Hey, Angel. (Ashton's missing twin)

Chapter Thirteen. [edited!]

|Angela (Angel)|

"Are you alright, sweetie?" Dr. King asks. After a while of spending time with my real mother and Ashton, Dr.King had come back to take me to her office. I was now seated in front of her desk, her sitting in an office chair behind it. I could tell she was worried, given that everyone's reaction to being adopted is different, let alone a reaction to being kidnapped. She probably doesn't know if I'm faking it for the Irwin's, or if I'm truly happy.

"I feel... Strangely okay. I know that there are a lot of things I still need to take care of, but right now I just- I feel whole. You know, I always thought there was just something missing out of my life because I've never had a father... But I think it may have been that I wasn't with Ashton." I realize just how true my statement is when I say it out loud, Mrs. King nods an approval. "It's like, I'm scared out of my mind until he's there with me. Then I feel safe and complete, like I can do this." 

"Well, I think you've earned the right to enjoy this for a few days before taking care of all the technical things. You should spend time with your family and catch up, but there is one thing we need to take care of as soon as possible." I nod, already having a feeling I know what she's about to say.

"You gotta decide if you wanna press charges, what you wanna do about school, where you're gonna stay..." She trails off, letting it all sink in. "The Irwin's would like for you to stay with them, but they understand how overwhelming it could be. Ashton said you could stay with him and his bandmates instead. Now, I'm not sure which of those options is appealing to you, but it is up to you to decide. I could always pull a few strings and you could stay here too, or stay in a hotel room. Your choice." She smiles softly at me, waiting patiently. Though it didn't take me very long to decide.

"I think I'd rather just stay with Ashton, if thats okay? We've already missed so much of one another's lives, I just want to get to know him better. But I do need to finish school, and I can't abandon Alex at the end of our senior year. So I can't really stay that long, even though I kind of want to."

"Well, for now you'd better go see your brother and tell him your staying the night with him. You can figure everything out about school tomorrow, you've had enough excitement for today. Doctors orders." She smiles, obviously joking about that being an order.

"Okay," I laugh. "Are you sure the rest of my real family won't be upset that I don't want to stay with them? What if they think I don't like them, or they're disappointed that I won't stay?"

"I'm sure they'll understand." She stands and pats my back, leading me back downstairs to the waiting room. All the boys are still sitting here, along with my real mother. As soon as we walk in, everybody looks at me.

"Uh, Dr.King said that I could stay with someone tonight. Is it alright if I stay with the boys?" I direct the question to my mother and all the boys look to her, Ashton giving her puppy dog eyes.

"Of course, if thats what you want to do." They all stand and my mother comes to hug me. "I missed you so much, love." She barely whispers into my neck. I just smile and hug her back, not sure what to say. She lets go and holds me at arms length before speaking aloud to everyone again. "We'd better get going now, the boys rode here with me. So we'll just go back home and then you can all take their rental car to go to their place. Alright hun?"

"Sounds good." I nod, then we walk out of the hospital together. Her leading the way, me following with Calum on my left and Ashton on my right, and then Michael and Luke trailing behind us.

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After a very silent car ride, we're parked in the driveway of what I assume is Ashton's childhood home. It's bigger than the house I had in America, but not by too much. It must have a couple more rooms though since he has siblings. I have to keep reminding myself that since Ashton is my full biological twin brother, that his siblings are also my siblings. I never thought I'd have siblings since I was supposedly a miracle baby myself, now I have three. I wasn't sure what to think, or if I was even supposed to go inside yet. I didn't even know if I wanted to meet Lauren and Harry yet, to be honest.

"Did you want to come in, Angel?" Hearing the shortened version of my name sounded odd, even though I now knew that it was actually my birth name. I stare at Ashton's mom for a while, until Ashton steps in front of me.

"Angie?" His worried gaze catches mine, and I force myself to focus on him.

"Hmm?"

"Do you wanna come in? Lauren and Harry are home, but we can just leave now to our place if you'd like?"

"Oh, uh... I'd like to see them if they want to meet me. I don't want to freak them out or confuse them or anything."

"I'm sure they'd love to meet you, I'll be with you the whole time yeah?" I nod and Ashton holds my hand as we walk up to the front door. To say I'm nervous to meet my other siblings is an understatement. Sure, meeting Ashton was amazing. But we were twins, we'd always felt like something was missing. Though I didn't fully know him yet, I knew I could trust him with my life and get to know him in time.

I'm just not so sure that his younger siblings, my younger siblings, will like me at all. After all, I may be nothing like my biological family. I may be the exact opposite of who they expect me to be. More accurately, I may be the exact opposite of who I would have been.

AN: much more of the boys in the next chappie!
Love you guys! -A