Truth (Chim)

Chapter 1

Katie's POV

"Sorry to interrupt Mrs Bailey but please can I take Katie?"

I looked up from my maths book and was met with the eyes of all my classmates. My best mate Rebecca turned to me and was trying to hold in her smug laugh. I collected my books, put them in my bag and followed Mrs Hill out.

We were walking down the corridor in silence and this was making me freak out. Mrs Hill was my head of year and she was always having a joke around with everyone but she looked really serious at the moment. Plus when we are together we are normally talking about something but now it's silent.

She led me into her office and told me to sit down. I instantly knew something was wrong because the head of sixth form, Mrs Jackson, was in there as well waiting for me. However I knew I couldn't be in that much trouble as the head teacher, Mr Piper would have been there too. I was deep in thought trying to think about what I could have done wrong recently until Mrs Jackson's voice bought me from my thoughts.

"Ok Katie. I know you can tell something is wrong. There's something we need to tell you but we aren't quite sure how to say it."

My mind quickly went into overdrive thinking of all the possible negative things they could tell me right now.

"Katie. Don't over think anything we know what your like." I replied to that with a half giggle.

What happened next was probably the strangest half an hour of my life. I was told that my parents, John and Megan, weren't actually my real parents. They are my adoptive parents, I was slightly confused though because I had seen photos of Megan pregnant but apparently she had given birth to child that died when it was 2 weeks old and then they got me. They wanted me to have a completely normal life so they passed me off as their own and didn't tell me anything because it would bring up too many questions that they didn't want to answer. But now there was a problem, apparently my dad, my real dad, was looking for me, he had just got out of jail for raping my mum when she was only sixteen and a few other convictions. They told me that I wasn't safe here with him looking for me, because there's a big chance that he wanted to kill me. At this point I wasn't quite sure how to react, it's not exactly a normal thing to hear.

"Your mum is here. She's with Mr Piper in his office sorting out a few things and she really wants to meet you. Do you want to meet her? She might be able to answer a lot of your questions."

I sat there in shock, I wasn't really sure what i was supposed to say right now. I mumbled an ok and stood up and grabbed my bag. Mrs Jackson and Mrs Hill led me out of the office out of sixth form into the main school and towards Mr Piper's office.

I started to freak out again at this point. I was about to meet my mum, my real mum. I was about to meet a woman that Megan was pretending to be for all these years. I suddenly came to a halt in the corridor. Mrs Jackson and Mrs Hill both turned round to me asking if I was ok, but I wasn't listening to them.

"Erm...I...I need the loo, hold on" I quickly made up any excuse to get out of there at that moment in time, I needed sometime on my own just to think about things. I could hear them shouting my name but I didn't respond to them and quickly turned round and ran to the closest toilets. I ran straight in to a cubical, dropped my bag on the floor and sat on the toilet seat with my head in my hands.

Why didn't John and Megan tell me? Were they ever planning on telling me, or just letting me live a lie my whole life. But I looked like them so how could I not be their child. The more I think about it the more I realise how different I am from them. Yes I may slightly look like them but I am nothing like them at all. John and Megan are very important business people, I say people because I have no clue what they actually do, I don't even think they know how to explain it properly. Their always gone by the time I get up for school and home late. I'm used to looking after myself really but it never bothered me. At the weekend they are at home with me, but they are always on their phones doing something for work, but it's never really bothered me. I'll either watch tv, do homework or talk to my friends. But why is the happening to me, I'm just normal. I've always been one of the smallest girls in year and quite quiet, I'm not exactly popular but I have my best friends and a lot of close friends and that is all that matters to me. I still can't get my head round this completely and I am really not sure what to do now.

I don't know how long I was there for, it could have been a few minutes but it felt like hours, but the door to the toilets opened and I could hear heals walking across the floor and then a voice in front of the cubical I was in.

"Katie...I know your in here. Open the door and we can talk." I don't know what in that moment of time what made me doing it but I found myself reaching for the lock on the toilet door to open it. Once the doors open I'm met with a concerned looking Mrs Jackson.

"I know this isn't easy and I know you aren't sure how to act right now...but all I know is that there's a woman in there that's dying to meet you. I've already met her and I can tell she is just as nervous as you, if not more. So why don't we go in there together now and meet her and I promise that if you don't like the situation I will take you out of there." I look up at her and smile, she always knew how to make me feel safe and right now I completely trusted her.

I let her take me out of the toilets and back to Mr Pipers office. As we approached the door I could hear talking and I listened in to see if I could hear a voice that I didn't recognise. I did hear a voice that I wasn't used to but it seems slightly familiar.

Mrs Jackson suddenly stopped and turned to me. "There is one more thing that you should probably know Katie, you may recognise your mother." Huh? What is that supposed to mean? But before I could think about it she had pushed open the door and suddenly the voices inside the office stopped. This scared me a little bit so I decided to hide behind her for some comfort.

There were 3 other figures in the room, one belonged to Mrs Hill, one to Mr Piper and one I'm presuming belonged to my mother. I looked straight down at the floor and I could feel everyone's eyes on me, I hated this. I hated being centre of attention.

I kept my eyes firmly fixed on the ground for a few more seconds until I dared myself to look up and into the eyes of my mother. But when I did, I wasn't expecting her to be sat there....Kimberley Walsh...one fifth of girls aloud.