Bailey’s POV 6 Months Later
February 10, 2015
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. I got out of bed and got ready for the day. I took a quick shower then dried off. I've been here you three months and I've seen a few kids come and go. I got dressed and dried my hair. I walked around my room, looking over things. I used to have a roommate. Her name was Bella. We looked similar, but we weren't related. Ms. Stone actually had our blood tested to see if we were related. Not a single drop. Bella committed suicide using a belt and a hanger. She wasn't happy with her life and she was only 12.
Today is adoption day. I never get picked so, why try? I did my hair and walled downstairs. I saw Ms. Stone making breakfast. I walked upstairs and woke up the other kids. There are only 10 other kids then me, making 11. Six girls, five boys. Two of the kids are twins but that doesn't really matter. I'm the oldest at 14. The youngest is 3. Those are the twins. Valeria and Tyler. All of them are either 10 or younger. Anyways I made them go eat then get ready. The girl older than everyone, except for me, is 10. She's my helper. All of the kids have come from broken homes. Abused, parents are alcoholics, druggies, or simply don't care. Maya Stone is the lady who runs the orphanage. She's actually really nice. Anyways, I helped the younger kids get ready. Once we were all ready, we walked downstairs. They stood in a straight line. "They should be here any minute!" Maya chirped. The Kidd stood in a line while I stood at the top of the stairs. "Good luck guys." I stayed hidden. Nobody wants to adopt me, so why stand there and get rejected.
The family walked through the door 5 minutes later. One girl, four boys. Three blondes, two brunettes. "Hi, we are looking for this girl." The girl held up a picture to Maya. "Oh, um. Bailey." She called. I gasped quietly. I walked down the stairs slowly. "Yes?" I asked. The teenagers looked at me. "So what's your name?" "Bailey Nicole." One of the brunettes whispered to the girl. "We want her." Malerie, the 10 year old, looked at me. I looked back at her. She hugged me. "Oh my god. You're finally getting adopted." She whispers in my ear. The other kids hugged me while my adopters went to sign the papers. I went upstairs and packed my bags. One of the brunettes came upstairs. "Hey, I'm Rocky." He said as he stuck out his hand to shake. "I'm Bailey." I said before shaking his hand. "Let me help you." He grabbed one of my bags and helped me downstairs. "I'm gonna miss you Bailey." Ms. Stone whispered before hugging me. "Bye Ms. Stone." I said before the kids attacked me in one big hug, nearly knocking me down. "Bye guys." They let go and I followed the others to their car.
I sat beside Rocky in their SUV. "How about we go around and introduce ourselves. I'm Rydel." "I'm Ellington Ratliff. You can call me E-Rat or Ratliff." "I'm Riker. The oldest and nicest one." "I'm Ross. The star." "And we've already meet, I'm Rocky." "Well I'm pretty sure you already know this, I'm Bailey." I was about to say my favorite things when Rocky cut me off. "We know a lot about you honey. We've known you for a long time." I gave him a weird look. "Um, what?" I asked as I looked at him. "We'll explain more when we get home." They all stared at me. "What?" I asked. "Do you remember anything. Who you really are. Who we are. Who your family is." "What, you know who my family is." I looked at Riker.
He sighed. "I'm not telling you." He said before sitting back. "If you want me to trust you people, you have to. Since you decided to ask if I know who my family is, you have to tell me." I said looking him dead in the eyes. He sighed. "You'll learn in your own time." I glared at him. We arrived at their house. Rocky grabbed my bags and he brought me to my room. "I know that you know." I said as he opened my door to my room so he could leave. He sighed then closed the door. "Bailey." "Rocky." I said. "Please." I whispered. "No." He opened the door then left. "Rude." I flopped in my new bed. This room looks familiar. The color is mint green. Pictures are hanging in the walls. I looked at them closely. Its was me. All of them. Me. I took one off the wall. It was me and a boy. It looked at it closely. Then something hit me like a tidal wave. My head started getting fuzzy. I placed the picture on the desk and grabbed onto something to steady myself.
They kicked the back as of my legs, making me get on my knees. "Hailey!" "Sky." I said looking at her. Nash came up and punched me. "Why are you doing this?" I asked. "I want our family back." I spit out some blood. "This isn't the way to do it." I said before he kicked me in the stomach.
(Flashback to a Hailey and Hayes day)
"Hailey." I looked over at my twin. Everything seemed to stop. Skylynn was in his arms. "Happy Birthday Sky." I whispered before kissing Sky's head. We place her in bed then tucked her in. She's safe now. She's away from Nash. She's safe now.
I gasped. Everything came flooding back. I'm Hailey Nicolette Grier. I'm YouTube famous and everything. I'm fating Rocky. He probably remembers so I want to take things slow. 15 years old, my twin is Hayes Grier. My older brother is Nash Grier, along with Will Grier. My little sister is Skylynn Floyd. My parents are Chad and Elizabeth Grier. My stepdad is Johnnie Floyd. And I am mad. I hung back up the picture, took of my jacket and went downstairs. Everyone was in the living room. Fighting over the TV remote. I whistled. They stopped and looked at me. "Where's my laptop? I have a YouTube video to make." "Hailey!" Rocky cheered. He picked me up and hugged me. "Yup, it's me. Now where is my laptop." He handed it to me along with my camera, phone and IPad. "Thanks."
I ran upstairs and got ready. Makeup, hair straightened. I sat down at my desk and got the camera ready. I stared the camera. "Hey guys. Its Hailey." I did my signature. I paused the video and put a snapback in my head. I pressed play. "Sorry that I haven't been making videos. Something huge came up but its all fixed now. I'll be uploading new videos in a couple of days. Bye." I did my signature then stopped recording. I edited it then posted it. People started commenting, asking where Hayes is, what happened. One comment caught my eyes. Someone posted a link to Hayes' new channel. It was as to his video called Why You Asking? He was talking about me. He claims he doesn't know who I am. "I don't know who Hailey is! I don't have a twin sister. There is only me, Nash, Will and Skylynn. If I had a twin sister I would have pictures of us. I don't have a twin sister. The channel of Hailey and Hayes is obviously an edited YouTube channel. I don't have a twin and I will never have a twin. Will, Nash, me and Sky don't know a Hailey. Neither do my parents. So stop talking a Hailey Grier that we don't even know. If there is a Hailey Grier. She's dead." I didn't realize I was tearing up until a tear escaped my eye and rolled down my cheek.
I closed my laptop and dried my tears. I walked downstairs slowly. I stopped and leaned against the door frame. Everyone was sitting in the kitchen. They were laughing and having a good time. "Oh, hey Hailey." Riker said when he finally acknowledged my existence. "Why didn't you tell me Hayes doesn't remember me?" I asked as a tear rolled down my face. "After Nash shot me, he must have went and shot everyone close to us. That means, he is only of the ones that know I actually exist." I whispers before Rocky hugged. "I have to find Nash." I said after Rocky pulled away so my voice wasn't muffled. I let go and ran upstairs. I grabbed some weapons. Yes I remember where all my weapons were. I went to Hayes' room and grabbed his snapback. He stated in his video that he couldn't find his favorite snapback that he lost three months ago. I grabbed pictures of us. I grabbed a bag and put all the things in there.
"Where does Hayes live now?" I asked as I made my way into the kitchen. "Slow down fiddo. You aren't coming anywhere." Riker said, grabbing my arm before is talked out to the door. "Why not?" "Because I said so." I looked at him like I would tear him to shreds. "Riker Anthony Lynch." I hissed. "Tell me where to find my twin brother or so help me God I will kill you, bury you in the house then set it on fire with everyone you ever cared about in it." I sneered. "Okay, like stop. You need to calm down. We will fix things and everything will be fine." He said while Ross grabbed the bag away from me. I should just sneak out tonight.