Aurora sat on the bench as she softly smiled when she sees Benjamin getting out of the taxi and walking in her direction. She then stands up as the two looked at each other in the eyes. 

" So, what would you like to eat?" Benjamin asked, looking and sounding curious as the two started to walk towards the mall's entrance. 

" What kind of food they have in here?" Aurora softly asked Benjamin as they entered the mall. 

" Well. There are so many restaurants and cafes in this mall. I don't know where to start," Benjamin responded while rubbing his chin with his right hand. 

" Hm?" Aurora hummed as she wears a thoughtful expression while staying close to Benjamin since the mall started to get crowded due to being a weekend. 

" Do they have a Panda Express?" Aurora softly asked Benjamin. 

Aurora's gaze softened as she recalled eating Panda Express with Phillipe last year around Thanksgiving since the two accidentally burned the kitchen because they forgot to take a turkey out of the oven. 

" Yes! This mall does have a Panda Express," Benjamin informed Aurora, causing the young teen to smile. 

" Can we get Panda Express?" Aurora kindly asked Benjamin. 

Benjamin amusingly chuckled as he nods his head. 

" Of course! You didn't need to ask me," Benjamin softly teases Aurora. 

Aurora blushes, looking and feeling embarrassed, but she continued to smile. 

A few minutes later, Aurora and Benjamin arrived at the food court. The two stood by as they looked at their surroundings, and they smiled when they see an empty table with two seats. 

" We can go sit there," Benjamin motioned to the empty table with two seats. 

" Yeah!" Aurora nods her head in response as she walks with Benjamin to the empty table with the two seats. 

" I can sit here while you go get your food," Benjamin tells Aurora as he sits down. 

" Okay. What would you like to get from Panda Express?" Aurora kindly asked since she didn't mind buying Benjamin's food since he has been so kind to her. 

Benjamin blushed, looking and feeling embarrassed. 

" No need. I can get my food myself," Benjamin akwardly chuckled. 

" No! You have been so kind to me. It's the least I can do," Aurora kindly smiled at Benjamin. 

Benjamin softly smiled at Aurora. 

" Then. I'll get a bowl with Chow Mein and Kung Pao Chicken," Benjamin kindly tells Aurora. 

" Okay! I will be right back," Aurora turns around, and she was about to walk away, but she accidentally bumps into someone. 

" Ah! I am so sorry! I got your clothes dirty," A feminine voice nervously apologized to Aurora. 

" It's okay," Aurora reassures the other female, and she looks forward, seeing a girl that looks identical to her, but she is wearing glasses, and her hair is bushy and curly. 

" No way," The other female mouth out when they see Aurora. 

Two similar chocolate brown eyes intently stared at one another. 

" Are you perhaps Mia/Aurora?" The two females softly asked one another. 

" Yes, I'm Mia/Aurora," The two females responded to one another. 

" I cannot believe I am finally meeting my twin sister in person," Mia excitedly stared at Aurora. 

Aurora stared at Mia with a mixture of emotions, feeling strange to see her twin sister in person. 

Benjamin's blue eyes blinked when he sees Aurora and Mia talk to one another. He looked at the two with a surprised expression since both girls look identical yet different. 

' Aurora looks like a Princess with her hair in a braid while the other looks like she woke up in bed and didn't have time to comb their hair,' Benjamin tells himself while eyeing Aurora and Mia. 

" If you are here, that must means Mom is nearby. She did say she was coming by the mall to take my best friend and me to a Chinese Buffet," Mia tells Aurora. 

Aurora uncomfortably stared at Mia when she mentioned their so-called mother, Helen. 

" Mia! Are you okay? Who are you talking to?" Mia's best friend, Lilly Moscovitz, calls out, and she gasped when she sees Aurora with Mia. 

" No way! Is that who I think it is?" Lilly asked Mia. 

" Yeah! Lilly, it's my twin sister, Aurora," Mia excitedly tells Lilly. 

Lilly's blue eyes narrowed as she walks up to Aurora, and she begins to eye the other female from head to toe. 

Aurora uncomfortably stared at Lilly since she didn't like how the other female was staring at her. 

Lilly hummed when she sees what Aurora is wearing. 

" Why is your friend looking at me as though she is trying to dissect me?" Aurora softly yet firmly asked Mia. 

Mia akwardly laughs as she turns her gaze to Lilly. 

" Lilly," Mia begins to call out to Lilly. 

" What do you do for a living?" Lilly asked, looking and sounding curious. 

" I don't even know you. Why should I respond to you about my personal life?" Aurora defensively asked Lilly. 

Lilly huffed. 

Mia and Benjamin silently stared at Aurora and Lilly since they can somehow sense tension begin to rise between the two females. 

" From the way you answered me, you must have some criminal record," Lilly firmly tells Aurora. 

Aurora twitched, feeling and looking annoyed because she is starting to have enough with people thinking she is something that she is not. 

" Lilly!" Mia hissed at Lilly, not liking that her best friend assumed that Aurora has a criminal record. 

Benjamin wanted to help Aurora out, but he was afraid that if he did, the two teens talking to Aurora might think the older male is her lover or something when he isn't. 

" Look! I already have enough with one person who is supposed to be my mother, thinking I am a spoiled brat when I am not! I am not going to stand here and let a mere stranger like you say that I have a criminal record when I have never done anything horrible in my life," Aurora snapped at Lilly. 

Mia's chocolate brown eyes blinked when she hears Aurora mentioning their mother, Helen. 

" People like you need to think before you say something because someone can hurt you when you least expect it," Aurora firmly tells Lilly as she roughly walked past her making her shoulder bumped into the other girl's shoulder. 

Lilly's blue eyes widened as she stared at Mia in disbelief because she could not believe Aurora treated her that way. 

Benjamin sneakily stands up and walks away to check up on Aurora, who left the food court. 

" Did you see that, Mia?! Your so-called twin sister was so rude to me," Lilly firmly tells Mia. " I am glad she only looks like you and doesn't act like you," She mumbled to the other female. 

Mia sadly frowned when she sees Aurora run away. She then turns to look at Lilly, and she glares at her best friend. 

" What the hell, Lilly?! That was so uncalled for," Mia snapped at Lilly. 

Lilly stared at Mia in disbelief. 

" Why are you defending her? I am your best friend," Lilly firmly tells Mia. 

" You may be my best friend, but Aurora is family! And I do not like how you treated my twin sister. I am sorry, but I am not going to celebrate my sixteenth birthday with someone who spoke horribly to someone they met," Mia sternly tells Lilly as she turns and runs towards Aurora's direction.