"C'mon Cayson, it doesn't take this long to guess what it is," Ian groans and I chuckle.

We have been playing heads up for a long time now. Cayson, Ian, Violet and I are on the same team while Kate, Chris, and Tyler are on the opposite team.

He holds the iPad at the top of his head and the word on it is kiss. Ian and Violet have been making the kissing sound for some time but Cayson just looks at me.

Of course he knows what the word is but is pretending not to know. He pouts and looks at me.

I walk up to him and peck his lips. "Kiss," he exclaims and I chuckle.

"Wow, now you're answering. Ian and I have been making the kissing noise for a long time and you didn't realize then?" Violet asks and Cayson looks at me then her.

"Dumbass, he wanted some of that. Let a man live in peace," Tyler chuckles and violet squints her eyes and realizes that he wanted to kiss me.

"Oh," she breaths out in realization.

"Your turn," Cayson hands me the iPad and I shrug.

"I can't," I answer back. "I have to finish that essay for English."

"We will play then," Tyler says and I fake a smile.

"I think not. All of you are doing your homework with me," I say and they all frown. "I don't want you guys to get any more zeros in English anymore. It's so easy to just write an essay."

"Yeah but it's a research paper," Ian sighs.

"Yeah so? It's not due until the very end of the school year. We have a lot of time to research about a topic and write 30 page essay on it."

"30 pages!" Violet exclaims and breaths out deeply.

"Today we will all choose a topic to write on. Baby steps okay?" I say and they all frown and follow me to my room.

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We all sit on my bed with our laptops researching about a topic for the English project.

After a while all of us has chosen a topic.

"Alright tell me your topics," I ask and they all start speaking at once and I don't know what they're saying. "One by one, Damn."

"I'll go first," they all start fighting with each other to go first.

"Wait," I shout to make my voice louder. "Let's start with the person on the left of me and go right from there. Okay?"

They all nod and the person to my left is Tyler. "I chose ancient art."

"I chose journalism," violet answers.

"I chose fashion," Kate answers and I roll my eyes.

"I chose sports," Chris says and I smile.

"I chose music," Ian says and taps on his laptop making a short beat.

"I chose to write about successful high school love stories," Cayson says and squeezes my hand and smiles at me.

"Well, I chose to write about diseases," I answer and they all give me a confused look. "Like how people started to find out what it was and how to cure it."

"Oh," they all nod.

"Okay finally that we are done with that, we can enjoy our day off then," I say and roll out of my bed, closing my laptop behind me.

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We all hang out in the living room and watch movies while talking. For a while I feel like I have forgotten everything about my biological and adoptive mother. Both have broken my heart beyond repair. If one has abandoned me, the other has never fully accepted me.

The doorbell rings and I sigh and get up to check. "I got it," Cayson offers and I sit back down as he walks to the door.

The door opens, revealing Mrs. chivalry with a letter in her hand and a small smile. "Yes?"

"I'm uh... here for Venus," she says and I quickly get up in my seat.

Ian notices my every move and walks towards me with others. My eyes widen when her eyes meet mine and they get their answers.

"Is she—?" Chris asks and I nod, looking at her.

I slowly walk towards the door and see tears starting to form in her eyes. Cayson backs away and let's me have a moment alone with her.

"My dear daughter," she breaths out and puts her hand forward and I take a step back.

"No. You lost your right to call me your daughter when you abandoned me. You should go back to that," I exclaim and she takes her hand back to herself.

"Oh Venus, how happy I am to see you in front of my eyes. I never would've imagined that it'd be you, but I am happy that it is," she replies back.

"Nothing you say will change my mind," I answer back.

"Remember that time when you came to my office, you told me that you'd at least hear your mother out? Why don't you hear me out?" She asks and I sigh.

"I just said it to make you feel better," I breath out. "I can never forgive you for what you did. You know how many times i have changed foster homes? My life hasn't been as easy as it seems."

She nods and a tear rolls down my eyes. "You don't know what I have to live through. What I had to do to come this far. You don't know anything."

"Tell me then. I want to get to know you. I want you to know why I had to give you up. Why I did what I did," she states and I don't talk, just listen.

She tells me everything. Starting with someone named Richard who's apparently my biological father. He treated her wrong and then she had me. At that time she couldn't keep me and study at the same time so she gave me away. She told me how she met Mr. chivalry and everything happened afterwards.

"I have been wanting to find you ever since I have you away. I knew I made the wrong choice but I didn't want you to suffer at the hands of my failure. But, you did. I'm sorry for all the pain that i have caused you. Please forgive me, Venus," She asks again.

There is a lump in my throat now that I can't seem to get past. Something inside of me which wants to forgive her but I can't. I don't even know her that well and my anger towards you biological mother has always been at its peak.

"I- I need some time," I ask and she nods.

"Take all the time you need, I will wait for you. There is someone who's been excited to meet you ever since I told her," she says and my brows furrow. "Your little sister."

I gasp. "I have a little sister?" I ask and she nods.

More tears roll down my eyes and she slowly wipes them away. "Ever since I first saw you, I saw myself in you. I knew it in my heart that you were my daughter but I could never prove myself right. I'm truly sorry again for giving you away," she slowly backs away and leaves.

I watch her leave.

I watch her as her heart shattered into pieces while telling me her story.

How she has suffered so much already at the hands of Richard. How he made me suffer along with her.

I sob and Cayson quickly pulls me into his arms. I hold him tightly and my friends come running towards us.

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