The Second Granger

The Truth

Quick Authors note-
Yellow everyone! Thank you so much for choosing to read my story; The Second Granger. Before we begin, slight disclaimer, I am a 14 year old high school student so I may not post regularly as I have GCSE's coming up but I will try, and by no means am I an author but I will try my hardest to make sure you enjoy this story. I love you all, happy reading. :)

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                Chapter One  -  The Truth

'Honey, come here, we need to speak to you.' I hear my mum calling me from downstairs.

'Give me a minute, bub. My mum's calling me,' I say to Jake, who I am currently on the phone to.

'Okay, be quick!'

'Will do.'

I quickly jog down the stairs to see what my mum wants. 'Hey, what's up?'

'Peyton, please sit down. We need to speak to you about something.' My dad says, shakily.

I immediately sit down, knowing something is wrong. 'Dad... what's wrong... your scaring me...'

'I- I'm not really sure how to tell you th-'

'You're adopted' my mum cuts in.

'Haha, you guys are so funny, I don't have time for this I was in the middle of a conversation with Jake.' I get up and start to walk off. I'm not having any of this. This is so stupid, they're just wasting my time for some stupid prank.

'PEYTON, SIT DOWN THIS INSTANT!' Dad yells. I stop dead in my tracks... Dad never yells... something is defiantly up. I sit back down again. 'Now, I know it must be hard for you to accept, and you mother did exactly give me much of a chance to explain!' He shoots her a dirty look but she disregards him and goes back to looking at me. 'We are prepared to answer any and all questions, you must be very confused.'

'Um... I'm not sure what to say... why are you deciding to tell me now?' I say, trying to fill the awkward silence.

'Your birth parents have reached out and they want you to move back in with them. We knew when we got you it wasn't permanent and they wanted you back by time you turned 14. We tried to tell you before, but we didn't know how.' He says matter of factly.

'Why did they give me up in the first place?'

'They didn't know they were having twins. So they gave you up for adoption and kept your sister, Hermione I believe her name is. They were not financially stable enough for two children so they put you up for adoption until they had enough money to be able to give you a nice life.'

'Hang on... TWIN SISTER! You mean to tell me.. that I have a sister... me?!'

'Yes, Peyton. That's what I said.'

'And when do they want me back?'

'...Tomorrow morning.' This is when he finally breaks, his rude front has been broken, his emotional walls have been broken and he sits there and he cries. I hate seeing my dad cry, it breaks my heart.

'I'm sorry... I don't know what to say. Of course I want to go, I want to meet my biological family and my sister, like my actual sister!! But I will miss you both so much...' Then my mum starts crying. I pull them both in for a family hug just like we used to do when I was younger, and we all just cry together.

After 5 minutes, I decide to go upstairs and pack my stuff.

'Well you took your time,' Shit! I left Jack on the phone. I wipe my face and try and fix my hair a bit.

'Hey, you!' My voice breaks halfway through this exclamation and I already know that he knows i'm upset.

'What's wrong?' he says in a concerned voice.

'Nothing,'

'Oi, Peyton. Tell me what's wrong or I shall knock down your door and fly kick you over the fence.'

'Haha. Give me a second it's a long story,' I grab my suitcase and start packing everything up whilst explaining the whole story to him.

'Well.... shit. Do you know where they are?'

'I have no clue, but I'm pretty sure it's nowhere near here...'

'Sooo... what does that mean for us?'

'Nothing silly. We're going to make this work.'

'Okay, that's good.' He smiles. 'Anyway I'll let you go, you will probably be wanting an early night.'

'Yeah, actually coming to think of it, I'm exhausted,'

'Okay, good night. I love you.'

'Night. I love you too.' I press the end button and get into bed, not even bothering to change out of my clothes because all of my pyjamas and packed away. I guess I will wear what I have on to travel in tomorrow as well.
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Aloha again! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry it's a bit slow I just wanted to take this chapter as an opportunity for you all to get to know Peyton a bit. Let me know what you think so far! :)

Socially distanced hugs and kisses,
connie aka potterheadmaniac0401