Reborn Dean Bingham

The Truth

(Dean POV)

Since  I woke up in the hospital I told myself  I was going to change into a new and better person as well as accomplishing some things that I never thought I'd have the courage to do.For example I asked out the girl that I liked since the first time I meet her.Today I was going to accomplish another thing on my list  that being in the finals of a competition. 

Hanna

Last night was the best date ever!, See you when you get here :)  

When I got to school, I went directly to Hanna's locker. " Good morning beautiful"  I said kissing Hanna on the cheek."Good morning" she replied resting her head on my chest. " Aww, you guys are so cute congratulations" Scarlet said walking towards us. " Thanks " Hanna and I replied in unison.  " Don't forget we have a meeting at lunch to see who's in the finals". Scarlet added " Sounds great, we're one step closer to beating the Gallow's" Hanna laughs smiling at Scarlet.

" See you guys at lunch" Scarlet said as the bell rang for class. The morning went by with  blink of the eye.  "All participants of the singing competition meet in the drama room at lunch" The intercom sounded as the bell rang.  I quickly made my way through the halls towards Hanna's locker.

" Are you two ready ?" Hanna asked nervously as Scarlet and I  approached her locker. " There's nothing to worry about, we did awesome, We're obviously in the finales" Scarlet  explained reassuringly smiling at Hanna and I. " You're right" Hanna replied as she took my hand entwining our fingers.

As we got closer to the drama room we could see other participants from the competition exiting the room. " Glad you could join us, please take a seat" Ms. Storm said as we entered the room and took a seat with the other 4 competitors . " Congratulations on advancing to this point of the competition, But unfortunately there can only be two groups in the finale " Ms. Storm explained as  we exchanged looks between the other competitors. " With that being said I'm sorry but group 23 you're not advancing" Ms. storm said politely " That's bullshit, this is rigged"  one of the boys yelled as he flipped his chair and stomped out of the room. " Someone's a sore loser " Ari laughed causing Owen to nudge her  to stop.  " I'm sorry about  that. At this time I'd like to announce who will be taking the first spot in the finales" Ms.storm said  after things quieted down a bit. " The first group advancing will be Owen and Aria "  Ms. Storm announced. That came to no surprise to anyone in the room  by the looks on the face of the other group.

" And the group that will be facing off with Aria and Owen will be the group of Hanna, Scarlet and Dean" It took us a few minutes to process what just happened."Congratulations, and good luck" the other group said shaking our hands before walking out of the room.  " Before you leave I'd like to say congratulations to both groups  and that the finales will be held next wednesday at 7pm, Family and friends are allowed to attend if they'd like " Ms. storm concluded. 

 "We did it " Hanna cheered as she gave me  and Scarlet a hug. " I'm honestly surprised" I said  in disbelief. " Well we did it , now there's only one group standing in our way" Scarlet said. " You're not going to win that easily.You know what nevermind, let the better team win" Aria smiled extending her hand out to Scarlet. " Thanks" we said. " That was different " Hanna said in confusion as Aria walked away.

  "Owen said that she's trying to be nicer to people" Scarlet explained. " She's honestly not a bad person it's just sometimes what she says is a little overboard" Hanna explained.

School was over for the day. I wanted to run a few errands before I picked up Hanna so she could come meet Roderick and Zora. I was getting  into my truck when I heard a voice. 

( Owen's Pov) 

" Hey Dean, wait up bud" I called catching up to his truck. "What's up ?" he asked  " Would you mind if I asked you a few questions ?" I said. " Yea sure, have to go run some errands but you can come along for the ride"he offered "Sure, I can do that" I said getting into the passenger seat of the car.

" What's on your mind ?" he asked as he started the engine." I thought since you're dating my Girlfriend's sister that It would be a good thing if we got to know each other better" I explained. " Ok,what do you want to know ?" He asked. " Why did you move from Calgary ? " I asked. " Well, I lived in Calgary most of my life so I wanted a change of scenery  so I moved down here" he replied. "You moved here by yourself, your parents didn't come with you ?" I said. " No, my parents weren't able to come with me, " He said. By the tone of his voice I could sense that he was trying to convince himself more than he was trying to convince me.

 " Cut the crap" I said getting annoyed. " What do you mean ? " he asked confused " You're not who you say you are, Roderick doesn't have a cousin named Dean,I've know the Grave boys since grade 8, I think I'd know if they had a cousin named Dean.  I said angrily.

" Ok you're right" He said stopping the truck " I'm not Roderick's cousin, I'm his brother" He said  nervously. " Quit playing this stupid game, The only brother Roderick has is Kevin and he's dead. I said a tad bit annoyed. Then I remembered what Ari and I found out about there never being a date of death for Kevin. " Owen I'm Kevin, I got trapped in a fire when I went to Calgary to visit my grandparents. I got facial reconstructive surgery. I changed my name, it's me" he said sympathetically. 

" You son of bitch, I thought you died, everyone thought you died" I snapped. " Yea, I've been told, I'm sorry I didn't know  that it would cause that much of an impact" He said with sorrow in his voice.

 "Who else knows ?" I asked impatiently." The only people  that know are  Roderick and Zora"  he said.  I sat there in shock and disbelief." So are you just going to carry on this charade , making people think that you're dead and that you're actually Dean Bingham?".I asked calming down a bit. "For now yes . " I have a favor " he asked staring at the steering wheel. " What is it " I asked. " Can this stay between the two of us for now ?, Don't tell Scarlet, Aria or especially  Hanna" he explained. " Of course, on one condition " I smiled. " Yea ?" he said " You come clean, when you feel the time is right " " Yea, I intend too don't worry" he said shaking my hand.