Disclaimer: I only own Clove (forgot to mention that in the last chapter), Barbie, Tony, and Kasia Mitton and this storyline.

A/N: Kasia's name is pronounced Kay-shah. Pretty much just the word 'Asia' with a K in front of it. Just thought I'd point that out, since I've heard it pronounced like Kasha.

This chapter came from a scene idea I got from emeraldstroker. I didn't use all of your idea, but putting Miss Lopez in got me started here.

When he got home, he heard Kasia playing her guitar in her room, and while to most people it would sound like an innocent song with a haphazard melody, to him it sounded like it was distinctly saying 'Why, why, why?'

"Kasia?" he called, and the music stopped. She left the room and looked up at him.

"Hi Sunny…what's wrong?"

"What? Nothing's wrong, why would you think something's wrong?"

"You just look really sad and guilty. Did you have to say something bad about Madison? Were her parents mean to you?" she asked, and Sunny thought he might start crying at her innocence, her concern. How could he abandon her like this?

"Nah, it was nothing like that. I'm just really tired. Conferences wear me out!" Sunny yawned to punctuate the statement.

"Oh, okay. You had me worried for a second! Why don't you go lie down, I'll make lunch," Kasia offered, and Sunny almost argued, but he couldn't be with her much more or he'd break, so he smiled at her and lay down on the couch. Clove leapt up by him and he stroked him. Even Clove had grown on him. Kasia came out soon, carrying two plates with sandwiches on them.

"Thanks," he smiled at her as he took his.

"No problem!" Kasia smiled back at him and Clove left him and hopped up on Kasia's lap. "So, what did happen at the conference?"

"I just said that Madison was pretty good expect for occasionally spacing out in class, that she's one of our best soloists, and reminded them that her bow had broken last time in class and she needed to get a new one," Sunny explained. It wasn't technically a lie, anyway. That stuff did happen at the conference, just not all of it.

"Well, I've got homework, some of which is from your class, so I'll see you later!" Kasia stood up.

"Just tell me if you need any help," Sunny told her, and she bounced off. As soon as she did, Sunny picked up the phone and dialed a number he'd done everything to get.

Miss Lopez was standing in her bathroom, just getting out of the shower and half-dressed, when her cell phone rang. Walking out of the bathroom in a t-shirt and underwear, she picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Miss Lopez? It's Sunny,"

"Hello, Sunny," Miss Lopez smiled and sat down on her bed.

"Hi…um…I have to talk to you. About Kasia,"

"Is she failing in your class, Sunny?" Miss Lopez asked.

"No, no, it's nothing like that…" Sunny replied. "No, she's doing great in my class…"

"I've seen it too, Sunny. The other kids treat her horribly. I always keep an eye on her in the halls, try to get the other kids to stop picking on her, get her stuff back from them at the least,"

"The other kids aren't the only ones," Sunny said darkly.

"The teachers are doing it too?" Miss Lopez sounded horrified.

"No, not the teachers, not as far as I know. It's her parents, Miss Lopez," Sunny sighed.

"Her parents? Sunny, this is…" Miss Lopez faltered.

"Her mother invited me over to dinner one night. All they did was yell at her, and I could see bruises all over her, and then I went up to her room to confront her and she started crying, she kept saying that they'd know, and then her father came in and yelled at us both to get out, and she seemed to reach out to me, so I took her in,"

"That was very sweet of you, Sunny," Miss Lopez told him.

"Yeah, but that's not where it ends…I…I fell in love with her. Headfirst, totally in love. And I realized that I couldn't do this…I couldn't keep her in my house if I was in love with her…I'd be a pervert if I did, right? So today I went to the adoption agency…and I…I hate myself for it…I can't believe…" Sunny couldn't speak, tears were rolling down his cheeks. "I can't believe I could abandon her again…Miss Lopez…what do I do?"

"Shh…Sunny, it's okay…" Miss Lopez soothed him. "Sunny, listen to me, okay? If there's one thing I know you're not, it's a pervert. If you love her, there is something in you telling you it's right. Love knows no age, Sunny, you have to grasp that. What you need to figure out now is if giving her up is right,"

"Thanks, Miss Lopez," Sunny sighed.

"Anytime, Sunny," Miss Lopez replied.