Black Hearts and Renegades, chapter 4
I glared at her. My mouth dropped down probably to my chest. "How? When? What?" I babbled. I blinked blindly a few times and just stared at her.
She took a shakey breat and said, "It was back in '89, around the time when Slappy Hours came out. I was best friends with all of them but...Tre' was just special. I always liked him more then any of the other guys and then one day something just happened and all of a sudden we were dating."
I saw a couple stray tears fall down her face. My muscles untenses and I calmed down. "A couple weeks before Kerplunk came out we...you know," she continued, "And then two months later I found out I was pregnant. I knew he didn't want a kid but I told him anyway. Suprisingly he was actually happy and he stayed with me until you where five."
"What happened when I was five?" I asked.
She looked down into her lap and more tears fell. "Dookie came out and he met some chick named Claudia. Apperantly he liked her more. So they started sneaking around and I found out. I told him to get lost not really thinking and then he left."
My nose wrinkled thinking about it. "He said he would see you whenever you wanted but just not then. He got married had two kids and forgot about us." Her hands formed fists in her lap. "Here." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a crumbled peice of paper. "He sent me his number a while ago. Don't count on it working." She rolled her eyes and handed it to me.
I looked down at it as if it where poisoness or something. Something clicked in my mind and I raced up stairs, grabbed my cell phone and dialed the number. It rang three times and someone answered.
"Yello?" All of a sudden I couldn't breathe. I felt like I had weights attached to my lungs.
"I-is this Tre'?" I asked in almost a whisper.
"That would be me, whose this?" He asked. I gulped.
"Zack."
"Who?"
"Ashley's son."
It went silent. I heard light breathing on the other end. "Ashley Johnson?" he asked.
"Yeah."
Silence again. "Wow," was all he said.
"Look, I thinks its a really crummy thing what you did to us. My mom just now told me and I'm still shaking from it. I'm not calling 'cause I want your money or so I can brag that I talked to Tre' Cool, I'm calling because I want to know my dad." Where did that come from?
"Well I guessed you weren't one of those people. So how ya been kid?"
"How have I been? Crummy what do you think?!" I felt pissed off again.
"Oh, sorry."
"Sorry? Your sorry? That's the least you can say!"
She took a shakey breat and said, "It was back in '89, around the time when Slappy Hours came out. I was best friends with all of them but...Tre' was just special. I always liked him more then any of the other guys and then one day something just happened and all of a sudden we were dating."
I saw a couple stray tears fall down her face. My muscles untenses and I calmed down. "A couple weeks before Kerplunk came out we...you know," she continued, "And then two months later I found out I was pregnant. I knew he didn't want a kid but I told him anyway. Suprisingly he was actually happy and he stayed with me until you where five."
"What happened when I was five?" I asked.
She looked down into her lap and more tears fell. "Dookie came out and he met some chick named Claudia. Apperantly he liked her more. So they started sneaking around and I found out. I told him to get lost not really thinking and then he left."
My nose wrinkled thinking about it. "He said he would see you whenever you wanted but just not then. He got married had two kids and forgot about us." Her hands formed fists in her lap. "Here." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a crumbled peice of paper. "He sent me his number a while ago. Don't count on it working." She rolled her eyes and handed it to me.
I looked down at it as if it where poisoness or something. Something clicked in my mind and I raced up stairs, grabbed my cell phone and dialed the number. It rang three times and someone answered.
"Yello?" All of a sudden I couldn't breathe. I felt like I had weights attached to my lungs.
"I-is this Tre'?" I asked in almost a whisper.
"That would be me, whose this?" He asked. I gulped.
"Zack."
"Who?"
"Ashley's son."
It went silent. I heard light breathing on the other end. "Ashley Johnson?" he asked.
"Yeah."
Silence again. "Wow," was all he said.
"Look, I thinks its a really crummy thing what you did to us. My mom just now told me and I'm still shaking from it. I'm not calling 'cause I want your money or so I can brag that I talked to Tre' Cool, I'm calling because I want to know my dad." Where did that come from?
"Well I guessed you weren't one of those people. So how ya been kid?"
"How have I been? Crummy what do you think?!" I felt pissed off again.
"Oh, sorry."
"Sorry? Your sorry? That's the least you can say!"
