So, Mac's little sister has some health problems… What would you do, if the sister/brother you never knew needed a kidney transplantation?
I drove, I figured Mac had something else on her mind right now… I let her think during our way to the Sinclair's. To be honest, I didn't' want to go to the Sinclair's… At all. I have what you can call, a disastrous relation with Madison. But what wouldn't you do for a friend right? I parked the car near their gigantic house…
"You sure you want to do this? Don't you want to talk to your parent's about it first?" I'm sure my dad would want to me talk about something like that to him… After all, it's a kidney she's going to donate, not just some blood… A kidney. It's kind of important…
"Why? So they'll look at me with pity because they know about the fact that I know I'm not there biological daughter… They'll try to make me change my mind… Tell me that I have nothing in common with those people, instead of my genes… But I have something in common with them… Have you seen Lauren? She reads books! She's smart, and funny, and she looks like me…" She has really made up her mind… Nothing I could say would change anything about it.
"Let's go then…" I was already opening the door and stepping out, but Mac seemed to have frozen down in the car… She wasn't moving a finger…
"Just give me one minute…"
It took her 30 minutes to get out of the car… I don't complain, I get it. When she finally did, she walked straight towards the door and rang the bell.
"What are you doing here? Got lost? I'm pretty sure Loser town is over there… You know, where the houses look like crap.." Madison, always a nice thing to say…
"We know about Lauren's health…" I said, before Mac could say anything she'd regret…
"So, why do you care?" She continued… If only I was along to slap her every time I felt like it…
"I want to talk to your parents…" My friend said.
"Yeah, we all want something… I want a new car… The only difference is that I'm going to get what I want…" Bitch.
"Move over, or the next thing you'll remember, is my fist on your face…" I continued… I'm sure Mac had something way worse on her mind… And even if I don't like Madison, she should hear that from her parents, not from Mac. I pushed her out of the way, knowing she wouldn't do me anything… Madison is a real bitch, but she wouldn't do me anything while I'm pregnant. At least one good thing…
"Madison, who are your…" Her mother said when she walked in the hall way… She instantly recognized Mac… After all, she gave birth to her.
"Cindy… What are you doing here?"
"I came for Lauren…" Madison obviously didn't understood why Mac would even care about her sister… "I heard Madison wasn't compatible… And I figured you weren't either, because she wouldn't be on the donor list if you were…" She continued, like if she needed to tell them how sick she was.
"And you think you'd be compatible to my sister?" Madison, Madison, Madison… Dear Madison, if only you knew…
"I…"
"Madison, we need to talk sweetheart…"
I have no idea how that conversation went… But when Madison came back, she was looking all pale and had a weird look on her face. But hey, she had just learned that the family she thought she belongs too wasn't hers. Nobody would feel good after that…
"I'm going to my bedroom…" She said when she saw us in the living room. We thought they wouldn't mind if we took a seat while they told her that… Madison's father, or should I say Mac's, was there too. Of course he had to be there to tell Madison.
"How is Lauren doing?" Mac asked them when they came back…
"She's… Not doing so good…" M. Sinclair told us. He couldn't keep his eyes from Mac… Like if he was trying to see her grow up… From baby to the woman she became.
"How are you doing Cindy?" Ms Sinclair asked her daughter… I really felt like if I could walk outside of the room and that nobody would notice it.
"I didn't come to talk about me… I came to see if maybe I could possibly help Lauren…" It's not her fault she got sick… "If there hadn't been a switch in the hospital, Lauren would already have a kidney that works, instead of having to wait for someone to die to give her one… She shouldn't suffer from their mistake…" Wise words from my friend. Really wise words.
"What do your… your… parents say about it?"
"I haven't told them yet… I want to see if I'm compatible before telling them anything…" Maybe Madison won't see it like that… What if she wants to meet her real parents?
"I really think you should tell them…" M. Sinclair said.
"Look, I came here to help Lauren… Just tell me what I have to do to see if I can give her what she needs…"
"Mom? What's going on? Madison is crying upstairs…" Lauren said when she walked inside the room… "Mom?"
"Hi Lauren… Remember me?"
"Of course! You're Madison's friend… The one I met at her birthday party." Who would forget Mac? "So, why is Madison crying?" Lauren wasn't looking healthy, at all… Lauren's parents were looking at each other… Wondering if they should tell her.
"I heard you were sick… I wanted to see if I could help you…" Mac told Lauren…
"Help me how?" Lauren continued…
"Cindy wants to see if she can give you a kidney…"
"Why? Does she have a spare one?" Well, kind of…
"Not really Lauren… She wants to give her one of her own." M Sinclair said.
"But why? Why would she do that?" Now Mac was as invisible as I was. I think the sick girl is the most important thing on their list right now… Even more important than they daughter they never had the chance to know.
"Should we tell her?"
"Tell me what? Mom? Dad?" Okay… Maybe I should leave… I was feeling even uncomfortable by the minute… And to be honest, I could use a trip to the restroom. I started to rub my belly to calm that little life inside me that was awake.
"When your mother gave birth for the first time…" Okay, I really do not want to be there at this exact moment.
"Sorry to interrupt you… But could you tell me where I could find the restroom?" I think they both just noticed I was pregnant…
"Sure, sure. It's the second door after the stair…"
In the bathroom, I took some time to read my messages… No messages from Logan, but he was too busy taking a wave. Wallace was telling me he was getting crazy being alone at home. If I would have been at home, I would have told him to pick me up… My car is coming back tomorrow, I think… Logan took care of it… Calling Wallace, wasn't an option… If I stay inside of here too long, it wouldn't give a good impression… But I'm still not sure anyone would notice. When I came back, Mac was looking at me like if she wanted to send me a message. I was wondering where we were about the situation right now.
"Okay, so tomorrow at 10:15 am I can do the tests… I'll be there…" Mac said… Well, they were much further than I expected. "I'm going to go now… I hope I'll be able to help you Lauren…"
"You look more like me than Madison…" Lauren said… I'm not sure the fact that Mac is going to give her a kidney is as important to her then the fact that she's actually is her sister.
"Bye Lauren… M & Ms Sinclair…" If you think about the fact that they're her biological parents, it's weird for her to call them like that. "Come Veronica… Let's go back home."
I was about to drive straight towards the restaurant… It was already getting late and we had and we had to meet the guys there. But it was obvious that Mac had something else on her mind right now, so I drove her back home and told both of the guys that we'd have to do that another time… After dropping Mac home, I drove to the apartment where I made some homemade mac en cheese. I kept thinking about Mac and how she was doing, but calling her every five minutes wasn't an option. When Logan came home, I had just finished cooking and we ate around the table in the kitchen. He was telling me about his day while I was listening. I won't be able to tell anything of what he said… My mind was elsewhere. I think Logan probably figured it out…
"Veronica?" I think it's the third time he said it. It's time for me to wake up…
"I'm listening…" I said, but he knows I wasn't really.
"What happened today?" He continued…
"Mac learned some bad news…" Was it mine to tell? I was there… I couldn't do anything bad just by telling Logan could I? "Lauren, her, well her sister, is sick and need a kidney transplantation… She's going to do some tests tomorrow to see if she can give her one."
"I thought Mac had a brother?" Oh god… He doesn't know about it? Of course he doesn't! Nobody does!
"Yeah, kind of…" I guess a lot of people are going to learn about it. "You know, back in high school I did some little jobs for students… Like finding things out about their parents." I'm not sure he knows about it.
"You did a lot of things back in high school…"
"Well, Mac asked me to find out stuff about hers too…" Of course, Mac was already one of my best friends back then… "What I found out, wasn't something she would have expected."
"What, she's adopted?"
"Kind of… She hasn't been raised up by her real parents… And she has not a single gene in common with her brother or her parents."
"So? Don't stop there!"
"I did some digging to find out why her parent's had win such a huge amount of money, and I found out that the hospital did a mistake… Another baby girl was born, one day after her… Her parents took that girl home, while she was taken by the Mackenzie's. They found out a few years later about it..." And of course they were already loving there girl so hard that the idea only of switching them back was horrible for them."
"Is the other family living in Neptune?"
"Yes, Madison Sinclair is living with them… She's the other girl." I can't tell if I ever saw him as surprised as that… Well, maybe when he found out I was pregnant a few months ago…
"No way! And Madison's sister needs a transplantation!"
"Exactly…"
"Poor Mac, I'm sure it isn't that easy for her right now… Dick better take good care of her."
I was too tired this week to update sooner… I had class every day and I have my internship to do after my classes… So here it is! Don't forget to review!