Secrets

The truth will come out

Martia/ Whitney's POV:
I can't believe it's came out like this, I'm just in so much shock I don't know what to say anymore. We're all sat in the living room and I look over to Peter and he holds my hand. He goes to "kiss my cheek," but really he's telling me to keep the secret just a little longer. I smile and nod, I do feel slightly bad keeping this from Rose but she's got so much happening already and same with Cristina and Deja, so I decide to just tell them part of the story, obviously leaving out the plan. "Ok, so I'm sure everyone's waiting on an explanation." Landon looks at me, as he obviously knows, and is about to say something but I quickly hold up a sign as to shush him, I brush it off as me wiping my nose so the girls don't notice. He understood and kept quiet acting like he knows nothing. Keeping up the act he says, "Mom what's going on? Who's the guest we have?" Rose looks over at him clearly feeling bad and guilty for what's he's "about to find out." I tell them exactly what I told the girls earlier about how there all siblings and I'm just no longer in love with Roses dad, I explain one more time that I don't want to tell him just yet tho and that I brought Rose here so I could tell everyone together. After a few minutes of silence and everyone processing, Peter speaks up asking if anyone's thirsty or hungry. Rose speaks up and says she'd love some wine at this point and Peter  looks at me as if asking if it's ok, I give him a slight nod. Landon replies he'd like some also with the other two girls asking for lemonade. I offered to help Peter with the drinks and we both walked into the kitchen.

Rosalynne's POV:
I wondered just how old Landon is, considering he looks to be my age and he's also drinking wine. I finally speak up and ask and he replies with, "I just turned 23 last August." I was beyond shocked by this and felt like I was a cartoon character who's jaw opened so wide it actually hit the floor. "Are you serious I just 23 last august too." This seemed to genuinely surprise him. "Wait, really but mom said.." he cut himself off and this made me wonder what he was going to say. "She said what?" I asked actually wanting to know, "oh uh nothing, I was just thinking about all this and accidentally said mom, what I meant to say is.." he paused for a minute clearly thinking of what to say next but I just put it off as clear anxiety from this situation, I mean I'm scared and nervous to so I can't blame him for losing his words. "I meant to say that it's a crazy coincidence we where both born in August" "Yea I know, I just can't believe moms had a second family since I was born. Well technically, she didn't actually get me until I was 3 months old and her and dad adopted me." He seemed just as confused and hurt before finally getting up to go help Mom and Peter in the kitchen, who by the way are taking a suspiciously long time, but then again she's probably avoiding the situation at hand right now and I'm not complaining because I don't know if I can handle seeing her right now.

Landon's POV:
I walked in the kitchen to see mom and dad whispering back and forth while waving their hands around, clearly fighting. I walked up slowly and knocked on a cabinet by my head to let them know of my presence, they finally turned to look at me. They both said "what?" In a clearly annoyed and angry manner. This took me aback quite a bit as they've never spoken to me like this before. They noticed and both muttered apologies that seemed sincere, "I just have a question," I said with my voice cracking slightly from anxiety. "What is it sweetie?" Mom replied back. "Well you said you and dad got together and had me 23 years ago," she nodded, confused as to where this was going. "Ok and you said that you met Rosalynne's dad 21 years ago, and that it was just a mistake and you cheated on dad, but he forgave you." She nodded once more still confused and looked at my dad as if hoping I wasn't about to say what I am. "Then you said you made this big plan and you and dad decided you should stay with Zayn, Rosalynne's dad, for a little while longer." She nodded once more and sighed knowing I had caught that part of what she told me was a lie. "So why then?" I paused, "Did Rose just tell me she's 23 as well, I mean I know she's adopted but she said you and Zayn both got her as an infant, only 3 months. You said he adopted her at 3 months and you only met him when she had just turned 2." She sighed looking at dad, they both nodded and then turned back to me. "Listen Landon, there's a few things we left out when we told you about all this, but you weren't meant to know to start with, so we just didn't think you where ready to know the full truth." I was so confused at this point hurt that they'd lie to me yet again, as if once wasn't enough, at this point I'm doubting if I can trust anything they say. Dad finally spoke up saying, "Landon, your... well your.." he looked at mom one more time and they both agreed it should be said, whatever it is. "Your adopted, and the worse part is your Roses twin brother." This left me absolutely stunned, I thought this had to be some kind of a prank, I just kept waiting for them to tell me it was a prank. "Are you... your serious?" They both nodded before leaning over to each touch one shoulder while they side hugged one another. I pulled back fighting tears, I was just in so much shock, I mean I know the plan, I know it's important, I know it all, but this hurts. I stormed out running to the front door while yelling, "I'll be back I'm going for a run."

Roses POV:
I was sitting on the couch waiting for Peter, mom, and Landon to come back out, talking to Deja and Cristina. "So.. how are you guys doing? I mean I know it can't be much better than me, considering, but are you ok, do you need anything?" Deja spoke up and said she just couldn't believe this was real life and Cristina quietly agreed as we all continued to pet a now sleeping Lily. "I'm really sorry you all have to go through this, especially so young, but I'm here if you ever need me I promise, Deja you have my number right?" She nodded and I told her to go ahead and give it to Cristina as well, she gladly typed it into her phone. I finally was starting to realize the situation and sighed before smiling, teary eyed and saying, "I just can't believe I have siblings, I mean I wish it wouldn't have been this way obviously, but it doesn't make me love you all any less." The girls both returned my smile and we all hugged still crying but now slightly laughing. Deja said "I always wanted an older sister." We laughed again and started petting Lily more. Deja cracked a joke asking if this meant Lily was technically hers as well now and she could see her more often. I laughed and said "I suppose so and I'd love you to be her aunt, I mean you basically already are but now it's officially, I just thank you for taking such good care of her." Lily finally woke up and jumped down, I assume to go eat, considering I heard her munching away at her food. We all started to just make small talk and laugh and share life experiences, just trying to stay distracted. That's when we heard and saw Landon run out yelling he was going on a run. We all looked at each other questioning what that was about and finally Peter and my mom walked back out, making the atmosphere gloomy again.

Peters POV:
I asked if anyone wanted drinks and went to get what everyone asked for, with Whitney following close behind. We reached the kitchen and both looked to make sure no one was listening, before finally talking. "So what now?" I asked dragging out the so. "I'm honestly not sure, I just hope this doesn't come in the way of the plan." Whitney replied pinching the bridge of her nose. "True, we've come so far." We stood there a minute awkwardly looking from one object to the next, when suddenly Whitney spoke up. "This is your fault you know?" This took me aback, "my fault? Excuse me, I didn't plan for this to happen." I said slightly raising my voice but still being quiet. "I told you I was in the bathroom and not to let the girls come." "Well you said it was the bathroom next to the pink plant, we where by the yellow, blue, and pink plant, you should've been more specific." "Are you serious? That's literally the only plant in the whole place with pink. How could you get that wrong?" She said quietly yelling and waving her hands. "Well I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention to the plants, and the other one definitely had pink on it." "Where, where did you see pink on that plant?" "It was literally on the tips." "For gods sake you had one job." "Maybe but what made you think it was a good idea for me to take the girls to your moms funeral with your other family." "I didn't come up with this plan you did I just wanted to meet you guys at McDonald's on the way back from the funeral." I went to reply, but we where interrupted by a knock. We looked over to see Landon, we where both annoyed and harshly said "What?" I immediately felt bad as he looked shocked, we both muttered a quiet sorry. Then he started to ask us if what happened to the original plan and if it was still in play. I looked at Whitney and she mouthed that we need to tell him the truth. I knew exactly what she meant but was confused because it could ruin everything, it took us 4 years to gain his trust enough to not tell anyone of the plan. Whitney nodded as if she understood I was confused so I decided to tell him the truth. "Landon, your... well your.." I looked at Whitney for one last affirmation that I should really say it and she nodded. "Your adopted," I went quiet for a minute. "Well I kind of figured this much, I saw the papers one day when mom forgot to put them in the safe." I looked at Whitney, wide eyed in shock and she returned it. She then cleared her throat while pointing her head to Landon, I took this as a sign to continue. "That's not all, your actually, Roses twin brother." He looked clearly stunned by this information and I could tell his brain was running 30 miles an hour. Me and Whitney gave each other a side hug and Landon asked if we're serious and we nodded. We finally reached to both touch his shoulder, but he pulled away with a look of confusion, hurt, and disgust. Me and Whitney where both very hurt by this, but could understand. He ran towards the door saying he needed to go for a run. I asked Whitney if we did the right thing and she said it's all part of the plan, I nodded and me and Whitney returned to where the girls sat. We could tell they where a little happy and getting along, but that immediately changed as we entered, the mood changed to gloomy. This was going to be a long night, week, month, year, and life in general. But we will stick to the plan and it will be achieved, this is just one little, possibly major bump.

Until next time adventurers :) Two chapters in one night this is crazy but I hope your all enjoying my story and give me some tips I'd love to hear your thoughts. Love you all <3