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CHAPTER 13

Shawn walked with his head hung as he entered the elevator; he saw Evolution standing in there and ignored them as they rode in complete silence.

"Hey, how are you?" his head shot up and he glared at Elena

"I WAS fine, but thanks to you I'm not any more" He snapped, the elevator dinged and Shawn stepped out.

If she wanted to be harsh, he would too after all he had made an effort and she had thrown it back in her face and for what? Some petty ass reason, well if she wanted to be like that he would ignore her.

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Elena dumped her bag in the locker room her mind reeling, what had she done to make Shawn so hostile towards her?

"Guys I'm going to go and see Vince, then grab a bite to eat in the cafeteria, ok ill see you later" she kissed Dave and waved before heading out the door.

She headed straight to Vince's office, she needed some answers and if anyone knew he would.

She entered his office after a brief knock and strode purposefully to the chair in front of his desk; she plopped down in the chair and looked at Vince with a short smile.

"Do you know what's up with Shawn? I asked him how he was and he bit my head off" Elena asked

"I don't know what could be the problem, he seemed fine last night. Do you want me to ask him?" Vince offered with a sincere fatherly look.

"No, its ok, I'll try to talk to him again, and if not ill do what I do best…yell, scream and make noise about it all" she stood and smiled briefly before thanking him and leaving the room for the cafeteria.

To say Elena was upset was an understatement, she felt as if she had lost a good thing from her life and like an amazing opportunity had been ripped away.

Talking would help but whose to say that there would be any trust in their relationship, if he did agree to hear her out and tell her what was wrong…would she even be able to handle his words. She would handle it like she did with her mother, try and ignore it and when she had finished and slapped her, run to her safe haven and throw things around. But her desire to be with Dave stay happy and keep trekking was dwindling; the desire to beat the crap out of who ever were responsible for all the pain was winning…by a long shot.

She entered the cafeteria and stopped short when she saw the object of her mission, Shawn.

Taking a deep breath she walked over to his table and sat down in the seat opposite him, she noticed the letter on the table but pushed it to the back of her brain, it was none of her business.

"What's wrong, what have I done for you to ignore me?" her voice was full of concern and her eyes read what she couldn't express

"You should know, you chose this option not me" he spat, how could she be so cruel, to pretend she didn't know what was going on

"I have no idea; I wouldn't be asking if I did." Elena replied with conviction

"Here" Shawn shoved the letter to her and stood from the table "Maybe your letter will spark you delusional memory" he strode away from the table with anger written across his face.

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Elena picked up the letter and felt her eyes fill with tears as she read.

Dear Shawn,

I know we just met and that you want to begin a father daughter relationship…but it's too hard for me. Knowing you weren't there for all those years; that you left me to rot with my mother.

I can't say I haven't thought of trying, I have but every time I see you it's a reminder of what I never had and a reminder of the person who caused the hurt I suffered when I was younger.

As far as I'm concerned this is a bit of your own medicine, you'll have a chance to feel what I felt…alone and scared. I have no father.

Elena

Elena's heart broke; he actually thought she had written all those hurtful things. She re-red the letter, watching as her tears fell onto the paper that had ruined one of the best things in her life.

She shot out of her chair ignoring it as it clattered to the floor, marching out of the cafeteria and forgetting all about the food she intended to get, she ran down the halls. Who would have written such a letter, who would even know about her and Shawn? And suddenly it all clicked into place.

MNM

They had told her they would make her career hell and this seemed to be the beginning of it. The only question was how in the hell did she explain to Shawn that MNM was messing with them both.

Her temper flared and she changed direction. She needed to sort through her thoughts before she did anything else, Shawn would get an explanation when she knew how to explain it all.

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Dave placed the weights on the rack and wiped his face with a cool towel. He was looking forward to seeing Elena; she had become the centre of his world and he would defend her and support her through what MNM tried to pull. His head shot up when the gym door flung open and a sad and angry Elena stalked over to the punching bags.

He watched as she dropped a piece of paper on the ground and laid into the punching bag, bare handed.

Dave sprinted over to her and pulled her away from the bag…a little too late. She kicked and thrashed in his arms, not caring who it was holding her.

"Let me go!" Dave held onto her tightly ignoring her demands.

She stopped moving and he heard a small choking sob escape from beneath the mop of hair covering her face. His grip loosened and he moved in front of her checking her hands over.

"Babe, you've cut up your hands" he got no response from her and sat her down on the floor, something had her riled up and he wanted to know who did it and what it was.