LIKE RAIN by Leen Elle Read Free Book Online Page B

wasn't really my kind of store, and I could never pick out something that cost so much money.
    I went and found Jasmine after I walked around for a while. She was almost in exactly the same spot as when I left her. I saw she had a variety of clothing articles draped over her arm.
    "Oh you're back already!" she exclaimed.
    "Yeah," I said. "I didn't find anything."
    "Alright," she said. "I'm just going to try these things on. I'll be right back darling." I sighed and found a chair to sit in while I waited. Almost 20 minutes later she finally came out.
    "What terrible luck," she said. "Absolutely nothing fit right!"
    "Come on, let's go somewhere else," I said, growing more and more impatient. It went basically the same in all the stores we went it, except Jasmine was finding more and more things that fit her. By lunch time her arms were full of shopping bags, and mine were still empty.
    "Boy, all this shopping sure makes you hungry!" she said. "Let's go eat." Of all the 36 places we could eat she picked McDonalds. She ordered a salad and a diet pepsi, while I ordered 2 hamburgers, chicken selects, and a large fry. Jasmine looked at me with wide eyes when she saw what I had ordered.
    "God, where do you put all that?" she asked, dumbfounded.
    "I don't know," I shrugged. "Is that all you're eating?"
    She nodded. "Some people can't eat a house without getting fat." I almost laughed but stopped myself. "God, you're so tiny. I wasn't sure that you ate at all."
    I stopped and looked up at her. I hated her more for saying that. "You know," I said, putting down my hamburger, "I'm suddenly not feeling so good. Would you mind taking me home?"
    "Oh nonsense! We've still got loads more shopping to do!"
    "But I don't feel well," I said, growing impatient with her. "I want to go home."
    "Oh, well if you must," she said. So Jasmine took me home. She wanted to come in and make sure I was okay, but I insisted that she didn't. My dad looked up from his newspaper when I entered the kitchen.
    "You're home early," he said.
    "Yeah, I wasn't feeling too well," I lied. He looked at me suspiciously. I could tell he didn't believe me.
    He sighed heavily. "Nevaeh, the idea wasn't for you to try and get out of it early. You may think you were doing me a favor by going at all, but I wanted you to spend the whole day with her."
    "Dad, I spent more than enough time with her. I couldn't take it anymore!" I complained.
    "You're being ridiculous," he said. "Jasmine is a wonderful person, and you could see that if you actually tried to."
    "I will never see it."
    "Well you better start trying harder, because you're going to be seeing a lot more of her," he said.
    "You've got to be kidding me," I mumbled
    "Sit down," he said, motioning to the chair beside him. I dropped down into the seat. "I have something very important to tell you." He paused. "Jasmine's pregnant. We're going to have a baby."
    "WHAT?!" I screamed, jumping up from my seat. "You just met this woman and you're already sleeping with her!"
    "Nevaeh, calm down," he said.
    "No! I'm tired of being calm! This is insane. This whole thing is completely insane! She can't be pregnant. I don't believe it! I cannot believe you slept with that…that stupid whore!"
    "Nevaeh!" he yelled. "Stop it! I don't ever want to hear you talk like that about her again. Do you understand me?"
    "I hate you." I turned and ran out the front door. My face was streaming with tears as I ran down the street to Cael's house. I banged on the door, and he came to answer it.
    "Nev, what's wrong?" he asked with a puzzled look on his face.
    "I HATE THIS! IT'S NOT FAIR! SHE CAN'T BE PREGNANT. I HATE HER! I HATE HIM!" I collapsed into his arms and tears were now gushing down my face.
    "Hey, hey. It's alright. Come on," he said, pulling me inside his house and shutting the door behind us. He led me to the couch and we both sat down. We didn't speak for a while. He just let me cry into his chest. I finally sat up and dried my tears. "Will you