"Carter! come down stairs please!" My mother screamed to me from downstairs. I groaned and shut my laptop. I skipped down the spiraling stairs with my red curls bouncing behind me. I found my parents and my sister, Aubrey, sitting down on the black leather couch. Aubrey patted her hand down on the seat next to her that was sitting across from my parents.
"Carter we need to have a talk with you." My mother said. I could tell that there was fear quaking from her voice.
"alright" I said crossing my legs Indian style wrapping my finger around my curl
"baby, I think it's time we told you. your 17 now and I think your ready. after a couple of years of your sister being born, we wanted to have another baby. we kept trying and trying but nothing was happening. I took your mother to a doctor and he told us we weren't able to have any kids anymore. we were crushed. we had many sleepless nights of just crying in each other's arms, but then I had a great idea. what if we just adopted a child? your mother and I seemed to really like that idea. we drove to a adoption center down town and we looked at many pictures of beautiful children. but one stood out very much to us. she had dashing red hair and the most beautiful brown eyes. we knew she was the one." My father said tearing up.
"I'm adopted?!" I screamed.
"Sweetheart, we still love you and I'm sorry we didn't tell you sooner. we were scared you weren't old enough to understand. me and your father love you very much Carter." My mother cried
"your not my mother and he isn't my father! don't you dare say you love me because you don't! even my real parents didn't love me!!!" I screamed standing up from the couch.
"Carter, even if your adopted your still my sister." Aubrey grabbed my arm to turn me to face her.
"Oh please. I'm not your freaking sister! I'm not your anything! I'm so stupid! I should have known I wasn't apart of this family! all of you have Blonde hair and blue eyes, and I have red hair and brown eyes!"
"Carter-" my father started to say but I cut him off.
"don't say anything to me. Steven." I hissed and ran upstairs.
I took my suitcases out of my closet and started packing my things. after an hour of packing, I texted my best friend, Danielle to say I was dropping by. I dragged my suitcases down the stairs and grabbed my car keys.
"Carter where are you going?" my mother, or shall I say Kelly said
"Why do you care?" I said slamming the door not wanting to hear her voice any longer. I pushed my things in the backseat and the trunk. I glided into the drivers seat and put on my sunglasses. the car came to life and started backing down the driveway. before I drove away, I took one more glance at what I thought was my family standing on the front pouch. I saw Kelly crying into Steven's arms and Aubrey wiping a stray tear rolling down her face. I took a deep breath and sped down the road to Danielle's house.
"Hello Carter!" Mrs. James, Danielle's mother, smiled at me
"Hello Mrs. James!" I forced a smile back "do you mind If I stay here a while? until I get back on my feet again?"
"of course dear! what what happened?" She said furrowing her eyebrows. I huffed and with that Danielle ran down the stairs.
"Yeah what happened? are you ok?" Danielle said standing next to her mom.
"shall I tell you both in the living room?" I said pointing
"of course" Mrs. James said. we took a seat on there comfy brown sofa and turned the television off.
"what's up?" Danielle said sitting next to me.
"My parents told me I was adopted." I said flidding with my fingers.
"what do you mean? that's impossible!" Danielle raised her voice
"It's apparently not impossible! after they had Aubrey they wanted to have another baby but they couldn't so they adopted me." I felt a tear escape from my eye and fell onto my hands.
"awh Carter I'm so sorry. your welcome to stay here as long as you like!" Mrs. James said embracing me into a tight hug.
"thank you. but I need both of you girls to help me with something." i said wiping my eyes with a tissue
"Yeah anything what is it?" Danielle said throwing her arm around my shoulders.
"I want to find my real parents." I choked out
"isn't that going to be hard?" Danielle said
"Well not necessarily. we could call the adoption center from where you were adopted and we could see if they possibly still have your file." Mrs. James said bringing back coffee just the way me and Danielle like it. not to dark and not to light.
"Thanks mom, and yeah we can totally help you find them. even if there across the country, I'll be there to support you." Danielle said taking a sip of her coffee.
"Thanks Dani." I smiled and gave her a hug.
"do your parents know your here darling?" Mrs. James said taking a seat back down on the sofa.
"not really. I don't really wanna talk to them right now." I said gripping the cup
"alright dear, well I'm going to give them a call just to tell them that your safe. you don't have to talk to them." she said
I nodded as Danielle led me to her bedroom. she opened her Mac laptop and started typing.
"what's the name of the adoption center down town?" She said not looking up from the screen.
"ahhh... Family Living Inc." I said playing with her One Direction pillow. man, me and her really did love that band. we've always wanted to go to a concert but the tickets are always too expensive. Niall is my favorite. there's something about that Irish lad that gets me going. Danielle really likes Liam. If someone brings him up, she will say every thing about that kid. she's insane.
"alright I found the number on there website. shall we give them a call my dear?" Danielle said flipping her glossy black hair behind her back.
"we shall. what's the number?" I said whipping out my phone and getting the keypad ready.
Danielle gave me the number and I put it on speaker so we can both hear.
"Family Living Inc. how can I help you?" a perky woman's voice boomed through the phone.
"ah yes hi. is it possible you could find out who someone's parents are if they were adopted almost 17 years ago??" Danielle said while I was biting my nails. I was too nervous to talk.
"it depends. we have been getting rid of old files recently, but we still have a lot of old files like that. who's file are you looking for?" the woman said
"Carter Burns." Danielle said looking at me.
"errm.. let me check. please hold for a second ma'am." the woman said
after a while she came back on the line
"yes we have her file." the woman said happily
"could we make an appointment or something to find out who her real parents are?" Danielle said smiling
"of course. how about Tuesday at 2:30?"
"that's perfect. thank you so much for your time!" Danielle said
"My pleasure."
we hung up the phone and we started to scream and jump up the down on her bed.
"were gonna find your parents Car!"
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Hope you guys liked the first chapter!!
~Kylie
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