did you think that i would cry? -- raelynn | liam | becca

There he was, minding his own business at the local bar, when she walked in. This time, though, she looked different from usual. He hair had been straightened and she was dressed up like she was going somewhere fancier than usual. It didn't strike him as odd at the time, though maybe it should have.

She sat down at the bar and ordered a beer, showing what Liam assumed to be a fake ID. That also seemed unlike the girl he had thought he was getting to know at Lower Falls, but what was we to say about it? He had one too.

Taking the seat next to her, he ordered himself a beer and grinned at her. Her blue eye reflected something similar to disgust as she scooted her bar stool away from and and sipped her beer cautiously, "Are you okay?" He asked, not certain it was the right thing to do but not sure what else he COULD do. She stopped sipping for a moment and looked at his with those blue eyes, clouded with something he could only identify as desperation.

"Wanna get out of here?" If he said he wasn't surprised by her sudden question, he would have been lying. But he knew he liked her and this meant she liked him too, right? He nodded and finished off his beer, offering her his arm before he led her from the bar.

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They didn't talk much before everything went down. She knew his name was Liam and he knew her name was Raelynn. He seemed to really care about her, which she would have normally run away from screaming but a mixture of despair and alcohol kept her from even caring at this point.

Now she was almost back to her new dorm, Liam in tow. For some reason he had insisted on making sure that she got home safely, which she honestly thought was hella creepy. Running her fingers through her hair, she stopped at her door and started to dig in her purse, "Shit, shit, shit." She forgot her key. She gave Liam a sideways glance before knocking on the door, "I hope my roommate doesn't lock me out all night..." She sighed, giving him a strange look somewhere between physical pain and stress.

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hold on, baby, your losing it

the water's high, your jumping into it

One of the first things Becca had done after finishing the letter Raelynn threw at her earlier that day was call her aunt, or the person she had believed was her aunt. Apparently Richard had adopted her shortly after marrying her mother and this Davenport guy was her real dad. No one could confirm or deny what had happened to him, but it wasn't good no matter how they spun it. Her next step had been to jump in the hand me down car she used for driving back and forth to town. She needed to see her friend at the falls and, lucky for her, he should have been there. Only he wasn't and he never did show up. Becca had probably sat on that platform crying for an hour before she calmed down enough to head back to Ashford, her world broken and the only person she trusted missing in action. A long shower had eased her troubled mind a little bit, but not enough for Becca to get any sleep. The knocking on her door was unwelcome at best because of the person on the other side. Who knew that having a sister could change everything. Still, she got out of bed like a good roommate and opened the door, only to find her friend and her sister staring back at her. Becca looked like hell, even she knew that. Her messy hair and big, puffy red eyes were the least attractive things in the entire world. Throw a pair of black sweatpants and a tattered tank top on it and you had the mess that was Becca, front and center with her heart still openly on her sleeve. "What...what are you doing here." She asked pointedly, ignoring her sister to focus on the guy with her.

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"Oh thank god." She sighed as the door swung open to reveal her very tattered older sister. The look of recognition that appeared on the other girl's face made Raelynn tilt her head to the side, "You've met?" She asked, looked from Liam, back to her twin, "Well that explains a lot..." She groaned, her palm finding her forehead for a moment in the world's most appropriately placed face palm.

"Well in case I'm wrong, Becca, this is Liam. Liam, my sister Bex." She pointed from one to the other before drunkenly pushing passed her twin and collapsing on her bed. She was almost asleep before her head even touched the pillow.

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After he got over the completely understandable bout of confusion that swept over him like a rouge wave, Liam felt ill. Physically, nauseatingly ill. He watched Raelynn push passed a girl who looked exactly like her and collapse on the bed in a trashed mess, not even bothering to take of the expensive dress she had somehow managed to put on backwards after they....OH GOD.

He took about three steps back before the back of his head hit the opposite wall of the corridor. Sliding to the floor, he buried his face in his hand and groaned, "What the fuck is happening?! You have a twin?!" He almost yelled at the blonde who's name was apparently Becca, or Bex, or something, "That seems like something you might have mentioned..."

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hold on, baby, your losing it

the water's high, your jumping into it

"I didn't even know until today. I went to the falls to talk to you about everything but you never showed." Becca half whispered as she slid to the floor herself, trying to ignore the ache in her chest. She hadn't even thought about what would happen if Raelynn ran in to well...Liam. He had told Raelynn his name after one night, but not her. Not Becca. So far, Raelynn was on par for ruinning her life and she had only been around for a few hours. It hurt, but more than that, it pissed Becca off. Especially when she added two and two together and came up with a pretty clear picture of what had happened between her sister and her-Liam. Liam wasn't anything to her, it seemed. "You slept with Raelynn, didn't you?" Becca was sure she didn't want to actually know the answer, but she had to know and she needed to hear it from him instead of her sister.

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Why was this happening to him? Why didn't he just leave well enough alone? If he was being honest, it hadn't even occurred to him that he wouldn't talk to...Becca....Raelynn...whoever she was...at the bar. She saw her and was immediately drawn to her. But it wasn't because she was Raelynn...it was because he thought...None of that seemed like to would matter to Becca.

He coughed and looked down the empty corridor for a moment before looking the sad, tired blonde in the face and nodding, "I thought she was you..." He said in as flat a tone as he could muster, which wasn't much considering he was shaking so hard, "I thought you wanted to..." He leaned his forehead against him knee, hiding his face in complete shame.

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hold on, baby, your losing it

the water's high, your jumping into it

Tears started welling in her eyes again as he answered, but she barely held them off as she stood up. "So she took my father, my family, my entire identity...and now she gets you too." Taking one look back towards her sleeping sister, she sighed in defeat before grabbing her keys and closing the door. "Good luck, Raelynn. I hope it turns out to be everything you wanted." Becca didn't even turn to look at Liam as she practically ran out the door and on to the sidewalk. Where was she even planning to go that late at night in her pajamas? Her first thought was the falls, but she couldn't do that anymore. Instead she just stood there in the quiet night, crying softly and hoping that this train wreck would stop soon. She had no one left, and if she thought about it...she apparently never had anyone at all.

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TAGS | REBECCA CLAIRE ASHLAND | RAELYNN CLARISSA DAVENPORT

Why was this happening to him? Why didn't he just leave well enough alone? If he was He wasn't sure he had ever moved that quickly in his entire life. The minute Becca was out the door, he was right behind her. The glass door didn't even have time to slam close behind her before he caught it and followed her out onto the sidewalk. He stopped a few feet behind her and wanted to reach out and hug her, but didn't know if it would be okay with the girl. Instead he stood there for a moment, upset at first, and the raging mad. How dare Raelynn come in and do this. He wasn't even sure what the other girl had done, but he knew Becca was upset about it so it must have been terrible.

"Becca." He said her name for the first time and it fell from his lips comfortably, "Listen to me." He grabbed her arm and spun her around, forcing her to face him, "Raelynn doesn't get everything. I swear." Without missing a beat, he pulled the girl in and kissed her full on the lips. He wasn't sure it would help, and honestly he didn't care. He needed her to know...

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hold on, baby, your losing it

the water's high, your jumping into it

Becca had wondered what kissing Liam would be like since the first time they met if she was being completely honest. In a perfect world, this would've happened after one of their nights at the falls, talking about nothing and everything at the exact same time. This wasn't perfect, but it was close enough. Wrapping her arms around his waist, Becca leaned in to the kiss instead of pulling away like her instincts were telling her to. This guy had just slept with her identical twin, but here she was kissing him in the moonlight. It was wrong, it was messed up. It was the only thing she really wanted. Breaking the kiss, she gasped for air for a few moments before leaning her head against his shoulder to try and catch her breath. Becca wasn't quite ready to look at him just yet. "Liam." She wasn't sure if she was saying his name to get his attention, or if it was just to hear how it sounded. but she said it anyways, her voice a hoarse whisper.

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Liam couldn't keep the grin off of his face and he laughed, "Freaking Finally." He said, wrapping his strong arms around her shoulders and pulling her close, "Much better." He didn't know exactly what he was referring to, but he had a feeling it was many things all at once. Better than the relationship they had before. Better than Raelynn. Just better.

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hold on, baby, your losing it

the water's high, your jumping into it

"You know, I thought we were pretty messed up before, but I think we just broke our own record." Becca complained, burrowing her head in to his neck. She wanted to forget, more than anything, but the image of him in the doorway with Raelynn couldn't stay out of her mind for long. Right now, even though she was with Liam and she didn't want to leave him...she needed to get out. Screw curfew. "Hey..." She started  cautiously, not sure how to ask him. Everything was so weird now, but it could be better when they got away from the madness , right? "Can we...can we go to the falls? I don't want to be here anymore. Please?" Becca wasn't quite begging yet, but sooner or later she'd leave on her own if she had to.

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