"Other Side of the Locket" (Chapter Two)
by Ennon
Disclaimers: 'Degrassi:The Next Generation' and its characters are owned by Epitome Pictures and not me and I'm making no monies off the following fanfic.
Terri had such an agonizing meltdown that Ms. Sauvé thought it best not to press her further.
"We don't have to talk about these things right now. You can tell me whenever you're ready.Okay?"Ms. Sauvé encouraged.
"Okay," Terri sniffed.
"Perhaps, it might be better for me to ask you how are things now without Rick in your life?"Ms. Sauvé asked.
"I go to school, hang out with friends and see them all pair up and I'm sad I don't have anyone . . ..but I'm relieved that I don't have to measure every word and everything I do that might change everything so abruptly," Terri sighed.
"What's life like at home?"Ms. Sauvé asked.
"Dad does the laundry and cleaning and I cook and we take good care of each other and I know he means well but it's hard to talk to him sometimes,"Terri sniffed.
"Why?" Ms. Sauvé asked.
"He wants to think of me as perfect and an angel- and I'm not like that. I'm not like Mum," Terri sighed.
"Did you tell him about Rick?" Ms. Sauvé asked- setting her pen down.
"I sure did! He treated Rick like the man who was going to make me happy forever and those dinners we three had were some of the best times!" Terri beamed.
"But did you tell him about. .. Rick's abuse?" Ms. Sauvé cautiously asked.
"I . .I couldn't do that. He'd have gotten angry at Rick. ..and disappointed that I couldn't choose better," Terri sighed.
"Do you think your dad would have blamed you for the abuse?" Ms. Sauvé asked.
"I never wanted to take that chance then- or before," Terri groaned.
"Before?" Ms. Sauvé pondered.
" I really must be going and I'm sorry I wasted your time," Terri gulped as she started to get up.
"You didn't! Honestly!"Ms Sauvé pleaded as Terri got up from her seat so abuptly, she knocked over a pile of files from Ms. Sauvés desk.
"Oh, I'm such a clumsy ox!" Terri cried as she got down on her hands and knees to pick up the papers from the floor.
"Really, it's okay! " Ms. Sauvé tried to sooth as suddenly her gold locket swung from inside her blouse to directly in front of Terri's face.
"What a beautiful locket! I don't know why I didn't see it before. May I look at it?"Terri asked- as Ms. Sauvé quickly drew it over her head and handed it to her.
"It's my Grandmother or Mémé Bourgoyne and my grandfather on their wedding day. She wore it every day for over sixty years until the Alzheimer's made it too impossible for her," Ms. Sauvé sighed.
"How sad!" Terri sniffed- as she looked at the rosy cheeked blonde bride in an antique veil and a handsome red haired groom in a stiff collar and tie- both in their teens.
"No. Whenever I wear it, I feel she's with me and she's vibrant again!" Ms. Sauvé beamed.
"I've got a locket,too! My parents on their wedding day!" Terri cooed.
" May I see it?" Ms. Sauvé asked.
"Sure!" Terri enthused as she happily nodded- and took it from beneath her sweater.
"I was hoping you'd let me!" Ms. Sauvé sincerely replied as Terri handed her the locket in question.
"These are my Mum and Dad when they were engaged and Dad gave this to Mum on their wedding day!"Terri happily recalled.
"My! What a handsome couple! Your mother sure was beautiful!" Ms. Sauvé beamed.
"Dad called her his Movie Star. She was always the most beautiful woman in any room she walked into and never failed to turn heads when she passed by," Terri sniffed.
" I can see why!" Ms. Sauvé nodded.
" She was beautiful, poised, confident, intelligent, polished- everything I'm NOT!" Terri recalled as she burst into tears at the end.
"That's not true!"Ms. Sauve gasped.
" It is!" Terri sniffed.
"Where did you get that idea?" Ms. Sauvé asked.
"Um. .. nowhere," Terri stammered.
A/N- Sorry if it's a bit short but the readers need a chance to let things sink in before the big stuff happens! Thanks for the reviews so far.