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Ch. 7 - So Long Goodbye

Mello stared at her. His eyes trailed to the bag she carried with her. "Teri?" He looked up to see she wasn't looking at him.

"I'm sorry.... but I can't stay here...." she whispered and then turned to walk out of the room. Roger sighed and looked at Mello.

"What did you do now?" at that Mello glared at the old man, but looked over at Teri.

"Teri, don't-" he tried to stop her but she had already walked out of the building.

"You can't stop her Mello....." Roger said as he watched her from the window. She was just at the gates. "She's old enough to take care of herself." he looked at Mello who was staring at the floor.

She made it out the gates and onto the streets. She didn't know where she would go now, but she knew she couldn't stay there. She looked back once to see Mello watching her from the window in Roger's office. She took a deep breath and turned away. She began walking. She kept telling herself not to turn back, never to turn back. She fought back the tears that threatened to escape. She stopped once she reached a park. She looked around as the memories flooded her mind. "This.... is where Watari found me...." she said and sat down on a bench. She stared up at the sky. "Where am I supposed to go now?" she whispered to herself.

"Come back...." a voice said. She turned to see Matt sitting down next to her.

"Matt?" she gasped. She narrowed her eyes stubbornly. "No.... I won't go back somewhere where I'm not welcome..." she said sadly.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Matt was getting a little frustrated. He saw tears streaming down her cheeks.

"I didn't belong there in the first place...." before Matt could ask, she finished, "I lied about my parents....." Matt remained silent and stared at her. "My father never died.... My mother did, but only because my father killed her. He tried to kill me, too, but I was too weak to defend myself so I ran away..." she took a deep breath, "Then, Watari found me...."

"If he tried to kill you, then he wasn't much of a father." Matt said. "You deserve better than that..." he sighed as he brushed some of her hair out of her face. "Mello wants you to come back..."

"No....." she said, "He doesn't.... he already told me that we should have never been together...." she wanted to cry again, but fought it back.

"What? No... He said that you two shouldn't have had sex....." Matt corrected her, but she shook her head.

"He doesn't love me..." she whispered and wiped away the tears that were forming in her eyes.

Matt didn't say anything. Instead he pulled out his wallet and handed her a few credit cards and a wad of cash. "If you're going to leave, I suggest you take this..."

Her eyes widened and she stared at it. "Where did you get that?"

"Roger gave this to me on my way out. He said it was incase you didn't change your mind...." he smiled sadly. "Teri.... it's not too late, you can still come back..."

She took the money and cards reluctantly, "No..... I won't go back....." she stood up and so did he. "Good bye, Matt....." she whispered and turned to leave.

"So long...." he said and headed back to the orphanage.

She had gotten a taxi to take her to the airport. She bought one ticket to America and wandered around until her plane boarded. She sighed as she twiddled her fingers and stared out the window of the plane. It was her first time flying and she was scared out of her mind.

"First time flying?" the attendant smiled at her. Teri smiled back and nodded. She didn't want to speak to anyone. The plane began to move and she clutched the arms of the seat tightly. Shortly after that they were already in the air and she began to relax. She felt herself get tired and was soon enough fast asleep.

When she woke up the plane was just now landing in Albany, New York. After she left the airport she wandered around the streets aimlessly. She looked around her and watched as people walked down the streets. She took a deep breath and hailed a taxi.

"Where to?" the man asked.

"New York City, please?"

A/N: Okay there is Chapter seven... You know the drill, review or no chapter eight -angry face-