Wow…it's been long since I've updated…well, right now I'm just editing this stupid chapter, cuz it makes no sense what-so-ever…if you want to read any of more of this story, you better read this chapter…I changed quite a lot…

Chapter 6: Truth Be Told…

"Good morning Mrs. Sakura!" Hotaru said, coming down-stairs.

"Hey, mom…" Mikan said, following Hotaru to the kitchen, still amazed at what had happened upstairs.

"Good morning Hotaru! Good morning Mikan!" Mrs. Sakura said, as she put pancakes on their plates, "How was last night? You feel better now, Mikan?"

"Oh…yeah…I'm…I'm…" she looked down at her stomach and looked up again, "…fine…"

"Are you sure Mikan? Do you think you should go meet Hiro?"

"Uhh…no, It's fine…we…uhh…" and looking away she said, "Broke up."

"Honey! I'm so sorry!" Her mom tried to say caressingly and went to hug her, but before she could Mikan stood up and said,

"Hotaru, are you done? Let's go over to Angela's…"

"Uh…sure…" Hotaru said as she followed Mikan to the door.

"Sure, Mikan…and later, you can come back and talk to me ok?" her mom said assuringly.

"Yeh…sure" and they both exited.

(On the way to Angela's house)

"Hey Hotaru…" Mikan said, as she hugged herself, "Please don't mention about her to anyone, ok?"

"…Mikan…I still think you should talk to your mom, you know?"

"But…that would just make her hate me more than she already does! She'd probably disown me…"

"No, Mikan! She's your mother! She doesn't hate you! You just haven't talked to her enough to understand her Mikan…" Hotaru sighed as she walked in the McCartney's mansion.

Mikan and Hotaru walked down through the hallways, and turned left the first corridor to Angela's room. On the large waterbed, sat Tsubasa and Angela, looking deep in their "discussions". As Mikan and Hotaru entered, Angela and Tsubasa sat back straight, as Angela blushed.

"H-Hey Mikan! W-We didn't see you here!" Angela muttered.

"WHOA! Wrong timing Hotaru!" Mikan said cheerfully, "Let's let our love-birds have some more privacy!"

Just as Mikan and Hotaru were turning to exit the room Angela said,

"HEY YOU TWO! GET IN HERE! We were only talking, gosh!"

"Hear that Hotaru? They were only talking!" Mikan said, teasing again, " Hmm…maybe about future plans, or how they might run away and get married, or how they should go and spend time alone in the hot springs…" she finished as she giggled.

"HAHAHA. NO! We were not talking about future plans, or how we might run away and get married and especially not about how we should go and spend time alone in the hot springs!" Angela denied as Tsubasa interrupted,

"ALTHOUGH…that was a good suggestion!"

"Shut up, Tsubasa! And get in here Mikan and Hotaru!"

Soon they were joined by all the others and had a great time partying at Angela's mansion.

Finally, at lunch time, Mikan decided to go home, and wished all of them good-bye.

(Mikan, on her way back…)

"Sigh…I'm so confused! What should I do? If I tell my mom, she'd get even more wrong thoughts about me…and if I don't…I along with the baby would never survive…this cruel world has eaten me up anyways, what hope is there for my baby to survive?"

More thoughts clustered up in her small mind, and as she entered her house, she saw her mom sitting on the kitchen table, and crying.

Mikan ran to her mom, closing the door behind, when she saw her crying.

Her mom, at the vision of her daughter, sat up straight, wept off her tears and said,

"M-Mikan! I-I didn't think you'd come home so early!"

"Mom…" Mikan's voice went to a whisper when she saw her mom's red eyes, "Mom…what's wrong…"

"N-Nothing! Why would anything be wrong? Come! Come sit!" her mom said, trying to sound normal.

"Mom…I'm sorry…I know it's my fault…it's all my fault mom…I'm sorry" Mikan said, not sure herself why she was apologizing.

"Mikan! It's not your fault, Mikan! You didn't do anything! It's your damn dad…" she said, and looked away.

"Mom! Dad? What did he do?" her mom still looked away, "MOM!"

"Heh…your dad…your dad…that man calls you your dad?" her mom's expression was filled with anger, "Mikan, that man wants nothing but money…"

"Mom…I don't get it…" she said, looking straight in her mother's eyes.

"Mikan, it's our fault…all of it…I thought I loved your dad…I agreed to whatever he said, anything he wanted…what I didn't think about, was you, Mikan…" her mom paused and looked back at her daughter, "You think he's in Germany right now, eh?"

"You mean…he isn't?"

"Mikan, there is a lot you don't know…if only you'd had known…you might've not turned out like this…"

"Mom…" Mikan said sternly, all of a sudden, "Quit saying it's your fault! It's not, okay?! It's my entire fault, ALL MY FAULT! I was the immature one, the stupid one, the one who screwed it all up! ALL OF IT! Mom…" her voice quieted down, "I didn't just screw my life up…I screwed your life…and now I'll be screwing my daughter's life…"

"Mikan…WHAT? Your…?" her mom jerked back of her seat, and stared at her daughter in astonishment.

"Yes, mom, I'm pregnant…but it's not my fault! I know I was stupid, idiotic, foolish…and now…I don't know what to do…" a lone tear made it's way on her cheek.

"MIKAN…Mikan…Mikan, no! What were you thinking?! How could you do anything like that? HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID?!" some few tears came down her cheek as well.

"Mom, I'm sorry…I can't do anything…Mom…MOM!"

Her mom looked away from her daughter, wiped off her tears, and started talking…

"It's time you know truth about your past, too, Mikan…"

"Huh?"

"Mikan…about an year before you were born…I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy…your brother, Mikan…he would've been your brother…but I don't know what made me do what I did back then…" her mom paused as she changed her view to face her daughter, who stared back to her in shock.

"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?"

"It's true, dear…and I was eighteen when I gave birth…I was disowned by my family when I tried to tell my mother…luckily your father's family understood, but they declared it that we couldn't get married with already a child with us. We both thought hard on what we should do…back then, I cared about your father, and no one else…nothing else mattered…I told him I'd do abortion, anything, to be with him for the rest of my life. We didn't have enough money so we went for giving it to adoption instead. I couldn't part with him, your baby brother was so beautiful…but your father and me found perfect German parents who adopted him and gave us some money for it. I've never forgiven myself for what a sin I did, Mikan…never…and after we got married later that year, I got pregnant with you…we were so delighted, Mikan! I spent all my time and devotion to you, and we moved here. You started going to Alice Academy here, and we were more than delighted to find out you had an alice. But time passed, your father and me started fighting…arguing how I should work now…and not stay with you…between these years, I don't when we lost you Mikan…I think you were probably never home when your father and I argued…finally, one day…he revealed a shocking news to me. He told me that the German parents that adopted my first child were dead, and he now lived all alone in Germany. I told him we should move to Germany the first thing, but he wanted to go to America instead. We fought a lot over it…he said that the baby was history and had nothing to do with us, we should head to America and earn some wealth. We fought and fought and finally he left…to America…leaving us both here…and I didn't know what to do either…I thought I had lost you, Mikan…"

Silence remained, as Mikan tried to absorb all that was said to her. Tears flooded her, and still she sat speechless. So much had been revealed. She had lost her father, her mother, her brother, even herself…when she could've been able to save it all. She felt guiltly, too guilty…and now she increased all problems by getting herself pregnant. She did exactly what her mom feared of, but at least she had a man she could trust.

After a few minutes, what seemed like ages, Mikan finally said,

"Mom…We're going to Germany. We're going to my brother…tomorrow. What's passed is the past…We can't do anything about it now…we have to move on with our lives…we have to make the best out of our lives! We'll start over mom, all over. Our new life, in Germany! With you, me, my brother, and my daughter. We'll show the world mom! We'll show dad, everyone! And most importantly, we'll be strong."

Mikan hugged her mom, after years, and her mom was happy beyond imagination to have her daughter back.

Sorry, stretchy chapter, I know…but I'm sort of hurried…I haven't updated since last year! I might need some time to catch up and write something good! Anyways, I changed the plot or whatever of the story from what it was earlier. I hope it made some sense. I will update soon again! And a few reviews would be good, too… xD