Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from this story unless they aren't regulars on the show. (like Gianni and Madison)
Wild Horses Two: La Tortura
By: Nicole Lopez
Chapter One: I Didn't Mean it
"Are you serious?" Jimmy asked sniffing and looking back at Hazel. "You can't be serious." He rephrased his earlier statement looking back and forth between the coke and Hazel.
"As a heart attack." She responded. "Doesn't my love mean anything to you?"
"Yeah, but this …" Jimmy started to shake his head. "I don't know."
"It's cool." Hazel started to walk away. "I didn't think you were ready for this relationship anyway." Hazel answered, unable to hide her disappointment.
"No. Wait." Jimmy called after her. "I'll … try."
"Really?" Hazel embraced him excitedly, afterwards making sure to take Jimmy's cocaine with her. As he left he shrugged. It wasn't really working for him anyway. He'd already put in an order for something new …
Manny headed for the shower. It had been two months since she had told Gianni that she was pregnant with Marco's baby. She smiled. The idea of being a mother and not having anyone force her to kill her child was comforting. Stepping into the shower, Manny pushed away thoughts that were really bothering her. Her court date was today and she was planning on telling Marco what was going on. But he was bound to notice. Manny wasn't really showing, but it was obvious that her stomach was slowly expanding each day.
Stepping into the shower, Manny began to think about how she was going to break this to Marco. She didn't even know where he was, but she was planning a special dinner for the night. Just she and Marco.
"Coming in." Marco announced as he opened the sliding door and climbed in. Her adrenaline increasing, Manny turned her back to him. Marco couldn't find out that she was pregnant. Not like this. Anyone with a brain would know—
"Don't I get a kiss?" Marco wondered, moving closer to her and kissing the side of her neck.
"Of course. Where you have been?" She asked, trying to act completely normal, even though her heart rate was racing like crazy.
"I went to get you something … for our dinner tonight." Manny nodded, trying to make up an excuse, but unable to come up with anything.
"Really? That's so nice." She responded, distracted. "I should probably get going."
"Hey, what's the rush?" Marco wondered, holding onto Manny's waist. Releasing herself from his grasp, she rushed out of the bathroom.
"Manny. Manny, is there something you want to tell me?" Marco obviously knew something was wrong.
"I'm pregnant." She looked down, almost as if she was ashamed, but in reality Manny just wanted acceptance from Marco and she didn't know how he was going to react. "But, now's not the time to discuss this. I've got a case to get ready for." Manny finished before Marco could even express what he was feeling.
"Remind me again why we're here." Jay began as Sean shrugged. He wanted to make sure that Ellie was okay. She sounded so depressed and fragile. Leaving her right then, wasn't the smartest thing that he could've done.
"Do you want me to go with you?" Hazel. She was the one that had convinced him to come back. While she was out mending her relationship with Jimmy, Sean had done some thinking of his own, and this was the right thing to do.
"I do, but I don't want her to freak out." Sean explained as he walked up the driveway and opened the door. "Ellie. Elle." He started searching every room until he walked into her bedroom. "Oh my God. Ellie!" Sean rushed to her side, immediately being covered with blood. Blood was everywhere and it looked like she had been there for a while. Instantly, Sean dialed 911, while tearing off two parts of his shirt, which he tied around her wrists to stop the bleeding. "How could you Ellie. How could you do this to me?"
"So, why are you here?" Jay asked, looking Hazel up and down. He would never tell anyone this, but he thought she was one of the most beautiful girls at Degrassi High.
"I'm minding my business and I'm not your friend, so don't talk to me." She snapped.
"Still mad about Jimmy I see. I can't help that he and Madison hit it off well. She is handy to have around." Jay grinned as Hazel gave him a death stare.
"I said I don't want to talk to you. You're trash. You're garbage and you mean nothing to me." Hazel opened the car door to go see what Sean was doing. She didn't care what he said, spending time with Jay was suffocating her and she hated it.
"Are you ready?" Gianni asked while opening the car door for Manny.
"Just because you're driving me there doesn't mean that I have to talk to you."
"How did Marco take the news?" Gianni continued.
"How do you seem to know everything about my life?"
"I should be apart of it. You know how I feel about you." Gianni tried again.
"Please, don't." Manny looked away.
"What if you just acted on your desires for once and stopped holding everything in?"
"Then, I'd be like you." Manny shook her head. "And I don't need another one night stand. We're here to focus on the trial." She admitted as the car stopped at the courthouse.
"Yeah." Gianni and Manny walked into the courthouse as she sat down and paused suddenly. There was Jacob.
"I don't think I can…"
"I'll help you." Gianni whispered back as an overwhelming feeling of dread surrounded Manny.
"Sean, what's going on?" Hazel walked into the house, looking for him. Hearing what sounded like crying, she followed the sounds until she found Sean … hovering over Ellie's unmoving body. "What happened?" She rushed to his side, trying to consol him.
Sean pushed her off. "No, this is what caused her to do this in the first place. You."
"But I didn't do anything." Hazel protested.
"You … she felt like I was ignoring her for you. If you hadn't come here that last night … she wouldn't have done this." He accused her.
"No Sean. You were supposed to handle this and tell Ellie that … everything was a mistake. What he did … I know we're just friends now."
"No we aren't. No friend would cause this to happen!" Sean yelled.
"Please, let me help. Have you called an ambulance." Hazel moved in closer, hoping that Ellie would get through this.
"Don't you touch her!" Sean covered Ellie's body with his. "It's going to be all right. Shh. I'll protect you." He whispered to Ellie, no longer paying attention to Hazel.
"We heard there was an emergency?" The emergency crew burst in as Hazel was tossed to the side and all eyes were on Ellie. Taking her away on a stretcher, Sean rode in the back of the ambulance and then it was just Hazel and Jay.
(A/N: You wanted more, so I managed to give you more, but let me know what you want to see happen. While the other story was more about Gianni and Manny, this one is going to focus on more characters and whatever "demons" and tortures they are going through, so continue reading! –NL)
