with arms wide open

[anthony samuel costello]

it was a friday afternoon and sammy was already bored today, being locked up inside his dorm and having nothing to do. he wanted to see if hannah wanted to hang out today but he didn't want to bother her right now. so, he decided to bug detta. its been a while since the last time sammy and detta hung out. he misses his little sister and wanted to catch up, wanting to know what's going on with her and such. so, he took a quick shower and got ready. he put on a blue/white stripes polo shirt with a blue hoodie, along with blue jeans and his favorite black converse to match with the outfit. he grab his sunglasses and his car keys from the dresser and walked out of his dorm. he headed over toward the parking lot while sending a quick text to detta. hey stranger.. long time and no chat. wanna hang out? meet me at the park in ten minutes? --sammy. he send the message while getting inside his car. he turn on the engine and drove out of the parking lot. thankfully, the park wasn't too far away from his dorm. the drive took about eight minutes between the parking lot to the park.

sammy arrived to the park at the time he told her he would arrived. he found an empty bench by the playground and sat down. he look around the area and waiting patiently for detta to arrived. he then felt his phone vibrate and notice it was a message from his sister. he read the little message she send and put his phone back inside his pocket. he slide his into his pockets from his hoodie while looking around the park. a small sigh had escaped from his lips.

after the secret came out of detta having cancer on christmas day, sammy hasn't been the same. he's still the same old sammy but only on the outside. on the inside, he's actually upset and heartbroken that he had to hear the secret from an annoyous blogger instead from his little sister. he thought they had a close relationship and tell each other everyone, but maybe that was just a lie. after the secret, sammy has been drinking again. he stopped once after his mom convinced him before her wedding. he promised himself that he would stop drinking and never do it again but sadly enough, he broke his promise and has continued drinking. he's trying to stop but what's the point? he knows he has a drinking problem for about couple weeks now, but he doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon. if his mom ever found out about him being on the wagon again, who knows what she would do to him. he doesn't see what's wrong with drinking, it always makes his problems go away.

sammy and detta's relationship is hanging on the edge of a cliff right now. he made a promise to detta to just pretend that nothing happened with her having cancer and act like nothing's wrong. he's just trying to make his little sister happy and if that's what she wants, then that's what she's gonna get. he may be happy and all smiling on the outside but that's because he's hiding away his pain of possibly losing his sister. she's too young to die and there's so much that she hasn't done yet. he was hoping to see her graduate high school and go off to college, see her get married and have a family with whoever she ends up marrying, see her becoming an aunt and etc.

tagged: detta (ruby)
notes: finally! sorry i had to wait for a week for my sammy muse to arrived which is weird. xD

[vendetta raelynn williams]

nobody had really been the same since the gossip chick spilled her secret. vendetta had been so angry at first. so angry that the gossip chick had dug into her medical files and told the school about her secret. it wasn't her's to tell. this was not just some game. it was not a small thing to joke about. this was her life. it was her secret, and she was going to tell her family and friends when she was ready. and to top it off, the girl had posted it on christmas day. of all days, she had to do it on christmas. this was one of the very few holidays that detta got to have and it was completely ruined. she had tried so hard to make this christmas perfect for her and everyone else, and it was ruined with just one blog. it wasn't right. that bitch had no right to share her secret like that, but there was nothing detta could do because the secret was out, and almost everyone was treating her differently.

first was sammy. that few days alone, they had done nothing but fought, and the two never did that. and it affected detta more than she let on. then there were the teachers who kept offering to talk to her. then there was claire who was usually generally nice to her was apologizing to her. then she had broken caleb's heart. and annie was giving her the silent treatment. the hardest part was telling her daddy and kelsey about her condition. sammy had promised he'd be there with her to tell them, but he hadn't. he had left her stranded. at first, her daddy had been angry. just angry with her, with kelsey, with himself, with the doctors, with god, and just angry with everyone. but he had broken down and started crying. it absolutely broke detta's heart to know that those tears were because of her. no one was the same. everyone had changed, and even though detta pretended to not see it, she knew. she knew no one was the same no matter how much they pretended that they were still the same.

because that was exactly what vendetta had been doing. pretending she was happy. force her smiles, force her laughs, force her excitement. on the outside, she was the exact same detta as before. cheerful, innocent, peacemaker, and just all around giggly. but on the inside. inside was someone who was sad, angry, and frustrated. the only one good news since the announcement was her relationship with caleb, but even that had been bad at first. and while she was extremely happy and relieved to finally be with caleb, detta was slowly dying on the inside too. and it was not because of the cancer cells. no, the cause was the people around her. they were different and it was hurting her, but she would never tell them. she would not show such a thing because she was determined to be strong for them. they wanted her to be happy and pretend that she wasn't dying. she needed them to help her fight this battle. but she was determined to pretend and fight for them. she'll pretend she had their strength to fight.

because she knew she had to fight for them to. she knew the news had affected them, and she had to fight for them. make them know that she was strong and that she wasn't going to die without a battle. that they had nothing to fear. that they had nothing to be upset about. detta was momentarily distracted from her thoughts and her dance routine as her phone rang from the corner of the room, the sound echoing. she shook her head, trying to rid the thoughts before making her way to her phone. she grinned at sammy's text. sure sammy! i'll be there in fifteen minutes. gotta shower first! =P she texted back before sending it and grabbing her bag to proceed to the change rooms for a shower. she tied her blonde curls into a bun before stepping under the showers. after a few minutes she stepped out, drying herself before stepping into her leggings and slipping a baggy over the shoulder sweater over her head. she slid into her grey boots before dropping into the driver's seat of her car. within a few minutes, she was at the park. she grabbed her phone as she made her way around the park, immediately spotting sammy. she grinned, "hi sammy!!!"

[anthony samuel costello]

since christmas say, anthony changed. at least that's what everyone is saying about him. maybe the things that he saw was funny didn't seem to make him laugh anymore, he doesn't smile much like he used to before, and . he's still the same old sammy that everyone enjoys hanging out with and talk to but there's just a lot of things that's going on through his mind. he doesn't know who he could talk to. sure, he could talk to the guidance counselor or one of his teachers or even his mom but they probably won't have the answers that he wants to hear. they're probably gonna tell him to talk to detta or work things out with her but he doesn't want to because there's nothing to work out. things are finally back to where they were before all the drama and he's hoping to keep it that way.

sammy is not gonna lie.. he missed his little sister. when they talk to each other, all they do is agrue which is rare for these two. he felt bad for saying those hurtful words to her and making her feel like she ruined his life because its not true. she never ruined his life and she's not whatever those hurtful words were. he was just being an asshole and stupid. he just wish he could take them back and make everything all better but sadly he can't. all he could do is apologize and be there for her whenever she need her big brother. all he could do is tell her that everything is gonna be all right and to keep her chin up. there's really nothing he could do except try to be happy.

since finding out she has cancer, his life turned upside down. he started drinking once again and this time he doesn't know if he could stop. he stopped last time was because his mom told him some hurtful words that was true and took them to heart. he knows his dad has a drinking problem and he promised himself that he would not become like him but the divorce was really hard on sammy. what kind of person would cheat on their own wife and leave their family for another one? thankfully the first time wasn't too big of a deal unlike now. he knows he made a promise to detta and swear on his life that he would stop but he just cannot do it. drinking is the only thing that makes his problems go away and make everything feel good again. who knows when he'll stop?

something caught his attention as he notice couple of little children running around and playing in the playground. he then heard someone saying his name. he turned around and notice detta had finally arrived. he gave her a little smile and said, hi detta!! he got up from the bench and gave his sister a little warmly hug. he doesn't know why he did that but he felt like he needed to. he was happy to see her and spend another day with her. after the greeting hug, he pulled detta away and looked down at the floor while sliding his hand inside his pockets and then looking back at her. uh.. thank you for coming. i just needed to get out of my room and do something except staring at the ceiling. he said, letting out a small chuckle. he didn't know too much to say right now except keep apologizing about everything that he did.


tagged: detta (ruby)
notes: blah..