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Update: I'm not summarizing this story right now because I'm not in the mood….Who starts a story in the 3rd chapter anyways? I need a good subplot people…Anyone got suggestions, include them in your reviews. Back to my story…

Nobody's Home

Manny stood in the corridor of Sunset Apartments. For some reason, she hesitated before buzzing for her father. There was no need for her to worry; he told her she could come there whenever she wanted to. She even had her own room there, a duplicate of the one at her mom's. She pushed the buzzer, apartment 3B, Martin Santos.

"Yello." Her father's voice came through the speaker.

"Daddy. It's me." She said as she spoke into the little box on the wall.

The only response she received was the loud buzzer signaling that the main door was unlocked. She grew impatient with the elevator, so she sprinted up 3 flights of stairs. Her father was waiting by his door for her, and she embraced him, letting the tears she'd tried so hard to fight back fall.

"What's the emergency? Is it Ash?" Ellie asked, out of breath from running all the way to the train tracks.

"Joey's getting married." Craig replied, staring up into the stars.

"That's great! Caitlyn's coming back. You think she'll give my back my co-op job?" Ellie let her mind wander.

"Caitlyn isn't coming back. Joey's marrying Maria Santos, as in Manny Santos, as in my Manny." He said with a sigh.

"Wow." Ellie was speechless? Your Manny? "Does Ashley know?" She asked, already knowing what the answer was. "Tell her Craig, before she finds out some other way."

"I know, I know, and I will. But, here's the thing. I'm going to be living with Manny, right? I want to at least be her friend." He looked over at Ellie, who was rolling her eyes. "El, she's not a bad person."

"Craig, she seduced you, knowing you had a girlfriend." Ellie replied.

"Yeah, I know that…It wasn't really seduction…This isn't helping. I'm going to shut up now." Craig said with a nervous laugh. "But here's the thing. Manny freaked, I mean really freaked when she found out our parents were getting married. She screamed at her mom, threw water on me, and then left."

"Sounds a little juvenile to me." Ellie said, raising an eyebrow.

"Shut up Eleanor." Craig told her, continuing his story. "She decides she wants to live with her dad. You know what I tell her? Every time there's a problem, she gets rid of it And my wonderful example? The baby she aborted." Ellie looked shocked.

"I hate Manny, and I found that to be overly harsh. I would've slapped you so hard." She told him.

"Trust me, she did." He said, rubbing his cheek. It still stung a little. "But that didn't get to me. What really got to me El was the look on her face. I mean, she was hurt. I feel like Satan's spawn." He laid back on the ground.

"Well, you'd better figure something out quickly. You have to live with this girl." Ellie replied.

"And now they're getting married. I feel bad for everything I said to mom, but… I don't know what to do." Manny said, taking a sip of her hot chocolate.

"Okay, I'll tell you what…We'll sort this out tomorrow. I mean, you can stay here tonight, but I really think that you need to live with your mom and her, uh, Joey..." Martin told her.

"But dad, I want to live here. I don't want to stay in that house. It's going to be crowded. Me, mom, Joey, Angie, Craig…That's five people…It's a lot." She said, trying to persuade him to let her stay.

"Manuella, we'll talk about this tomorrow, okay? I got the wireless internet hooked up to your laptop in the room so you're all set." He said, kissing her forehead. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight." She said, standing up and going into her bedroom. She turned on the laptop and got on AIM.

Sparklespaz: howd it go

Smileygurl: hi 2 u 2 em

Sparklespaz: hey many…howd it go lol

Smileygurl: horrible…shes MARRYING joey

Sparklespaz: wow…whatd craig say

Smileygurl: i dont know…i kind of splashed water in his face and left…but he did bring

up my abortion in a jerky asshole sort of way

Sparlespaz: So your mom knows about him?

Smileygurl: no…look...call me on my dads number and ill give you the details

Sparklespaz: ur dads…ok

Smileygurl: ill be waiting

Auto response from Sparklespaz: on the fone with la bella manuella…bbmmmml

Manny laughed and picked up the ringing phone.

"Spill." Emma said with a laugh.

"Okay. So we get there…" Manny then proceeded to tell her the whole story.