CHAPTER 7 ✨
Return Of The 'Mother' 💢
Jay-Jay's POV:
After a long, tense, awkward train ride which felt like eternity we finally reached the platform nine and three quarters. I could already see the hustle- bustle of parents waiting for their kids to arrive.
We got off the train quickly and bid goodbyes to each other with a promise to write atleast once a week. Everyone went off in different directions to find their parents.
I could spot papa and Lily's dad from afar. That's strange usually our mothers come too. Then I saw an unexpected face.
OMG whats Tita Gemma and Tito Julz is doing here. Others saw them too, as we quickly ran off to her. Aries rushed to hug her first and was followed by me and Jani. We pulled out of hug when Percy came and threw himself on Tita.
"Oh god Tita I missed you soooo much," He shouted.
Tita just rolled her eyes at him and hugged him back, but I good see the smile on her face clearly.
While we went over to tito to hug him too.
"Mom! Dad! How come you also came to pick us up this year?" Aries asked clearly confused.
"I just missed this place so much. I remember walking through this station the first time, its been so long. Last I came here was to pick Angelo, after he completed last year of his school. So I thought why not tag along with Jasper and pick you all too," She replied nostalgic.
"WHAT?" we all yelled at the same time.
"Are you kidding me?"
"You came here before?"
"Tell me this is a lie!"
"Why didn't we knew about this?"
"Are you playing a prank on us?"
"You went to Hogwarts?"
"If this is a joke please don't repeat this again!"
We shouted one over another.
"Yeah I went to Hogwarts myself, and Jeana too, infact your lola went too. And I don't know how many more people from our family went there."
She replied casually as if it was just a random fact not something that changed our entire life.
Aries asked her with disgust in his voice.
"So you are telling us that, that women who is supposed to be our 'biological mother'," He added the air quote, "Was a witch herself, and we are not muggle-borns we believed ourselves to be."
"Yeah," Tita replied.
"But why don't you guys use magic infront of us?"
Jani asked genuinely shaken. I mean I could understand her, who wouldn't use magic when they can.
"Its just... umm some incidents happened in past that umm.. which forced us to uhh.. stop using magic," Tita replied.
"Hey kids, come on lets go home. Aren't you all tired after the long train ride? hmm? C'mon." Dad interrupted tita.
Okay guys so our family is hiding a big secret, and whether they want us to know or not, I'm going to find it.
We followed papa to the parking lot towards the cars.
"So shall we go now?" Tita asked.
"Huh? Aren't you going to stay Tita? We missed you so much. Please for a week atleast."
I asked with my best puppy eyes which can melt anybody. But Tita was already immune to it.
"No jay, we just came to pick Aries. I will take him with me now, and he'll come back to live with you guys on August," she replied.
"But Tita don't you usually take Aries with you on first week of July?" Percy asked serious for first time in his life. I guess he also noticed the unusual way our elders were behaving.
"Yeah usually I do but this time I need him for something and he'll come back early. I promise you."
"Fine! if you say so, but also promise that you will also stay for a week or two with us. Pleaseee," I begged.
"Alright I promise that I will stay with you or call you to our home for at least a week."
"You are the best Tita. That's why I love you the most," I jumped on Tita and squeezed her tightly.
"And I love you too sweetheart," she squeezed me back, "Now go back to your dad and take some rest at home. You must be tired from the long train ride."
"Okay bye tita, bye tito, bye Aries, see you all soon. And say hi to Kuya from me," I waved them from where I was standing.
"Bye Aries baby! Bye Tita! Bye Tito! We will miss you!! Greet boss from my side too!!"
"Bye everybody! See you soon, we will miss you. Bring Kuya with you too."
Papa then turned to Lily's dad.
I didn't realized that they had followed us, but then again probably Papa and uncle came together to pick us.
"Hans(Lily's dad), if you don't mind could you take Percy with you? I wanted to discuss something with the twins," Papa asked uncle.
"Of course I don't mind Jasper. The more the merrier," Lily's dad replied.
I looked over Lily, she was confused. I remember she doesn't know our family dynamics, and that's not because we don't trust her. Its just that its too complicated explain and our biological mother was something I would avoid to talk about as much as I can.
"See ya' guys," Percy said to lighten the mood.
He also knew that which topic Papa was probably going to discuss if he was sending him away. Especially, after the big reveal by Tita Gemma today.
Honestly we could have never guessed about this thing, and if someone else would have told us I would have probably ignored that person for lying.
But now? I don't know.
We placed our trunks on the boot and climbed on back seat of the cars. Papa set behind the wheels.
"You guys settled?"
He asked.
"Yeah."
We replied dryly.
He stepped on the accelerator and the car started rushing, leaving the king's cross behind.
For few minutes we sat in silence, I was enjoying the view of outside, when Jani decided to break it.
"So, what was it you wanted to discuss with us Papa?"
The suspense was killing her, she can't sit without knowing anything for a long time just like me. Just the difference is; she is patient and approaches the truth slowly. Meanwhile me? I become restless when I don't know something, so sometimes I find the truth faster than her or I never find it at all.
"So guys don't be mad on me. Okay. I didn't plan any of this, hell I will do anything in my power to avoid this..."
"Just come straight to the point Papa."
"yeah right... Um guys your ..uhh... mother, I mean Jeana wants to umm... meet you.. both, no not both, but you three." Papa said, "But as Gemma already took Aries and she don't have any legal right over him, so she can't force him to meet her, but she can force me to make you meet her."
Lily's POV:
Okay so I don't understand whats happening in my life right now. First that Remus incident, all the things severus was saying, and now this.
I thought Aries, Jay, Jani and Percy were siblings. But Aries was calling that woman Mom, while others were calling her Tita, but wasn't their mom aunty Reycee?
Ughhh what is happening? All I want is for me and my loved ones to be happy, but one after another problems and secrets are tackling us, and I don't know if we are strong enough to handle them.
You know what, I'll just ask Percy he is a loud mouth I'm sure he'll tell me enough to stop my spiralling.
"Hey! Percy can you... tell me about umm.. what just happened? I mean I'm not trying to be nosy or something, but I just can't stop myself from wondering that-"
Percy took the longest sigh he could and said,
"Calm down, lil sis. I know you are not a nosy person and you don't wanna get involve in any kind of drama, but this is about your two bsf and their secrets and problems that you want them to share it with you."
Wow! I can't believe I would hear something so mature coming from his mouth, he is the kind of person to turns every serious moments into joke, but I guess everyone have their moments.
"I know you are probably wondering that how come I'm so serious about this, but this secret have always been a sensitive topic for our family and especially for jay, and its something i would never joke about, unless I wanna ease my siblings' moods."
"Speaking about siblings how come Aries was calling that lady mom, I thought your mother was aunty Reycee, who you live with."
"Oh girl you thought absolutely right, but our family is a bit complicated. Actually scratch that its a lot complicated and a long story too.
"So to explain it to you in short, lets just say that we four don't share completely same blood, except jay and jani ofc,
So my biological mother is mama Reycee, but Aries, Jay and Jani share someone else as their biological mother. Then my biological father is different, so is Aries' and Jay and Jani's."
"Ok ok ok! wait a minute. Its so confusing let me process it. So you are saying that your mother is Reycee and your father is someone else -"
"yeah"
"Aries' mother is someone else and father too -"
"uh-huh"
"And jay and Jani's have same mother as Aries but their father is someone else -"
"yup"
"But then who is uncle Mariano?"
"Well, he is my mother's legal husband, hence my stepfather, Jay and Jani's biological father and Aries', kind of father."
"What do you mean by 'kind-of-father' ?"
"Its hard to explain. Listen Lily I can't tell you more as it is not only my secret, its others too, so I can't tell you everything. The past is coming back to haunt us, so we have to beware and alert, and trust each other because if we don't it will cause more harm than before."
"Damnnn"
"Soooo, enough with the serious talks now, my handsome face is tired from keeping it serious for sooo long. Now lets enjoy and begin the partay!"
Now that's the Percy I know. I chuckled and passed over the snacks kept on the back seat and connected my phone to the car's bluetooth when the car stopped on the signal.
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I'm sorry I'm so bad at keeping my promises, but you know I just lost all my motivation to write as this was a very very slow chp and I'm a very distracted person.
So yeah enjoy.
And leave some comments guys.
Yours until the very end,
just_a_girl_ ❣️🪄🎀