"Whoa, Reese, are you okay?" asked Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald walking into the gym.
"Yeah, I'm fine," said Reese wiping sweat from his forehead.
"Miguel told me about Jessica. I'm so sorry," said Theresa sitting down on the bleachers.
"Yeah, well I really care about her, I even think that I...I love her," said Reese getting a drink of water and then sitting down beside Theresa.
"Did you tell her yet?" asked Theresa
. "No and I don't think that I should, as you can imagine she is really upset and traumatized by what happened to her last night."
"I know, I feel so bad for her. But take my advice listen to your heart and don't wait to long to tell her because if you do you might lose your chance."
"Thanks Theresa, how's Ethan?" asked Reese remembering that Miguel had told him that Theresa confessed her love to Ethan.
"Oh Reese, I can't tell you how great it is, he called off his wedding to Gwen and he loves me!" said Theresa with sparkles in her eyes and a big smile on her face.
"That's wonderful, Theresa. I'm so happy your dream came true."
"So am I. Do you think Jessica would mind if I visited her?"
"Well she's not to big on company right now but maybe she'd like to talk to you."
"Okay then, let's go."
Jessica had just settled into her new room in the attic, it was kind of small but she liked it because it made her feel safer. She heard someone walking up the attic stairs and then a knock at the door. "Come in." she said sitting down on her bed.
"Hey, Jessica," Said Theresa walking up to her and giving her a hug of which Jessica returned. "How are you holding up?" asked Theresa concerned.
"I'm okay, considering the circumstances." Said Jessica sitting back on the bed.
"I'm really sorry about what happened, I hope they find the filth who did this to you."
"Thanks, Theresa."
"So I understand Reese has been helping you through this?"
"Yeah, he's been great. I can just talk to him and tell him stuff that I can't tell anyone else but I don't want to burden him, he shouldn't be weighed down by my problems."
"I'm sure Reese is more than happy to help, I know how important it is to have someone at a time like this and I just wanted you to know that if you ever need to talk, woman to woman, you can always call me, okay?"
"Sure, thanks Theresa." Said Jessica giving her a small hug.
"So did you get to talk to her?" asked Reese as they stood in the Bennett living room.
"Yeah, she was kind of distance and she didn't really want to open up to me but I told her she could call me anytime, She is worried about dumping all of her problems on you though."
"Well thanks for coming over," said Reese giving her a hug as she left.
Reese went up the attic stairs and knocked on Jessica's door.
"Come in," said Jessica from her bed.
Reese opened the door and walked in. "Hey, Jess. I brought some cards and I was hoping we could play a card game, rummy, War or something." Said Reese as he sat down on her bed.
"I'm really not in the mood, sorry."
"No, it's okay. How about Monopoly or scrabble?"
"No, thanks."
"Okay, why don't we go rent some movies?"
"No, I really don't feel like it right now."
"We could go to the library, there's this new book I wanted to check out," Said Reese hopefully.
"I don't really feel like do anything right now." She said looking down. "Will you please leave?"
The way she asked him to leave brought a pang to his heart. "Sure, I'll be at the B&B if you need anything," he said as he sadly left.
When he was gone Jessica threw her book across the room and buried her head in her pillow as she burst into tears.
All most three months later Jessica was still the same. She never left the house and she only left her room to eat and to go the restroom. Her teachers sent her school work home with Kay and Jessica would do it and have Kay give it to her teachers. She was also taking medication for depression that Eve had given her. Even though she regretted it she had also made Reese go back to New York and she knew that she had hurt him but she just wanted to be alone. He called her all most every night but she never talked to him, it was just too hard. Robert was in a juvenile detention center until he turned twenty one because he didn't have an alibi and DNA results confirmed that he had raped and attacked her. She was also relieved he didn't have any diseases he could have given her.
One morning she had just got done eating breakfast when she started to feel sick she ran past Charity and made it half way to the bathroom when she threw up all over the floor.
"Jessica, are you okay?" asked Charity.
"I'm fine." Said Jessica and a second later she threw up again.
"Jessica, you go lay down on the couch, I'll clean this up." Said Sam as Charity helped Jessica to the couch.
"I'll call Eve," said Grace getting the phone.
"No, mom. I'm fine, I just have an upset stomach, I just need some crackers and a bowl of your chicken soup to make me feel better," said Jessica smiling.
"Then Eve can make sure it isn't the flu, and you don't need any medicine," said Grace as she dialed Eve's number. And 15 minutes later Eve walked in with her medical bag.
"How are you feeling, Jessica?" asked Eve as she sat down beside her.
"I feel fine now, Kay made breakfast this morning, that's all," said Jessica trying to laugh.
"Very funny, Jess." Said Kay trying to smile, her voice lacking any hostility toward her sister.
"Why doesn't everyone leave Jessica and I alone for a minute, it won't take long," said Eve as she watched everyone go into the kitchen.
Eve took Jessica's temp, pulse and listened to her lungs but didn't find anything wrong. "Well, everything looks normal." She paused. "Jessica, when was your last period?" asked Eve uncertainly.
"About three months ago or something, but I'm never regular, and I read somewhere a while ago that stress can effect the regularity and stuff, I'm not pregnant, Dr. Russell, I can't be." Said Jessica trying to convince herself more than anyone.
"I think we should go to the hospital for a test, just a test, I can tell Grace and Sam that you might be allergic to something and I need to take a sample of your blood, then if it's negative we won't have to say a word about it. Okay?"
"Okay." Said Jessica hesitantly. Five minutes later Eve and Jessica were alone in her car. Eve had convinced Sam and Grace to stay home. Eve knew how horrible it was to be young and pregnant although her and Jessica had entirely different circumstances she still felt bad for the young woman. They went to the hospital and Eve took a sample and ran it down to the lab leaving Jessica in the hospital room by herself. All Jessica could do while she was waiting was pray. She didn't stop praying until Eve walked in. "I have the results."
Jessica looked down at her hands making one last desperate plea to God.
Its the readers' decision on whether or not Jessica is pregnant so in your reveiw tell me you opinion, I'll count the votes on July 22, 2002