Raura [ON HOLD]

Ross' POV
"What?" I ask.

I look over to my mom and her face is devastated and absolutely surprised.

I look at Vanessa and she looks bothered, but not surprised. What is going on?

"Yes," the doctor says, "Stormie is Laura's biological mother."

"You're kidding me right? This...this can't be possible! Marie died a long time ago!" Says Stormie.

"Marie?" Asks my dad, and takes her away.

"What the fuck?" I say, and walk towards Vanessa.

"What's going on, and don't tell me you don't know because I can see it in your eyes...you know something."

"It...doesn't concern you."

"It's about her...so it does."

"She deserves to know before you, and then she decides if she wants to tell anyone else."

"Well we don't know if she's even gonna wake up! We have no fucking idea!"

"Ross..." Riker, says stepping between us. "Calm down.."

"She has to tell me!"

"No I don't!"

"It concerns my mother! Is Laura my stepsister?! What the hell is going on! Vanessa please!"

"Ross I thought I told you to-" Riker starts.

"No.. He's right. He does need to know. You all do, you're all Mrs. Lynch's kids..you're gonna find out. Sooner or later." Vanessa says.

"Tell me." I say.

"Okay..but first know. I had no idea that Laura was Mrs. Lynch's daughter. I had no idea."

I stay silent, but I give her an understanding look.

"As you know, Laura and I are orphans.. But we aren't sisters. I was about eight when I found Laura. She was in a park, playing on a swing. She was about four I think, I asked her where her mother was, and she pointed to an empty bench. Her mother had abandoned her in a park! I...I couldn't leave her. We searched for her mother for hours. There was no trace. I had to take her with me. I told her we were sisters, abandoned by the same mother. She believed me of course, and we lived out in the streets together. She forgot all about what happened...but occasionally she would say, 'I think I remember our mom, wasn't she blonde?'"

I stay silent.

"Didn't you think of the police?" Asks Riker.

"I did, but I was eight okay! I had ditched my orphanage and if I went to the police they would've put me back in that hell! Plus, I was alone...I wanted...I needed a companion."

"I know I did wrong but please understand. I was completely alone...I had nobody."

"I understand...I'm just...I'm worried about Laura..." I whisper.

"Me too, if that woman is her mother...I have no idea what is going to happen." She says, tears in her eyes.

"I hope she doesn't take Laur from me...or worse I hope she doesn't ditch her." She continues.

"Just hope that she doesn't hate you for it, because trust me... Having that girl hate you is the worst feeling in the world." I say, honestly.

"She won't hate you," Riker jumps in, "She will understand."

"I hope so..." Vanessa whispers.

I walk away from them and I begin to look for my parents, now I need my mother's side of the story... How could she ditch a four year old in a park? That's...that's just sick.

When I finally catch sight of him, I see Stormie crying and my dad is trying to calm her down.

"Stormie? Dad..?" I whisper.

They both pull away and look up at me.

"What's going on?" I ask.

"Ross this is no time to-" My dad starts.

"It's okay, you all deserve an explanation to what is going on." She says.

I sit next to my dad and wait for her to begin.

She takes a deep breath and starts, "Yes, I had a daughter...a long time ago. Her name was Marie. Her father was a very bad man...he did things....horrible things that I am not going to get into. I had left him even before Marie was born, but he just would not leave me alone...But the point is that one day, I had taken Marie to a park to play..her father had sent four men to come and kidnap me and take me to him. The fools didn't know that I had a child! When Marie's father found out that they had forgotten Marie...he went crazy. All of us went back to the park a while later but there was no sign of her. While we were all busy looking for her, I took this chance to make my escape, I called the police on her father and his men... After that I was all alone....Marie was gone. I looked for her for years after that. I celebrated all of her birthday without her... I lost my baby girl." She says, tears in her eyes.

"Is Laura...Marie?" My dad asks.

"I...I don't know....Now that I think about it...she does look a lot like Marie...and the DNA test was positive...I just don't know what to think anymore. The only thing that I can think of is that I've been nothing but cruel to that poor girl."

Just then a doctor rushes into the room and says, "She's awake."