After one of the best days, I have ever had they are going to spring bad news on us, I just knew something was going to happen.
“Kids I have something important to tell you and I don’t want you to be upset, and please hear me out before you get mad at us” Mrs. Carter was looking worried, like we might attack her or something when she give us this bad news. I gave a look of unknowing to Jacob and he returns the look back to me. We have no idea what the Carters are going to lay on us?
“You cannot have a birthday party” Mr. Carter blurted out with a hint of uneasiness.
“What Richard means to say, we won’t be celebrating your birthday on that day. We will celebrate it a few days later.” Mrs. Carter tried to explain.
“Was that all, oh my goodness, she had me worried”. I told Jacob through our minds.
“Was this all, I thought you might be giving us back to social services, and you didn't want us anymore”. Jacob was as worried as I was.
“What? Oh no, I don’t want to give you up, you’re going to be with us forever if you want to stay, with us, that is? You do want to stay, don’t you?” Mrs. Carter was clearly afraid.
“What no, we love it here” Jacob said just as I said the same thing to him in his mind. Mrs. Carter had a look of relief on her face.
“Oh, Richard can't we tell them yet?' Joann said using her mind link with her husband “No, I don’t think now is the right time let’s wait till the night of their birthday”. He silently replied to her. Living with the Carters has been the best thing for Jacob and I. We are no longer abused by our old foster parents, we will be going to a wonderful new school soon, and I really do think they love us.
“So, why can’t we have a birthday party, well other than the fact we don’t know anyone, what’s the big deal?” Jacob suddenly asked.
“Oh, well it’s because something might happen that night and we just need to make sure you will be safe”. Once again Mrs. Carter was looking uneasy as she spoke, and Mr. Carter shifted in his seat. I was getting worried myself, what does she mean by something might happen?
“Jacob what’s going on”? I asked him. “I don’t know, I will find out though”. He was speaking with protectiveness in his voice in my mind. Mrs. Carter was watching us. I could tell, Since I don’t talk, I have gotten very used to observing my surroundings and decoding facial expressions.
“Mrs. Carter what’s going on, what might happen on our birthday? We need answers NOW, Penny is very worried, and I don’t like what’s going on here”. Jacob spoke in a tone that scared me. He was using an authoritative tone. “Richard help! He just used a command on me! What do I do”? Joann asked Richard in a split second plea. “He is the one. Oh my god! Its starting already, you can tell them, we must. It is only fare now”. Richard said and he knew his authority was coming to an end. We did not know it yet, but Jacob just gave his first Alpha command.
“Ok Jacob, I have a lot of explaining to do, but hear me out before you get upset or not believe me.” Mrs. Carter was going to tell us everything. She paused before talking again.
“Alright, I will start to explain everything, do you know what a shifter is, or in another term, werewolves”? She was asking Jacob. I frowned and look over at my brother, “What’s going on I asked him”?
“Let her finish”. He told me rather he yelled towards me. I never seen my brother so upset, he is normally an easy-going guy.
“Yes, we all have seen the movies or read a book with them, Continue, NOW” Jacob was mad, he yelled at the end of what he said.
“I am, calm down please”. Mrs. Carter was shaking now, and Mr. Carter placed a hand over hers, giving her a nod to continue, while he stayed silent. She started up again, I knew this was going to be long winded I could tell.
“Well myself and Richard”. She paused “Well we are werewolves. In fact, our entire family is. That is why you have never met anyone yet, well so far. We needed to make sure you would fit in, make sure you are one of us, you hopefully will shift for the very first time on your sixteenth birthday”. She took a long breath and continued “And we know all this because I’m your real mom, Richard and I, I mean we are your parents, your biological parents, so you are just like us”. Mrs. Carter blurted this all out so fast, all I heard was, werewolves, shift, birthday and parents. Oh, I’m so confused right now, “What is she trying to say Jacob”?
“What, what do you mean we are werewolves, they are not real it’s just a story, it’s not possible to shift”. Jacob was loud and upset and paused for a second “wait what, your our birth mom, that means all this time, all this time you knew, you abandoned us, let us get abused, then you find us and not say anything, who does that, what the hell is wrong with you”. Jacob all but screamed and blurted out.
This is the time I wish I could talk I need answers I need to know, and Jacob is to upset. He’s not asking the right questions. I reached over to him and took his hand.
“Please calm down, we won’t get to the bottom of this if your upset and getting loud”. I was trying to calm him down. I'm not sure if it was even working but then he said.
“Please continue, Explain everything, like how you can abandoned us, just leave us like that, and how do we even know what you say is true”?
“First off I never abandoned you both, you were taken from us, and second I know you are my children because over a year ago I took some hair from your brushes and had it tested, you are 99.9% ours, you are my babies, there is no doubt in that, And we love you!” Mrs. Carter was crying now, and Mr. Carter was now sitting even closer to her with his arm over her shoulders, trying to comfort his wife. With one hand he was gently rubbing her back and the other was in her lap holding her hand, and it look like he was holding it tightly. He remained silent the entire time, does he not have anything to add?
I was wondering how we were taken, and what’s the deal with the werewolves, what was that supposed to mean. I was crying now as well and mouthing 'mom' over and over, no sound was coming out, but you can clearly see me trying to say mom. She grabbed my hand with her free one and gave it a gentle squeeze and shook her head yes “It’s true, I’m your real mom”. She tried to reassure me. I have a mom, I was upset, and happy and confused and sad and just about any emotion I could think of, I was feeling all of them at the same time.
“Jacob are you alright sweetheart? I have more to tell, this is just the beginning. I need to explain everything”. Mrs. Carter was talking in a low voice trying to gain trust with Jacob. Jacob leaned back in his chair and nodded yes, but his eyes were dark, and his emotions were cold. Jacob had always held resentment towards our birth mom. He hated her, how could a mother just drop off newborn twins, we were left abandoned at a pizza shop for Christ’s sake. We were not even taken to a hospital it was a pizza shop, left in a basket with a note. What kind of mother does that? Because of her we had nasty childhood, with abuse and neglect. He took the role of protector over me, as soon as he was big enough and could talk, he helped me. He was always there for me, where was our mom this entire time. She better have a good explanation.
Chapter 7 We were still sitting at the small table eating our Chinese, but I could tell all of us were not interested in eating anymore. Mrs. Carter had said she had more to tell us, but it has been an awkward 10 minutes since she had spoken. I had so many thoughts running through my mind. Are we seriously werewolves, and why now is this all coming out? We have been living here for nearly three and just now we find out she’s our mother and he is our father. I have always wanted to meet my parents, I held no resentment over them abandoning us, but Jacob is taking this very hard. He has always held a deep bitterness towards the ones who abandoned us. It’s too quiet, I needed to hear the rest of the story even if Jacob was not ready. I
Chapter 8* MOM POV * I was so worried the kids would rebel and just run from us. Well, there is still a chance that might happen but for now they were still listening to Richard and I trying to explain what happened with the surrogate human. That women infuriates me, I hate her with a passion, she took the two most precious gifts I ever had away from me. I never got to see them being born, their first smile. All their first were taken from us all because she was a greedy, uncaring, nosy, hateful, and worst of all a human. All she ever cared about was her money. The only reason she was excited for the twins was because she would get double the payment. It was never the money that bothered me it was the fact she was so greedy about it. During her pregnancy she kept trying to get money from Richard or mys
Chapter 9 That glass of wine I downed last night had kicked in about half an hour after I drank it making me lightheaded. I had Jacob tell our mom that I was tired and could we continue the conversation later. I was sure everyone agreed with me. We had stayed up into the late hours gaining details about our existence. It was about 2am when I finally feel asleep. When I woke, I felt like I had a peaceful night’s sleep, because not one nightmare reared its ugly head. The sun was trying to come through my black out curtains, but it was unsuccessful. What was coming through was the feeling of warmth from the sun. It warmed my face as I lay on my pillows. I was still tired and contemplating getting up. I turned over and looked at the red lights flashing on my alarm clock, it was already noon. Wow I must have been tired,
Chapter 10 I excepted who our parents were and have had a wonderful time getting to know my family as a real family and not just foster parents. I can understand why they kept it a secret for this long. Wanting to make sure we were the right kids and all. Jacob has had me mentally blocked for three days now. I’m still not sure how he learned to block me if he has always been able to or just now learned how. Mom and I have been communicating using our new phones. We went shopping on Monday and mom got us the newest android phones. They are awesome. We must have over 3 thousand texts in just the two days we have had the phones. We got Jacob a phone as well, but he won’t open his bedroom door. So, I left it outside his room. I don’t know why we never thought of using text before. It would have been nice not to have to
Chapter 11 Angel is a super excitable girl. I was wondering how I could bottle her energy and sell it. I could make a fortune off her endless bouncing. So far, I have gathered that her and her mom are part of my dad’s pack. She also was just told how we were taken from our parents before we were born. She agrees with me when I told her I’m glad they found the birth mom dead. Her mom Fostina was with my mom during most of the surrogate issues. Her mom was my mom’s close friend. “So are you excited to go to school. It’s only a few days away now”? Angel said as she was looking through her closet. She wanted to give me a dress that she thought I would look amazing in. *I am very excited, u r my first friend, it will make this year better. * &n
Chapter 12 After having lunch with Angel her mom and my mom at her home, we said our goodbyes and left for our ride back to our home. The ride was mostly quiet. Mom did tell me about how she told Angel’s mom Fostina about me and Jacob. It was a secret our parents tried a surrogate. Fostina was a longtime friend of my moms, and she was trusted. She thought this way we could become better friends. This helped me to be able to talk to Angel about something If I didn’t want to go to my mom and not worry about keeping secrets that mom didn’t want anyone to know. But now that I have a mom and she is in fact my real mom. I didn’t want to keep any secrets I wanted full disclosure from now on. We were home in no time at all. I wanted to tell Jacob all about Angel and Fostina and everything I learned. I just hope he was in a good
Chapter 13 I don’t know how long I was sleeping for but when I woke up, I was in a large grayish white room that was dimly lit with florescent lights. I was on a padded floor the kind of padding they use in a gym. There was a window to my right. It was not very big at all about twelve inches across. I could see a reflection from the other side I saw several pairs of eyes looking at me. Mom and dad were watching me. They must have noticed I had woken up. A loudspeaker screeched in my ears causing me to wince and cover my ears. “Sweetheart, its mom. I know your scared, but I wanted to say we are here with you and Jacob he is in the next room over from yours. These are the rooms we use for changing”. I could hear mom over the speaker. But changing rooms. I don’t understand. All I had was a bad headache. I sat up more
* Jacob POV * I woke up in a large room that was way too bright. White walls appeared to come crashing down at me. It was too bright it was like the son shown in this small room just to make me angry. It made my eyes and head hurt. My ears were ringing. I closed my eyes to try and gain relief from the blinding lights. I covered my ears with my hands trying to lessen the noise. I was laying on the floor, which was comfortable, it was padded. I rolled over and stretched out trying to stay calm, keeping my eyes closed. I could hear mom and dad talking outside the walls it was muffled but I could hear them. “Mom, Dad” I yelled. Ouch that hurt my ears. They were very sensitive. It must be my wolfs hearing. &