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Chapter 3

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Vega rushed into a stall and grabbed some tissue. "i will come to you" was playing over the speakers. "Gosh! I'm so sick of you!" she yelled at the speaker. Well, i guess it's good that I didn't wear any mascara today, she thought. Why do I always have to cry when I think of you? She dabbed her eyes and threw the kleenex in the toilet, trying to regain control of herself. She stretched and reached into her purse. She reapplied her chapstick. Walking out, she rolled her neck and stretched out. Ahhh much better, she spoke to herself. She rejoined her two companions at the table and took a bite of her salad that had just arrived. "What happened? Why'd you leave so quickly?" Jason inquired. "Oh... I just had to go really bad! Sorry!" Vega apologized. "Everything come out okay?" Jason said, laughing at his own joke. Vega laughed too, but her heart just wasn't in it. They all went to eating and drinking their food.

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After lunch, they all loaded back intot he blue convertible and this time Vega sat up front with Jason. They had the top down and Vega's hair was going crazy from all the wind. They pulled up in her driveway, and Jason came over to the passenger side door and opened it for Vega. "I'll walk you to the door," he said simply. She unlocked the door and said, "Thanks for lunch Jason, it was really nice of you to take me. I had a really nice time.". "No problem, maybe we can do it again sometime. Can I have your phone number?" he asked. Gosh his eyes are so blue! Vega thought as her heart began to beat faster. "Yeah sure," she said, digging in her purse for a pen. She took his hand and wrote her number on his palm along with her name. "Thanks for your company," Jason started. "I'll call you later, k?". Vega nodded and smiled. Jason hugged her and she hugged him back, wishing his mother wasn't there so she could kiss him. "bye" she said. "Later," he answered and walked out to his car. Vega giggled to herself, so happy to be alive for once in her life. She walked into the kitchen and chugged a huge glass of ice water. She noticed her answering machine blinking so she pressed the green button and her machine read "2 messages". "Vega, hi it's mom. I'll be home in another 3 days. Hope you're not missing me too much. I can't wait to see you!". Vega smiled. Finally!. . A familiar low voice said, "Hey Vega it's me. I really need to talk to you, please stop putting me out of your life. It's hurting you more than it's hurting me. I really care about you, and I'm sorry about what happened... so sorry you can't even imagine. I can't replace your dad, but I do want to be a man in your life. I love you." , the answering machine rewound itself, leaving Vega alone in her thoughts. She went upstairs to her mother's room and stared at the photo of her with her 2 parents. "Oh daddy I miss you so much!" she said to the picture.

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That night, after watching 7th Heaven, Vega got up and took a shower. While she was blowdrying her long thin brown hair, the phone rang. "Ugh, what now!?" she said aloud. Checking her watch, she realized that it was 11pm. She wrapped her hair up in a towel and reached for the caller-ID. It read "out of area". She excitedly picked up the phone, thinking it was her mom. "Hello?" she asked anxiously awaiting a reply. "Hey Vega, promise not to hang-up until you've heard everything I have to say?". It was the same person who had showed up at her door yesterday in all black. "Oh, it's you," she said, her voice drenched in annoyance. "Please, just listen, alright?" he replied. "Fine."

"Well, I know that you are obviously in big trouble right now. I mean, with your dad gone, and with your bulemia... and I just wanted to say the pressure I put on you was totally uncalled for, and I'm really sorry.. beyond sorry, it's just that I loved you so much, and I thought you loved me too... I guess we just weren't ready for that. I just can't tell you how much I want to apologize..." the voice drifted off, sounding like he was crying. Vega's heart broke. "It wasn't as much that as it was my dad, Jordan. I mean... I barely knew you and yet you say you loved me... how could you do that to me, and take away my father? I mean, that's just wrong in so many ways. He didn't even do anything that bad...". "I know, V. I know. I'm so sorry... I just need you to forgive me for everything. I need closure, and I know you do too." the guy named Jordan said. "Is that all you want? Closure? Well the door I slammed in your face I though was closure enough." Vega said with an evil smirk on her face. "Even though I can't see you right now I bet you have a satanic grin on your face," Jordan continued. Vega cleared her throat. "Of course not." she said. "Liar," the guy said. "You never really were good at lying.". "Well I didn't find it a life value, like some people," Vega said in a bitter tone. "Ouch, that one hurt. Well, are you going to forgive me?". Vega glanced over at the Bible on her nightstand. "Ugh, alright, forgive and forget. Yes I forgive you for the rape thing since I bore the baby anyway. I really only need to forgive myself for that. I mean, it's your fault she got in there, but it's mine that I killed her... maybe if I was a little older or if I hadn't been starving myself, she would still be alive, instead of dying. I thought it would all work out. I thought I could just give life to the baby and things would be fine... it just didn't work out that way," Vega started to get really upset, remembering the horrible remorse she had felt when the doctor had said "she didn't make it". "I know sweetie, I know. I loved her too.. even though I wasn't there when she was born or for those precious 5 minutes that she was alive.. I loved her too. We were both drunk though.. I didn't rape you.. we did it together, we just didn't know what we were doing." Jordan said in a shaky voice. "Let's not get back to this crying.. I've been crying so much lately Jordan, it's been so hard without you," Vega whispered, trying not to get started again. Silence followed the next few moments. Jordan broke it. "Listen V, I love you still, even if you don't love me. I know I can't bring your dad back. I know I can't go back in time and change the fact that we were both drunk, and we both were in that car, and we both... you know... and that I was too drunk to drive.. and yet I drove anyway... and your dad was in the other car. Please V, can I come over?". "Yes." she answered, hanging up the phone and blowing her nose with a kleenex. Twenty minutes later, there came a knock on her back door.

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