Fifteen minutes later Liz's Mom Kelly came over with her boyfriend Mike. Liz, Patty and Katie came down and were shocked to see Liz's Mom and Mike there along with Amanda and the boys. Everyone sat down. Liz wondered to herself, "I bet everyone is uncomfortable about Dion and me."
"Kelly I just want you and Mike to know that I have no problems with Liz dating Dion. What Liz and Dion are going through is very terrible and upsetting to me. We've been friends way too long to have something like this to ruin it. I'm very sorry." Amanda said.
"Amanda you don't need to apologize to us. It sounds like this April needs some manners." Kelly said.
"So you and Mike are ok with me dating him?" Liz asked.
"Liz I have no problems." Mike smiled at her.
Liz and Dion were happy that their friends and family were very supported of their dating.
"Well since everyone is here how about I make everyone coffee." Steve said.
Everyone walked into the kitchen while the kids hung out in the den. Liz and Dion snuck outside to be alone.
"Dion are you still upset with me?" Liz asked looking at him.
He put his arms around her and said,
"No. But please if something bothers you again please, please come and talk to me. I'm here for you." Dion said.
"I promise." Liz said wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him.
Amanda spotted Dion and Liz outside holding each other.
"Dion."
"Yes Mom."
"Could you please go inside? I need to talk to Liz." Amanda said.
Dion looked over at Liz and Liz told him to go ahead. After Dion went inside, Amanda sat next to Liz.
"How are you doing?" Amanda asked looking over at Liz.
"I feel much better that I know everyone is very supportive." Liz said.
"Good." Amanda smiled at her. Then Amanda said,
"Liz I want you to know that what April said is terrible and very hurtful."
Liz looked at Amanda and said,
"I thought this stuff was over. This is the 21st century and everything is supposed to be acceptable."
"I thought so too Liz. But there are some people who don't want it to be over. Racism is something that people are taught at home, they are not born with it. I'll tell you one thing though I'm comfortable with you and Dion and that's that." Amanda said hugging her.
"Thank you Ms. Bentley." Liz said hugging her back.
Dion watched his Mom and Liz talk and was very happy to see them hug. He then went back outside to join them. Amanda got up and left them alone. When she passed Dion she whispered,
"Nice ring. Is that an engagement ring?"
"No Mom it's not. I call it an "I love you" ring." Dion smiled at his Mom.
"Good because I think you two are way too young to get engaged or marry." Amanda whispered.
"Don't worry Mom we won't be getting married thatyoung." Dion smiled at her.
Dion watched his mother walk back inside. He walked over to Liz and sat next to her.
"How about you and I go up to MJ's tree house?" Dion asked.
"And do what?" Liz smiled at him.
"Oh I don't know make out." He said standing up and pulling her up to him.
Liz laughed and joined him. Patty and Katie were upstairs in Katie's room hanging out talking. Patty happened to look out Katie's window and said,
"Now it's my turn to spy on you dear cousin."
"What are you talking about Patty?" Katie asked walking over to her.
Patty looked at Katie and said,
"Liz and Dion are in your brother's tree house. So now I'm going to spy on them."
Patty and Katie look out the window and couldn't believe what they saw. She and Katie looked at each other in shock.
"Holy shit! If her Mom or Dion's Mom ever saw that they will kill both of them." Patty said.
"You're telling me." Katie said.
Patty got up from Katie's window seat and sat on Katie's bed. Katie got up and sat next to Patty and asked,
"You ok?"
Patty looked at Katie and said with a sigh,
"Yeah I'm fine."
Then she looked at Katie and said,
"Please don't get mad at me Katie, but I wish that was me and your brother."
Katie looked at Patty and said,
"I wish that was me and Adam."
The girls then started to laugh. There was a knock on Katie's door.
"Come in." Katie said still laughing.
In walked MJ and Adam.
"What's so funny?" Adam asked.
Katie just looked at Adam with a smile and said,
"It's something that Patty told me. Girl talk."
"I see." Adam smiled back at her.
"Care to share?" MJ asked.
Patty and Katie looked at each other and then back at the boys and said,
"Nope." Laughing out loud.
When the four were leaving Katie's room Patty quickly glanced out the window and saw Liz and Dion climbing down from the tree house. MJ walked over and wrapped his arms around Patty and asked,
"What's up?"
Patty turned and looked at him and said,
"Nothing."
Then they walked out of Katie's room. When they got downstairs, Kelly and Mike were leaving and so were Amanda and CJ. Dion and Liz came in from out back.
"Well we'll see you soon Kit and Steve. Bye Amanda." Kelly and Mike said leaving."
"Bye." They all said hugging.
"Kit call me tomorrow and maybe we'll go to lunch." Amanda said hugging Kit.
"I will. Thanks again Amanda." Kit said.
Amanda looked at Dion and said,
"I don't want you to stay late. You have school in the morning."
"I know Mom." Dion said kissing her.
Amanda hugged Liz tight and said,
"I'm very happy that you and Dion are dating."
Liz just smiled at her before saying,
"Thanks I know I am lucky to have Dion too, thank you for allowing us the chance to be together, we do appreciate it and I promise you we'll do all we can to continue to make you proud of us."
Amanda felt the familiar lump in her throat as she watched the couple walk away hand in hand.
After everyone left Patty and Katie pulled Liz aside and said,
"You two are pushing your luck."
Liz looked at them innocently and asked,
"What are you two talking about?"
"You know damn well what we are talking about." Patty said looking at her cousin.
"We saw you and Dion up in MJ's tree house really hot and heavy." Katie said.
"HEY! You were spying on us!" Liz said.
"Like you didn't do it to MJ and me." Patty said angrily.
"All we were doing was making out. It wasn't like we were having sex." Liz said.
"Yeah but it was really close." Katie said.
"Jealous?" Liz asked smiling at Katie and then at Patty.
Patty and Katie were quiet and then said,
"No."
"You two are such liars. You should live a little." Liz laughed.
"UGH!" Patty and Katie said.
Liz laughed and said,
"I like to live on the edge. There's nothing wrong with that."
"Until something happens." Patty said.
"Like what? Dion and I are careful. We use protection." Liz said sitting down.
"Just slow down. You two are only sixteen years old. You have so much to look forward to." Katie said.
"So Dion where did you and Liz sneak off to?" Adam asked.
"We went up to MJ's tree house to make out." Dion said with a smile.
"I see. Using my tree house as a make out place." MJ said looking at Dion.
"Like you and Patty never did." Dion laughed.
"I never said that we didn't make out there. Just don't go too far." MJ said.
"Hey we are very careful. By the way MJ have you and Patty you know do it yet?" Dion asked.
"No."
"Why not? Too scared." Dion laughed.
"Hey! Watch it Dion. I respect Patty too much and besides I want the timing to be right." MJ said.
"What about you Adam?" Dion asked.
MJ looked over at Adam and then Adam said,
"No way! You want MJ to beat the shit out of me."
Dion just laughed at Adam. The guys walked over to join the girls. Katie walked into the kitchen to put up water for tea. Adam then walked in. He wrapped his arms around Katie and gave her a hug. She turned to face him and kissed him firmly on the lips. Adam looked at her and asked,
"What time do you want me over tomorrow night to help me study for the GED test?"
"How about 6pm." She said looking at him.
"That sounds great." He said holding her tightly against him.
"Adam."
"Yeah."
"You are squeezing the life out of me." Katie gasped.
"Sorry. I just don't want to let you go." He said smiling into her beautiful face.
Katie just laughed. She poured them tea and they sat down at the kitchen table. They talked about the GED test until Dion and Liz walked in.
"Excuse me Adam."
"Yeah."
"Um, could you drive us home? It's kind of getting late and I told my Mom I would be home early." Dion said looking at Adam.
"Sure." He said.
Katie walked Adam, Dion and Liz to the front door. Dion and Liz headed out to Adam's car while Katie and Adam said good night.
"See you tomorrow at 6pm sharp." Adam said kissing her.
"Yes you will." Katie said kissing him back.
Adam then walked down to his car and opened the door for Dion and Liz to get in. Adam then took off and dropped Liz at home and then Dion. Katie then went inside and closed the door. She couldn't believe what she was feeling for Adam. She went back into the kitchen and sat down. Patty then came in.
"I thought you left." Katie said looking at Patty.
"My Dad is coming in five minutes." She said looking at Katie.
Patty looked at Katie and asked,
"You ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine." Katie smiled at her.
Patty's father came and Patty left. Katie went up to her room and got ready for bed. The next day Patty, Katie and Liz met up by their lockers in school. They grabbed their books and headed into their first class. The girls found their seats and began to talk before the teacher came in. April Jackson walked over to Liz and said,
"I'm only going to say this once so you better listen. Stay the hell away from Dion if you know what's good for you."
The class got really quiet.
"Why should she? Dion is her boyfriend." Katie said looking at April.
"Listen Sloan. It's none of your business!"
"It is our business!" Patty said looking at April.
April grabbed a hold of Patty's hair and pulled her head back and said nastily,
"It's not your business!"
Katie got up and slammed April against the wall and said,
"You do that one more time to her or you touch Liz I will personally beat the shit out of you! You got it!"
April pushed Katie away and sat down at her seat when the teacher walked in.
"Problem ladies." Mr. Woodman asked.
"No." They all said sitting down.
After their last class before lunch Keisha Williams walked over to Katie and her friends and asked,
"Can I talk to you?"
"About what?" Katie asked looking at her.
"About the way April is treating Liz."
"I don't think it's any of your business." Liz snapped at her.
"I know but I have to say something." Keisha said.
"Keisha look. All I know is that April has a bad attitude towards Liz and I for one am not going to stand for it." Katie said looking at her.
"I know. I know. But…" Liz cut her off.
"Just do us a favor and stay out of it." Liz said slamming her locker door walking away with Patty and Katie.
Keisha just stood there and watched the three friends walk away. The girls met up with the guys in the cafeteria. Liz and Dion sat across the table from each other holding hands. April walked into the lunchroom with her friends; she walked over to Liz and said,
"I guess our little talk didn't sink in."
April then pulled Liz off of her chair and shoved her to the floor. Dion quickly got up and grabbed April by the arm and threw her to the floor. He quickly picked up Liz.
"You ok?" He asked looking at Liz.
"Yeah I'm fine." She said getting up.
The next thing Liz knew she was jumped from behind by April. Liz let out a scream and went down on the floor with blood coming out of her. CJ and MJ grabbed April before she could run away. Meanwhile Katie and Patty ran down to the principal's office and told them what was going on. The Principal and Vice Principal went running down to the cafeteria behind the girls. By the time they arrived Dion was holding Liz in his arms.
"April stabbed her! She stabbed her!" Panic rising in his voice.
The Vice Principal told Katie and Patty to get the nurse while he called for an ambulance. The ambulance quickly came and rushed Dion and Liz to the hospital. The school security guard hand cuffed April and took her to the Principal's office while the Principal spoke to CJ, MJ, Patty and Katie.
"Could you four please explain to me what the hell is going on here?" The Principal asked.
"Mr. Greenly. April Jackson has a racial problem." CJ said looking at him.
"Care to explain?" The Principal asked.
"You see sir, my cousin is dating Dion Bentley and April is not happy with it." Patty said.
"I see. Let's talk about this in my office." He said looking around at the crowd.
Meanwhile at the hospital…
Jesse saw the paramedics rush in.
"What happened?" Jesse asked the paramedics.
"This girl was stabbed in the school cafeteria by another student." The paramedics said.
Jesse looked down and was shocked to see whom it was. He then looked up and saw Dion run in. Jesse called out the orders to the nurse and then met Dion.
"She's in good hands." He said looking at Dion.
"Nurse! Call Dr. Amanda Bentley to the waiting room! Stat!"
The nurse did what she was told. Two minutes later Amanda came running down the hall and saw Dion sitting there.
"Dion! What happened?" Amanda asked running to him.
She sat down and looked at him.
"April Jackson stabbed Liz." Dion said crying.
"Oh my god Dion!" Amanda said holding him.
Twenty minutes later CJ, Patty, MJ and Katie came in with their parents and also Liz's Mom and Mike.
"How is she?" Patty asked looking at Dion and Amanda.
"We don't know. Nobody came out yet." Dion said looking at Patty.
Jesse came out and saw everyone in the waiting room. Dion got up went over to Jesse and asked,
"How is she?"
"She's going to be just fine." Jesse said looking at Dion with a smile.
Everyone cheered and hugged each other.
"Can I go and see her?" Dion asked.
"Sure but make it brief." Jesse said.
Dion was about to go in when he looked over at Liz's Mom and Mike and said,
"Why don't you two go in? I'm sure she wants to see you both first."
Mike and Kelly walked over to Dion and Kelly said with a smile,
"We'll all go in."
The three walked in quietly and saw Liz lying there sleeping. Kelly went up and kissed her, then Mike and then Dion. Liz woke up and smiled at Dion.
"Hey." She said groggily.
"Hi baby. Your Mom and Mike are here."
"Ok." She smiled at him and then fell back to sleep.
Dion then got up and walked out of the room leaving Kelly and Mike alone with Liz. Dion stood outside of Liz's room looking at everyone. Patty, Katie, MJ and CJ walked over to Dion and grouped hugged him. After about fifteen minutes they all sat down. Steve walked over to Dion and introduced Dion and the kids to Detective Andre Wilson.
"I would like to ask you kids a couple of question." Detective Wilson said.
The kids looked at Detective Wilson and agreed.
"Now let's start from the beginning. What happened?"
Dion explained everything to the Detective about what April said and did to Liz. Then Katie told the Detective what happened in first period. After the kids were done giving their statement the Detective said his goodbyes and went over to talk to Steve. Meanwhile Kelly and Mike came out of Liz's room. Kelly walked over to Dion and said,
"Thank you for saving her."
Dion looked over at Kelly and said hugging her,
"You're welcome."
Kelly got up and sat next to Kit and her brother Dan. Steve introduced Kelly and Mike to Detective Wilson. Dion went back into Liz's room. He walked over to her and gently kissed her on the head. He sat down in the chair next to her bed and took a hold of her hand. Then he started to cry again. Liz opened her eyes and turned her head and looked at him and said,
"I'm going to be fine baby. I'm going to be fine."
Dion looked up at her and said,
"I'm so sorry that this happened."
Liz just smiled at him. Patty, Katie, MJ and CJ came in and sat with Dion and Liz until they were asked by Jesse to leave.
"Uncle Jesse when can Liz go home?" Dion asked.
"I'd say by Friday at the latest." Jesse smiled at him.
Dion sat down heavily in the waiting room chair and let out a sigh. Kelly walked over to Dion and sat down next to him. She grabbed his hand and held it for a while and then said,
"I'm going to press charges against April for what she did to Liz."
Dion then looked over at Kelly and said angrily,
"Good and I hope they put her sorry ass in jail for the rest of her life."
Kelly then hugged Dion. Everyone then got up and left the hospital while Dion stayed behind. He snuck into Liz's room. He watched her sleep and then he drifted off to sleep. That night Jesse advised Dion to go home and get better rest and he can come back in the morning before school to see her. Dion thanked him and Amanda drove him home. After school he did his homework in Liz's room just so he could be near her. Liz looked over at him and she noticed he looked tired.
"Dion."
"Yeah baby."
"You getting enough sleep?"
"As much as needed." He smiled at her.
"Ok. Just don't get run down." She said kissing him.
She then helped him study for his big history test that he was taking the next day. By the time they were done it was 9pm and visiting hours were over. Amanda came in to get him. When he got home he went to take a shower and went to bed. That night he had a horrible dream. It took place in school in the cafeteria again. After he found out that Liz was stabbed, Liz died in his arms. He woke up screaming 'NO!' Amanda came running into his room.
"Shhh. It's ok Dion. It's ok." Amanda said holding him.
"Oh Mom it was awful! Liz died in my arms." Dion said crying.
"It was just a dream Dion. Just a dream." Amanda said looking at him.
The next day he got up and got ready for school. MJ noticed how tired Dion looked.
"CJ is Dion sleeping?"
"Kind of. He's having nightmares about Liz dying." CJ said.
"Oh man." MJ said shaking his head.
They all went in to take their history test. Dion looked at the test and started to freak out. The teacher walked up to him and said quietly,
"Dion I want you to take the test after school today."
"I can't Mrs. Wellington. I'm going to the hospital to see my girlfriend." Dion said looking at his teacher.
The teacher thought a moment and then asked,
"What do you have after this class?"
"Lunch."
"After that?"
"Study Hall."
"Fine. You take the test now at your own pace. When class is over and you're still taking it I want you to get something to eat and then come back here and finish the test. I don't do this to all my students but since you are pulling straight 'As' here I'll let you do it."
"Thanks Mrs. Wellington." Dion smiled.
Dion took a deep breath and began his test. By the time the bell rang Dion had finished his last question. He quickly glanced over the test and was happy with it. He handed it to Mrs. Wellington and went to leave for lunch when she stopped him.
"You sure you're done?"
"Yes I am." He said feeling confidant he had done as well as he could have.
"Dion come back after your done eating and I should have your test graded." Mrs. Wellington smiled at him.
"Ok." He then left and caught up with CJ and MJ.
After he was done eating Dion got a pass to go back to Mrs. Wellington's class. When he walked in she was grading his class's test. She asked him to sit down. She put the test face down and then told him to turn it over. When he did he saw that he passed the test with a 100.
"Thank you! Thank you!" He said excitedly.
"Now you can relax Dion. Just get Liz's homework to her and tell her I hope she gets back here real soon."
"I sure will." He smiled as he left.
Dion went to his next class and by the time he looked at the school clock it was time to go home. He quickly got his books and darted out of the school. When he got outside he looked around for his Mom but she wasn't there.
"Yo Dion!" MJ shouted waving his hand at him.
Dion turned around and jogged over to MJ.
"What's up?"
"Did you forget my Mom is picking us up from school today?"
"I knew that." Dion said embarrassingly.
MJ, CJ, Patty and Katie all laughed at Dion. Kit pulled up and the kids piled into the car.
"So did everyone have fun in school today?" Kit asked.
"I know I did. I aced my history test." Dion said proudly.
"Good for you Dion." Kit smiled at him through the rearview mirror.
"What about the rest of you?" Kit asked.
"Well we're not that so lucky to have OUR test graded so fast like SOME people." MJ laughed looking at Dion.
"Hey what can I say Mrs. Wellington loves me." Dion said laughing.
"In your dreams!" CJ laughed.
"First stop the hospital." Kit said.
Dion was very excited to see Liz. When they pulled up to the hospital Dion was out of the car in lighting speed.
"Damn! That boy can run." Katie laughed.
After everyone got out of the car MJ helped his Mom out.
"Thank you MJ." Kit smiled at him.
"You're welcome. How are you feeling today?" MJ asked.
"Other than being tired I feel great." Kit smiled.
She put her arm around him and he did the same as they walked into the hospital.
"MJ can I asked you a question." Kit said looking at him.
"Sure Mom you can ask anything." He smiled at her.
"Are you ok with me being pregnant? You don't talk to me about it."
"What's there to talk about? You've been through this with Kasey Lynn." He said looking at his Mom.
They both sat down in the waiting room. Kit looked at him and said,
"Yes I know but you don't seem too happy with it when we all talk about it."
"Mom when you were pregnant with Kasey Lynn, I was 7 years old and it meant nothing to me. Now it's kind of weird for me." MJ said looking at her.
"Why?"
MJ looked at his Mom and said shyly,
"It's weird because you and Dad are still you know, having sex."
"MJ that's what married couples do."
"Yeah but you're my Mom."
Kit sat there laughing when MJ said that and then she said,
"But I'm not dead."
MJ looked over at his Mom and laughed at her. He sat there thinking about all the good times she and he had together. In his eyes his Mom is the coolest Mom in the whole world. He wouldn't trade her in for all the tea in China. He grabbed her hand and helped her up and they then walked down to the elevators to go up to Liz's room.
"Mom."
"Yes MJ."
"I just want you to know that I love you." He then hugged her.
Kit smiled and then hugged him. The elevator doors opened on Liz's floor and they got out and met everyone in the waiting area.
"Dion is everything ok?" Kit asked looking at him.
"Yeah. Uncle Jesse and Uncle Mark are with her right now so we can't go in yet." Dion said walking around like an expectant father.
Mark came out and saw Dion pacing, smiling to himself, as he thought of his un-official grandson worrying about the love of his life.
"Dion."
Dion looked over at Mark and rushed over to him nearly tripping over the small table.
"Yes."
"You can go and see Liz now." Mark smiled at him.
Dion quickly walked into Liz's room.
"Hey baby. How are you feeling today?" Dion asked kissing her.
"Better then I have been feeling." She said kissing him back.
"I aced the history test today." He said proudly.
"Awesome! Ouch!" She said.
"Easy." Dion smiled at her.
"I knew you could do it." She said sitting up.
Dion sat on the edge of her bed and smiled at her. He couldn't wait to take her into his arms and hold her like he used to. Being away from her was killing him inside. He then leaned in and kissed her firmly on the lips. When he pulled back Liz looked at him and said with a laugh,
"Miss me."
"You damn right I miss you. Holding and kissing you." He said putting his forehead to her's.
"I'll be out of here by Friday the latest." She said.
"I'll be here waiting for you." He smiled.
Patty and Katie knocked on the door and then walked in.
"Hi guys." Liz said smiling at the girls.
"Hi." Patty and Katie said walking over to her and hugging her.
Katie looked at Dion and then said,
"Ease up Dion. We're not going to stay long. We just wanted to see how Liz was feeling."
"I didn't say anything." Dion said looking at Katie.
"Yeah well your body language gave it away." Katie laughed.
"So take a break tiger. You'll get your girl back in a minute." Patty laughed.
The girls laughed at Dion. Then CJ and MJ walked in. Dion rolled his eyes when the guys walked in. Katie and Patty saw him and laughed again.
"Look guys I think we better leave or else Dion will pop a cork." Katie said laughing.
Everyone laughed and then left the room.
"Dion what's wrong?" Liz asked looking at him.
"Now I feel bad that everyone left. It's just that I wanted to be with you with no one around." He said sitting on her bed.
"Dion we'll have a lot of us time when I get out of here." Liz said touching his face.
"I know but I was rude to them." He said kissing her hand.
"I think they understand." Liz said looking at him.
At that moment he just wanted to take her in his arms and make love to her.
"Dion my Mom told me that she's going to press charges against April." Liz said.
"I know she told me the other day." He said lying down next to her.
"Liz I was wondering how would you feel if after High School we got married?" Dion asked looking up at her.
"What about college?"
"We could still go. It will be together."
"Gee I never thought about it. I mean I thought about us getting married but not right after High School more like after college." She said.
"I don't want to wait until after college. I want to marry you right a way."
Liz looked down at Dion and asked,
"Are you pregnant?"
"Funny Liz. Come on be serious." He said sitting up.
"Why don't you want to wait for after college?" She asked looking at him.
"Because I just do." He said starting to get annoyed with her.
"What happens if I can't get married after High School?" Liz said now getting annoyed with him.
"Why don't you just say that you don't want to marry me Liz? Instead of coming up with every excuse in the book!" Dion said angrily at her.
"Damn it Dion! Of course I want to marry you! But there is my mother to think of and your mother! What about them?"
"Who cares? I'm marrying you not them!"
"UGH! You are not listening to me!" Liz said now shouting at him.
"FORGET IT!" Dion then got up and left.
"UUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!" Liz said, feeling frustrated at the situation.
Liz got up and sat on the edge of her bed and then took a deep breath and got up. She put on her slippers and took her IV with her as she slowly walked to her door. Just as she was about to open her door Amanda walked in.
"Hi Liz."
"Hi Ms. Bentley." Liz said softly.
"What's wrong?" Amanda asked.
"Dion and I had a fight." Liz said looking at her.
"What about?"
"Nothing big." Liz said not letting Amanda know until it was time.
Dion then walked back into Liz's room and was shocked to see his Mom there.
"Hi Mom. What are you doing here?" Dion asked nervously hoping Liz didn't say anything to her.
"Just checking up on Liz." Amanda said kissing him hello.
"Oh." He waited for the ball to drop but nothing came.
The room became silent and then Amanda said,
"Well, I just wanted to see how you were doing Liz and it looks like you seem to be doing better. I'll leave you two alone."
Amanda then left. Dion looked over at Liz and asked,
"You ok?"
"No Dion I'm not ok. How dare you leave me like that? I should just call your mother back in here and tell her everything." Liz said angrily at him.
"Liz I'm sorry. It's just that I thought you wanted to get married after High school." He said sitting on her bed.
"Dion I would love to go onto college and get a degree. I'm not that smart like you, CJ, Patty, Katie and MJ to go onto a four-year college. I would like to go to a two-year college to get my Liberal Arts degree and show it off. If we get married after High School then I won't go." Liz said looking at him.
"What do you mean you're not smart?" Dion asked looking at her.
"I'm not up there with you guys. It takes me a while to figure things out. It takes you about 2 minutes to figure out what's going on. You know some days I ask myself, "What does Dion see in me?" You, CJ, MJ, Katie and Patty are pulling straight 'As' me I'm just lucky that I can pull some 'Cs'." She said looking at him trying to hold back the tears.
Dion just sat there listening to her, taking onboard all she had to say. He never knew how she felt about things. He then looked over at her and said,
"I'm sorry that you're going through this. What I see in you is the sweetest, kindest, gentlest, sexiest woman in the world and I'm so proud that you're my girlfriend which someday I hope to change that to my wife."
"Dion that is why I want to go to college first and then think about our future. When I see that college degree hanging up on the wall I want to look back and say, 'Hey I did it! I actually got my college education!' Understand."
"Yes I understand. The real reason why I want to marry you right after High School is because I don't want anyone to take you from me." He said holding her hand in his.
"Oh Dion no one will ever take me away from you."
"Yeah well that almost happened the other day." He said angrily.
Liz sat next to him and put her arm around him and hugged him, and then she turned his face to face her and she kissed him passionately.
"This is the reason why I love you so much Liz." Dion said hugging her.
The next day her Mother and her Mother's lawyer Mitchell Ritchie visited Liz. Mitchell went over the preliminaries with Liz and her Mom about the case against April Jackson.
"When do we go to trial?" Kelly asked Mitchell.
"We are scheduled for next Wednesday." Mitchell said looking at Kelly and Liz.
"That soon? I thought it was going to be a long time." Liz said.
"Nope. The sooner the better." Mitchell said looking over his notes.
Dion then walked in.
"Sorry I didn't know you had company." He said looking at Liz.
"It's ok Dion, this is Mitchell Ritchie. He's my Mom's lawyer." Liz said looking at Dion.
Dion walked over to Mitchell and shook his hand.
"Do I have to appear in court?" Dion asked.
"Yes." Mitchell said.
"When do I have to appear?" Dion asked sitting next to Liz and holding her hand.
"We go to court next Wednesday." Mitchell said looking at Dion.
"Good! The sooner the better." Dion said.
Mitchell and Kelly left Liz's room to talk more outside.
"You ok?" Dion asked looking at Liz, with concern.
"Yeah. I'm just tired." She said yawning.
Dion put his arm around Liz and she laid her head on his shoulder and drifted off to sleep. He gently laid her down on the pillow, got up and left. He walked out to the waiting area and sat next to Kelly. Kelly looked over at him and smiled. She was so happy that Dion saved Liz. She will never, ever forget it.
"Dion."
"Yes." He said looking over at Kelly.
"Tell me something. That ring that Liz is wearing is that an engagement ring?"
Dion was quiet and then said,
"I call it an I love you ring." He said.
"I see. Does your Mom know?"
"Yes. Ms. Winters." Dion said quietly.
"Dion listen to me. I know that you and Liz love each other very much but I think you two are way too young to get married. I would like for Liz to go to college and get herself a degree and then a steady job. I'm very happy that you two are dating and yes in the future I would love to see you two get married. Please promise me that you two will wait." Kelly said looking at Dion.
"We will. Liz told me that she wants to go to college and get herself a degree in Liberal Arts. I'm all for it." He said looking at Kelly.
"Good." Kelly smiled.
At last it was Friday and Dion walked into Liz's room to see if she was ready.
"Hey baby you ready?" Dion said handing her a teddy bear.
"Yes I think I am." She smiled.
"Good. Let's go."
"Dion Mom is signing me out and Jesse said I have to wait for the nurse to come with the wheelchair. Hospital policy." Liz said sitting on her bed.
"Ok." He then kissed her passionately.
"Damn! Someone is in a hurry." Liz laughed.
Dion just laughed at her and said,
"You've got that right."
The nurse finally came in with the wheelchair and then Liz's Mom.
"All set." Kelly said.
"Yes I am." Liz smiled as she picked up the teddy bear and sat in the wheelchair.
As her Mom and Dion wheeled her out Jesse, Mark and Amanda greeted her.
"Liz make sure you get a lot of rest." Jesse smiled at her.
"I will." She smiled back.
The elevator doors opened and Liz and her Mom went in.
"I'll meet you downstairs." Dion said.
"Ok." Liz said.
"Mom I'm going home with Liz and her Mom to help out." Dion said looking at his Mom.
"Don't stay too long you heard Jesse." Amanda said looking at him.
"I know. I know." Dion said pushing the elevator buttons while rolling his eyes.
He started to become very antsy waiting for the elevator. Mark walked over to him and said quietly,
"Relax. She'll wait for you."
Dion just blushed.