Eli: Hi! My dad has sinned and shut off my computer rights because he says
I'm ruinging the computer. (Funny, I'm the one fixing it. Next time, I'm
turning my c.d. player on full blast and letting him cuss till heaven
swipes down and beheads him) So, chapters will come out fewer. I'm sorry
this has happened. Here's the next chap. Enjoy!
Gabriel walked Teresa down from the office. This was the first time Teresa had ever gotten in trouble. Teresa was already miserable enough, and Gabriel could never yell at her. Not when his girlfriend's face was the same as Teresa's.
Teresa wiped her runny nose with her sleeve. She knew this had made her father upset, and she hated herself for it. She didn't care about anything else besides that. She hung her head low and was silent.
Gabriel unlocked the doors and they started off back home. Teresa glanced at him and then put her head back down.
"How long am I suspended?"
"One day."
"'Are you mad at me, daddy?"
"I'm disappointed in you, but I'm not angry, Teresa."
"Oh."
"Teresa, could you tell me what happened?"
"Daniel was teasing me, so I round housed his side and upper cutted his jaw."
"Teresa, where did you learn that?" Teresa immediately wanted to hit herself. She turned from her daddy and tried to lie.
"Nowhere."
"Teresa......" She sighed Bethany.
"Bethany taught me, but you can't tell Uncle Ian."
"Why did she teach you that?"
"Just in case I ever got in a fight. So that I would win and wouldn't get hurt. You're not going to get her in trouble, right?"
"No, besides, it came in handy. I'm just going to have a nice, long talk with my god daughter next time she's over."
"Oh, okay." Teresa didn't want to say anymore, but Gebriel wanted to hear the whole of the story. His daughter was the peaceful one, and had just kicked a guy's butt. He sighed out of frustration.
"Teresa, why did you hurt him? Nicky bugs you to heaven high and I've never seen you hurt him."
"Well, Nicky is my cousin and Bethany always straigtens him out for me."
"Still, what did Daniel do?"
"He insulted you." Gabriel turned and looked at his daughter, almost hitting a biker in the process.
"He what?"
"He insulted you. I couldn't let him do that, daddy."
"How did he insult me?"
"He said 'Your daddy's so stupid he named you after a barbie doll.'" Gabriel, despite his daughter's seriousness in defending his honor, couldn't help but giggle.
"Um, daddy?"
"Yeah?"
"Is that true?"
"No, sweetie. Your name came from the bible, like mine. It's what your mama wanted."
"Oh." Her mother. Dead. Sad. Teresa knew it broke her father's heart to talk about her mother. But Teresa's curiosity finally got the better of her.
"Daddy?"
"Yes, Teresa?"
"What was mama like?" Gabriel had expected this type of conversation to come up, but he wasn't expecting it to come right at this moment. Maybe when she was about to go to bed, or on her birthday, but in the car on the way home form getting suspended from school?
Teresa was right in talking about Mama broke Gabriel's heart. Even eight years later, just talking about Angelique was painful. She was the only person he had ever loved, and the only person to ever love him back just as much in return. He regreted all the things they could never do, actually getting married being one. He turned and looked at Teresa.
"Mama was beautiful. She had deep brown eyes that glinted gold and black hair that went down to the middle of her back. Like your hair. In fact, you look alot like your mama."
They had reached their house by then, and they got out and went inside before Teresa continued.
"Where was mama from?" She asked as she sat on the counter as Gabriel went on his computer.
"Well, she was born in San Francisco and she moved here when she was in high school."
"Do I have grandparents?"
"Not here. Mama's family moved back to France after she died. They were never on good terms with her."
"Why?"
"Well, it was tradition in their family to marry whoever your father chose. Your mama didn't like that, so she ran away."
"Oh. They didn't like us either, huh?"
"They didn't like me. They never got a chance to know you."
Actually, that wasn't true. Angelique's parents had tried to take Teresa with them to France, but Gabriel had refused on all levels and thankfully had full custody of her. He could never give Teresa up. She was all he had left of Angelique.
"What else about mama?"
"Well, she loved comic books. In fact, that's how I met her. She was selling a first addition Spiderman comic autographed by Stan Lee, and I dropped by her shop to pick it up. I wasn't expecting a girl to be the dealer. She was standing on this ladder reaching for something when I came in. She had on these black capri's and this Metallica shirt. God, she was beautiful. Anyway, she was reaching for something when she lost her balance and began to fall. I went over and caught her. She had one helluva grip on my neck. I just looked at her and I think that's when I loved her."
"Wow."
"Yeah, that's how your mama made people feel."
"Oh." Teresa wouldn't know. She just knew her daddy had partly died with her mama. One other thing was stuck in her head and she just had to kniw. "Daddy, are you mad at me?"
"I already told you I wasn't."
"No, not for the fighting. For the other thing."
"What other thing?" Teresa remained silent a moment as tears reappeared in her eyes.
"For killing mama."
"What?!" He spun in his chair and looked at her.
"For making mama die. It's my fault." She sobbed. "If I wasn't here, then mama would still be alive."
Gabriel was shocked by his daughter's response. She sat on the counter crying. Gabriel went and picked her petite form up.
"Oh, Teresa, it's alright." He sat down on his computer chair with her. "You didn't kill mama. It was time for mama to die. It wouldn't have mattered if she was having you or not. At least she had you when it was time. She would have still done it even if she knew she was going to die. She loved you so much, Teresa. And I love you, too. Don't ever think that it's your fault mama died, because it's not."
"Where is mama now?"
"She's in heaven."
"Why is she in heaven?"
"What do you mean?"
"Auntie Sara said that when Uncle Danny died, he became a ghost. And Bethany said her mommy and daddy have been reborned. Can mama be reborned?"
"Well, she could have, but she would be too young for me to love the same way. And too young to be your mama."
"So, she went to heaven?"
"Went to heaven and became an angel."
"Mama's an angel?"
"Yeah. She always was angelic. So angelic, her parents named her angel eyes." Teresa looked up at Gabriel teary eyed and confused.
"I thought mama's name was Angelique." Gabriel laughed.
"Angelique is french for angel eyes."
"Oh." It made sense. "I don't have angel eyes."
"No, you have mine."
"But yours are nice, too."
"Yeah, cause we have them. Hey, why don't you get off and let me go through some of these disks? I have a picture of mama on one of them. Would that be cool?"
"Yeah." Teresa replied, and hopped off. Gabriel smiled at his little angel and reached for the disks.
Coming Attractions:
What's a conchabar?
Gabriel walked Teresa down from the office. This was the first time Teresa had ever gotten in trouble. Teresa was already miserable enough, and Gabriel could never yell at her. Not when his girlfriend's face was the same as Teresa's.
Teresa wiped her runny nose with her sleeve. She knew this had made her father upset, and she hated herself for it. She didn't care about anything else besides that. She hung her head low and was silent.
Gabriel unlocked the doors and they started off back home. Teresa glanced at him and then put her head back down.
"How long am I suspended?"
"One day."
"'Are you mad at me, daddy?"
"I'm disappointed in you, but I'm not angry, Teresa."
"Oh."
"Teresa, could you tell me what happened?"
"Daniel was teasing me, so I round housed his side and upper cutted his jaw."
"Teresa, where did you learn that?" Teresa immediately wanted to hit herself. She turned from her daddy and tried to lie.
"Nowhere."
"Teresa......" She sighed Bethany.
"Bethany taught me, but you can't tell Uncle Ian."
"Why did she teach you that?"
"Just in case I ever got in a fight. So that I would win and wouldn't get hurt. You're not going to get her in trouble, right?"
"No, besides, it came in handy. I'm just going to have a nice, long talk with my god daughter next time she's over."
"Oh, okay." Teresa didn't want to say anymore, but Gebriel wanted to hear the whole of the story. His daughter was the peaceful one, and had just kicked a guy's butt. He sighed out of frustration.
"Teresa, why did you hurt him? Nicky bugs you to heaven high and I've never seen you hurt him."
"Well, Nicky is my cousin and Bethany always straigtens him out for me."
"Still, what did Daniel do?"
"He insulted you." Gabriel turned and looked at his daughter, almost hitting a biker in the process.
"He what?"
"He insulted you. I couldn't let him do that, daddy."
"How did he insult me?"
"He said 'Your daddy's so stupid he named you after a barbie doll.'" Gabriel, despite his daughter's seriousness in defending his honor, couldn't help but giggle.
"Um, daddy?"
"Yeah?"
"Is that true?"
"No, sweetie. Your name came from the bible, like mine. It's what your mama wanted."
"Oh." Her mother. Dead. Sad. Teresa knew it broke her father's heart to talk about her mother. But Teresa's curiosity finally got the better of her.
"Daddy?"
"Yes, Teresa?"
"What was mama like?" Gabriel had expected this type of conversation to come up, but he wasn't expecting it to come right at this moment. Maybe when she was about to go to bed, or on her birthday, but in the car on the way home form getting suspended from school?
Teresa was right in talking about Mama broke Gabriel's heart. Even eight years later, just talking about Angelique was painful. She was the only person he had ever loved, and the only person to ever love him back just as much in return. He regreted all the things they could never do, actually getting married being one. He turned and looked at Teresa.
"Mama was beautiful. She had deep brown eyes that glinted gold and black hair that went down to the middle of her back. Like your hair. In fact, you look alot like your mama."
They had reached their house by then, and they got out and went inside before Teresa continued.
"Where was mama from?" She asked as she sat on the counter as Gabriel went on his computer.
"Well, she was born in San Francisco and she moved here when she was in high school."
"Do I have grandparents?"
"Not here. Mama's family moved back to France after she died. They were never on good terms with her."
"Why?"
"Well, it was tradition in their family to marry whoever your father chose. Your mama didn't like that, so she ran away."
"Oh. They didn't like us either, huh?"
"They didn't like me. They never got a chance to know you."
Actually, that wasn't true. Angelique's parents had tried to take Teresa with them to France, but Gabriel had refused on all levels and thankfully had full custody of her. He could never give Teresa up. She was all he had left of Angelique.
"What else about mama?"
"Well, she loved comic books. In fact, that's how I met her. She was selling a first addition Spiderman comic autographed by Stan Lee, and I dropped by her shop to pick it up. I wasn't expecting a girl to be the dealer. She was standing on this ladder reaching for something when I came in. She had on these black capri's and this Metallica shirt. God, she was beautiful. Anyway, she was reaching for something when she lost her balance and began to fall. I went over and caught her. She had one helluva grip on my neck. I just looked at her and I think that's when I loved her."
"Wow."
"Yeah, that's how your mama made people feel."
"Oh." Teresa wouldn't know. She just knew her daddy had partly died with her mama. One other thing was stuck in her head and she just had to kniw. "Daddy, are you mad at me?"
"I already told you I wasn't."
"No, not for the fighting. For the other thing."
"What other thing?" Teresa remained silent a moment as tears reappeared in her eyes.
"For killing mama."
"What?!" He spun in his chair and looked at her.
"For making mama die. It's my fault." She sobbed. "If I wasn't here, then mama would still be alive."
Gabriel was shocked by his daughter's response. She sat on the counter crying. Gabriel went and picked her petite form up.
"Oh, Teresa, it's alright." He sat down on his computer chair with her. "You didn't kill mama. It was time for mama to die. It wouldn't have mattered if she was having you or not. At least she had you when it was time. She would have still done it even if she knew she was going to die. She loved you so much, Teresa. And I love you, too. Don't ever think that it's your fault mama died, because it's not."
"Where is mama now?"
"She's in heaven."
"Why is she in heaven?"
"What do you mean?"
"Auntie Sara said that when Uncle Danny died, he became a ghost. And Bethany said her mommy and daddy have been reborned. Can mama be reborned?"
"Well, she could have, but she would be too young for me to love the same way. And too young to be your mama."
"So, she went to heaven?"
"Went to heaven and became an angel."
"Mama's an angel?"
"Yeah. She always was angelic. So angelic, her parents named her angel eyes." Teresa looked up at Gabriel teary eyed and confused.
"I thought mama's name was Angelique." Gabriel laughed.
"Angelique is french for angel eyes."
"Oh." It made sense. "I don't have angel eyes."
"No, you have mine."
"But yours are nice, too."
"Yeah, cause we have them. Hey, why don't you get off and let me go through some of these disks? I have a picture of mama on one of them. Would that be cool?"
"Yeah." Teresa replied, and hopped off. Gabriel smiled at his little angel and reached for the disks.
Coming Attractions:
What's a conchabar?