Reunited

Chapter 1

Charlotte's POV
"Get out of here you asshole!" My brother yelled at me, pushing me onto the floor of the hallway.
"Stop fighting! I'm trying to study here!" My oldest sister screamed from her room.
Our house is averaged size. There's seven of us in one house; two brothers, two sisters (all older), mum and dad. And obviously me.
My siblings are; Julia, 23, Harry, 22, Cody, 20, and Alexis, 17.
I share a room with Alexis. Julia's the only one who has her own room.

"Get a place of your own then!" Cody yelled back, slamming his door.
I scrambled to my feet and went through to my room.
Alexis was lying on her bed, throwing a ball up and down, her headphones were in, but I could still here the music.

I jumped onto my bed, plugged my headphones into my phone and went onto YouTube.
I began watching Margot Robbie videos.

I didn't realise how loud I was laughing, until a book was thrown in my direction. It clipped the side of my leg.
"What the hell?!" I took a headphone out and turned to Alexis.
"Shut up." She yelled. "I'm trying to listen to my music!"
"Fuck off." I mumbled.
"Kids! Dinner!" Dad yelled from downstairs.
I raced Alexis down the kitchen.
I grabbed the first slice of pizza and ate it quickly.
"What happened to your arm?" Mum asked, allowing her strong Scottish accent to come through.
"Cody." I said.
Dad hit Cody over the back of the head.
"Stop being a dick to your sister." He said shaking his head.
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After dinner, I settled down to do some homework.
"Mum, I need to use your laptop!" I yelled from the study.
"Okay!"
I unfroze the screen and my mum's emails popped up.
At the top of her list was the name Sarie Kessler. Wait? Margot Robbie's mum? What?
I clicked on the email and began reading.

'Hi Vanessa,
We haven't spoken in a few weeks and I just wanted to check up on Charlotte. Any pictures from the holiday you could send us? Margot wants to see the photos!
Hope my baby is doing alright and doing well in school.
Thanks,
Sarie x'
My mouth dropped in confusion and scrolled through the emails.

The emails had dated back to 2011. But there was way more. Too many to scroll through. How long had they been corresponding?
Mum had sent so many photos of me growing up and Sarie had sent some of Margot Robbie as a kid and her siblings.
Was I a Robbie? What the hell is going on?!
I took photos of the emails.
Mum walked in.
"You doing okay? You know what you're doing?"
I froze. "Yup." I swallowed the lump in my throat. She walked out and I started racking through the drawers in the desk.

I came across the birth certificates.
My own was at the bottom of the pile.
'First Name: Charlotte
Middle Name(s): Elle
Last Name: Robbie
Day: 19
Month: February
Year: 2001
Time: 5:33am
Weight: 6lbs, 2oz
Length: 19"
Place of Birth: Dalby, Australia
Mother's Name: Sarie Kessler
Father's Name: -'
There was another paper attached to it.
'ADOPTION CERTIFICATE
Birth Name: Charlotte Elle Robbie
Adopted Name: Charlotte Elle Lawrence
Age of Adoption: 3 hours
Birth Mother's Name: Sarie Kessler
Birth Father's Name: -
Adopted Mother's Name: Vanessa Marie Lawrence
Adopted Father's Name: Aiden Lawrence
Place of Birth: Dalby, Australia
Place of Residence: Glasgow, Scotland'
There were signatures under it.
Oh my god.
I'm adopted.
Margot Robbie is my big sister.

I put the papers back, closed the emails and took my certificates up to my room, where I grabbed my laptop.
I immediately went onto my emails.
I had a photo of Sarie's email adress so I decided to message her.

'Hi Sarie.
This is Charlotte. Your daughter. I have no idea what to say. I didn't know you were my mum. I didn't know I was adopted. Um. If you want to reply that's cool and if you don't, I totally understand.
Charlotte x'
I hesitantly clicked the send button and shut my laptop off.

I didn't even get changed, I was so shaken, I went straight the bed and burried my head under the duvet.
Maybe this was all just a dream. Like a good one. One where you're actually your idols little sister.