Chapter Thirteen
Ellie was laying in bed thinking. Ash hadn't e-mailed her back, but she really wasn't worried about it. Quite frankly she could care less about it. She was more worried about Craig.
She knew that he had gotten Manny pregnant in grade 10. That didn't make her feel too warm and fuzzy inside. She didn't know if Craig would push her too far, too fast, too soon.
Ellie knew it was kind of wrong to be thinking that about Craig but she had no one to talk to. Except Marco. Ellie dialed Marco's number. She really needed to talk to him.
"Hello?"
"Marco?" Ellie said hysterically.
"Ellie? What's wrong?"
"I really need to talk to you."
"Okay. I'll be right over."
Marco ran over to her house. When he got there he was surprised to see Ellie pacing her room.
"Ellie? What's wrong?"
"He made Manny pregnant! What if"
Marco cut Ellie off.
"Whoa. You kiss a few times and now you go postal?"
"I know. It's just, I started thinking. What if he pushes me too far, too fast?"
"Ellie, listen to me. He's not going to do that. Trust me, he learned from that mistake. He won't do that to you."
Marco put his hands on Ellie's shoulders to stop her from pacing.
"Ellie? Have you talked to him? About this?" Marco asked her.
"Not exactly. No, not at all."
"Well, maybe you'd feel better if you did. There's really nothing I can do to make you feel better than to tell you to talk to him."
"You're right. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to freak out on you like this."
"That's what I'm here for."