Title: It's me, my life. (01)
Author name: Marina
Author email: picsis9@hotmail.com
Category: Drama
Sub Category: Action/Adventure
Keywords: SS/RL, LM/SB, Slash Original characters (paired up with the characters)
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: None. I don't have the fifth book, which pretty much sucks, so I'm just winging it around, ok? OK.
Summary: Sometimes, the past can hurt. The way Snape and his daughter, Meg, see it, they can either embrace it, or they can run from it. Will they have the strength to?
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The characters and scenarios on which this story is based belong the the one and only J.K. Rowling. Except, of course of Meg, Lena and Lex.
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Chapter 2: Out With The Truth
Meg blinked. Once. Twice. For a long while she stayed silent trying to comprehend what her mother just told her. The swarm of questions that invaded her head was relentless and Meg reckoned that was a headache coming. Meg then heard her mother call her. Funny how her voice seemed so distant.
"Meg?" her mother called tentatively. "Meg, honey? Are you ok?"
Meg blinked again. Twice. Then she spoke.
"Ok? Am I ok?" she asked incredously, only to explode a second later making everyone in the room wince "Mom! Are you ok?!?!"
"I was fine until you almost killed my ears!" her mother replied rubbing her abused ears.
"Mom, I'm serious!"
"So am I"
Sirius decided to step in. "All right, ladies. Let's not panic." He suggested.
"Not panic?" she scoffed "Oh, no! I'm not panicked! Just besides the fact that my mom just told me that my father is a wizard, everything's great! Wouldn't you think so, mom?"
Lena rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming"I think we better wait for your brother to come home"
"Brother?" both Remus and Sirius said in unison.
Grinning mischievously "I left home pregnant."
Lena laughed as both men glared daggers at Severus. As it seemed, he deliberately neglected to tell them of it besides that Severus was looking anywhere else but at them.
"Oh, that's right," said Meg, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Better have the whole family know my mom has lost her mind"
"Wow! I didn't know you considered us as a family already. I think I'm blushing" Sirius teased.
Meg blushed scarlet as she just noticed there were more people in the room. She was going to apologize for forgetting then she remembered: what are they doing there?
"Well, um, actually, I'm a little doubtful of your purpose here, not that you're not welcome here, quite the contrary, I was just wondering, y'know" she asked as politely as she could muster.
"Well, we're here to give your mum a hand with you"
Nodding. "Uh-huh"
Taking up after Sirius, Remus said: "But might as well wait for your brother, don't you think?"
As if on cue, Meg's brother came in noisily, throwing his backpack into the coat closet and yelling as he came into the living room:
"Mom, Meg! I'm home!"
"About time!" yelled Meg.
At the sight of his sister exasperated face, he frowned. As his eyes searched for his mom, they fell on the three men standing scattered around the room and finding his mother behind a dark haired man with penetrating black eyes.
Turning to his mother. " I didn't know we would have company."
"Lex, I want you to meet Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and Severus Snape" his mother said, pointing at the men as she introduced them.
Lex, however, kept his eyes glued to the man called Severus Snape. He could not believe his luck! Just a few moments ago, he wondered when would he be able to meet his father at last and the very man stood in front of him. Lex certainly looked like a son who hadn't seen his father since the day he was born and if Meg knew the whole truth or tried to listen, she wouldn't have thought his behavior as odd.
"Hey, bro. You ok?" she asked, her brows drawn in concern. Lex turned to her.
"Uh, yeah" then he turned back to the men and shook their hands "Nice to meet you"
Severus had given him a small smile when they shook hands, firmly, acknowledging that he was his father and that he was proud of him. The raven-haired boy couldn't help but smile back, ignoring his sister's scrutinizing gaze.
"So, what's going on?" he asked solemnly, turning to his sister.
"The world is coming to an end" she replied deadpan.
"Really?" Lex said, raising an eyebrow, which made him look strangely like his father. Meg, of course was oblivious to it.
Sighing dramatically "Ours anyway"
Eyebrow still up but higher, Lex replied. "Oh"
"Meg, before you do anything, why don't you let me finish what I started," Lena suggested. She knew for a fact that things could get nasty if she didn't take control of things.pronto.
"What did you start?" Lex asked innocently
Meg laughed sarcastically. "You're not going to believe this, you're going to laugh, trust me" she gives a chuckle before saying: "Mom says Dad's a Wizard."
"Really?" he replied, a smirk in place that made him look more like his father and everyone in the room saw the resemblance, even Sirius acknowledged it with a shudder.
"That's it? No comments? No protests? No freaking out?" said Meg perplexed.
Lex walked to the kitchen as he replied with a small shrug. "Why would I?"
Meg blinked again, confused. "What is the matter with you?"
"Me?" he said nonchalantly "I know"
"Know what?"
From the kitchen. "That Dad's a wizard"
"How do you know?"
"Mom told me"
"Excuse me?"
The adults in the room watched the exchange intently as if they were spectators in a tennis game.
"All right, stop it!" started their mother "I haven't even got the chance to finish"
Meg went on, ignoring her mother's warning. "I can't believe you actually think Dad's a Wizard"
Lex came back with a bottle of water, opening it as he replied. "I don't think. I know"
"How would you know? You haven't even met him," Meg says as she watches- fuming slightly- her brother take a gulp of water.
"In that you're wrong," he stated.
A long silence and a few owlish blinks later.
"Mom?" Meg turned to her mother in confusion.
Grabbing her shoulders gently. "Meg, you better sit down for this one."
She did so as her mother led her to the 2-seat couch.
"Lex," her mother started "found out about a year ago about his true heritage as he followed me to basement when I went to check on my old things. I guess I was getting rusty because I just didn't hear him come in." Lena stopped for a moment to check the reaction of her daughter. She got none.
"Would you like to know what he found out?" she asked her.
Meg just nodded.
"He found out that we have magic inside us. That he, like his father is a wizard, and you, like me, are a witch. He found my things from my old school: books of spells and charms, potions ingredients along with my cauldron, my robes, and my wand"
At that exact moment, Meg had made a little noise at the back of her throat. Lena stopped as soon as she heard it. She didn't want to rush into anything, and had to make sure Meg understood.
"Do you want me to go on?" she asked, and Meg assented.
"I told Lex about how it all started. He hadn't been born yet and you were just a little baby.
.....FLASHBACK................
A young raven haired woman paced the spacious room. The eyes of a messy haired man followed in frustration as he had his wife locked to his arm, which was dangerously close to feeling numb. They were at Albus Dumbledore's office, along with Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Arthur and Molly Weasley, and Narcissa Malfoy. Lena paced restlessly up and down the room, waiting for news from the spy Death Eaters, hoping that they would come personally to deliver them. One of them was her husband.
"Lena! Stop it, already!" said an annoyed James Potter, breaking free of his wife's, Lily, death grip "You're starting to make us all nervous!"
"Starting?" replied the pacing Lena sarcastically "I thought you were already worried."
"Well excuse us for not caring about them." Started Sirius, " but you know how we feel about them."
"We?" asked Remus.
"Yes, we." Replied Sirius.
Placing his hands on his waist, he glares at Sirius. "Well, I am yet to see how you include me into this knowing that I don't hate Severus nor Lucius"
Jokingly. "But Moony, we all hate them! We're supposed to"
"Oh, for God's sake! Shut up!" shouted Lena "I do not need you or anybody, to tell me all over again, how much you hate my husband but I can tell you the feeling's mutual!"
"Lena!" Sirius squeaked, hand on his chest.
"Don't 'Lena' me, Sirius. I'm scared ****less that something happened to my husband and you stand there saying that you hate him."
"I was only joking, jeez!" he shouted in the middle of her sentence.
"And joke about it!!" she went on as if she hadn't heard him.
"All right!" shouts Dumbledore "That is enough you two. Lena, do please control yourself, given the circumstances you do not want to say something you will later regret."
Lena huffed, offended. Dumbledore then turned to Sirius who paled at the stern gaze directed at him.
"And Sirius," started Dumbledore, watching Sirius squirm "I would appreciate if you kept those comments to yourself, even if you meant them jokingly. You can do that, can't you? If not for yourself or Lena, then for the sake of our limited sanity."
Giggles and snickers rang throughout the room, but as soon as Lena glared at them, it stopped. Suddenly, both Lucius and Severus burst into the room.
"Severus!" Lena gasped out and ran to him, throwing her arms around his neck. Severus held her tight, desperately, as if afraid that she might vanish and never see her again. Lucius, in turn, walked toward his wife, where she waited with open arms. She ran her hands up and down his arms as he circled his waist and joined his head with hers. Everyone could see the gloom that hung about them.
"Severus, Lucius" Dumbledore's voice called.
Both men turned to where the voice came from and disentangled from their wives' arms. Worry was etched in both men's faces and the room's occupants feared the worst.
"He's found out the Heirs"
Gasps of shock flew about the room. Dumbledore closed his eyes in defeat as he slipped off his glasses. If Voldemort got hold of the Heirs, there was no knowing what he could do, they were still too young to face the horrors that awaited them.
"Then we must act soon" he replied gravely. "Arthur, you'd best owl the parents of the Fourth Heir."
Arthur nodded and was about to ask him what should he say when Narcissa interrupted.
"What should we do?" Narcissa asked concerned, not noticing how her husband winced from her strong grip.
"I'd suggest you flee the country," Dumbledore said solemnly.
"Leave England? But, where would we go?" said a shocked Lena.
"Safest place I know, would be the Muggle World" Arthur Weasley spoke for the first time.
"So is Hogwarts!" Lena rebutted.
"You can't stay in Hogwarts, there is only so much it can protect them" Severus spoke his eyes glued to the floor.
"Wha- Wait a minute, you agree with this ludicrous idea?" Lena asked flabbergasted at the thought of her husband agreeing to the idea. Let alone a Gryffindor's idea!
"I think it would be for the best" he replied heavily.
"I refuse to leave" she replied determined "Not given the way things are now. What if you need me?"
"I think I'd much rather have you safe then out there fighting"
"I'm not that helpless!" she protested indignantly.
"I know that!" Severus replied with a low desperate voice. "I just don't want my daughter to grow up without a mother!"
"Oh, Sev" she whispered fervently "She won't. I promise you she won't"
Looking at Lena pleadingly. "I don't want to take the risk"
Silence ensued. Lena seemed to be struggling with her inner emotions and it was hard to see which was winning or if she would arrive to a decision soon. Finally, she sighed, determination etched on her beautiful face.
"All right." she replied.
"Thank you" Severus said, resting his head against her and letting out a small sigh.
~@~ ~@~
Lena stood in front of the gate, her year-old daughter in her arms cooing softly. Narcissa stood by her side carrying a small pale skinned boy, who rested his little head on her mother's shoulder. Lily had his son in his arms, currently trying to get the baby girl's attention. There were three carriages waiting on the other side of the gates, but none of them moved.
"Narcy?" Lena called, using Narcissa's nickname.
Without taking her eyes off the opening gate, she responded: "Yes?"
"We're going to see each other again, won't we?" Lena asked her voice loaded with fear.
"Without a doubt" she replied, turning to her and giving her a small smile.
"Whatever long it takes, right Lily?" Lena said, smiling at the redhead.
"Absolutely" Lily nodded
Suddenly, they both realized that the three babies were holding hands. Lena had to gather up all her strength to stop herself from crying at the sight.
"Come on, dear" she whispered to the small girl.
As soon as their little hands separated, they all started to cry. Their mothers could not calm them down, not even when they got into the carriages did they stop. Lena strength was faltering and as soon as she was out of sight, she cried with her daughter.
Outside, behind the steely gates, Severus Snape stood watching the carriage go on. His face adorned with tears as he saw the two most important people of his life leave.
......FLASHBACK.......................
Meg stared at her mother, then at her brother then at the men who stood watching her every expression. If you had asked her what was wrong, she'd tell you everything. Everything. Her life, all of it was a cover, just like she had been as long as she could remember.
"Meg?" Lena called to her daughter.
"I'm never going to be normal, am I?" she muttered softly, almost to no one.
"Oh, sweetie" she said softly as she reached for her face. Meg flinched and quickly backed away. Lena saw as her daughter face was now stained with tears. She stood up and walked to the nearest window and opening it desperately. She breathed in the warm breeze that graced the sunny day, also letting the warm rays of the sun bathe over her, hoping it would wash the darkness she felt in her heart away. It did. A little.
Secrets. Those almost destroyed her life and even still, she keeps them. There is a side of her that no one could be able to see, let alone understand and she is yet to find someone who could. Secrets. They also started her life, she was who she was because of it.
And that was it. It is who she is. It's her life.
To be continued. ***************************************************
R & R!!!!
Author name: Marina
Author email: picsis9@hotmail.com
Category: Drama
Sub Category: Action/Adventure
Keywords: SS/RL, LM/SB, Slash Original characters (paired up with the characters)
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: None. I don't have the fifth book, which pretty much sucks, so I'm just winging it around, ok? OK.
Summary: Sometimes, the past can hurt. The way Snape and his daughter, Meg, see it, they can either embrace it, or they can run from it. Will they have the strength to?
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The characters and scenarios on which this story is based belong the the one and only J.K. Rowling. Except, of course of Meg, Lena and Lex.
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Chapter 2: Out With The Truth
Meg blinked. Once. Twice. For a long while she stayed silent trying to comprehend what her mother just told her. The swarm of questions that invaded her head was relentless and Meg reckoned that was a headache coming. Meg then heard her mother call her. Funny how her voice seemed so distant.
"Meg?" her mother called tentatively. "Meg, honey? Are you ok?"
Meg blinked again. Twice. Then she spoke.
"Ok? Am I ok?" she asked incredously, only to explode a second later making everyone in the room wince "Mom! Are you ok?!?!"
"I was fine until you almost killed my ears!" her mother replied rubbing her abused ears.
"Mom, I'm serious!"
"So am I"
Sirius decided to step in. "All right, ladies. Let's not panic." He suggested.
"Not panic?" she scoffed "Oh, no! I'm not panicked! Just besides the fact that my mom just told me that my father is a wizard, everything's great! Wouldn't you think so, mom?"
Lena rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming"I think we better wait for your brother to come home"
"Brother?" both Remus and Sirius said in unison.
Grinning mischievously "I left home pregnant."
Lena laughed as both men glared daggers at Severus. As it seemed, he deliberately neglected to tell them of it besides that Severus was looking anywhere else but at them.
"Oh, that's right," said Meg, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Better have the whole family know my mom has lost her mind"
"Wow! I didn't know you considered us as a family already. I think I'm blushing" Sirius teased.
Meg blushed scarlet as she just noticed there were more people in the room. She was going to apologize for forgetting then she remembered: what are they doing there?
"Well, um, actually, I'm a little doubtful of your purpose here, not that you're not welcome here, quite the contrary, I was just wondering, y'know" she asked as politely as she could muster.
"Well, we're here to give your mum a hand with you"
Nodding. "Uh-huh"
Taking up after Sirius, Remus said: "But might as well wait for your brother, don't you think?"
As if on cue, Meg's brother came in noisily, throwing his backpack into the coat closet and yelling as he came into the living room:
"Mom, Meg! I'm home!"
"About time!" yelled Meg.
At the sight of his sister exasperated face, he frowned. As his eyes searched for his mom, they fell on the three men standing scattered around the room and finding his mother behind a dark haired man with penetrating black eyes.
Turning to his mother. " I didn't know we would have company."
"Lex, I want you to meet Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and Severus Snape" his mother said, pointing at the men as she introduced them.
Lex, however, kept his eyes glued to the man called Severus Snape. He could not believe his luck! Just a few moments ago, he wondered when would he be able to meet his father at last and the very man stood in front of him. Lex certainly looked like a son who hadn't seen his father since the day he was born and if Meg knew the whole truth or tried to listen, she wouldn't have thought his behavior as odd.
"Hey, bro. You ok?" she asked, her brows drawn in concern. Lex turned to her.
"Uh, yeah" then he turned back to the men and shook their hands "Nice to meet you"
Severus had given him a small smile when they shook hands, firmly, acknowledging that he was his father and that he was proud of him. The raven-haired boy couldn't help but smile back, ignoring his sister's scrutinizing gaze.
"So, what's going on?" he asked solemnly, turning to his sister.
"The world is coming to an end" she replied deadpan.
"Really?" Lex said, raising an eyebrow, which made him look strangely like his father. Meg, of course was oblivious to it.
Sighing dramatically "Ours anyway"
Eyebrow still up but higher, Lex replied. "Oh"
"Meg, before you do anything, why don't you let me finish what I started," Lena suggested. She knew for a fact that things could get nasty if she didn't take control of things.pronto.
"What did you start?" Lex asked innocently
Meg laughed sarcastically. "You're not going to believe this, you're going to laugh, trust me" she gives a chuckle before saying: "Mom says Dad's a Wizard."
"Really?" he replied, a smirk in place that made him look more like his father and everyone in the room saw the resemblance, even Sirius acknowledged it with a shudder.
"That's it? No comments? No protests? No freaking out?" said Meg perplexed.
Lex walked to the kitchen as he replied with a small shrug. "Why would I?"
Meg blinked again, confused. "What is the matter with you?"
"Me?" he said nonchalantly "I know"
"Know what?"
From the kitchen. "That Dad's a wizard"
"How do you know?"
"Mom told me"
"Excuse me?"
The adults in the room watched the exchange intently as if they were spectators in a tennis game.
"All right, stop it!" started their mother "I haven't even got the chance to finish"
Meg went on, ignoring her mother's warning. "I can't believe you actually think Dad's a Wizard"
Lex came back with a bottle of water, opening it as he replied. "I don't think. I know"
"How would you know? You haven't even met him," Meg says as she watches- fuming slightly- her brother take a gulp of water.
"In that you're wrong," he stated.
A long silence and a few owlish blinks later.
"Mom?" Meg turned to her mother in confusion.
Grabbing her shoulders gently. "Meg, you better sit down for this one."
She did so as her mother led her to the 2-seat couch.
"Lex," her mother started "found out about a year ago about his true heritage as he followed me to basement when I went to check on my old things. I guess I was getting rusty because I just didn't hear him come in." Lena stopped for a moment to check the reaction of her daughter. She got none.
"Would you like to know what he found out?" she asked her.
Meg just nodded.
"He found out that we have magic inside us. That he, like his father is a wizard, and you, like me, are a witch. He found my things from my old school: books of spells and charms, potions ingredients along with my cauldron, my robes, and my wand"
At that exact moment, Meg had made a little noise at the back of her throat. Lena stopped as soon as she heard it. She didn't want to rush into anything, and had to make sure Meg understood.
"Do you want me to go on?" she asked, and Meg assented.
"I told Lex about how it all started. He hadn't been born yet and you were just a little baby.
.....FLASHBACK................
A young raven haired woman paced the spacious room. The eyes of a messy haired man followed in frustration as he had his wife locked to his arm, which was dangerously close to feeling numb. They were at Albus Dumbledore's office, along with Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Arthur and Molly Weasley, and Narcissa Malfoy. Lena paced restlessly up and down the room, waiting for news from the spy Death Eaters, hoping that they would come personally to deliver them. One of them was her husband.
"Lena! Stop it, already!" said an annoyed James Potter, breaking free of his wife's, Lily, death grip "You're starting to make us all nervous!"
"Starting?" replied the pacing Lena sarcastically "I thought you were already worried."
"Well excuse us for not caring about them." Started Sirius, " but you know how we feel about them."
"We?" asked Remus.
"Yes, we." Replied Sirius.
Placing his hands on his waist, he glares at Sirius. "Well, I am yet to see how you include me into this knowing that I don't hate Severus nor Lucius"
Jokingly. "But Moony, we all hate them! We're supposed to"
"Oh, for God's sake! Shut up!" shouted Lena "I do not need you or anybody, to tell me all over again, how much you hate my husband but I can tell you the feeling's mutual!"
"Lena!" Sirius squeaked, hand on his chest.
"Don't 'Lena' me, Sirius. I'm scared ****less that something happened to my husband and you stand there saying that you hate him."
"I was only joking, jeez!" he shouted in the middle of her sentence.
"And joke about it!!" she went on as if she hadn't heard him.
"All right!" shouts Dumbledore "That is enough you two. Lena, do please control yourself, given the circumstances you do not want to say something you will later regret."
Lena huffed, offended. Dumbledore then turned to Sirius who paled at the stern gaze directed at him.
"And Sirius," started Dumbledore, watching Sirius squirm "I would appreciate if you kept those comments to yourself, even if you meant them jokingly. You can do that, can't you? If not for yourself or Lena, then for the sake of our limited sanity."
Giggles and snickers rang throughout the room, but as soon as Lena glared at them, it stopped. Suddenly, both Lucius and Severus burst into the room.
"Severus!" Lena gasped out and ran to him, throwing her arms around his neck. Severus held her tight, desperately, as if afraid that she might vanish and never see her again. Lucius, in turn, walked toward his wife, where she waited with open arms. She ran her hands up and down his arms as he circled his waist and joined his head with hers. Everyone could see the gloom that hung about them.
"Severus, Lucius" Dumbledore's voice called.
Both men turned to where the voice came from and disentangled from their wives' arms. Worry was etched in both men's faces and the room's occupants feared the worst.
"He's found out the Heirs"
Gasps of shock flew about the room. Dumbledore closed his eyes in defeat as he slipped off his glasses. If Voldemort got hold of the Heirs, there was no knowing what he could do, they were still too young to face the horrors that awaited them.
"Then we must act soon" he replied gravely. "Arthur, you'd best owl the parents of the Fourth Heir."
Arthur nodded and was about to ask him what should he say when Narcissa interrupted.
"What should we do?" Narcissa asked concerned, not noticing how her husband winced from her strong grip.
"I'd suggest you flee the country," Dumbledore said solemnly.
"Leave England? But, where would we go?" said a shocked Lena.
"Safest place I know, would be the Muggle World" Arthur Weasley spoke for the first time.
"So is Hogwarts!" Lena rebutted.
"You can't stay in Hogwarts, there is only so much it can protect them" Severus spoke his eyes glued to the floor.
"Wha- Wait a minute, you agree with this ludicrous idea?" Lena asked flabbergasted at the thought of her husband agreeing to the idea. Let alone a Gryffindor's idea!
"I think it would be for the best" he replied heavily.
"I refuse to leave" she replied determined "Not given the way things are now. What if you need me?"
"I think I'd much rather have you safe then out there fighting"
"I'm not that helpless!" she protested indignantly.
"I know that!" Severus replied with a low desperate voice. "I just don't want my daughter to grow up without a mother!"
"Oh, Sev" she whispered fervently "She won't. I promise you she won't"
Looking at Lena pleadingly. "I don't want to take the risk"
Silence ensued. Lena seemed to be struggling with her inner emotions and it was hard to see which was winning or if she would arrive to a decision soon. Finally, she sighed, determination etched on her beautiful face.
"All right." she replied.
"Thank you" Severus said, resting his head against her and letting out a small sigh.
~@~ ~@~
Lena stood in front of the gate, her year-old daughter in her arms cooing softly. Narcissa stood by her side carrying a small pale skinned boy, who rested his little head on her mother's shoulder. Lily had his son in his arms, currently trying to get the baby girl's attention. There were three carriages waiting on the other side of the gates, but none of them moved.
"Narcy?" Lena called, using Narcissa's nickname.
Without taking her eyes off the opening gate, she responded: "Yes?"
"We're going to see each other again, won't we?" Lena asked her voice loaded with fear.
"Without a doubt" she replied, turning to her and giving her a small smile.
"Whatever long it takes, right Lily?" Lena said, smiling at the redhead.
"Absolutely" Lily nodded
Suddenly, they both realized that the three babies were holding hands. Lena had to gather up all her strength to stop herself from crying at the sight.
"Come on, dear" she whispered to the small girl.
As soon as their little hands separated, they all started to cry. Their mothers could not calm them down, not even when they got into the carriages did they stop. Lena strength was faltering and as soon as she was out of sight, she cried with her daughter.
Outside, behind the steely gates, Severus Snape stood watching the carriage go on. His face adorned with tears as he saw the two most important people of his life leave.
......FLASHBACK.......................
Meg stared at her mother, then at her brother then at the men who stood watching her every expression. If you had asked her what was wrong, she'd tell you everything. Everything. Her life, all of it was a cover, just like she had been as long as she could remember.
"Meg?" Lena called to her daughter.
"I'm never going to be normal, am I?" she muttered softly, almost to no one.
"Oh, sweetie" she said softly as she reached for her face. Meg flinched and quickly backed away. Lena saw as her daughter face was now stained with tears. She stood up and walked to the nearest window and opening it desperately. She breathed in the warm breeze that graced the sunny day, also letting the warm rays of the sun bathe over her, hoping it would wash the darkness she felt in her heart away. It did. A little.
Secrets. Those almost destroyed her life and even still, she keeps them. There is a side of her that no one could be able to see, let alone understand and she is yet to find someone who could. Secrets. They also started her life, she was who she was because of it.
And that was it. It is who she is. It's her life.
To be continued. ***************************************************
R & R!!!!