Chapter 6: Reach Out
Shortly after her encounter with Emily, Mary walked along the Promenade. She was in search of a store to go clothes shopping in, being that she had some extra money on her at the moment.
Mary stopped when she saw "The Upbeat", her favorite music store. She had loved going there ever since the Promenade had first opened.
Mary entered the store. She flipped around through the 80's CDs, looking for one in particular.
"Yes, I found it!" Mary pulled out Madonna's True Blue CD, an old favorite of hers.
She looked at the tracks on it: Papa Don't Preach, Open Your Heart, White Heat, Live To Tell, Where's The Party, La Isla Bonita, Jimmy Jimmy, and Love Makes The World Go Round. Mary picked the song Open Your Heart to listen to.
"I see you on the street and you walk on by, you make me wanna hang my head down and cry, if you gave me half the chance you'd see, my desire burning inside of me, but you choose to look the other way..." Mary sang the words to the song, which blared from the music sampler headphones she had on. The song reminded her of what she was going through with Wilson, so a tear slipped out of her eye.
"My babyyy, cooooler than anyone I knoooow...!" Mary heard somebody shrieking out the words to S Club 7's song The Color Of Blue. She looked over and saw none-other than Emily McKay, who had headphones yanked over her huge ears, blurting out the song's lyrics.
"The collloooor of bluuuuee reminds meeeee of yooou...!" Emily shouted out, sounding worse than a dying animal.
"Oh damn," Mary said. "I'm getting out of here before she sees me!"
Mary rushed into the woman's bathroom, being that Emily was located by the entrance of the store and would see her if she tired to leave.
Mary quickly slammed the bathroom door, hoping Emily wouldn't need to use the bathroom anytime soon. She clamed herself down and went over by one of the bathroom mirrors to put on some more lip-gloss.
"How could I have gotten myself into this goddamned mess?" Mary heard someone say silently from one of the bathroom's stalls. Then she heard the sounds of someone puking.
Mary just stood there for the next few minutes until someone came out of the stall. Mary recognized who the girl was. It was Lucy's friend Roxanne from dinner at her parent's house a few nights ago. Roxanne was also the ex-girlfriend of Lucy's other friend, and also the associate pastor at her father's church. What was his name again? It started with a C...hmmm...Calvin...no...Corey...no...Chandler...yeah, that was it! His name was Chandler.
Roxanne took notice to Mary being in the room, and she studied her face for a minute, "You're Mary...Lucy's sister, right?"
Mary nodded, "Yeah, I am.
Roxanne dabbed her face with a paper towel and then tossed it into the nearest trashcan, "I'm glad I got who you are right."
Mary laughed softly, "Yeah, imagine if it wasn't me and it was a complete stranger and you're like, 'You're Lucy's sister, right?', to them."
Roxanne laughed along with Mary until she felt sick again. She quickly leaned over one of the bathroom's sinks and started to puke again.
"Oh great," Roxanne mumbled as she lifted her head back up. "Now I'll have to..." Roxanne was cut off when she leaned back down into the sink and puked again.
Mary was concerned about Roxanne. She seemed to be really sick.
"Hey, Roxanne, are you ok, you seem sick?" Mary asked.
"Yeah, I'm great," Roxanne then leaned over the sink again to puke.
"You sure about that?" Mary questioned, knowing that Roxanne was lying.
"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" Roxanne then clutched her stomach, in effort to stop the feelings of nausea.
"Come on, Roxanne, please don't lie. Tell me the truth, I can help you," Mary said.
"Ok, ok. I guess I can't lie, or even hide this anymore. I mean; it's going to be pretty visible in a few more months. Mary, I'm pregnant," Roxanne replied.
"Oh," Mary said. "I thought that you and Chandler just broke up. I didn't realize you found a new boyfriend so soon."
Roxanne shook her head, "I didn't. The baby is Chandler's. We made the stupidest choice last month; we slept together. That's the real reason of why we broke up."
"Oh," Was all Mary, who was at a loss of words, could say.
"Yeah, and now he won't speak to me because of what happened between us. I've tired calling him to tell him about the baby over and over, but he never picks up the phone when I call," Roxanne sighed deeply. "I love him, and I want him back, but how am I supposed to tell him about this?"
Mary slowly processed what Roxanne had just told her in her head. After a minute or so, she felt a little light bulb in her head click off. She had an idea, "Wait a minute Roxanne; Chandler would be down at the church now working, am I right?"
"Yes, you're right," Roxanne said, confused.
"Well," Mary began. "We can go down there right now and I can get you two to talk."
"But, I told you, Chandler refuses to speak to me. He's in total denial that we ever did anything more than kiss in our relationship. And I know he's still mad at me, I mean, we were just shouting insults to each two nights ago. I know if I tell him that in eight more months I'll be having his kid, he'll probably find the fastest possible way to get away from me and out of Glen Oak, he'll probably join the witness relocation program if he has to. How are you possibly going to get him to speak to me?" Roxanne asked, confused and baffled at the same him.
"Trust me, I have my ways with the tangled and confusing web called love, I'll get him to talk to you, whether he wants to or not," Mary grinned as she said this.
"Really?" Roxanne asked. Mary nodded.
Roxanne smiled widely," Thanks Mary, you're a lifesaver."
Mary returned the smile, "Hey, what are friends for?"
The two of them then walked out of the bathroom and headed towards their cars. And this time, Mary could really care less if Emily saw her exit the store with Roxanne.
-When the world
Leaves you feeling blue
You can count on me
I will be there
For you...- End Of Chapter 6A/N: I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Sorry it's taken forever for me to update. I've been having a lack of ideas for this story, but then this one came to me. And viola! There was chapter 6. Well, send me a review and tell me what you think of this chapter if you want to. Bye.
-Alexa