We're all standing in Camden's office, shocked at what just happened.

We turn to Sebastian, hoping he has answers.

"All I know is that Francis left me a note while I was in the shower, saying he was going to meet his old friend Jay and left the location. When I got within a certain distance I heard shooting. Once I got inside I saw Francis standing in a circle of dead bodies, blood dripping from him and a gun in his hand. I've never seen him like that. Ever." He explains.

"We should've told him." I mutter, feeling like an idiot.

"Yeah well we didn't. I didn't. He's my fucking twin and I didn't tell him because you three told me not too." Sebastian seethes, angry at us now.

"That's enough Sebastian." Camden says coldly, shutting him up.

"I know we messed up and I know he's pissed at us but he was bleeding, Cam. A lot. He needs stitches but he won't let us near him." I explain, trying to get him to understand how dangerous this is for Francis.

"What do you want me to do, Everett? There's nothing we can do." Camden says, getting angry.

"He could die, Camden. I saw him. He was stabbed and beaten to a pulp. I'm surprised he was even standing, let alone walking." I say, exasperated.

"We should've fucking told him." Camden says, kicking his desk.

"Seb, is there anyway you could get him to talk to you or any of us? Let us help him medically if not mentally?" I ask him desperately.

He slowly shakes his head. "I've never seen him so angry, Rett. He feels most betrayed by me right now, considering I'm his twin. We've never lied to each other about something like this. There's no way he'll even let me near him." Sebastian explains sadly.

"Fuck this." Tyler curses, walking towards Francis's room.

"What are you doing?" I ask him as we all follow him.

"Getting him out of that room. I'm not letting him die." He says with aggression.

I grab his shoulder and he pushes me.

"You can't just storm in there and yell at him. We're the ones that fucked up, remember? He has every right to be pissed at us." I explain, aggravated.

We all look over as Willow walks out of Francis's room, closing the door quietly behind her.

"Willow?" I question and she looks at all of us.

She looks angry at us.

"I convinced him to let me help him. He's all stitched up and bandaged. He has a few cracked ribs and his shoulder has a stab wound. He has bruises everywhere and will be in extreme pain, probably for a while. Honestly, I'm surprised he's not hurt worse. It's a miracle." She tells us, still seeming angry.

"Willow-" I try to grab her hand but she storms past me, past us all.

She stops and turns to us. "By the way, I could hear him sobbing from down the entire fucking hallway. I understand not telling me or Thena, but you should've told him. He deserved to know. Congratulations, I hope you're happy now." She spits before glaring at us all and storming away, a small medical bag in her hand.

We all stand there for a moment, shocked and processing the news.

Sebastian slowly opens Francis's door before looking in and closing it again.

"He's asleep." He tells us before going into his own room.

"I need to go talk to Willow. I suggest you talk to Athena, you know how our wives talk." I suggest to Camden and he nods.

I walk down the hall and find Willow in our room, putting everything away.

She glares at me before going back to what she was doing.

"Willow, please. I know we messed up, okay? We should've told him. He deserved to know. We thought we were protecting him but we were wrong and I am so sorry and I will make sure he knows I would take it back if I could." I tell her sadly.

"But you can't take it back, Everett." She tells me coldly, looking at me but not glaring.

I sigh, shaking my head. "I know, but I wish I could. I'm gonna make it up to him, Willow I promise, but please. My brother hates me and I need my wife." My voice trembles for a moment.

She's quiet for some time. "Make it up to him, Rett." She says, but not coldly anymore.

"I'm going too. I'm going to make sure he knows how sorry I am and I'm going to make it up to him." I tell her, meaning every word.

She nods before walking over and hugging me.

Camden walks in our room and I can tell he's exhausted and he looks miserable.

"Really Camden?" I ask him, not cruelly just quietly.

He hangs his head and sits on the bed.

"I fucked up, Thena. I fucked up and I think I may have just lost my brother."

I'm upset with him but I know where he was coming from.

He was trying to protect his brothers feelings.

I understand wanting to protect him but they should've told him.

I remember Jay, Francis and Jay were best friends. He deserved to know.

"He's your brother and he loves you. He's pissed at you, and has every right to be, but I don't think you've lost him. Just tell him how sorry you are and do everything you can to make up for it." I suggest, rubbing his back.

"I know. I'm gonna make sure he knows I'm sorry and knows how much we all love him and that it wasn't our intention to hurt him." He tells me and I nod.

"That sounds like a good plan."

It's morning now but it's about to be noon.

I walk over to Francis's bedroom and knock on the door, hoping he'll answer.

"Go away." He calls through the door but I ignore it and walk in.

He's laying on his bed, staring at his phone.

"I said to go away." He says blankly, not looking at me.

"We weren't trying to hurt you, Francis. We were trying to protect you. I see now that we didn't protect you and instead we hurt you, and I can't tell you how sorry I am for that. I am so sorry, France. We were trying to keep you safe and instead we made everything so much worse. I'm sorry, Francis. I'm gonna spend every second trying to make it up to you." I tell him, truly meaning my words.

He looks at me with unshed tears in his eyes.

"I believe you were trying to protect me but you all lied to me. You all kept me in the dark and left me completely out. You all- I was left in the dark, Cam. Completely left in the dark. My entire life I was left out of things but it was okay because Sebastian was too and it wasn't so lonely. But everyone knew. Everyone. Except for me." He cry's.

"What, did you think I couldn't handle it? Did you think I'd break or blow up? I took on 34 men last night and I killed 33 of them. I can handle things." He says, sitting up and a few stray tears fall but he wipes his eyes quickly.

"That wasn't it at all, Francis. We all knew you could handle it. You can handle pretty much anything, France. You're probably the best fighter I know. It wasn't that we thought you couldn't handle it, it was the fact we didn't want to have you have to deal with it. The fact that your old friends gang killed your father. We didn't want you to have to feel that pain but now I see that we only made it worse and I am so so sorry, Francis." I answer him.

He's quiet for a while, just staring at his hands. "Don't do it again." He whispers after a moment.

"I will never do it again. Ever. I swear it." I promise him and he nods, knowing I keep my promises.

"This doesn't mean I completely forgive you." He clarifies and I smile a little, him smiling a little too.

"That's okay. We'll get there eventually, cause I'm gonna make it up to you." I assure him and he nods.

I'm sitting on my bed, texting Lyric about everything that happened, when there's a knock at my door.

Sebastian walks in and I roll my eyes, going back to my phone and ignoring him.

"France." He try's but I ignore him, not even looking up from my phone.

He sits down on my bed, across from me but I still don't acknowledge him.

"Francis, I'm sorry." He finally says but the desperation in his voice makes me look up at him.

I've never seen him like this.

Except when- stop.

His voice is shaky and desperate and he looks like he hasn't slept, like he's been crying. He's pulling on the hem of his hoodie, a nervous tick I haven't seen since we were kids.

"I'm so sorry Francis. Please believe me. I wanted to tell you but Camden told me not too and I know I could've anyway but I wanted to listen to him but I should've told you and I'm so sorry and I just wanted you to be okay but now I realize that it only made you so not okay and I love you and I can't lose you and I never meant to hurt you and I'm sorry." He rants, all in one breath, almost crying but not quite.

I stare at him, probably looking shocked.

He hasn't been so vulnerable since we were kids, same with the nervous tick he has.

"I believe you." I assure him but don't really say anything else.

"I really never meant to hurt you, France. Please please forgive me. I'll do everything I can to make sure this never happens again. I swear it Francis, please." He begs me.

It hurts seeing him like this. Even though he lied to me just like everyone else, he's my twin.

We've always been so close. He's sitting here begging me to forgive him and I haven't even heard him say the word "sorry" and mean it since we were kids.

"I forgive you." I whisper, making him look up at me.

"Really?" He asks, reluctantly.

I nod, reluctantly.

He hugs me and I hug him back, knowing we both need this.

"I love you too, Sebastian." I whisper to him.

I'm sitting in Camden's office, having a drink after we both apologized to Francis.

"We have a lot of making up to do." I state and he nods, agreeing with me.

"Yeah, we really do. But I'll make sure we make it up to him." He answers.

"Me too. I never want anything like this to ever happen again." I state.

"He's our youngest brother and he's always been such a happy kid. Seeing him like this is killing me." Camden admits, taking a drink of his alcohol.

"Me too, Cam. Me too. I'm gonna kill that Jay guy the second I see him." I say, slightly angrily from thinking about Jay.

"Me too, Rett. Me too." Camden repeats my words back to me.

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I love the bond between Francis and Sebastian.

I ruined it for a moment but I wanted it back.

I know you guys are probably mad he forgave him so easily but growing up Seb was always there for him and when he had no one he had his twin. He loves him so much and seeing him so vulnerable broke his heart and he realized exactly how sorry he was.

I hope you all liked this chapter, I know it was a long one.

Believe it or not, more drama is on the way!

I decided to post two chapters today because I won't be posting tomorrow due to thanksgiving.

Thank you all so much for reading!! <3