Title: Heartache
Author: Ryoko
Email: RyokoVenus@yahoo.com
Rating: PG
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Heartache
(Part 2)
Aladdin watched the cereal float in circles in his bowl. He couldn't eat anymore so he just moved it around and around with his spoon. Just then there was a knock at the door. Aladdin slowly stood up and stretched on his way over to answer it. Just then Es ran in front of him - she had raced down the stairs and quickly made her way to the door. She stood in front of it and smiled cutely at Al. Almost an I'm-guilty-of-something-smile.
"Es...I know how to open the door..." Aladdin slowly started. She continued to smile at him, now starting to look worried.
"That's quite alright, but I'll get it! You just keep on eating your breakfast!" she said. She placed her hand on his chest and started to push him backwards. Confused and curious, Aladdin stayed. He stared her down. Esmeralda continued to smile at him, now narrowing her eyebrows. "Al..." she added. Aladdin smiled and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead as he slowly turned around and headed back into the kitchen. He turned around the corner behind the stairs and listened in.
Esmeralda opened the door. "Oh god, I didn't think YOU would be here...today...now...!" she sounded surprised. Aladdin hung his head over the side of the wall. It was Barbie...Barbie Roberts from the adoption center...and another girl he didn't know. Aladdin was dying to run out there but he knew that if he did he would never know what exactly was going on...he stayed and listened.
"Esmeralda, this is Teresa, she resides with us. We have come to take a look at your daughter." Barbie began. Teresa smirked at Esmeralda, and Esmeralda overly-grinned back at her. Aladdin watched and wondered if there would be some sort of cat fight later. The way the girls looked at each other, there was no question it was a 'I'm-prettier-battle". Nothing short of anything he's seen before...
"Uh, sure...first why don't you girls come into the kitchen for a cup of coffee or something and we can look over some papers..." Esmeralda started to lead them toward the kitchen. "Uh...no wait!!! Let's just do it right here in the living room!" She pushed them in the direction of the couch and sat them down. And then she ran into the kitchen and told Aladdin to go for one of his jogs. Aladdin's eyebrows lowered.
"Excuse me, honey..." Aladdin sarcastically began. "Why can't I meet your... 'friends'...?" He smiled evily and pushed her aside.
"Aladdin, no!!!" He was already in the living room. Teresa stood up when he entered the room.
"Ohhh..." *God he's gorgeous!* She thought. Esmeralda could see the look in her eyes and immediately ran to Aladdin's side.
"Uh, Barbie, Teresa...this is my fiance, Aladdin." She cutely introduced him. Teresa rushed up to him and shook his hand.
"Pleasure to meet you, Aladdin," she boldly replied.
"Uhhh yea...so what's this little meeting about?" Aladdin said turning his head to Barbie. Barbie smiled and stood up to shake Aladdin's hand.
"Nice to finally meet you, Aladdin." Barbie started. "Why it's about you giving away your daughter to us, of course." Aladdin's face twitched. Esmeralda smacked her forehead.
"Oh yea how could I forget?" He very sarcastically remarked while dragging Esmeralda into the kitchen behind him.
"What is going on?!?!?" He yelled in her face. Esmeralda kept her head lowered, her long eyelashes downcast. Aladdin grabbed the end of her chin and faced her toward him. "WELL???"
"Look, it seems that you apparently care more for Maribelle then you ever did me...So i decided to give her up...I can't take care of her anyway..." She said proudly while pushing his hand away from her face.
"You can't just....just...GIVE HER AWAY!!!" He screamed.
"Shhhhh! Not so loud!" She whispered back. His eyes were huge and wild, a look of fear in them.
"I'm sorry Es...but I can't allow you to do this. I'm ending it all right now." He turned to leave but she grabbed his arm and made him face her. She looked directly into those worried eyes of his.
"You can't." She calmy replied. His eyes grew big again.
"You can't stop me." Aladdin said through his clenched teeth.
"Al, the papers are already signed. They're here to take her away...today." Esmeralda let go of his arm and stepped back. She could see the hatred streaming through him. He shook his hands around violently in a loss of words.
"I...I can't...I can't believe you...I can't...HOW could you do this?" He started to pace around the table. Esmeralda was rubbing her forehead. "Why didn't you say something to me...we...we could have worked something...worked something out..." He continued to walk around the room in various directions.
"Al, this is for the better. I know that if-" His face was right up in hers.
"For the BETTER? Es, you are getting rid of all that is us!!!" She cocked her head in confusement. "Everytime I look at Mari, I see you, I see me...I see us. We MADE her and now you just want to..." He sighed in disgust and began pacing again. "There has got to be someway to just...undo this whole process." He headed out to the other room. Esmeralda quickly followed him.
"Barbie, would you happen to have those papers with you?" He politely asked. Barbie smiled and took a folder from her large purse.
"Right here they are, sir." She said, handing them to him. He smiled and opened up the folder, paging through each document. He looked carefully at the bottoms where the signature were signed. Then he took a double take. Esmeralda quickly tried to grab the papers from his arms but he pushed her arms away.
"You FORGED my name???" He shouted at her. Esmeralda began rubbing the back of her neck that was SO Aladdin in everyway.
"They had to be signed by a certain date and I didn't want to trouble you with it so I just-"
"YOU FORGED my name?" He backed her into a corner and handed her the folder, with the signed papers in his other hand. One by one he began ripping each document, making sure they were shredded right on the signed areas. Teresa yelped and Barbie quickly ran towards Aladdin in an effort to stop him.
"Sir! Aladdin! Please...STOP!" She was snatching each broken piece into her hands. Teresa ran to his other side and tried to pull his arms away from the paper. Esmeralda just stayed quietly in the corner glancing up at Aladdin every now and then.
When Aladdin joyfully tore the last signed page, he grabbed Esmeralda's two wrists and brought them close to him. She turned her head away from him and closed her eyes while Barbie and Teresa frantically scooped the pieces from the floor into the folder. The next thing they knew, Esmeralda was on the floor.
"Oh my...she passed out!" Barbie exclaimed while rushing to her side. Aladdin watched the two ladies pick her up and place her on the couch. He knew he should have helped but the anger in his heart told him not to. In fact, it told him not to do anything with her anymore. It told him to leave.
He headed up the steps. Barbie and Teresa watched him go but there was nothing they could do. They stayed by Esmeralda's side. Upstairs, Aladdin headed into their bedroom and grabbed his purple vest. Putting it on he made one last journey to Maribelle's room. She was sound asleep in her crib, yellow bunny in her arms. He gently stroked the side of her face and blew her a kiss before leaving the room. He trotted back down the stairs and went out the front door. The women watched him go.
"I don't think he's coming back..." Barbie said. Teresa nodded and looked back at Esmeralda, who was just starting to wake back up. She blinked her eyes a few times.
"He's gone...isn't he..." she quietly remarked lifting her head up slowly, tears welling up in her eyes. Barbie's eyebrows turned upward.
"I'm sorry dear...yes...he's gone..."
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Author: Ryoko
Email: RyokoVenus@yahoo.com
Rating: PG
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Heartache
(Part 2)
Aladdin watched the cereal float in circles in his bowl. He couldn't eat anymore so he just moved it around and around with his spoon. Just then there was a knock at the door. Aladdin slowly stood up and stretched on his way over to answer it. Just then Es ran in front of him - she had raced down the stairs and quickly made her way to the door. She stood in front of it and smiled cutely at Al. Almost an I'm-guilty-of-something-smile.
"Es...I know how to open the door..." Aladdin slowly started. She continued to smile at him, now starting to look worried.
"That's quite alright, but I'll get it! You just keep on eating your breakfast!" she said. She placed her hand on his chest and started to push him backwards. Confused and curious, Aladdin stayed. He stared her down. Esmeralda continued to smile at him, now narrowing her eyebrows. "Al..." she added. Aladdin smiled and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead as he slowly turned around and headed back into the kitchen. He turned around the corner behind the stairs and listened in.
Esmeralda opened the door. "Oh god, I didn't think YOU would be here...today...now...!" she sounded surprised. Aladdin hung his head over the side of the wall. It was Barbie...Barbie Roberts from the adoption center...and another girl he didn't know. Aladdin was dying to run out there but he knew that if he did he would never know what exactly was going on...he stayed and listened.
"Esmeralda, this is Teresa, she resides with us. We have come to take a look at your daughter." Barbie began. Teresa smirked at Esmeralda, and Esmeralda overly-grinned back at her. Aladdin watched and wondered if there would be some sort of cat fight later. The way the girls looked at each other, there was no question it was a 'I'm-prettier-battle". Nothing short of anything he's seen before...
"Uh, sure...first why don't you girls come into the kitchen for a cup of coffee or something and we can look over some papers..." Esmeralda started to lead them toward the kitchen. "Uh...no wait!!! Let's just do it right here in the living room!" She pushed them in the direction of the couch and sat them down. And then she ran into the kitchen and told Aladdin to go for one of his jogs. Aladdin's eyebrows lowered.
"Excuse me, honey..." Aladdin sarcastically began. "Why can't I meet your... 'friends'...?" He smiled evily and pushed her aside.
"Aladdin, no!!!" He was already in the living room. Teresa stood up when he entered the room.
"Ohhh..." *God he's gorgeous!* She thought. Esmeralda could see the look in her eyes and immediately ran to Aladdin's side.
"Uh, Barbie, Teresa...this is my fiance, Aladdin." She cutely introduced him. Teresa rushed up to him and shook his hand.
"Pleasure to meet you, Aladdin," she boldly replied.
"Uhhh yea...so what's this little meeting about?" Aladdin said turning his head to Barbie. Barbie smiled and stood up to shake Aladdin's hand.
"Nice to finally meet you, Aladdin." Barbie started. "Why it's about you giving away your daughter to us, of course." Aladdin's face twitched. Esmeralda smacked her forehead.
"Oh yea how could I forget?" He very sarcastically remarked while dragging Esmeralda into the kitchen behind him.
"What is going on?!?!?" He yelled in her face. Esmeralda kept her head lowered, her long eyelashes downcast. Aladdin grabbed the end of her chin and faced her toward him. "WELL???"
"Look, it seems that you apparently care more for Maribelle then you ever did me...So i decided to give her up...I can't take care of her anyway..." She said proudly while pushing his hand away from her face.
"You can't just....just...GIVE HER AWAY!!!" He screamed.
"Shhhhh! Not so loud!" She whispered back. His eyes were huge and wild, a look of fear in them.
"I'm sorry Es...but I can't allow you to do this. I'm ending it all right now." He turned to leave but she grabbed his arm and made him face her. She looked directly into those worried eyes of his.
"You can't." She calmy replied. His eyes grew big again.
"You can't stop me." Aladdin said through his clenched teeth.
"Al, the papers are already signed. They're here to take her away...today." Esmeralda let go of his arm and stepped back. She could see the hatred streaming through him. He shook his hands around violently in a loss of words.
"I...I can't...I can't believe you...I can't...HOW could you do this?" He started to pace around the table. Esmeralda was rubbing her forehead. "Why didn't you say something to me...we...we could have worked something...worked something out..." He continued to walk around the room in various directions.
"Al, this is for the better. I know that if-" His face was right up in hers.
"For the BETTER? Es, you are getting rid of all that is us!!!" She cocked her head in confusement. "Everytime I look at Mari, I see you, I see me...I see us. We MADE her and now you just want to..." He sighed in disgust and began pacing again. "There has got to be someway to just...undo this whole process." He headed out to the other room. Esmeralda quickly followed him.
"Barbie, would you happen to have those papers with you?" He politely asked. Barbie smiled and took a folder from her large purse.
"Right here they are, sir." She said, handing them to him. He smiled and opened up the folder, paging through each document. He looked carefully at the bottoms where the signature were signed. Then he took a double take. Esmeralda quickly tried to grab the papers from his arms but he pushed her arms away.
"You FORGED my name???" He shouted at her. Esmeralda began rubbing the back of her neck that was SO Aladdin in everyway.
"They had to be signed by a certain date and I didn't want to trouble you with it so I just-"
"YOU FORGED my name?" He backed her into a corner and handed her the folder, with the signed papers in his other hand. One by one he began ripping each document, making sure they were shredded right on the signed areas. Teresa yelped and Barbie quickly ran towards Aladdin in an effort to stop him.
"Sir! Aladdin! Please...STOP!" She was snatching each broken piece into her hands. Teresa ran to his other side and tried to pull his arms away from the paper. Esmeralda just stayed quietly in the corner glancing up at Aladdin every now and then.
When Aladdin joyfully tore the last signed page, he grabbed Esmeralda's two wrists and brought them close to him. She turned her head away from him and closed her eyes while Barbie and Teresa frantically scooped the pieces from the floor into the folder. The next thing they knew, Esmeralda was on the floor.
"Oh my...she passed out!" Barbie exclaimed while rushing to her side. Aladdin watched the two ladies pick her up and place her on the couch. He knew he should have helped but the anger in his heart told him not to. In fact, it told him not to do anything with her anymore. It told him to leave.
He headed up the steps. Barbie and Teresa watched him go but there was nothing they could do. They stayed by Esmeralda's side. Upstairs, Aladdin headed into their bedroom and grabbed his purple vest. Putting it on he made one last journey to Maribelle's room. She was sound asleep in her crib, yellow bunny in her arms. He gently stroked the side of her face and blew her a kiss before leaving the room. He trotted back down the stairs and went out the front door. The women watched him go.
"I don't think he's coming back..." Barbie said. Teresa nodded and looked back at Esmeralda, who was just starting to wake back up. She blinked her eyes a few times.
"He's gone...isn't he..." she quietly remarked lifting her head up slowly, tears welling up in her eyes. Barbie's eyebrows turned upward.
"I'm sorry dear...yes...he's gone..."
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