I forgot to say that the gap included when they went back to school for the next year. This is the first Tuesday back.

Two days later- School Lunchtime

Megan POV- 12 Years Old

I was sat with Bella in the canteen, along with Darlene and Kaylynn. At school, we and the boys stayed away from eachother now, because we permanently got mocked for being in love etc. Bella was keeping her hands under the table, away from view, but I managed to get a quick glance, and something was written on it in pen. Darlene had also obviously noticed. "What's that on your hand?" she asked.

"Nothing!" Bella said quickly, but she was slightly blushing. I decided to stay silent over this.

"There is something" Darlene said. She was sat on Bella's right, and she managed to grab her hand and force it onto the canteen table. "B and M? Are you going to the shop B&M later or something?"

"Uh-" Bella said, before I butted in.

"Or, does it have something hidden behind it?" I said, getting out a pen and grabbing Bella's hand and putting 'ella' after the B and 'ortimer' after the M. It now read Bella and Mortimer.

"Megan!" she shouted at me. I just winked. "Fine, since you figured it out, I'll tell you. Mortimer asked me out a week ago" she muttered.

"I'd have found out soon enough" I said. "I stay at Mortimer's more than I do my adoptive parents"

"Why?" Kaylynn asked in her usual, quiet, soft tone. Not many people knew Mortimer and I were cousins.

"Mortimer's my cousin, my actual mother is his Aunt Agnes" I said.

"Really?" Darlene asked.

"Yeah"

That was when one of the Student Support Teachers came in, walking over to our table. Walking up to me, she gave me an envelope, which had already been opened. "Megan, I've been sent in this note. A man named Christopher Steel is going to be taking you out tonight. I don't know who he is or how he is related to you, but he just said something about a connection between him and your birth mother" she said, before walking off.

I opened the letter and read it:

Dear the Student Support Unit,

My name is Christopher Steel, and I was wondering if you could get permission for Megan Darling to spend some time with me after her school hours on Tuesday. I have a connection with her birth mother, which she probably knows about, but I won't be forcing to go her to go to her mothers, as she hasn't even considered going to see her since she moved to Sunset Valley three years ago. I hope you can get this sorted, but never mind if it doesn't.

Signed,

Christopher Steel

I knew exactly who Christopher Steel was. Mortimer, who still saw my mother, but hadn't told her anything about me, had told me that they had started dating when we were ten years old, and now it seemed now he wanted to see his girlfriend's daughter. I hope this didn't end in marriage or children; I didn't want a stepfather or half siblings. I bet my mother would keep them, and that would be the downfall of our relationship. The note went round the other three, and then Mortimer managed to get a read of it in the last lesson. "Do you want to go?" he asked.

"Not really" I sighed.

Mortimer's mouth tilted then. "And I never knew you and Bella were going out" I purred.

"What?!" he said, "How did you find that out?"

"Bella wrote something on her hand in code, and I managed to figure it out. It was about you and her"

Mortimer grunted with annoyance then. "Well, don't spread it then"

"Well, I'll tell you my secret since I know yours then. I don't spread yours, you don't spread mine. Deal?" I said, putting my hand out for him to shake.

He shook it. "Deal"

I put my mouth next to his and whispered it. "Oh" he smiled.

I smiled then. "Just to warn you, Christopher isn't really the sort of person you like" he said quietly. "He's a bit too nice for my liking, which will mean way too much for yours"

"Thanks for the warning" I said.

"Welcome" he said, just as the bell went to signal it was the end of the day. I walked out of the school with Bella and Mortimer, Malcolm wasn't at school, I think he was on a special little school trip only a few kids in our year were going on, the class was a bit smaller today. Outside stood a man with brown hair leaning against his car, looking in our direction. "That's Christopher" Mortimer whispered. "Enjoy!"

I smiled at Christopher and walked over to him. "You must be Megan" he smiled.

"Yes" I said simply. "You're Christopher, right?"

"Call me Chris" he said coolly, before opening the passenger door, indicating for me to get in. Getting in, he went over to the other side and turned on the car. Driving, he started another conversation. "So, do you like fishing?" he asked.

"As a hobby or as a sport?"

"Just in general"

"It's not my absolute favourite thing, but I like it" I said honestly. "Why?"

"Oh, I just go fishing and get money from catching fish instead of a full time job, and then work at the supermarket part time, but todays my day off"

"Ah" I said. "So are we going fishing now?"

"If you want to" Chris said.

"I don't mind, you can if you want, but I've just got to do my homework first"

"OK then, I usually go to either Stoney Falls or the one by your mother's house, but you can choose which one you want to go to if you want"

"Whichever you want to, I'm not really someone who bothers about where we go or what we do, I'm just a free-caring person"

"It's nice to be with someone like that every so often"

"Mm" I said quietly.

We ended up going to the pond by my mother's house. It was on a small hill, covered in forest. "Your mother's house is the white one down there" Chris said, pointing to a white modern looking house. It looked kind of, lonely; it was the only house on the street, all the rest of the houses were empty lots.

Once I finished my homework, we started to fish. It was mostly spent in silence, but only the occasional few words, like "You caught something" and "Nice Catch".

Once we parted ways, I went to Goth Manor. I mean, I never went to my adoptive parents house, last time I went was about three weeks ago, or was it three months?

Mortimer was the only one in the house, I saw a note from Uncle Gunther and Aunt Cornelia saying that they were going to a formal meeting regarding Uncle Gunther's work (he was a CEO). I went upstairs to hear a fan, and opened the door to find Mortimer sorting his hair out next to it? "How does this look?" he said, indicating his hair.

"Like you did it next to a fan?" I said.

"Does it look fine or not? I'm taking Bella out on a date" he said impatiently.

"You look fine, Mortimer. Bella has different taste to me, but I'm saying that from her point of view. Have a nice date" I smiled.

"Thanks" he said. "I'll be back by ten"

"See you" I said.

I decided to walk around the house to get myself fully used to it; I hadn't gone in about half the rooms since I first came here. That's when I noticed the note in Uncle Gunther's and Aunt Cornelia's room, for Aunt Cornelia from Uncle Gunther. All it said was when do we tell them?

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