Recess: Secret of Beginning

Chapter 13

Spinelli's face twisted in even more confusion. Who was that? she never heard her voice before. Was she some far away twice removed cousin or something?

"Don't be silly honey, that's way too much hassle. Since your're already here you might as well stay" her mother soothed. That was the moment, Sparky decided he was not getting enough attention and so sprung onto Spinelli like one of those clowns from a music box and toppled her through the kitchen face first into the floor.

She was pretty sure her mom had a heart attack judged by the scream she let out. But since her face was molded into the tile floor and Sparky decided to make Spinelli's back his new bed she couldn't really look up to be sure. "I think we need to put Sparky on a diet" Spinelli groaned out as she lifted her head and looked up.

"Ashley Funicello Spinelli!" Her mother yelled, she looked ready to burst into tears. Her father just stood there still recovering from shock. "Yes?" Spinelli asked casually, like having a huge husky laying on top of you was a regular thing.  "How much did you hear?" Her mother asked her hands on her hips.

She's going to start scolding.....Spinelli thought. "Enough to know you have something to tell me" Spinelli answered. Her mother puffed out her cheecks. Here it comes....

"You shouldn't have been evesdropping, it's so unlady-like Ashley. I have raised you better then that. I'm so disapointed in you" her mother ranted. There it is! Spinelli smiled to herself.

"How do you know we were talking about you pookie?" Her dad cut in as the shock was replaced with nervousness. Spinelli rolled her eyes the best she could in the positions she was in. "Please just cut it out and tell me" Spinelli moaned. Her parents exchanged a look.

"First let's get you up" Her dad said as he lifted her up from under Sparky. Sparky opened his eyes in confusion as the warmth of Spinelli's back was gone and replaced by the cold tile floor. He looked up daze and whined slightly. "Sparky!" her dad scolded.

Defeated the dog lifted itself begrundingly and with a low tail sauntered out the kitchen clearly unhappy that his human water bottle was taken from him. Her dad shook his head. "I swear, that dog" her dad sighed and decided to leave it at that.

Spinelli snorted at her dog's common dorky behaviour. "So?" Spinelli asked. "Maybe it'll be easier if I say it..." the same female voice from before interjected. Spinelli almost completely forgot about her.

The girl stepped forward from behind her mother. She was a head taller then Spinelli and had a thin petite agile body. Spinelli was stunned, she was absolutly gorgeous. Not the ashley type of gorgeous but the natrual type.

The girl had smooth olive skin and almond shape chocolate brown eyes. She had thick black hair that curled elegantly at the end. Spinelli had to admit her heart sank a little and she felt a little self conscience in her presence. The girl just screamed proper and girly.

"I'm Renee. You must be Ashley" the girl said holding out her hand. "Actaully, I go by Spinelli" Spinelli said as she shook Renee's hand, which felt like as if she touched a cloud. "Sorry my bad" she giggled. As Spinelli looked at her a bit more she realized the girl really had the potential to be a Spinelli. Dark hair, olive skin, full lips, and dark big eyes.

"So are you some kind of distant cousin I never met?" Spinelli was always known for being blunt and straight to the point. Renee looked a bit surprised for a second. "Not exactly" she said as she played with her fingers.

"I'm actually your twin sister" Renee smiled weakly as she shifted from foot to foot. Spinelli's eyes could probably spread out over America twice with how big they widned. "My what!?" Spinelli yelled after a moment as she jumped back slightly from the girl.

"Guys april's fools is not for another six months!" Spinelli yelled as she glared at her parents. "It's true pookie" her father said defeated. He knew his daughters temper, this might not end well. "Mom!" Spinelli turned to her mom in desperation. She just a gave her an apologetic look.

"How? What!? Why do I only find out know!" Spinelli growled her temper rising. "Pookie. We were thrilled when we had you both but we were not on good terms when it came to money" her dad started. "The first house we had didn't have enough room for all four of you and feeding you all was a challenege" her dad continued.

"Then your aunt Nancy stepped in. She just had a miscarrige and she offered to take one of you to live with her down in Baltimore. She had the conditions since she was expecting. It was not an easy choice, believe me Ashley. It wasn't" Her mother grabbed her arm in comfort.

"We did what we thought would be best for your future" Her father cut in as he stood to join them. Spinelli stood for a moment taking it in. She then ripped her arm from her mom's grasp.

"How could you! It's not even the giving away, I can understand what position you were in. But not telling me for 13 years!? That I had a sister all the way in a completely different state!!! What was even the point of hiding it? Ashamed that you weren't able to provide for us at the time? That I or someone else would judge you for your decision? Was that it?" Spinelli yelled, desperatly trying to make sense of it.

"Ashl-" Spinelli cut her mother off before she could finish. "Why does this family have so many secrets!? Is it really that hard to tell the truth? Is it really that much to ask for?" Spinelli screamed before turning and running upstairs to her room and locking the door.

She slid down her door and sat on the floor. She noticed drops fall onto her wood floor and she touched her cheeck in confusion. She was crying. She felt the silent tears streak down her cheecks as her breathing becaming ragged. She curled into a ball and done something she hadn't done in a long time.

She let herself cried.

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Love~ Natalia