Falling for someone from my past without knowing

Jake walked into Maya's room and opened the curtains for the morning rain of sunshine to wake her up. Maya instead tugged herself properly into her bed. Maya walks up. Jake said as he teasingly pulled her blanket off her. Five minutes more, Jake, Maya groaned. Wake up, sleepy head, or you are going to be late again. Jake teased. Maya lazily pulled herself from the bed and ended up falling together with her thick blue blanket. Jake peeped his head through her door and laughed at her. Maya finally got up and dressed quickly. She wore her shiny pink sandals and walked majestically down the stairs. I've grabbed your breakfast already, my princess. Jake said while laughing. Jake was 13 and Maya was 10, but their closeness will make you mistake them for twins. There were times when people said Jake and Maya were probably soulmates in their previous lives. In the car, they played rock, paper, scissors to keep awake on their way to school. When they arrived at school, Jake got out of the car and opened the door for his sister. "We've reached, my lady, " Jake said as he opened the door for Maya to step down. They both giggled and headed straight for their respective class. Even though they weren't in the same class, they made it a point to always meet up at the first chance they got. "You are so short and round, I bet you can roll over when I push you, " one of Maya's classmates said while laughing. "Oh, shoot, her brother is coming," they said while running away. Everyone knew that with Jake around, bullying Maya was unacceptable. "Are you okay? Sorry I came here late; it's my fault that you are getting bullied, " Jake said while reaching his hand out to Maya to help her stand up. Jake made it clear that no one was supposed to touch his sister; he would always go an extra mile to protect her. Whenever someone dares to lay a finger on Maya at school, Jake appears like a tornado, fast, fierce, protective, and unstoppable. Maya is a little girl full of grace. She is a polite princess with brains and a heart made of pure gold. She is humble and the kind of student every teacher dreams of having in their class. Jake couldn't be more different; he was very confident with a touch of arrogance. He had been raised to believe that he would one day inherit the mighty, luxurious Anderson Empire; hence, Jake walked through life as though the world already belonged to him. His parents made things worse by spoiling him with anything and everything money could ever buy, even to the extent of refusing to let him lift a brush to brush his own hair. Yet even though he had all this pride, Jake had only one soft spot for his only sibling and sister, Maya. Around her, he treated her like a mother hen would treat her eggs or hatchlings.Their bond was envied even in their neighborhood. It is legendary in the neighborhood. People even argued that they got that quality from their parents. But the Andersons knew otherwise. Behind the glass walls of the Anderson mansion, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson argued like a wailing storm. Their marriage was termed bipolar by the maids in the house. They could be laughing and sharing jokes one minute, and the next, they are arguing about what needs to be eaten for dinner today. Regardless of all this, Jake and Maya remained strong; they never allowed their parents' behavior to affect their sibling relationship. The Andersons owned half of Paris, making their name the talk of the town always. But their true wealth was their only children, Jake and Maya Anderson. Monday afternoon was meant to be a beautiful afternoon, I mean, it had just two siblings waiting for their chauffeur to come and pick them up from school, they were laughing about the silly faces Jake was making. Look at this," he said, rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue to make a face. Maya laughed so hard that tears began to run down her face, and the sun slowly melted the entire Paris away. Jake and Maya decided to get ice cream since the driver was already delaying. The ice cream shop was across the road, and they both decided to cross the street. Jake held on to Maya's hand as they waited for the traffic to change at the light. When it did, they both started walking, and just as they got to the other side. That was when Maya saw it: a little kitten seemed stranded on the road, looking like it was stuck to something, and hence couldn't move. " I'll save you," Maya said as she slipped away from Jake's hand towards the road they had just come from. She didn't even check to see if the road was clear. She just ran straight ahead. Jake turned and steamed out in fright. " Maya, wait. Maya, the lights are green. "Just then, the world went dead silent. The only sounds were the screeching tyres of the jeep and its low, dimmed headlights, aiming directly at Maya in slow motion. Jake closed his eyes, his heart stopped beating, and just like that, he heard his sister being thrown to the hard ground. The sound of it could be heard miles away as everything went silent. " Maya, Jake screamed as he ran across the road. He looked at her, so confused, he watched as blood oozed from her forehead, her eyes slightly closed, and her lips trembling. Within a few seconds, chaos surrounded them. Sirens and shouts, along with the smell of sweat from the people around, filled the air. They apprehended the driver of the jeep. People around kept whispering that these were the heirs of the Andersons; the jeep driver was in big trouble. " Mr. Anderson, you have an urgent call, " the secretary said, " tell them I'm in a meeting" he replied. " but sir .." the secretary insisted . " do you want to lose your job " Mr. Anderson interrupted without hesitation. " no sir " the secretary replied as he went back to his office to continue his work. At the hospital, time seemed to pass really quickly. Jake took a Doctor's phone and called his mom. He explained what happened to her, and she rushed soon to the hospital. When she got there, she hugged an already crying and traumatized Jake and told him Maya was going to be fine. Mrs. Anderson called her husband, but he didn't pick up the call. The doctors worked hard, moving up and down with their voices tense. "She has lost a lot of blood, one of the doctors told Mrs. Anderson, hence we need a transfusion as soon as possible!"Mrs. Anderson stood up with no hesitation because she knew the type of blood that ran through the Andersons' veins. Hence, she needed no blood test to prove otherwise. The doctors ran a test regardless and told her something that sent shivers down her spine. "Call your dad, Jake," Jake said, taking his mother's phone and calling his dad several times, but he didn't answer. The tense Jake then called his office; his father's secretary, Jane, picked up and told Jake that his father was in a meeting and didn't want to be disturbed. Jake was taken aback. "This is more urgent than a damp meeting, we are talking about my sister's life right now, I said, handing the phone over to my father," Jake yelled. His mom turned around and told him to take it easy, but Jake wasn't having it at all. Mrs. Anderson then decided to drive over to Mr. Anderson's office to drag him back to the hospital. When she got there, she walked straight to where he had the meeting and smacked him in front of everyone. The entire room fell silent, and slowly, everyone present left the room to give the two some space. "Your daughter is dying at the hospital, your only daughter, for heaven's sake, and this is what you are thinking about? Money? Work? " Mrs. Anderson said while crying. Mr. Anderson then called his secretary and asked her to reschedule the meetings he had for the day. They both drove to the hospital. When Jake set his eyes on his dad, he was mad. He asked his dad why he was ignoring everyone's calls in such a serious situation. Mr. Anderson apologized and went straight to see the doctor. The Doctor told him that he needed to run a test to see if his blood matched that of his daughter. Mr. Anderson hesitated; he, too, knew the blood that ran inside the Andersons. He felt something was amiss, but he went ahead and ran the blood test anyway. However, when the doctor returned, his facial expression was grave. "I'm sorry," he said quietly. "None of you has the same blood as hers." "Your blood doesn't match hers. "