12-The Truth?
"I don't understand..." Thomas mumbled. He had just watched his mother and Aunt both walk away with the nurse and into her office around the corner.
"Why did mom go if the nurse lady asked for Auntie Courtney?" Carmen asked.
Marni rolled her eyes at the two, and all the other children who were also sat with them as they all waited the long, excruciating wait. Marni was curled up on the floor in the corner, still praying for her sister.
"I swear, kids are so retarded these days!"
"Then you explain, miss know-it-all." Rosalinda snapped.
"Mom and dad, MY mom and dad." Marni started. "Are clearly not Belle's real parents. If anyone ever paid any attention to how things worked, or even the fact that Belle is the odd ball of the family, you would have figured out she was adopted long ago." Everyone was confused as they blinked their wide eyes at Marni. "Apparently aunt Arianna is Belle's real mother."
No one knew what to say. Everyone was in a deep state of shock at what Marni had just said. No one knew whether to believe her or not. It shouldn't have been possible through their eyes, but, yet, everything fitted together like a jigsaw puzzle with the final piece just put into place.
"Break it to them smoothly, why don't you?" Duncan muttered.
"Hey..." Courtney greeted, sitting down beside Duncan. Luckily she and Arianna hadn't over-heard the conversation.
"How's Belle?" Taylor instantly asked, trying to keep the children off the touchy subject.
"She's gonna be fine." Courtney smiled, though she wasn't entirely sure of that.
No one was still sure if Belle was going to make it or not. Until Nurse Kelly came back with the results of the blood transfer, anything was possible for Belle. They all had to just keep hoping that it was the good side effects that shined through.
"She'd better be fine." Arianna grumbled, rubbing her sore arm. "The amount of blood I have just been robbed of for her."
"S-So..." Thomas chocked. "It's true then?"
All of the children were facing the adults and all of the adults were facing the children. It was like a stand-off who was right and who was wrong, only Courtney and Arianna were confused about what Thomas was going on about now.
"What's true?" Arianna asked her nephew.
"THAT'S YOU'RE A WIMP WHO'S AFRAID OF NEEDLES AND THAT YOU'RE BELLE'S REAL MOTHER AND THAT MAKES HER MY SISTER...oh my god! BELLE'S MY SISTER! THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD! THE SIGN OF A PLAQUE! THE APOCOLYS IS COM-"
Taylor slapped her hand over Carmen's mouth before she could over-dramatize some more.
"Back up a little!" Arianna almost demanded, holding her hands up in the air. She wasn't quite sure if she believed what she was hearing or not. "Who told you that?"
"Marni did." Jenifer replied.
The young child had been thoroughly checked over by multiple doctors and nurses, but she was fine. And it was a miracle that she was still allowed to stay with her 'parents' after the whole ordeal. The social workers had tried removing her, but they just couldn't get her to go. No force was able to work, and so she had ended up staying.
"I only took a guess on it, but you guys all confirmed it for us." Marni explained. "Thanks..."
"Good news." Nurse Kelly smiled, appearing in the middle of the stand-off. No one was speaking but her, in her all too cheery tune. "Isabella is awake. The blood transfusion was a success; you may go see her now."
"Right on cue." Duncan smirked.
All eyes were now on Arianna and Courtney, who both just in a state of shock. They had never thought it possible that anyone would have ever found out about the truth, but here they were. Everyone seemed to know now.
"You have to tell her the truth." Gwen told them both.
Courtney took in a shaky breath, knowing what she had to do.
"I know." She replied to Gwen. "Come on, Arianna."
"Mmmmm..." Courtney raised an eyebrow at her cousin. "Can't you take Duncan or something?" Arianna asked.
"MOVE IT!" Courtney snapped, pointing her finger towards the hospital room doorway.
"How you feeling, baby?" Courtney asked. She was sat down beside Belle's fragile body on the bed, brushing her blonde hair from her pale face.
Belle truly didn't look too good, and the last thing she needed right now was what the two role models in her life were about to give her. They both didn't want to do it, but it was better coming from them instead of one of the children.
"I've been better..." She mumbled. "But I guess I've been worse too." She sighed, closing her eyes for a moment.
Arianna, who was sat behind Courtney, whispered into her ear, thinking Belle was trying to rest some more when she closed her eyes. "She just woke up; do we have to tell her now?"
"Tell me what?" Belle asked her eyes flying open, proving her supersonic hearing was still in perfect tact from her youth.
Courtney took in another shaky breath, slipping her hand into her daughters.
"Belle, sweetheart, we have something to tell you."
"Are you trying to tell me you're pregnant and dad's not the father? Because I'm TOTALLY cool with it if you are!" Belle quickly answered.
"NO!" Courtney snapped not meaning to sound mad. "No...It's not that..." She stared at Belle as if she completely insane.
Belle looked between the two, trying to work out what they were about to say, but there were no clues other than 'fear' on their faces. The injured girl tried to sit up, but pain rushed through her abdomen like another knife was splitting her insides apart.
"Careful, baby." Arianna fussed, trying to get her to lie back down as she sat on the other side of the bed to Courtney.
"I'm fine..." She told the two of them, sitting back against the pillows. The pain stopped, and she could now see both of their faces were painted with worry more than anything. "So...What is it?"
"Belle..." This was hard for Courtney. Plucking up the courage to say it out loud had been hard enough, let alone admitting it to the child herself. "You're not really my daughter, you're adopted."
"Oh..." Belle replied, as if it wasn't that much of a big deal.
Courtney and Arianna turned to face each other, eyebrows knitted in confusion.
"Oh?" They both repeated.
"I already knew that." Belle told them both.
"Say what now?" Courtney questioned. Belle seemed totally unphazed by what she had been told, as if she had actually already known beforehand. Which she had. Courtney and Arianna just hadn't known that.
Belle smiled, almost laughing at the two confused adults.
"I know I'm adopted." She told them both. "I've known for a while..."
"How do you know?" Arianna asked, as confused as Courtney about the whole ordeal now.
"I'm just the odd-ball of the family for a start." Belle told them both, which was totally true. "And then when you get to High School, and they teach you about your powers and how you get them, it really tells you who you're parents are and aren't."
"See!" Arianna suddenly snapped at her cousin. "This is what you get for sending her to public school!"
"Yeah." Courtney replied to her. "This is ALL my fault."
Belle rolled her eyes, still smiling. She had never thought that she would have been in this situation in her life; lying in bed, recovering from a knife wound and a blood transfusion whilst her mother and aunt(whatever way round it was now) were confused over the secret they had tried to hide for so many years.
"So, you know who you're real parents are, too, right?" Courtney asked.
Belle nodded, trying not to turn to Arianna at first, but then she knew she had to. She smiled.
"I don't want anything to change." She told them both, turning back to face Courtney. "I quite like my life the way it is; dysfunctional."
"Good." Arianna joined in on the smiling. "Because Carmen is enough of a handful without you adding to the mix."
"Who says I cause problems?" Belle asked, her voice oozing out sarcasm. The three laughed; just happy they were all on the same page now.
"So, what would make you think I'm pregnant with another man's child?"
A/N: hehe! LOL!
Sorry for the late update...It is 22:40 PM here...That means it is WAY past my bed time ;) hehe! LOL!
I won't be writing anything tomorrow because I am going out over my friends for her birthday and she is having a sleepover! LOL! So, nothing tomorrow, maybe something Sunday, depending what time I get home :)
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