“Mom.” quick pause “JULIE, go away, leave me alone you trader,” yelled Antoine in pain.

“Honey, I know you're mad, I know you're confused, I know we should have told you about your mother’s death, but you were too young to understand and I know it hurts,  but we need to talk this out as a family,” Julie said gently, waiting in front of Antoine's door. He slams the door open, they heard thunder, as Antoine was complaining “you don't know how I feel, you don't understand anything, you ruined my life,  I hate you!” Antoine walked away to the kitchen grabbed a banana and stormed out without saying anything else.

This is how it all started…

A couple weeks ago it was a brand new school year. Antoine was very excited about a school he loved School. His favorite subject is Math and English of course! On the first day Antoine met most of his teachers, he loved them all. He did not have the chance to meet his English teacher.

For supper that night everyone was extremely chatty Antoine’s sister couldn't keep their mouth shut. They told him about this guy named “Marcus” and how he was older than everyone. They also told him how handsome he was. AAGGRR!!!!!… “girls I told myself”

“How about you Antoine, how was your day?” question his  mom

 Antoine and his mom always had a special connection. It’s like they were the same person. She knew everything about Antoine, she knew that he had had a shitty day! She could tell from the look in his eyes, she was the only one who could tell what was wrong only by looking at him, he could feel it that she knew, and that's why she asked because she cares! Antoine loves his mom. She's the most amazing human being on Earth she knows when he feels bad she knows when he’s happy because when he’s happy she's happy and when he’s upset she's upset. Sometimes he wonders if it is really possible because it's incredible to have a connection like this with anyone.

“I mean it was okay, you know the usual” Antoine said looking at his little green peas in his little green plate.

Antoine went to bed a little after supper he was very exhausted he didn't know why though, he hopes that tomorrow is going to be a better day!

As he woke up the sun was knocking on Antoine's curtains for him to open them up!! It was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine. Antoine rushed downstairs, kissed everyone a good day and left for school.

When he got to school his first period was English. He walked in 15 minutes before because he was so excited about his first English class. Antoine nervously knocks on the door. he stepped back as the door open he saw this amazingly pretty blond lady opened the door, he introduced himself

“Antoine, Antoine Leblanc  I'm one of your secondary three students, misses…”

“Mrs.  Winston” She answered  “Nice to meet you, Antoine!  Are you ready for this year it's going to be amazing! I can already tell” she said excitedly

The bell rings she winks at me and points to my desk as she welcomes everyone back.

The class had passed by so fast and the class was almost over when she assigned our first official project. Antoine was super excited so he opened his ears as wide as he could to listen to Mrs. Winston. She said

“For your first official project you are going to present yourself to everyone including me I want to get to know you guys better, I want to know everything from your favorite color to your family tree … CREATIVITY IS THE KEY!!!”

By supper, Antoine’s project was basically done. He was only missing 2 or 3 little details, he was missing an important part of his project which was his birth certificate.

As they ate supper the twins spoke for what seemed to be forever! When they were done eating they took their plates and put them in the dishwasher. They went upstairs and got ready for bed, It knew his turn to speak.

Mom, Dad, and I were alone so I asked them right there at that moment

“Hey, Mom and Dad  do you guys have my birth certificate?”  I knew the answer they probably had it why did I ask to be polite I guess? I told myself.

For a moment it was awkward, they seem very nervous, and shaking!!  That's when my dad stepped in.

He answered very quickly “ Yeah.. yes probably but why do you need it?”  he questioned.

I answer very proud of my smart idea “it's for a school project we need to introduce ourselves  and so I thought I could be original and bring my birth certificate, for sure no one thought of that right?”

 My mom stood up, took my plate and went straight into the kitchen without saying a word, but before leaving she patted my dad on the shoulder as if I couldn't see her. It was getting very very awkward even more than it was before.

He looked at me and said, “Okay, that's a great idea.” Mom took a deep breath and exhaled hard.  I could tell that my dad felt bad for some reason that I couldn't figure out he looked like a beaten dog.
“Antoine go get ready for bed dad will put it in your bookbag when he's done photocopying it,”  mom said with discouragement in her voice.

I did what she said, kissed them goodnight went to bed and still couldn't figure out what was wrong. Did I say something? Did I do something? I kept questioning myself!.

To reassure myself I started thinking about how they have a lot of things on their mind maybe they got bad news today. Well, I hope it was that anyways my eyes close all alone and I fell asleep.

When I opened my eyes I heard thunder which means today will be a sucky day. Got dressed ask my dad to drive me to school. Because it was pouring rain.

I got to school the rain was harder than ever. Got out of the car. walk all the way to the front door. I'll look back and thought of my birth certificate it was raining too hard for me to go back so I just waved at dad and enter the school. As I walked to my locker I decided to open my school back to check if it was there. It was! I was excited he didn't let me down…

Why did I think he could let me down?? That was the really questioned here.

I started looking closely at my birth certificate and I realized there was a mistake on it! My name is Antoine Leblanc, Not Antoine Pilon Leblanc?  I was so confused, was this really my birth certificate was this a mistake. The bell rang and everything was getting on my nerves, my parents are acting weird, and now I don’t have the right birth certificate.  What was happening? I couldn't find an answer to my questions that got me upset.

It was lunchtime, I couldn't keep from telling my best friends so I told him I wish  I could have told Stella too but she had a robotics club meeting. So it was just me and Mason. Mason is walking towards me with his food I did not let him sit down before questioning him

“What's my name?” I asked he looked at me like I was going crazy.  Impatiently I said, “Mason, what's my name.”

He looked confused but he answers “Antoine Leblanc ?”  he said not sure of his answer!

“Ahhhh haaa !!!  I knew I was not going crazy look at this-this is not my birth certificate right?”

He took the paper away from me and started reading the birth certificate.

“ Bro, calm down it's your middle name, not your second last name!” He said as if he was sure of what he was saying.

“No it's my second last name it said second the last name Leblanc Is my second last name and that's my mom's name does it mean Pilon  is my dad's name?”

“ It can't be  your dad's last name is Poirier remember??” He said.

Whose name was the right one if it wasn't my dad's and it was not my mom's what was the name on my birth certificate my sister had the same last name as me. I didn't know if they also had Poirier in there name as their first last name. I don't know. I kept making excuses for like if there was an explanation for this but there's no explanation there's something wrong I either have the wrong mother or the wrong father that's sounds crazy so I asked Mason what he thought about that.

 We ate or lunch in peace until I started questioning Mason again.

“Hey Mason,  could it be I have a different mother or different father somewhere?”  I asked

“ You're going crazy man, calm down there's probably an explanation for this! Okay? Just ask your parents when you get home and everything will be okay I promise okay!?” He said with a re-comforting voice.

The day seems like it would never end. I just wanted to go home and talk to my mom she would know what to tell me she would tell me the truth. I started thinking that my dad was maybe not my dad and that my real dad left us so my mom found another man.

I started making all kinds of scenario but I didn't know which one was true, I didn't know the truth my mom probably did I just wanted to go home already.

At the end of the day, he walked home with his back hunch in the rain. The rain was harder and harder hitting his back as hard as it could it was as if the rain was beating him down.

He walked up the stairs to his front door. Open the door sees his twins sister doing homework, slams the door as he is dripping on the floor, his mother just cleaned. Let's his bookbag fall to the ground and steps upstairs and slammed his door.

His parents are in the living room. “ I feel so guilty it's official he knows  there's something wrong our sun is not stupid Julie we have to tell him.” Julie looks down at her feet and mumbles “ I think you should tell him I'll go get supper ready?”  she didn't even wait for Robert to say his okay she just left to the kitchen

Robert goes up the stairs quiet as a mouse. He gently knocks on Antoine's door and said: “ Hey buddy what's up, I think we need to talk?”

Antoine rushes to his bedroom door and violently opens it “ Yeah Dad, or should I say yeah step dad or is, mom my stepmom and are Chloe and Mia are they really my sisters are they my step sisters? Why didn't you tell me we were a mixed family why didn't you tell me you weren't my dad?”  

Tears came down his cheek as he saw that his father.

Robert tries to enter Antoine's room but Antoine wouldn't let him in only his head out stuck out!

“Antoine, I love you and I will tell you the truth let me in please!”  asked Robert.

“ So you want to tell me the truth why didn't you tell me when I was a kid I looked really stupid today,” Antoine told Robert because he didn't know if Robert was his dad!

Antoine let go of the door and went to his bed, in tears!

“ So when you were born you, biological mom died giving birth to you. I'm sorry her name was Amanda Pilon she was so excited you were her first baby, you were her little boy her…  first and last baby boy! “

Antoine looks very surprised he thought Robert was not his dad but finally, the woman he thought was his mom all along it's actually just a woman.

“ So Julie is not my mom!!!!” He screamed as loud as she could. He stood up and got face-to-face with his dad “ Leave my room I want to be alone,” he screamed. Robert tried to kiss his forehead Antoine pushed him away.

  Robert walked downstairs to see Julie crying as she was chopping onions.

While the family was making supper preparing the dinner table, Antoine was packing his bag he decided he wanted to move away from these traitors for the night.

( so he called Mason and told him all about what happened that he then ask to go sleep at his place, of course, he said yes)

There was a knock on his door automatically he knew it was his mom. Hum Julie.

“Mom.” Quick pause “Julie, go away, leave me alone you traitor.” yelled Antoine in pain.

“Honey I know you're mad, I know you're confused, I know we should have told you about your mother’s death, but you were too young to understand and I know it hurts,  but we need to talk this out as a family.”Gently said Julie waiting in front of Antoine's door.

He slams the door open, they heard thunder, as Antoine was complaining “you don't know how I feel, you don't understand anything, you ruined my life,  I hate you!” Antoine walked away to the kitchen grabbed a banana and stormed out without saying anything.

He grabbed his bike and drift down the road as his dad and Julie looked at him go in the pouring rain from the living room window.  Julie is in terrible pain, she's crying, she doesn't understand what she did wrong. She was just trying to make his life better she didn't want to hurt him in any way she likes him so much! she couldn't understand, she walked away she couldn't look at her baby boy bike away.

Antoine   missed the corner stop  and did not see the car coming the other way

“Bang”

Antoine gets hit and push over his bike!

Julie screams in pain and runs up to her car, drive to Antoine  who is unconscious to make sure he's okay... she wishes with all her heart that he was alive if she thought she would feel bad forever if he was dead,  Julie got to the accident and saw Antoine laying on the floor unconscious called Robert and told him to come to take care of the paperwork.

Julie took Antoine and laid him on the back seat and rushed him to the hospital. When they got to the hospital they got seen by a doctor really quickly because he was unconscious.

They told Julie everything was okay he just had a broken arm. She just had to wait for him to wake up so they could leave. They had put a cast on him and then when he woke up.

When he woke up Julie starting hysterically crying she was so happy to see him that made him cry. His first words to come out of his mouth after 5 hours in the coma was” I'm sorry Mom, I love you, I  know we are not related by blood BUT you will always be my mother. It's not the blood that relates us it's the love we share.”  Antoine hugged his mother as tight as he could!

Julie said, “ Everything is going to be alright.”