Finding The Truth

Chapter 1: Sixteen Years Later

January 22nd 2013
Melody's POV

"Good morning everyone and welcome to Geometry, I am Ms Soares" the teacher said as we were unpacking our things and getting ready to begin the school day. Hi, I'm Melody Claire Messer, I'm the oldest of four daughters (me, Tara, and the twins, Iris and Elsa), of Natalie Jacobs Messer, or at least that's what I thought. "Has anyone seen Liz Moore?" Ms Soares asked the whole class. I raise my hand and say "she'll be here, she had to go get something from her locker." Liz and I have been best friends since the first day of our freshman year (although she's older than I am, her mom held her back in kindergarten and she had to repeat eighth grade). "I'm here, sorry I was late"" Liz said, out of breath. She sat down and hugged me, sniffling. "Another bad morning?" I asked. "Yeah...like every other day!" she said.

See, what happened on our first day of freshman year...was bad, but good in a sense! I was turning the corner to go upstairs for history, and when I got to the top of the staircase...I saw her crying. "Are you okay?" I asked!. "No but don't worry about it, I'll be fine!" she said, still crying. "you know, my fourteen year old sister, Tara is exactly like that, she says she's fine sometimes but I know her better!" I explain. "well, you don't know me, I'm not your sister!" she says, crying even worse. "well maybe if you gave me a chance...I could know you, what do you say?" I said. "I guess it couldn't hurt!" she said, unsure. "Great, where are you headed...I'll walk with you!" I say with excitement. "History with Dewey" she says! "me too, must've been fate that we ran into each other?!" I exclaim. "I'm Melody by the way!" I say. "Pretty name, I'm Elizabeth, everyone calls me Liz though...nice to meet you!" she says. "You too!" I say. We head off to class that day just talking and telling each other about our lives!

"And there's the bell everyone, have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow! Oh, Melody...can I speak to you for a minute?" Ms Soares said. "Sure!" I said, sending Liz a look that said "go on to class, I'll be right behind you!" She nodded and walked on to our second period. "What's up?" I ask Ms Soares. "I just wanted to say thank you for being such a great person, especially to Liz! I know her family treats her badly, so I'm so glad she has someone like you!" Ms Soares said. "Yeah absolutely, I don't think anyone understands her like I do!" I said. "Okay, that was all I wanted to say! Have a great day!" She said. "You too!" I said, gathering my things. As I was walking out of the room, she said "oh, one more thing!
"Yeah?" I asked!
"Are you two sisters? You look so much alike!" She said, curious.
"No, we're not sisters... I do have a fourteen year old sister who is coming in here third period for algebra one! She's so sweet, you'll love her!" I explain.
"Cool I can't wait to meet her!" She said, excited.
"Alright well I'm going to second period, see you tomorrow!" I said
"Alright bye!" She said.
I walked out of there with everything on my mind! What if we really were sisters, what if my mom has been keeping this from me all my life, a bunch of "what ifs" were flowing through my mind! Then I thought, nah, it's impossible, and rolled on with my day!