The Beginning

Isobel - 2

How you all like the last chapter, dun dun dun.

"Jenna is it true?" I ask my voice breaking as I grip the island. The second we finished at the grill we, I raced over here.

Jennas smile is wiped clean off her face. She looks at Elena who looks away. I lift my head.

"Is it true? I'm Elena's sister? That Isobel is my real mother?" Jenna sighs and responds, her voice cracking a bit. "It is" I close my eyes and feel a rush of anger.

"Tell me everything" Jenna nods and walks to the living room, I follow her and sit down, Elena sitting beside me. She grabs my hand in support.

"Like I..told Elena. A runaway, a girl came to him, 16 about to give birth. She had twins, you two. She told him her name was Isobel. Grayson leaves for a second and she's gone. Your mother...Danielle always wanted a child, so you came along and you were just perfect. She took you in, Grayson created the birth certificate and told only us and Kelly"

I ball my hands into fist, "She knew?"

"Dani was going to tell you when you turned 18. That was the plan, to tell you both when you turned of age. Neither got the chance. Kelly...that was your mother's dying wish. She told Kelly to promise her never to tell you anything till you turned 18. So Kelly only obeyed" I heave out a shake breath.

"Can I stay here for tonight?" I ask. Jenna nods "Of course" I stand up and rush upstairs, Elena follows. I can hear her footsteps. She closes the door behind me and I pace in her room.

"My life has gone to hell" I mutter under my breath.

"Ariel I-"

"Can I just be alone for a minute? Please?" I ask of her. Elena nods and steps out. When she leaves I close the door and slide my back against it. I bring my knees to my chest and cry.

That night I slept in Elenas room, she was already fast asleep on her bed, I sat at her window seat, looking out.  I held my locket in hand, twirling it around. I opened it up and looked at my moms picture.

I honestly still don't know how I feel about this, on one hand I'm happy I'm related to Elena. On the other hand....I just, I can't believe we're related. I am having very mixed feelings. I rest my hand on the window and sighed.

I ended up falling asleep at the window, and come morning I had to borrow a pair of clothes from Elena. We also had a chance to talk about everything.

We're both dealing, I mean we both met our mother, found out we were sisters and then some.

I open the door and I'm about to step out but I freeze when I see who stands at the door

"Hi" I breathe out as Elena stands to join me. "Hey. I couldn't sleep last night. You two were obviously upset about something and I just walked away" Bonnie admits,

"That's not me. That can't be us. You two are my friends, if you need me I'll be here for you both. And I'm sorry I couldn't show you that yesterday" Bonnie confesses.

Elena and I both struggle to hold back tears.

"We met our birth mother" Elena says, referring to us both.
"Oh" Bonnie says with shock.
"Oh" She said a little more surprised when she realized what it meant, that we were related.

"Was it...are you okay?" She asks when she notices how strained we are. She reaches for us and hugs us, and I fall in the embrace.

..........

When we got to the school, I went to find Matt, and talk.

"Matt" I call out as I stand from a distance, watching Matt fix up the float. He doesn't hear me so I walk up to him, with feet trembling with every step.