Chapter 2
"When were u gonna tell me you knew how to do the last ride?" Mark said in between breaths.
"I just told you. Anyway, you wouldn't teach me so Glenn taught me." Manny said as she collapsed onto the sofa. "Mark, I have something to tell you."
"Me first!"
"No me"
"Me first"
"No, me first"
"Me first, see I said it 3 times. I tell my news first." Mark chuckled as Manny screwed her face up in defeat. "Okay, tell me." Manny said as Mark stood her up.
"Sara's pregnant. She wants to give the marriage one more chance." Mark said as Manny's eyes filled up with tears.
"And what do you want?" Manny whispered.
"I want the same. I think I should give her another chance. I mean you told me yourself not to hate people forever." Mark replied. He turned around and put his arms in the air. "Manny, I knew this one would last." Mark yelled as Manny quickly wiped a tear that was falling down her cheek.
"What do you think?" Mark said as he turned around to face her.
"I think you should go for it." Manny said softly.
"I knew you would say that." Mark replied as he quickly packed his bag and put it on his shoulder.
"What's the hurry?" Manny asked.
"I talked to Vince earlier on and he gave me a couple of months off so I can be with Sara. I leave tonight." Mark said as he noticed the sadness in Manny's eyes. "Hey Manny, I won't be gone long. Promise you'll call me?" He said as he wiped her tears away. Manny nodded her head and smiled.
"Go on, she's waiting for you." Manny finally said as Mark hugged her and walked out the locker room, leaving Manny all alone. She fell to the floor and cried.
"But you can't leave me." She whispered as she put her knees under her chin.
A couple of hours later, Manny stood up and started packing her things.
"Manny"
"Aunt Li" Manny whispered as she turned around.
"What's wrong, hon?" Linda asked. Manny shook her head and carried on packing. Linda put her hand on her shoulder and turned her around.
"Manny?" Linda asked as Manny eyes filled up again. Linda wrapped her arms around Manny when she burst into tears.
"He's gone, Aunt Li. I never told him my good news. He's gone to be with Sara. I never told him how I felt." Manny sobbed as Linda stroked her head.
"I'm sorry, Manny. Maybe it wasn't meant to be."
"Yeah Manny, maybe it wasn't." A voice said.
"Uncle Vi." Manny whispered as he wrapped his arm around her. "He told me earlier about Sara. I gave him some time off. I'll do the same for you if you want." Vince said as he sat Manny down.
"Thank you. Uncle Vi." Manny replied softly as Vince sat next to her.
"What are uncles for? Take as long as you like. Just remember to call me to let me how you're doing."
"I will." Manny said as she got up, hugged Vince and Linda and walked out the locker room.
"I hate to see the poor girl hurt like this." Linda said.
"She's been through a lot. Give her a few weeks; she'll be back to her normal happy self." Vince replied.
"When were u gonna tell me you knew how to do the last ride?" Mark said in between breaths.
"I just told you. Anyway, you wouldn't teach me so Glenn taught me." Manny said as she collapsed onto the sofa. "Mark, I have something to tell you."
"Me first!"
"No me"
"Me first"
"No, me first"
"Me first, see I said it 3 times. I tell my news first." Mark chuckled as Manny screwed her face up in defeat. "Okay, tell me." Manny said as Mark stood her up.
"Sara's pregnant. She wants to give the marriage one more chance." Mark said as Manny's eyes filled up with tears.
"And what do you want?" Manny whispered.
"I want the same. I think I should give her another chance. I mean you told me yourself not to hate people forever." Mark replied. He turned around and put his arms in the air. "Manny, I knew this one would last." Mark yelled as Manny quickly wiped a tear that was falling down her cheek.
"What do you think?" Mark said as he turned around to face her.
"I think you should go for it." Manny said softly.
"I knew you would say that." Mark replied as he quickly packed his bag and put it on his shoulder.
"What's the hurry?" Manny asked.
"I talked to Vince earlier on and he gave me a couple of months off so I can be with Sara. I leave tonight." Mark said as he noticed the sadness in Manny's eyes. "Hey Manny, I won't be gone long. Promise you'll call me?" He said as he wiped her tears away. Manny nodded her head and smiled.
"Go on, she's waiting for you." Manny finally said as Mark hugged her and walked out the locker room, leaving Manny all alone. She fell to the floor and cried.
"But you can't leave me." She whispered as she put her knees under her chin.
A couple of hours later, Manny stood up and started packing her things.
"Manny"
"Aunt Li" Manny whispered as she turned around.
"What's wrong, hon?" Linda asked. Manny shook her head and carried on packing. Linda put her hand on her shoulder and turned her around.
"Manny?" Linda asked as Manny eyes filled up again. Linda wrapped her arms around Manny when she burst into tears.
"He's gone, Aunt Li. I never told him my good news. He's gone to be with Sara. I never told him how I felt." Manny sobbed as Linda stroked her head.
"I'm sorry, Manny. Maybe it wasn't meant to be."
"Yeah Manny, maybe it wasn't." A voice said.
"Uncle Vi." Manny whispered as he wrapped his arm around her. "He told me earlier about Sara. I gave him some time off. I'll do the same for you if you want." Vince said as he sat Manny down.
"Thank you. Uncle Vi." Manny replied softly as Vince sat next to her.
"What are uncles for? Take as long as you like. Just remember to call me to let me how you're doing."
"I will." Manny said as she got up, hugged Vince and Linda and walked out the locker room.
"I hate to see the poor girl hurt like this." Linda said.
"She's been through a lot. Give her a few weeks; she'll be back to her normal happy self." Vince replied.