decided to show favoritism between the siblings.
The worst thing about favoritism is that it doesn't make you resent your parents. It makes you resent your sibling. Even if it's not their fault.
There are also more reason for her dislike of her older sister of course but that is a stand out.
She just hoped Paris won't like everybody else and prefer her sister. But she wouldn't blame her if she did.
"I'm sensing that you and your sister are not on the best terms." Paris said to the tall girl as they walked around the streets of the town.
"What made you say that?" Cassidy asked with a chuckle.
"Oh you know just the glares and she practically kicking you out of the bakery," she shrugged making Cassidy let out a laugh.
"I suppose it was kind of obvious."
"And now she knows about me - us kissing."
"Aye, she will hate me more than she already does now." Cassidy said with grimace.
"Sorry." Paris said starting to feel guilty.
"Na, don't be our rocky relationship is from way back."
"Why do you two have a rocky relationship?" she bluntly asked. She might be overstepping given that she only just met the girl, but this was different, this had something to do with Alessia and Paris cared about her more than she let on sometimes.
"You do not have a filter do you." Cassidy said in amusement.
"What good does having a filter does other than sugarcoating the truth and beating around the bush. Yes is useful sometimes but in truth does more damage than helping." The comment did not surprise Paris in the slightest, she had been told that all of her life. Sometimes it would be 'you're being rude' 'you need a filter' 'just shut up' or her father's favorite 'you will show me respect.' It was always the same and the complain didn't bother her anymore, this however didn't mean she had always the need to say something inappropriate. No. She knew when to shut up it's just that sometimes she didn't want to or cared.
The problem always was that Paris loved to piss people off.
She knows how bad that sounds.
Something Riley always complained about but didn't care enough abour either. However she was self aware her words could hurt people so she knew who and when to say them.
Riley. It's been days since she last thought of her. They were days she missed her, but soon remembered why they weren't together anymore and she was filled with bitterness and heartbreak, she wasn't completely over Riley yet she knew that. That's why she couldn't see her. Not yet.
"Hey," I heard Cassidy call out.
"Sorry I got lost in thought."
"Aye you were out for a moment. But you were right about you said."
"Was I?" She chuckled.
Cassidy nodded. "I like a straightforward person, beating around the bush is tiring."
"That wasn't the only thing you liked about me last night," she decided to flirt.
"Indeed it wasn't bonny." Cassidy with the same teasing tone.
"A shame we couldn't finish."
"A shame," she smirked as they walked.
"Your grandmother hates me you know." Paris changed the subject making Cassidy laugh.
"You do look like the type she would dislike."
"Are you serious!" She exclaimed in disbelief. "And how exactly 'do I look.'"
"Conceited." Cassidy grinned making Paris push her playful as the strood around town.
They spend the rest of the afternoon walking around and chatting getting to know each other but not talking about anything too personal. Just the common things, normal chat. She enjoyed talking to Cassidy, she liked her to some level and they clicked well. Paris even wanted to continue were they left off that night at the club and by insinuations made that evening by Cassidy she knew that so did she, but the thought of Alessia stopped Paris from doing so.
But for how long could she resist the alluring girl?
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