My New Secret Life

Chapter 11

I wake up and see Connor standing next to me. I'm so glad we found each other. Right now he's the only one that's giving me hope.

I kiss Connor and he wakes up.
"Good morning!" He says and kisses me again.

We get up and start cooking breakfast. After that we sit on the sofa and watch TV.
"How are you feeling?" Connor asks me.
"About what?" I ask even though I knew he meant my family.
"About your family. Finding out you're adopted, about everything. How are you feeling?" He asks again.
"Well, I've had better days."
"Look, Nikole if there's anything I can do to help please tell me." Connor says as he starts playing with my hair.
God I love it when he does that.

I put my head on his chest and answer:
"I will."

"Hey what do you think about us going to the gym together? Right now." Connor asks.
"Sounds perfect." I say as I kiss him and then we go to our bedroom to get some sport clothes.

We arrive at Connor's gym. We walk in and I see at a list that this was the place all the street fighters of DarkBlue go.

"You should go and register there." Connor points his finger at a man who was writing on a piece of paper.
I go there and the man looks at me.
"What do you need?" He asks.
"I want to register here." I answer and he starts laughing. "If I were you I wouldn't laugh."
"And why is that?!" The man asks with a smirk on his face.
"Because I'm Nik. My full name is Nikole, I just act like I'm a boy. I can prove who I am."

The man asks a guy to come here and orders him to fight me. If I win I join the gym. Well this is gonna be easy.

Everyone takes a step back and we could start fighting. A bell rings. So it's time to win this thing.

He comes to me and tries to punch but I block it. I kick him twice and punch him. He tries to kick me too but it was easy to block because he was falling.
After that he gets up and I do a roundhouse kick and then another one to his head. Blood falls from his nose and I punch him till he falls again. He hits the ground and doesn't get up.

"Well I win. Can I join now?"
"Yes!" The guy says scared and registers my name.

"Well done!" Connor says and hugs me.
"I'm going to that punching bag, you go wherever you want and we can go to eat after 1 hour."
"Great! Let's do that!"

I go the punching bag and start kicking and punching as hard as I can. While I was doing that what came to my mind was:
Why did my family had to lie me about this?
Who are my real parents?
Are they better than the family I have lived in?
Should I bother to find them?
Or will they break my heart too?
No, nobody breaks my heart anymore!

I see the time and I had to go. I see Coonor at another punching bag and I call him then we leave.

"Remember what you told me this morning?" I ask Connor.
"Yeah." He answers.
"I want you to help me find my real parents." He looks at me and asks: "Are you sure?"
"Yes." I say.
"Okay then I will help you."

We eat dinner and then go to our place.

I was just going to have a shower because I was full of sweat and I couldn't stay like that all day.

After I take my shower I go the bedroom to change and Connor was there.
"I'm sorry but I have to change and you have to leave." I say to him.
"Come on, it's not like I will see anything new." He says smiling.
"Connor!" I say like I was ordering him to get out.
"Okay okay!" He says as he gets out.

I get dressed and then get out of the bedroom. But just when I open the door Connor walks in and kisses me. I kiss him back and tell him that I love him and he says the same thing too.

"I really have to shower now too." Connor says.
"Yeah you do." I replie laughing.
He goes to the bathroom and I can hear the water hitting the ground.

I go and watch TV. While I was doing that it was the first time I notice that there was a big door right next to the stairs.
I was really curious to see what was in there. I really think I should ask Connor, but this is OUR place, right? I can do whatever I want.

I open the door and all I could see were some big boxes. I get one box and open it. I was surprised at what I saw.
A photo of my parents with 2 other ladies and another man.

I hear Connor coming down the stairs. I go right in front of him and ask:
"Do you know what this is?"
"What? Belive me I have no idea. Why is my aunt with your parents and these other two people, whoever they are."
"This is your aunt?!"
"Yes." Connor answers and we both go to the room I found the photo.

There were thousand other photos of my parents, Connor's aunt and those other guys that I have no idea who they are.

We take them and sit on the sofa.
"Nikole!" Connor says to me like he was scared or something.
"What?!" I ask. Connor looks at me and then at the photos.
"Look at these guys." He says taking a photo of the guys we didn't know. "Look at them, their eyes, hair, face shape, even their lips and noses are very similar with you.
"It's immpossible! They can't be!" I replie scared.
"Maybe they are your real parents!" Connor says as he looks at me as shocked as I am.
"I need to talk to my fake parents and hope they tell me the truth." I say as I get up and leave the house.

I had like an hour walking. Our place was so far away from where I used to live, but I finally arrived.

I knock at the door really hard and the lady I used to call mom opens it.
"I need you to tell me the truth!" I say as I look at my fake parents and show them the photo.
"How dare you talk to us like that after all you did! You should have respect for your parents!" They yell to me.
"Well I would have if my parents were here, but I don't see them anywhere!" I yell. "Now for once tell me the truth! Are they my real parents?!" I ask yelling again.
"Nikole sit down, we'll explain you everything." My fake mom says and we all sit down.