"W-what are you doing here?" I ask in shock.

It felt surreal. As soon as I was beginning to get used to the idea of him not being here, here he is.

"Ya is Cora here?" He steps inside, completely ignoring me.

"Michael." I pull his arm back.

"What?" He snaps and rips his arm from my grip.

"I haven't seen you in almost a month, and you have nothing to say to me?" I ask.

"What's there to say? I think we both said enough back in Sydney."

"I noticed you blocked me on almost everything." I say, looking at the floor.

"Yeah and I noticed you went behind my back to fuck my best friend. Guess we're both good at picking up on things." He retorts as he walks away.

I stand there shocked. What had gotten into him? Even being in Melbourne for less than a month has changed him.

I run upstairs and go straight into the guest room Luke is in.

"Luke." I whisper as I shake his shoulder.

"Hmm." He groans.

"Wake up!"

"5 more minutes."

"Michael's here." I say.

That really wakes him up. His eyes shoot open and he sits up.

"What?" He asks in disbelief.

"He's here. Downstairs."

"Why is he here?" He questions.

I shrug my shoulders. "I don't know, he barely said two words to me."

"Well let's go find out then." Luke says as he stands up and puts his black skinny jeans and nirvana shirt on.

"Uhm, I don't think that's the best idea." I say as I grab Luke's hand to stop him.

I don't think it would be too wise for us to go downstairs together when Michael just got here. It'll just make him leave again.

Then it hit me. The perfect way to get him to move back to Sydney.

"Let's break up!" I exclaim.

"Wha-why? What did I do? We were fine a few secon-" Luke begins to panic.

"No no I mean, let's fake break up. Just for now. That way Michael will move back to Sydney. We'll just act like we're not together when he's around." I explain.

"May," he groans, "I'm sick of hiding. We hid this for too long. I want everyone to know you're mine." He says.

"I know it's a stretch, but if there's anything possible to be done to get my brother back here, i'll do it. And it's not for forever. It's just until I can find a way to make Michael accept us being together."

He comes closer to me and wraps his arms around my waist. "You're lucky I love you."

"So you'll do it?" My face lights up.

He nods.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" I say as I smash my lips onto his.

"Woah easy lady, I just broke up with my girlfriend." He teases.

I swat his chest as he laughs.

"So how is this whole thing going to go down?" He asks.

I think for a moment. "I'm going to go back downstairs and make Michael go back to my mom's house with me. I can't bring him back to your house if he thinks we broke up, so my mom's will have to do for now. I'll tell him we broke up because it wasn't working out, but we're still friends. That way we can all still hang out together. I'll tell him I've been staying at Cora's house and that's why I answered the door. And―" I stop to catch my breath.

"And?"

"That's all i've got so far." I giggle.

"You really think this is all going to work?"

"I hope so." I say.

But truthfully, I didn't know.

"I'm going to go downstairs and ask Michael to go to my mom's with me. Don't come downstairs until we're gone." I say as I quickly peck his lips and turn to go downstairs.

"Mikey?" I say once i'm standing in the kitchen with him and Cora.

"Leave me alone, May." He warns, his back facing me as he sits at the table with Cora.

"Will you please come back to mom's house with me?" I beg.

"No. Why don't you go back to your precious Luke's house." He sneers.

"Because we broke up." I say.

Michael's head immediately whips around to face me.

"You what?" Him and Cora say at the same time.

I hope Cora doesn't mention anything about us being together just yesterday, it would ruin the whole thing.

"Us being a couple just wasn't working out. We're still friends though, for the sake of you. Please, just come home with me." I request.

I'm glad that Cora doesn't say anything, clearly not wanting to get involved in the drama.

"Fine." He stands up and retrieves his sweater from the couch. I'm surprised but thankful he agreed to come with me.

He walks back over to Cora and kisses her. I'm a bit shocked but happy at the same time. He walks out of the kitchen and goes into the entrance.

"I see you two have worked everything out?" I say to Cora.

She nods and smiles. "What happened with you and Luke?"

"I'll explain everything later. Just, don't mention this to anyone else. Not yet." I say, making sure Michael can't hear.

I walk into the entrance where Michael is waiting to leave. I quickly slip on my shoes and walk out the door with him.

The first few minutes on the walk back to my mother's house is silent, until I decide to speak up.

"I've missed you." I say quietly.

"Me too." He mumbles.

"You did?"

"Obviously. You're my sister."

"Why did you come back? Not that i'm not glad you did because I am, it just seemed like you were so mad last time I saw you. You seemed like you were never going to come back."

"Can we not talk about this, May?" He groans.

"We have to! Michael, I haven't spoken to you in almost a month. You do realize that for our whole life, we've only gone three days not speaking. And those three days were only because we were kids and I stole your rare Pokemon card." I laugh slightly at the memory, but continue seriously, "Even when we lived apart, we talked on the phone, texted, or facetimed everyday. So to not hear from you for a month, we obviously have to talk about it."

He exhales. "Because you were right. I'm not like those guys anymore. The partying and drinking and smoking got old after a quick few days. I moved to Sydney purposely to get away from those guys, so it's a stupid idea to move back there." He says honestly.

"So, you're moving back here there?" I say, hopeful.

"Yeah. That's actually why I came to Cora's house. I was talking about moving in with her until I can find my own apartment."

"Why don't you just go back to Luke's?" I ask.

"You can't be serious."

"Well him and I aren't together anymore, so why can't you two just go back to the way things used to be."

I know i'm really pushing my boundaries, but I just want them to be friends again.

"Things won't ever be that way again. I'm done with that kid." He says angrily.

"Are―are you done with me too?" I ask, scared for the answer.

He sighs. "No, of course not. You're family."

"But, Luke's your family too." I say quietly.

"You're really pushing your limits, here." He warns.

I stop on the sidewalk and embrace him in a hug.

"I really am sorry. I'm so sorry I hurt you, Mikey." I say into his shoulder.

"I know. I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have said all that shit back in Melbourne. I'm so sorry, May." He whispers back.

"I forgive you." I pull away and wipe the few tears that formed in the corners of my eyes.

"So why did you guys break up?" He asks as we continue walking.

"I told you, it just wasn't working out." I don't know what else to say.

"Bullshit. What's the real reason? Did he do something? Did he pressure you to―"

"No! God no. Nothing like that. We just decided us being together wasn't worth everything we were losing." I lie.

I hated lying to Michael but, I was desperate. I just needed my brother back.

"So you moved out I assume?"

"Well, uh―my stuff's still there. I still need to grab it."

"So you've been staying at mom's?"

"No uh―i've been staying at Cora's." I lie.

"Oh, she didn't say anything about that to me." He says. I could feel his suspicion growing.

"Yeah, I asked her not to say anything to anyone." I say quickly.

"Oh, okay." He says, clearly skeptical. "Well do you want to get your stuff?"

"Yeah, I will eventually." I say.

"What do you mean eventually?"

"Well, I don't want to bring all of my stuff over to Cora's house and make it seem like i'm moving in. I'm just going to keep it at Luke's for now. We're still friends you know." I lie. I felt so bad for making up this elaborate lie.

"I was kind of thinking, did you mean it when you told me we could get an apartment just for us two?" He asks.

The smile I wear lights up my face. "Yes! Do you still want to?"

"Yeah."

"Okay." I smile.

"Okay." He says.

For the first time in almost a month, it felt as if I finally had my brother back. But will it cost me my relationship with Luke?

A/N yes they both said okay please don't comment "OMG TFIOS" lmao. Let me know what you think :) vote & comment! love every single one of you that reads and comments and votes!