The file

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The next day I dressed in this.

Once I got to school Carlisle's black Mercedes pulled up, he rolled down his window and said "Come on, Baby Girl we need to talk

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Once I got to school Carlisle's black Mercedes pulled up, he rolled down his window and said "Come on, Baby Girl we need to talk." I glanced at Bella then got in the car, he drove to the house where everyone was, given that today was a sunny day. Carlisle grabbed my hand and led me up to the guest room. I dropped my bag in the desk chair and crawled on the bed to sit holding a pillow in my lap. He sat in front of me on the edge of the bed and said "Ok so I found your birth records and it turns out you have an interesting birth story." I said "I do?" he nodded and handed me a file.

He said "You and Bella are twins because you were born the same day but..." he pulled me close and pointed to a paper "See right here, you weren't as developed as Bella was when you both were born." I looked up at him and said "So what does that mean?" he turned to another page and showed me a sentence so I read out loud "The DNA test of 3-year-old twins Isabella and Aqualyn Swan prove that Charles Swan is the father to Isabella Swan and Alexander Hale is the father to Aqualyn Swan." I laid the paper in my lap and said "Who is Alexander Hale?" he opened the folder on my lap again and brought out a couple of pictures one was a picture of a man holding a newborn baby wrapped in a pink blanket. 

The man had strawberry blonde hair and brilliant blue eyes, he was sitting in a hospital chair smiling down at the baby girl. Carlisle said "This is Alexander and you when you were born according to the words on the back, this next one..." he showed me the second picture "...This is Alexander when he was a boy with his sister- your aunt Lillian and their parents- your grandparents John Hale and Elizabeth Hale (Nee Jameson)..." he handed me the picture then showed me the final photo, as I looked at it I said, "Wait... is that...?" 

He nodded and said, "The reason I showed you these photos is that this is your great grandparents William Hale and Elizabeth Hale with their children your grandfather John, and your great uncle William Jr. and your great aunt Rosalie." Rosalie burst through the door and snatched the picture from us and stared at it. "Where did you get this?" Carlisle looked up at her and said "From Alexander, I made some calls... but Rosalie you cannot see them as far as they are concerned you died." 

She said, "I know but, I always wondered what had happened to my brothers." I threw the file on the floor as I stood up and said "Hold up a minute, so my mother hates me because she cheated on my... on Charlie and Charlie hates me because he isn't my dad? And one of my friends that I go to school with... my drop-dead gorgeous vampire friend who makes any female in sight take a hit on their self-esteem is actually my great aunt?!" Rosalie said, "Why is that so hard to believe?" I rolled my eyes and mumbled, "Says the beauty queen." I took a deep breath and said "Let's see, as a family you have to look similar correct? You are literally the most beautiful woman in the world, even as a human. I however look like a burnt potato, and you want me to believe I have even an ounce of your genes in me? Not possible, look at these photos these people, your brothers and parents are beautiful and I am not even close to that scale."

She said "Are you really gonna make a decision based on looks and not DNA? Aqua come on, you are beautiful and you know it. Besides you can't compare your looks to food when you don't even eat." shit how can she know that? I said, "I do too eat." Carlisle said, "When was the last time you ate?" I said, "This morning before I left for school." Alice came in and said, "That's not what Bella says, she said she hasn't seen you eat in weeks." I said, "Ok this is so not the conversation we are having, Carlisle what else do you know about my birth?" 

He sighed and said, "Apparently he was a good friend of your mother's and Charlie's neither Charlie's family nor Renee's family has your hair color for as far back as they could find, so when you both were three they got you tested with Alexander and Charlie..." I said, "Why did they accuse him if he was their friend?" Carlisle said, "Because by the time you were three and had strawberry blonde hair Alexander already had an eight-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son both with strawberry blonde hair." he held out another photo to me, I sighed and grabbed it. I saw Alexander, some female woman, and three kids; two females one about eight and one about three, and one male who looked about five.

I took a breath before I flipped it over and in my mom's handwriting, it said 'Aqualyn with daddy, Caroline, Tamika, and Johnathan' I grabbed the file and sifted through it trying to find out why he left me. In the very back of the file was an envelope addressed to Alexander, I opened it up and took out the paper. I unfolded it to see pictures of me through the years from birth until I was 13. I grabbed them and held them behind the letter to read it.

September 13, 2000

Dear Alex, 

I appreciate you staying away from Aqua as I have demanded, Aqua and Bella are 13 today. No, she has not gotten your letters or the pictures you sent her, she has not received any of the cards either, the gifts were rewrapped and addressed from me so she did get them. She is getting suspicious and is constantly asking to see her birth certificate, but... I can't let my life fall apart, Aqua is almost up to Bella's perfect level. Aqua has A's and B's in school, she has her first boyfriend he is 15, and a sweetheart who lives next door. I'm sorry, Alex but I am not comfortable with her seeing Tamika and John again, Bella is her sister and yes technically they are her sister and brother but she doesn't know that. Just stay away or ill have Charlie arrest you for stalking. Enjoy the photos of her she has grown up beautifully.

- Renee 

I quickly gathered everything up, grabbed my bag, and started to run down the stairs. Esme caught my arm before I could rush out the door and said "Aqua, honey, are you ok?" I stared at the caring woman and said "My entire life is a lie, so no, Esme, I am not ok." I yanked my arm from her grasp and ran outside and into the woods. 

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