Just Be With Me [COMPLETED]

Chapter Twenty Eight

I pulled up into the drive way, turned the engine off and sat there watching the house.

"It's okay. I'm here with you!" Kat smiled at me,

I nodded and we both got out of her car. I took a deep breath while Kat took my hand and we headed up to the door,

I didn't even get the chance to knock on the door since it was pulled open by Nikki and Eli.

"Aurora!" Nikki was about to pull me into a hug, but I put my hand out to stop her.

"It's nice to see that you don't have a book in your hand or a gadget in yours," I say to them as I walked past them and into the living room, "I would like everyone in the living room please."

I take a seat in one of the arm chairs and Kat sits on the side of it; I have never seen my family move this fast before. Everyone was sitting around me and Kat in 3 minutes tops. I noticed my nieces and nephews tried to come up to me and I gave each and every one of them a hug. There was no reason for me to be mad at them, they didn't keep any secret from me.

"I came back to tell you all something." I looked each and everyone in the face, "you all hurt me, family doesn't hurt each other! You kept a very valuable piece of my life away from me and I don't think I could ever forgive you!" Kat's hand tightened around mine and I heard the intake of breathes from everyone, "I met them, my birth parents," I look at Eli and Nikki, "they are wonderful people. You should have seen their faces when their daughter showed up after 22 years. They were so excited, they started asking me about my life and I asked them questions of my own. They also told me the reason as to why they gave me up for adoption and I totally understand where they were coming from; but when I told them about how you guys kept my adoption a secret, my birth father was very upset and my birth mom was disappointed."

I noticed Harley starring at Kat, trying to get her attention, but Kat wasn't falling for it! You go girl!

"I wasn't even going to come back but they pulled me to the side and told me that 'forgiveness is hard to give in my bloodline. But forgiving family comes as second nature.' I told them I would try to forgive you, I mean after all, you did keep me alive and raise me!" I look at my brothers, "I have 3 siblings, Jeremy whose 9 and Lily and Mark who are 2. I look at them and I could actually see family resemblance; green eyes, auburb hair. They are my biological family; they are my family."

Nikki started to cry, I even saw grandma shedding some tears, "they are my family but...... You guys are my family too. You are my brothers, sisters, mom and dad, grandma, nieces and nephews. You might not look like me or have the same blood line as me but you did raise me and I do see a bit of you guys in me. As much as it is hard to forgive you, you are my family, so I will try." I stand up, "we are going to take things slowly, it won't be like it was before. But like I said.....I will try! Come on Kat!"

I headed for the door with Kat's hand still in mine,

"Hold up! I've got something's I need to say too!" I turn to Kat and give her a questionable look, "I have been in this family since I was 14 and you guys are like second family to me. When you kept that secret from her, it felt like you kept it from me too." She looked at Harley and I noticed her hand go to her stomach, "shame on you all for even putting her in this situation. Did it ever dawn on you guys that this secret will eventually get out? Or how she would take it?"

I put my hand on her shoulder and look at Harley, "where is Colton, I have some things I want to say to him as well."

Harley looked between the two of us then at George, Liam, Peter and Blake, "no one told you?"

"Told me what?" My heart skipped a beat.

"Colton's been in the hospital for the past two weeks."

"I'm sorry...what?" I shake my head and look back at him, "what happened to him?"

"There was an accident on the field. They were doing a couple of practices when he did a head to head tackle. The other guy was 2x Colton's size so he ended up with a headache but Colton...." He sighed, "Rory, he's in a coma."

"What the hell!? He's the damn quarterback! They don't tackle, they throw the fucking ball!" Kat yelled for me since I was at a loss for words.

"We know, but with everything that happened," I looked at him, "he wanted to take some anger out and be apart of the defensive line."

"He could have just gone to a damn gym." Kat kept her eyes on me,

"We told him that but he wanted to hit and be hit with something that was moving and strong."

"What hospital?" I took a deep breath and head to the door,

"Austin Memorial!"

I head to Kat's car tossing Kat the keys and slid in the passenger side.

I'm definitely not in the position to drive!