Leave My Heart Out Of This // Shawn Mendes and Hayes Grier

Chapter 13

~Maddie's Pov~

"Maddie? We need to talk to you. Now."

I was still in just a towel.

They're probably gonna bust me for running into the house almost naked.

"Uh, hold on. "

I quickly slip on my light washed high wasted shorts and a plain, ocean blue colored crop top that said "Tides" in white lettering.

I wrapped my hair in my towel and opened my door.

They looked nervous.
Why would they be nervous? Shouldn't I be the one nervous?

"What?" I ask folding my arms.
I was still upset with them for what happened the other night.

"Take a seat" my dad said gesturing to my couch inside my room.

I do what he says, and I took a seat.
Both of my parents sat down on my bed which made them face directly towards me.

"Well now that you're older and you can understand this better, we need to tell you this now. And this isn't very easy for us to say either" my mom says sighing after her last word. She sighs again a little bit louder, and looks down.

She can be so dramatic.

"Okay? What is it? Just tell me."

"Well, we're not, technically, your real parents.."

My mouth drops. It feels as if it dropped to the floor.

I just stare at them.
I don't know what to say.
How do I respond to that?

I close my mouth before I start catching bugs.

"What do you mean? Are you saying I'm adopted?" I curl my eyebrows.

"Well, sort of. Yes. We adopted you when you were just a baby" my dad pitches in.

I need to let this sink in.

"So, do you know my real parents?"

"Yes. And so do you."

What do you mean so do I? This doesn't make any sense. How would I know them if I was adopted when I was a baby?

"How? What? I can't know them. "

"Actually, you do. And its not a them, its a her. You have a mom and dad, but your dad left. So its just your mom."

"WELL JUST TELL ME WHO SHE IS. I deserve to know. Please."

"Gina Dallas. Thats your mom. Your brother's name is Cameron Dallas."

I almost sharted my pants.

CAMERONS MY BROTHER?!

Nonononononono this isn't true. It can't be. Can it?

Holy frick. Cameron is my brother.

"I need t-to tell h-him" I say with tears welling up in my eyes.
I went to grab my phone when my ex-dad or foster parent or whoever he was, stopped me.

"Maddie. He already knows."

HE ALREADY KNOWS?!
Calm down Maddie, he probably just got told this, like I did.

"How long has he known?"

"Since he was 12 or 13."

Thats when I met Cam.

He was 12 and I was 10. We met at Hayes' birthday party.

So he's known this whole time, and he didn't tell me? How could he?

Tears were streaming fastly down my face. I can't handle all of the voices in my head. I feel like I'm going mad.

Why did Gina, or my mom, give me up in the first place? Why hasn't Cam told me? Will I live with my real family now?

I need answers.

Cameron lived right across the street from me, so I ran.

Why do I always seem to be running in the streets?

"Maddie! Wait up!"

Hayes.

"Hayes I really don't have time for this right now." I sounded harsh, but I had to talk to Cam.

"Why are your eyes puffy? Have you been crying?" A frown appears on his face as he comes close to me.

"Hayes, I really need to talk to Cameron right now and I don't think-"

Before I could finish my sentence, he crashes his lips with mine. Instant fireworks started stirring up in my stomach. Our lips were moving in sync. We were legit having a make-out session outside of Cameron's house.

Maybe I do have time for this.