Good Luck Charlie (Or is it Teddy?)

Meeting Again

Teddy:POV

I slowly open my eyes to see that I'm now on the couch, my head propped up against several piles of pillows. Lots of people are crowded around me and their faces light up when then notice that I opened my eyes. Spencer, Skylar, Pj, and Ka-

Wait.

Kate? Why is she here? I haven't seen her in years. Why would she show up now, when everything is perfect? "Teddy, how do you feel? Are you okay?" Skylar asks me and I sit up slowly while taking a deep breath. I don't say anything for a few seconds. I'm freaking out, well on the inside, anyway. Why are they all looking at me like I'm a bomb about to go off? Okay, that may be a little exaggerated, but they are looking at me really weird.

"Teddy?" Spencer questions again.

"Hmm? Fine, yeah I'm fine." I say quickly. I stand off the couch, and brush a hand through my hair.

"Teddy, wait." Kate says as I run into my bedroom and quickly shut my door. My mind races as I think of the millions of possibilities of why she would be here, not one of them making sense. I'm truly terrified, like a child who cowers at the thought of a thunderstorm. I know I can't hide in my room forever, but hiding sounds better than having to face her. It's only a matter of seconds before someone is knocking at my door, begging for me to let them in. Obviously, Kate.

"Why should I?" I ask her as I sit down on my bed, bringing my knees up to my chest. She doesn't say anything for a moment and a brief awkward silence settles amongst us.

"I have something important that I need to tell you." Kate tells me.

"Then just tell me now!" I say, and I hear her sigh from the other side of the door.

"You won't believe me at first, but I have proof." she says. "Teddy...I'm your sister. Your biological sister."

I suddenly feel paralyzed from my toes to my head. I don't move, not even an inch. I hold my breath as if I'm waiting for the punchline of the joke, praying that this is only a joke. I get off of the bed and open the door.

"You said you had proof?" I ask her and she nods and places two documents into my hands.

"Birth certificates," Kate explains. I don't respond.  Instead, I study the birth certificates carefully, Kate's first. On the very top of the page is a name. I name that I happen to recognize. That name is Gretta Plume. There's only one Gretta Plume that I know of and that's the woman that tried to take Toby and Charlie away from me, and also happened to hate me. I guess it's really not that surprising that such a hateful woman is related to Kate. Next to the name Gretta Plume is a man I've never heard of, Mark Wice. After I'm finished examining Kate's birth certificate, I move onto mine.

I stare at my name on the birth certificate for a long time before I even dare to look at my biological parent's names. I ever so slowly bring my eyes up to the top of the document, and I swear in that moment my heart skipped a beat. Gretta Plume and Mark Wice. My stomach started churning and I felt light-headed. I drop the papers and everything goes silent, so silent that you can barely hear anyone breathing, as if they all started holding their breath.

"Can we please talk in private now?" Kate begs me, and I slowly look up and manage a nod.  We walk out the front door and lean against the outside of the house. I cross my arms and stare at the ground for several minutes before either of us has the courage to talk. Honestly, I'm scared to talk. I'm scared to even move, really. I mean, what am I supposed to say? How am I supposed to react to all of this? 

"I don't expect you to welcome me into the family with open arms or anything, I don't even expect you to welcome me into the family at all. Teddy, the only reason why I'm telling you now is because I won't have another chance to. I have cancer and I'm doomed to be dead in less than a week, that's the only reason why I tell you now. I don't expect you to pity me, I don't want you to pity me." she tells me. I blink at her and my mouth slowly fall agape at her bluntness.

"I don't know what to say." I murmur.

"Well, I do." Kate says and takes a step closer to me. "I'm sorry, okay? I'm so, so sorry that I came between you and Spencer all those years ago and wouldn't even let him talk to you. I'm sorry that I cheated on Spencer with your ex-fiance, and most of all, I'm sorry that I kept this secret from you for so long, that you're my sister. It's wasn't fair to you." Kate sighs. I never ever thought that Kate could be this mature and fully step up to all that's she has done. "I have to get going. If you have any questions, just call me, I wrote my number down on the table." she tells me and walks back inside the house. I follow after her and watch as she walks over to Skykar and Pj. 

"Can you guys drive me back to the hospital?" Kate asks them and Skylar and Pj nod before standing.

"I do have one question, actually." I say to Kate and she turns around to face me.

"Yes?"

"Where did you get a copy of my birth certificate?" I ask.

"After you passed out I knew that you would want to see proof, so I walked to the county records office while you were sleeping." Kate says and walks to the front door with Skylar and Pj. "Bye Teddy." she says, and just like that, she's out of my life once again.

Isabelle:POV

I sit alone I'm my room, playing on my phone to try to get my mind off of things. I'm still embarrassed from last night, I haven't come out of my room since I walked into it. Except to go to the bathroom, of course.

I haven't cried since the first few minutes after it happened, so I think that's a pretty good accomplishment. I mean, I've never been much of a cry baby, or even that sensitive for that matter. It's just that I was caught off-guard and embarrassed. I'm not mad at Gabe, I'm just....sad. I thought that he really liked me, because in all honesty, I really like him.

I just don't know if I should call and apologize to him, or wait for him to apologize to me. I'm sixteen, I feel like this shouldn't be so difficult! I let my phone fall from my hands and onto the soft and  cushion-y bed. I grab my remote and switch on my TV. I usually try not to use the TV so much in hopes that our electric bill won't rise so much and my mom can start working a little less, but no such luck. 

When I think about my life and fully understand that I have everything I could ever want in this house, you would think I'm a spoiled brat for not appreaciating it enough. But honestly, is wanting to not be lonely all the time too much to ask for? I sound so pathetic. Sometimes I really wish that people would understand that happiness can't be bought.

Alas, all I can do is pray that I'll find the answer to all my wonderings and my curiousity will be put to bed. That's all anyone can do, right? I wish I could stop over-thinking everything and just find peace by being alone. 

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Hello! 

I am SO sorry that I haven't updated in a while, Wattpad has been stupid and deleted my chapter and before that, it wouldn't even let me login. *sigh*

Anyways, I hoped that you like the chapter and if you did, please vote and comment!

-Sara