What Now? Chapter 3: Everwood, Colorado, an everwood fanfic

Everwood, Colorado:

I drove into Everwood, listening to Que Hiciste by Jennifer Lopez.

Ayer nos dos soñabamos con un mundo perfecto
Ayer a nuestros labios les sobraban las palabras
Porque en los ojos nos espiabamos el alma
y la verdad no vacilaba en tu mirada

Ayer nos no metimos conquistar el mundo entero
Ayer tu me juraste que ese amor seria eterno
Por que una vez equivocarse suficiente
Para aprender lo que es amar sinceramente

Shoshana was awake and looking out the window as we drove into to town. I looked for Nina's diner.

¿Que Hiciste? Hoy destruiste con tu orgullo la esperanza
Hoy empañaste con tu furia mi mirada
Borraste toda nuestra historia con tu rabia
Y confundiste tanto amor que te entregaba
Con un permiso para si romperme el alma

¿Que Hiciste? Nos obligaste a destruir las madrugadas
Y nuestras noches las ahogaron tus palabras
Mis ilusiones acabaron con tus farzas
Se te olvido que era el amor lo que importaba
Y con tus manos derrumbaste nuestra casa

When I saw it, Shoshana said that she was hungry. I looked for a place to park but couldn't find one.

Mañana que amanezca un dia nuevo en mi universo
Mañana no vere tu nombre escrito entre mis versos
No escuchare palabras de arrepentimiento
Ignorare sin pena tu remordimiento

Mañana olvidare que ayer yo fui tu fiel amante
Mañana ni siquiera habra razones para odiarte
Yo borrare todos tus sueños en mis sueños
Que el viento arrastre para siempre tus recuerdos

I turned around and parked next to the train station, which had been transformed into a doctor's office.

I didn't want to get out of the truck. My bruises were still very visible. Shoshana yelled that she was hungry again so I finally turned the truck off and got out of the car. I grabbed my purse, unbuckled Shoshana and took her out of the truck. Shutting and locking the truck, I grabbed Shoshana's hand and walked across the road. I opened the door to the diner and every head turned toward us.

"Looks like we got new meat in town," Dr. Abott said.

"I'm looking for Nina. Nina Feeney. Does anyone know where I can find her?"

"I'm right here. How can I help you…?"

"My name is Angel Nekana De la Pena. And this is my daughter Shoshana Manuela De la Pena. And you are my aunt. My parents died when I was two and I was adopted by a nice couple in Virginia. Do you remember me?"

"I remember a little girl with pig tails. Didn't you have black hair back then?"

"It's always been brown. I need your help."

"Well sit down, your daughter looks hungry. What did you do, get up in the middle of the night and drive here?"

"My boss gave me his truck and we got out of town as soon as I could."

"Why, what's wrong?"

"My husband and I had an argument and I had to get out."

"Looks like you had more than an argument," Dr. Brown said.

"He doesn't mean it; it's just that he gets mad sometimes. But this, this last time he went too far."

"How far did he go?" Nina asked.

"He pulled a knife on me and then beat the shit out of me. I called my boss and told him I'd give him a ring to tell him the number of where I was staying. You wouldn't be able to give me a job would you? I mean if not I could go a town over and get a job at one of the bars there. That was my last job. I've worked in the same bar for the past ten years. James is like a father to me and the waitresses, bartenders, and bouncers are like family. They knew what Hulio was doing but because I never pressed charges, they couldn't do anything."

"Well you can crash at my house for as long as you want."

"Thanks Nina. Maybe we can talk more later. Get to know each other better. And I need to enroll Shoshana into school. James said he would send her transcripts up from Virginia."

"Well we can worry about that when winter break is over. I'm sure you'll need time to get yourself settled. So what would Shoshana like to eat?"

"I would love to have a burger with pickles, tomatoes, lettuce, Thousand Island, mayo, ranch, and some fries with ketchup, mustard, ranch, mayo and Thousand Island."

"Umm… I don't think we can make hat here." Nina stated.

"Momma can. Whenever I visited her at the bar, she'd go back into the kitchen and make me one. She always knew what I liked."

"You let her go into the bar."

"She always came in with Joey. Joey knew who she was and she was always in the employee lounge until I got off work or until Hulio came to pick her up."

"Well let's get her something to eat then. Looks like you got a job here Angel."

"Thanks Nina. I could really use the money. I have one of James' credit cards because I cut all of mine up."

I went into the kitchen and made up Shoshana's burger with her fries. Then I made myself up a sandwich and brought it all out to the bar and sat down with Shoshana. Everyone looked at Shoshana's burger and then at Nina.

"What do you call that burger?" Edna Harper asked.

"Mommy named it the, what did you name it mommy?"

"It's called Natividad. It's what my mother used to call me when I got into trouble."