"Come on, lets go back to my house okay?" Lacy said.
I got sick along the way and had to stop a couple times. By the time we got back to Lacy's place I was as white as my tank top.
Lacy's dad was out somewhere, probably for the night so we had the place to our selves. We got into bed as soon as we got there but I didn't sleep all night. I just kept thinking about everything and how screwed up I feel. Why me? I asked myself over and over again. I think I may have gotten about a half an hour of sleep. Lacy was lucky enough to get a few more hours in. When Lacy woke up I was sitting at the kitchen table playing solitaire. "Hey Kimi, Sleep good?"
"Not really." I said sleepily.
"Oh, I'm sorry" she said sweetly.
"Well, I'll just have to get used to it huh?"
She smiled faintly.
"Do you wanna go back to your house and get your stuff in a while?" she asked.
"Not really but I will,"
"Do you want me to go with you?"
"Yeah, that'd be nice" I replied.
So, we went back over to my house around an hour later.
I got the spare key from under the mat and opened the door quietly.
Soda was sitting in the living room.
"Kim!" he said surprised, "what are you doing here?"
He pulled me into a hug. "Soda, I miss you already."
"Awww, Kimi, I missed you too." he finally let go. "but what are you doing here?"
"I just came by to get my stuff," I said.
"Well, better not let Darry catch you. You shoulda' seen him after you left. I don't think I've ever seen him so ticked off."
"He's at work right?"
"Mmhmm" he mumbled.
Me and Lacy got all my stuff together and bid our goodbyes to Soda, "Tell Pony I said 'hi' will ya? I love you Soda!" I yelled as I walked out past the gate.
"Love you too!" I heard him say.
"Wanna go out somewhere?" Lacy suggested.
"Actually I was gonna go talk to Adam"
"Oh, right, he doesn't know. How are you gonna break it to him?"
"I haven't really thought about it," I admitted.
"Well, I guess I'll see ya back at the house okay?"
"Yeah," I stretched out my arms for a hug. After a big squeeze, I was off to Adam's house. Here goes nothin.
Fifteen minutes and a bus ride later, there I was, standing at his door. And this time, I wasn't climbing through any window.
I rang the door bell twice and his mother came to the door.
"Oh, Kimberly. It's you, well, I suppose your hear to see Adam, correct?"
"Um, Yes Ms. McKenzie, I'll just go see him. he's in his room right?"
"Oh, of course" she said with a twisted smile. I told you she hated me.
I walked into his room and saw the worst possible thing that you can imagine: Adam locking lips with someone else. "Adam!" I screamed.
He opened his eyes alarmed, "Kim?" he yelped.
I glared at him and the tramp that was still underneath him.
"What the hell is this?" I snapped.
"It's not what it looks like. I swear,"
"Don't lie to me Adam"
"Well, she was just--she came onto me, I was trying-" he swallowed hard, "I was trying to push her off me"
I was desperately trying to keep myself from doing something dumb. "You know what Adam?" I said calmly, "fine. If you want her instead of me," I pointed to her, "That's just fine." I said shakily. I gave him a look of hatred and stormed out, but before I walked out I said one more thing: "and to think I thought you'd help me with the baby."
He looked completely shocked. My job here is done, I thought to myself.
I trudged through the living room past Adam's mom, "Did you catch him at a bad time?"She said slyly.
"Go to hell you damn drunk" I said on my way out. I threw the door open and flew down the stairs. The girl Adam was with rushed out behind me, "wait, please, wait!" She hollered at me. I walked on and after a few more annoying shouts from her I whirled around to face her.
"What do you want?" I snarled.
"Look, I just wanted to apologize. I'm rea--"
"There is nothing you can possibly say to make me want to forgive you, got it?"
"Will you just let me finish?" she said loudly.
I crossed my arms and raised my eyebrows, "Yeah?"
"I had no idea you were with him, really" she paused for a minute. "If I had known I would never gotten too close to him, I'm really sorry."
I examined her up and down for a minute with a hard stare. But I broke down and sighed deeply.
"Yeah, okay, I believe you," I smiled sweetly, "I just, didn't think he would ever do something like this to me."
"Yeah, he doesn't seem the type" she agreed. I looked away because I didn't want her to see the tears in my eyes.
"I'm Carmen," she said as she held out her hand. I turned back and saw her smiling. It made me feel a lot better that she wanted to know me. "Thanks, I'm Kim." there was a long silence.
"Well, this is a little awkward," she chuckled.
"Yeah,"
"Well, hey maybe we can go to the movies or somethin sometime, you dig?"
"Yeah," I said brightly, "but I'm not feeling so great right now, here, why don't you give me your number and I'll call you soon okay?"
"Yeah, sounds good." she replied.
I pulled a pen out from my pocket and wrote her number down on my arm.
"Talk to you soon!" she said as we went our separate ways. It took my awhile to prosses the fact that I was now completely alone in raising the baby. I realized that there was no point in crying. So I just sighed a few times.
but on the other hand, I had a new friend.
It's good to know not everyone is a complete jerk.