The Unknown DiLaurentis

A picture is worth a thousand words

~Chloe~

I stared at the necklace until I could no long look at it. I unhooked the necklace and placed it around my neck and hooked it back together. I looked down at it and smiled. I hopped off the bed and went to the door. I unlocked it and went into the kitchen. Where I saw Mom looking though an old scrapbook. She looked up from the book at me.

"Oh, I already cleaned up the dinner, but I make you a plate if you want." She paused. "Also Jason and Courtney are upstairs, if you want to hang out with them."

I shook my head, "I'm okay, I'll probably eat later." I went to the fridge and got myself a Coke. I point at the scrapbook, "What's in there?"

My mother turned a page, "Come here." I did as she asked and sat next to her. I looked down at the scrapbook and saw baby pictures.

"Who is this?" I asked her.

Mom wrapped her arm around me, "It's you." She turned the page to a picture of little Alison or Courtney holding me. "Ali was so happy when we brought you home. She never left your side. She actually named you. Alison thought she was combining hers and Courtney name together, when she made it up. " My mother chuckled. "She even begged us to teach her how to change your diaper."

I laughed, "Really? Ali wanted to change my dirty diaper?"

Mom laughed, "Yeah, we even got a picture of it." She turned the page and I burst out laughing. I saw a picture of Alison holding a diaper, and she was actually smiling.

My mother sighed and closed the scrapbook. She looked upset, disappointed even. "Mom? What's a matter?"

A tear went down my mothers cheek, "I just want to know where I went wrong. With all of my kids. Jason drinks all the time and gets high. Courtney tried to kill Alison. Alison only thinks about herself. And you, I left you all by yourself. I should've called you, I should have taken advantage of your open adoption. After you lost your adoptive parents, you should have been able to call us. You should have been with a family." She cried as more tears came down her cheeks. I quickly pulled her hugged, and she cried harder.

Soon tears started to go down my cheeks too. My mother was blaming herself for everything. "Mom, please don't. None of this your fault. Just please don't blame your self."

"I-I can't Chloe. Y-you were without a family, all because of me. I was the one who wanted to put you up for adoption. It was all my idea." She told me.

I didn't know how to answer. I didn't want to be a bitch and say something I was going to regret. So I just bit my tongue and rubbed my mothers back as she cried in my shoulder.

A few minutes later of my mother crying, she pulled away. She wiped her cheeks, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't even be doing this. It should be the other way around. I should be the comforting you, not the other way around." My mother got up like nothing happened and opened the fridge. She looked back at me, "Do you want left overs from yesterday, or pizza that Courtney and Jason order?"

I looked at her confused, but quickly cover it up with a smile. "I'll just have pizza." I took a quick sip of my Coke and watched as my mother put a piece of pizza on a plate. She put the plate in the microwave, and punched in the reheat button.

Mom looked back at me, "Just take it out when it beeps. I'm going to take a shower." Then she went up the stairs.

I sighed, Courtney and Jason were hanging out. Alison was somewhere, doing something. I was alone. At lease with my old family, I had someone to hang out with. I sighed and played with the Coke can, but then the scrapbook caught my eye. I pushed the can away, and opened the scrapbook. The first few pictures were of a little boy, baby Jason. I smiled and turned the page.