Chapter 1

I walked into the classroom with Maria. "Is he the new kid?" she asked. A guy was writing on the board. I walked up to him. I didn't want to get him in trouble. "Hey."I said. "Hi." "You don't want to do that." "Why not?" "Because the teacher wouldn't like it." "Thank you. Your eyes are really pretty." "Thanks." I said awkwardly. I sat down next to Maria. "Talking to the new kid. Good start. He's hot." My phone went off.
Keith♥: hey
You: hi. i'm in class right now. can i talk to you at lunch.
Keith♥:sure.
"OK." The boy said, "I'm Mr. Sway and I'm your new teacher. Yay." No one cheered. "OK. Well I have a new seating chart. Front row, Jackie, Kelly, Lila, George, and Josh." In the front. I hate sitting in the front. It makes me so nervous.
Maria sat behind me. "Lila?" "Huh?" "Are you going to the Halloween party at 8?" "Yea." "I think it's totally lame how the teachers are coming. And we're at school at 8 o'clock at night." "Yea."
"Class, I want you to take this test, it's not for a grade. I just want to see what you know." When he got to me he smiled. I looked away. He kept going. "Did you see that?" I asked Maria. "He smiled at you. Lucky." "Whatever." "You have 30 minutes.You may begin."
I didn't know anything. I always fell asleep in math class.
"Pencils down. Pass all of your papers forward. I will grade them right here. You may read, write, talk. But not to loudly." "How did you do?" I asked Maria. "I think I did AWESOME!" "I don't think I did so well." "That's cause you fell asleep everyday." "Lila." Mr. Sway called. "Yes." "You did...not to be mean, but you did terrible." I looked at him. That was rude. "You only 3 out of 20 correct." "OK." "I'll tutor you. I do it after school everyday." "What about your family?" "Not married and I don't have any kids." "Oh. Well I have..." I had to think of an after-school activity. "Cheer-leading." "Cheer-leading?" "Yea." "Really?" I stood there. "I'll talk to the cheer coach and ask her if Lila Davis is a cheer-leader." "I'm not one, OK. I just don't want tutoring." "Well your getting it. See me here at 3:30." "Sure."


After school, I walked to my locker. I was mad at Keith. He was kissing all over, Heather, the girl that gets everybody. "Sup, beautiful?" Keith said standing by me. "What do you want?" "You." "Looked like you wanted Heather." "She don't mean nothing." "Sure." "I'm trying to fix our relationship, not break it." "Well you broke it." "Are you breaking up with me?" "Yes. I've seen you kiss a lot of girls." "I know, but I only love you." "But I don't love you. Good-bye." He grabbed my arm. "Let me go!" "Let her go, Keith." Mr.Sway said. He let go. "I'll talk to you later." He kissed my cheek. "Thank you." I said. "I just hate to see guys beat on pretty ladies." I didn't laugh, smile, or blush.
"What don't you know?" he asked. "Everything. I hate math." "I love it. Lets start with question number 1." "If the cylinder is 12 centimeters. by 9 centimeters, what is the volume. Use π ≈ 3.14." "So how would you figure this out? Write it down."
My paper looked like this:
radius=1/2× diameter = 1/2×12=6
height= 9
Volume= πr2h
≈ 3.14 × 6 × 6 × 9
≈ 1,017.36
"About one-thousand, seventeen and 36 cubic centimeters." I showed him my paper. "That's correct. Why didn't you do this?" "I don't know. I just I just blanked out." "Number 2." "If the cylinder is 12 centimeters by 6 centimeters, what is the volume? Six,seven, eight, point twenty-four." "Correct. How did you get it?" "I divided 12 by 2 and got 6. Then I said 6×6×6×3.14 and got 678.24." "You're really good at this." "Thanks."
We went through 5 problems before we left. "You're really good. Why don't you show it?" "My head just goes somewhere else and I forget everything." "We'll work on that." He put his hand on my shoulder and I felt butterflies in my stomach.
"Are you going to the party today?" I asked. "Are you asking a teacher out?" "No. Just wondering." "Yes. You?" "Yea. Well I'm going to go."

When I got outside, the activity buses where leaving. "NO! That's my only ride home." "Not your only. I'll drive you home." Mr.Sway said. "Driving home with the teacher? I'll walk." "Suit yourself. I just heard that it was going to rain." "I got an umbrella." I lied. I didn't believe that it was going to rain.
He left, so I walked on. Halfway through my walk, it started to rain. Luckily, Mr.Sway was there, which was kind of creepy. "Told you it was going to rain. Want a ride?" I got in. He handed me a towel. "I thought that I left my umbrella. It's not dirty. I saw your face." "I tried to play it off. You know it's kind of weird, cause now you know where I live." "Yea. I'm not going to sneak in the middle of the night and rob you." "You're thinking about." I managed a smile. "You have a really pretty smile." "Thanks. You...you look really young." "That's all I get?" "I didn't know what else to say." "That I'm handsome. The best looking guy that you've ever seen." "Then I would be lying." I laughed. He stopped at my house. "You're going to the party?" he asked. "Yea. See you there."
Hello, Mr.Sway." Maria said running out of my house. "Hi,Maria." "What are you doing here?" "Dropping off Lila from tutoring." "OK." "Bye. See you at the party." he directed towards me, then left.
"What were you guys doing in tutoring?" "Tutoring. What are you going to be for the party?" "A school girl, but I think that you should do that." "Why?" "So you can look good and become Mrs. Washington (Keith's last name)."Oh no. Me aand him broke up." "Then why did you get this text?"
Keith♥: hey, love. mayb we can go somewhere after the dance. i'm going 2 b prince charming so dress up like cinderella
You: not goin 2 happen. i'm still mad at you. mayb heather can b cinderella.
Keith♥: babe. i already told u that she don't mean nuthin. pls b my happy ever after? :'(
I blocked him from my phone and took the heart off of his name. "Why did you go throuhg my phone?" I asked Maria. "I thought maybe you can have something short and cute. I am so jealous of your legs. We also need something to bring out your eyes." I have really dark green eyes. People think they're oh-so-beautiful. I'm used to them, so I don't hink much of them. "I'm going to be Princess Jasmine. Stay right there I'm going to put it on."
When she came out, she really looked like her. Her long black hair just needed to be fixed. " I picked out 3 costumes for you. They all show your legs." I frowned. "You have great legs. Go try them on. The first one was a shorter version of Minnie mouse. "I hate it." I said. "Fine. Go try on the second one." I was Alice in Wonderland. Again it was short. "No." I said. "I think you'll like the last one. The shoes cover up a third of your legs." I was Robin Hood. The boots did cover up my legs. "I love it. But I'm going to have to cover up. If my dad and mom see this they're going to flip." I put on some jeans and a plaid shirt." I took the cowboy hat my uncle gave me and I looked like a cowgirl.

"You guys look wonderful." my mom said, "You just need to cover up." she told Maria. "This is how it goes." "OK. Well I'll see you guys probably tomorrow. Don't be out to late." "Bye, Mom."

Chapter 2

There was flowers, and lions and bananas. I seen Heather. She had on a brown, Indian type, bra. With a really short brown skirt. She walked over to me. "Hey." she said, "Can you guess who I am?" "A really ugly version of an Indian." I said. "No. I'm Pocahontas and my John Smith is over there." There was a guy with a blonde wig on getting punch. When he turned around I almost died. It was Keith.
"Here." he said to Heather. He looked at me. "You look nice. You could've been in this costume. But my baby look good." he kissed her. I ran out. I bumped into somebody, but I didn't care. I sat in the bleachers outside. Mr.Sway came running after me. "What's wrong? You bumped me really hard." "I've seen Keith kiss a lot of girls, but this just felt.. different. Like he loved her and wasn't going to stop loving her." Tears came down. I thought me and Keith would be together forever. "He's a jerk. If he doesn't love you enough to keep fighting for you, he's not worth it. Anybody would be lucky to go out with a beautiful representation of Robin Hood." He wiped away a tear. Our eyes met. His dark blue eyes and my dark green eyes. Then our lips met. It was the best kiss I have ever had. We didn't let go until we heard Maria calling my name. "Hey. Forget him, OK? Come on." "I'll be there." She left. "Thank you for everything you said." "Well I meant it. If I was 17 or if you where 23, I would go out with you." "We can though." "What?" "Just a thought. Maybe we can keep it a secret." He kissed me. "That was my answer?" I asked. He smiled, got up, and left. "That was my answer." I whispered.


"Princess Jasmine' a.k.a Maria was belly dancing. Well trying to. She was drunk. I got her down. "How did you get drunk so fast?" "George gave me some." "Want some?" George handed me some. "No thank you. "Come on." Maria said. I took it and rank the whole thing. It was pretty good.
5 drinks later I was dancing on the table. Most of the teachers had left so it was mostly students. The principle was probably in his office smoking. I caught him once. I almost pulled up skirt when, Mr.Sway came. "Come on." "Why?" "Just come on." He dragged me to his car and put me in. We drove. "I don't want to go home like this." "What drunk?" "Yea. My mom is a heavy christian and doesn't like drinking. Her old husband came home drunk and she got divorced. She went back to my dad though. Can I come to your house?" "No." "You seen mine so now I should see yours." "Alright."
His house was on a beach. That's probably why it took us so long. He carried me to his room and laid me down. "Mr.Sway?" "Matthew." "Lay with me." He did. "You do know that you're going to forget everything, right?" "You'll just have to remind me." We fell asleep.

I woke up to the smells of bacon and a massive headache. Mr.Sway , Mathew, put some clothes on a chair. I had on a pair of pajama pants and a t-shirt. My costume was also on the chair.
"Hey." I said walking into the kitchen. "Hey." "What happened yesterday?" "You got drunk, didn't want to go home, so brought you here." "What about my parents?" "I sent them a text through your phone saying that you was spending the night with Maria." He put a plate in front of me. 2 pieces of bacon in a smile and 2 donuts as the eyes. "How cute." "Did you see the clothes I got you?" "Yea. They're really cute." "I looked at magazine." "You did good." "I got to have mt girl looking good." I smiled.
Luckily he got to school before everyone. So I had enough time to spend with him. I hoped on top of his desk. "Can we go somewhere tonight?" "Where?" "The park. Somewhere." "We can get some ice cream and go for a walk." I gave him a kiss. Maria walked in. "Whoa." she walked out and I ran after her. "Maria." "What?" "You saw?" "No duh. Why though? He's 23 and you didn't seem to fond of him." "He's really sweet and I want to get to know him. Please don't tell anyone." "I won't. But if he hurts you," "I know." I walked back into the classroom. "She's cool." "Good. Couldn't risk losing my job and you." Students started coming in so I went to my locker. When I got there Keith came. "Where's Heather?" "She's sick." "Probably got it from you." "No. She sick of me. I kept looking for you." "When?" "When you left. When that dumb Mr.Sway got you." "I got drunk and he asked my parents to come pick me up." "I have never said this to another girl, but Lila I love you. I broke up with Heather right before I got here. Please stay." "I have a boyfriend . He goes to Johnathan High." "What's his name?" "Mathew." "Oh. Can you call me?" "Deleted your number so I don't know it." " OK." The tardy bell rang and he walked away. Mathew came and put his arms around my waist and kissed my cheek. "You need to get to class." "You do to. Your tardy Mister." I turned around and put my arms around his neck and kissed him. We heard whistling and let go. "Grab my arm." I whispered. He did. "Miss.Davis and Mr.Sway what are you doing?" Principle Randy asked. "He was taking me to class." "OK. Be on time next time." He laughed. I looked at Mathew and he laughed. "Something funny?" Principle Randy asked. "No, sir." I said in a deep voice and Mathew laughed. Principle Randy used to be in the navy, so didn't think that my solider voice was that funny. "I don't think you want to keep those kids waiting, Mathew." We walked away.


"OK. I found her, so settle down." Everyone went to their seats. Maria texted me.
Maria;D: tryin 2 have a lil ALONE time w\ Mr.Sway?
You: he came and got me. p.randy came though.
Maria;D: awww :'(. poor baby
You: thanx 4 ur sympathy.
Maria;D: ur welcum. i'm here 4 u.
I got a text not from Maria, but someone else.
555-7643: hey it's keith. meet me by the janitors closet. pls
I put my phone up and raised my hand. "Yes?" he said. "Can I go to the restroom?" "Here you go. Don't be out to long." he smiled. I smiled and walked out the door.

When I got to the closet Keith was on his phone. "Hey." I said. "Hey. I looked up all of the Mathews in Jonhathan High and there is only one and he died two years ago." "He spells it with one T." "I tried that to and he lives in Jersey. If you don't have a boyfriend you can just tell me." "But I do." "Does he go here?" "No." "You looked away which means your lying. I'll find out." He walked away and so did I. Keith is smart. Smart enough to figure out who I'm dating. And if he did that me and Mathew couldn't be together.
As I was walking back to the classroom I thought of Mathew and me. We're perfect and I actually feel like I'm in a relationship and Keith is going to try to mess that up. He never tried to be in a relationship with me before and now he's trying at the wrong time.
I sat down at my seat. All I heard was the bell and I dashed out of there. At lunch Mathew called me. "Hello." I said. "Whats wrong with you?" "Nothing. I can't really talk right now. Principle Randy is eyeballing me." "Come down to my room. We can be alone." "OK." I hung up."I'm going to go to Mathew's room." I told Maria. "I feel hurt that you're leaving me. No, I just playing. Go see your boyfriend." she laughed and I left smiling. He is my boyfriend.

I knocked on his door. "Come in." I heard him say. He was typing on the computer and when he saw me he turned it off. "Lock the door." I did just as he told me. He went through his drawers and pulled out a little pink box with a purple bow on it. He handed it to me.I put my tray down and opened it. It was a dog tag. "It has my name, birthdate, my favorite book. And on the back it says, 'You will always be in my heart.' So where ever you go, I'll be there" "Do you have one?" "Yes. Lila Desire Davis. Born September 1st, 1995. Favorite book is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." "How did you know?" "You bring it in everyday." I kissed him. Then he sat me on his desk and he put his hand on my leg. There was a knock at the door. I took my stuff and hid under his desk. "Mathew. You have been tutoring, Miss. Davis, is that correct?" "Yea." "Do you have feelings for her?" "No. I just tutor her." "Um. You do know that you could go to jail for having a relationship with her?" "I know the law and we're not dating. She is pretty, but I wouldn't do that." "OK. I'll be watching you and Miss.Davis." he looked at his dog tag and walked out. "He saw them." I said. "He didn't say anything. He probably doesn't want to." I sat on his lap and wrapped his arms around my waist. I kissed him and sat there.

Chapter 3

After school I went to my 'tutoring'. But I had to go to my locker first to get my jacket and bag. A note fell. It said: Meet me in the gym. Keith.
When I got there Keith was sitting down. "What do you want?" I asked. "I know who you're dating and I don't like it." "Please don't tell anyone. If you do, Mathew could go to jail and I think, no I know, I love him." "How old is he?" "You should know. You looked him up." "I want you to say, so you know what you're doing." "He's 23." "Really?" "Yea. Wait, did you look him up?" He stood there. "No. I said I did so you could tell me." I felt my heart jump to my throat. "WHAT?!" I got loud, "WHY? THIS WAS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE MY BOYFRIEND WHEN WE WHERE TOGETHER, BUT YOU WANT TO BE NOW! GO BACK TO HEATHER! SHE'S YOUR PRINCESS! MATHEW IS MY PRINCE AND YOU WILL NOT STOP THAT. IF YOU TELL ANYONE I SWEAR THAT I WILL MAKE SURE YOU DON'T TALK AGAIN!" He tried to hug me. "Don't you dare touch me." Mathew walked in. "Whats wrong?" "Nothing. Just talking to Lila. It doesn't concern-" he stood there with wide eyes, "YOU!" he ran up to him and punch him right in the jaw. "STOP IT OR I'll GO GET PRINCIPLE RANDY!" Keith stood back. Mathew held his jaw. I walked up to Keith and slapped his cheek hard. I walked out with Mathew holding his jaw and Keith holding his cheek. This was not a good day.


When I got home my little sister, Lily was sitting watching t.v. "How was school?" "Good." I had anger in my voice and she could tell cause she followed me to my room and shut the door.
"Is it your 23 year old Mathew! My new teacher of 2 years." she flapped her eyelids. "HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?" "Don't have to yell, but I saw a page in your diary that said; Mathew is really sweet and cute. Blah blah blah. Even though he's 23 I still love him and I know that he loves me." "You little snoop." "You left it open. Don't worry,I won't tell. Is he cute?" "Very. I'll ask him to send me a picture." I did and he sent me one and it also said: park @ 4. pick u up l8r. i love u.
"Aww. He loves you. And he is cute. If it don't work out between you guys, I'll go after him." "He wouldn't go out with a fourteen year old that sleeps with a teddy bear." "He went out with you so he'll go out with me." I pushed her out the bed. Me and my sister are close. If I could pick two people to come somewhere with me it would be Maria and Lily.
When my mom came home she put her groceries down and came straight to me. "Keith told me you broke up with him." "Yea." "With an adult. A 23 year old. Is that true?" "No. He's just mad cause I broke up with him. He wants me back, but doesn't know what to do." "I hope not. I'm going to go somewhere. I'll be back." "I'll be back." I went upstairs to get on the school's website, www.WHS.com. I had a new friend request from Mathew. Every student had at least one teacher as their friend and Mathew was going to be mine. Maria was online, but I didn't feel like talking. I went to Mathew's page. His profile picture was him and a lady and his relationship status said, in a relationship. So I changed mine. Right when I did Keith posted a comment.
Swag_Keith: ur relationship is illegal
I posted back.
LilyLila: but we're not together so it's not ur business
I changed into a pair of shorts, a black t-shirt, and a pair of converses. Four o'clock came by fast. "Mom. I'm going to the park with Maria be back soon." I texted Maria that if my mom calls tell her we're at the park.
Mathew opened and closed my door. "What park are we going to?" "You'll see." We drove for a long time. And we finally got to a park. The zoo.
We saw lions, and bears, and penguins. "Lets go see the elephants. They're my favorite."
He held my hand and I rested my head on his shoulder. "Mathew." "Yes." "I love you." "I love you, to." I gave him a soft kiss. As we kissed the elephant sprayed us with water.
"I'll buy us a t-shirt. Wait here. I'll be back."
He walked away and stopped in front of a beautiful lady. She had caramel skin, long lack hair, and hazel eyes. He smiled and hugged her. She kissed his cheek and they talked some more. I didn't want to be the girlfriend that needs to everything, but I wanted to know this. By time I got over there she was leaving. "Who was that?" "An old friend. She was my best friend until high school. Became a big pain in the butt and became a cheerleader and thought she was the stuff." "Oh. Let's go get that shirt."
When I got home mom and dad where kissing on the couch. "Hey." I said. "Hey, honey. Lily's at a friends house, so I guess it's just us 3." "No thank you. Can I use your car?" "You don't have your licence." "I have permit." "Not enough." "I promise I won't drive to fast to slow. I will stop and go wherever I need to. Please?" "Give her keys." mom said. "Thank you. Love you, bye."
I drove to Mathew's house. There was screaming. "You're what?!" a woman screamed, "I've been in Brazil and you find another girlfriend? Who does that?" "I do! I love this girl and I want to be with her. You're just going to have to face it." Mathew yelled. "No." I knocked on the door. She opened the door. "Come in,Lila." Mathew said. "So this is Lila." she said like she knew me, "You look really young and familiar. Where you at the zoo?" "Yes." "Is this the girl you leaving me for?" "What?" I asked, "You where going out with her?" "Yes he was. I went to Brazil for the Carnival. I come back and he tells me that he has another girlfriend." "You where cheating on her with me?" I felt like the other girl. I tried to fight back tears, but they came anyway. "Please don't cry. I didn't mean to hurt you." "But you did. I feel like I'm being used." "He's mine girl." I began to walk out the door. Mathew grabbed my arm. "I don't want to lose you." The tears kept coming and I kept walking.


The next morning I put on a pair of black yoga pants, a t-shirt, and a pair of shoes.I felt so miserable that I didn't care what I put on.
"You look horrible." Lily said walking into my room. "That's how I feel. Mathew has a girlfriend that was in Brazil." "Really?." "Yea. So right now, I don't care what I wear." "Let me at least fix your hair." I sat down. "You know he loves you." "Yea." "Well, maybe he was so blinded with you, that he forgot about her. What was happening when you got there?" "A lot of screaming. He said, 'I love this girl and I want to be with her. You're just going to have to face it.'" "He was telling her that they're done and he wants you." "I know that, but-" "But nothing. You need to forgive him and forget this. He loves you and you love him." I couldn't believe it. She was right. But I couldn't forgive him just yet. He still did it.
When I got in the car with Maria, I just started crying. "What's wrong?" I told her everything. "He had what?" "Another girlfriend." "Whoa." "I know."
We drove in silence. I didn't feel like talking. That would just bring more tears.
"Skip class with me?" I asked Maria when we got to school. "Can't. My mom is on my case for getting a F in math. So I got to go." "Give him this." I ripped the dog tag off and out it in her hand. "I can't" "You can. Give it to him." I walked with Maria and stood outside of the door.
She walked in and put it on his desk, then sat down. He picked it up and his face turned white. He looked at the door and saw me. Then he slammed his fist on the desk and scared everyone. I ran off.
I sat in the bleachers of the gym and checked my messages.
Mathew♥: i'm sry. pls 4give me. i luv u
I played Temple Run until the doors of the gym opened. Mathew.
"Class is over." I got up. "What's with this?" he asked pulling out the tags. "We're not together, so what's the point of keeping it?" "So you can keep me." "WHY?! I thought that since I was dating you that it would be different! It's not! You cheated on me to! I've been hurt once and you did it again! If I wanted this I would have stayed with Keith! But I didn't and that should have told you something! It should have told you that I'm deeply in love with my 23 year old, math teacher." I walked into his arms and cried my eyes out. He kissed my forehead and I felt a tear come down his face. And we stood there crying.


"Lily." I called her when school was over, "Tell mom I'm staying at Maria's." "You're staying with, Mathew?" "Yes. Don't tell mom." "I won't. Tell him I said hi." "Will do. Bye." "Bye." "Lily said hi." "Who's Lily?" "My baby sister. She's fourteen. I didn't tell her about us. She found out." "Oh. Me and you are going to have an early thanksgiving feast." "It's November second. Thanksgiving is in like 20 days." "You're going to be with your family and I'm going to be with mine. So why not do it now?" "Fine. As long as I help you cook." "Can you cook?" "I think so." "So that's a no?" I hit him lightly on the arm and he laughed. I smiled. "You have a beautiful smile. You should always smile." "With you I can't help smiling." "You are the sweetest thing ever." "I know. I know." "And cocky." "You need to stop talking about me." "Come on we're here."
"I'm going to go to the store and I'll be back." he said when we walked in the house. "OK." "Love you." "Love you to."
I was wondering why didn't he take me. He took me to the zoo where there are hundreds of people and the store has about 40. I am his girlfriend and I look about 20. I want to go out with him where he doesn't care who's looking as long as he has me. I went to his bedroom and looked at his picture. One was with an old lady and man, whom I thought was his parents. There was one of him as a little kid and on of me. My school picture from last year. I laughed. It was cute. I laid down.After a few minutes he came home. "Lila." "In here." He jumped in the spot next to me. "You need a new picture of me." "Really?" "Yea." He played in mt hair and I looked at him. Our eyes met. I gave him a kiss and he laid on top off me. "You are the best thing that has ever happened to me." I said. He gave me kiss and took my shirt off.


"I smell turkey." I said walking into the kitchen. "Turkey breast. Since it's just us, I didn't want to make a big turkey." I sat down in the chair by the sink. "Can I help?" "Yea. I was just going to make a cake. You can help."
When I was mixing the cake mix, Mathew put some flour on my face. "Now you look really nice." "Come here." "I don't trust you." "Come here." I put a lot of flour on his face. "It's Casper all grown up." I ran away. He grabbed me and picked me up. "Got cha." "yes you do Mr.Strong man." There was a knock at the door. "Go!" he whispered. I went into his room and shut the door. "Hello." he said. "hi." a familiar voice said, "I'm Lily. Lila's younger sister. Is she here?" I walked out. " What are you doing here?" "Mom and dad where snuggling again. So I found his house and came here." "How did you find my house?" "They have your address in the school records." "Because you are Lila's sister I won't tell on you." "what happened to your face?" "Flour." me and Mathew said at the same time.
"You want to come in?" "Duh!" "Don't be rude." I said. "I think she's cute." "See. He thinks I'm cute."

"You are a great cook." Lily said to Mathew. "Well thank you. What grade are you in?" "Ninth. So next year you will have me in your class hopefully." "I'll try." Her phone vibrated. "I'm safe.-With Lila.-OK.-Alright.-Love you, too.- Bye. Mom says that I have to come home." Oh. Can I stay?" "She thinks that you are spending the night, so no. I going to go. Have a good time, but not to good of a time." "K. Bye." "Bye." "your sister is pretty cool." "She likes you. That's a good thing." "Yea. Come on. Time for bed." I laughed.

Chapter 4

"Whats 2 plus 2 times 4, George?" Mathew asked. "16." "That's algebra. So this isn't hard. You just need to focus and learn your time tables." Everyone laughed. There was a knock at the door. "Come in." Police officers. "Are you Mathew Sway?" "Yes." "You are being arrested for having a relation with a minor." "Excuse me?" he said. I tried to hold back the tears and the words, but I couldn't. "Stop! Leave him alone." I walked out and ran right into Mathew's arms. "I love you." I said. "I love you, too. Who would do this?" he asked. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Keith, Mathew's ex-girlfriend, my mom, and dad. "I think I know who." I lead him over there. "How could you?" I asked Keith. "I didn't call. Your sweet parents made the call. I just told them." "Really?" I asked my mom. "Yes." she said, "He's 23 years old. He's 6 years older." "And?" "You sick bastard." my father said walking up to Mathew, "That's my daughter! My 17 year old daughter." "And I love her." Mathew went back. My dad went up to him and punched him where Keith did. This made Keith smile. The officers broke it up. "Before anyone else gets hurt," the officer said, "Lets go." "I'm going with him." I said. "I can't do that." the officer said. "We'll take her." mom said. She had to drag me away from him. My mom kept talking, but I tuned her out. I didn't care, I just wanted Mathew. He was my everything and Keith didn't understand that. He sat next to me and kept staring. "Can you stop staring at me?" "I did this for us you know?" "Us? You didn't even want there to be an 'us' when we was together until you found out that I moved on. Get that through your head. We. Are. Never. Ever. Ever. Getting. Back. Together. Was that good enough for you to hear?" "Yea."
We rode in silence. We drove to my house. I ran up my stairs and laid face down on my bed crying my eyes out. Lily came in and played with my hair like Mathew did. That made me cry even more. I ran to my trash can and threw up several times. I laid down. "Are you OK?" "My throat burns and I have a nasty taste in my mouth." "I'll get you some water." "I'll go." i said. We walked down the stairs. Everyone was here. "Hi, sweetheart." mom said. "Hi." I went to the trash can and threw up some more. I felt horrible and my love was going to jail.


*1 WEEK LATER*

Today was the trial. I cried. If this trial went astray, he could go to jail. "Can I fix your hair?" Lily asked. "You love my hair." "I really do." "Sure. Come on." "You're going to be OK." "I know." "I like Mathew. I hope he doesn't go." "Me to." "Alright. Come on."
Mathew hugged me tight. "I can't breathe, honey." "I'm sorry. I just miss you." "It's OK. I miss you to." "All rise for the Honorable Judge David." the bailiff said. "You may be seated." Mom motioned me to sit next to her, but I sat behind Mathew. "Plaintiff, present your case." "Your honor, Mr.Sway has taken the advantage of a 17 year old girl. For all we know he could have raped her." Rape? That word repeated itself in my mind. He would never do that. "This sort of action should be terminated." He walked toward the judge. "Do you have a 17, 16 year old child?" He and the judge raised their hands. "Who would want their child to date a guy that is 6 years older than them?" They put their hands down. "My point exactly." He sat down. "So you guys would keep your child from the love of their life?" My lawyer said standing up. "If the love of your life is way older than you yes." He had a point, but I didn't want the judge to figure that out.
"Lila is a harmless teen-" "In a harmless love." my lawyer said. "This case goes to trial." My mom clapped her hands and said thank god. My dad went to the lawyer and shook his hand. Me and Mathew held each other crying. "Mr.Sway." the judge said, "You are not to see or speak with Miss.Davis before the trial." "What about school? I do have a job." "It's called a substitute. Get one. You have 10 minutes." He left. "We're going to win." he told me. "I know." But in my heart I didn't.

After 10 minutes my mom came. "Come on, Lila." I kept sitting there in his arms. "Now, Lila!" her voice was stern, so I got up. "I got to go." "I know." "I don't want to." "Me either." "Lila." my mom called. I got up and left. I held the dog tag in my hand.
Maria was standing outside my house. "It's freezing out here." I said. "I know, but I had to talk to you." "Come in."
We sat on my bed, drinking hot chocolate. "At school, Heather is talking all stuff about you. Like how she may go out with a lot of boys, but this tops the chart. And how you only did this so you could pass the grade." "If people believe that, they can. But it's not true." "I know, but now everyone is just waiting for you to come back. Gina Melray said that she should've tried that since it's her 3rd time in 11th grade." "That ain't gone help her. She to ugly." We laughed. For the first time this wee, I laughed.

"Maria, are you staying for dinner?" my mom asked. "No. I'll see you later. He'll be fine." "Thanks." I walked her down to the door, then sat down at the table. Mom sat the food down and we ate. "So, are you going to school tomorrow?" Lily asked. "I don't know. I don't think I can handle math class anymore." "Yes you can, Lila. Now you can focus." mom said. "How can I focus? My family, except for Lily, hates my boyfriend and called the cops on him." "He's not your boyfriend." Dad finally said, "He is a sick and twisted person. He took advantage of you. What has done to you? Have you guys had sex?" "No." my voice cracked like it does when I lie. Lily looked at me. She knew I was lying.
"Lila, don't lie. If you had we can use this against him." Mom said. "I don't want to use this against him. That's the thing you guys don't understand. I love Mathew and I won't stop!" I got up and walked outside and continued to walk.

My legs made it's way to Mathew's house. My fingers felt like they where going to fall off and my nose was runny. I knocked on the door. "Lila. Come in. What are you doing here?" "I was angry at my parents, so I came here." He got me a blanket and some hot chocolate.
"You can't be here." "I know, but ain't no cops here." "They check on me. Just to see what I'm doing. If I'm calling you, talking to you, having you here." I felt bad and I think Mathew knew cause he hugged me and said, "It's alright though. I was going to call you anyway." That made me smile. "There is that beautiful smile on a beautiful face." I pulled him closer to me and kissed him.


I woke up with Mathew's arm around me and 10 texts. Some from mom and dad. One from Lily and another from Maria.
Mom: where r u
Mom: where r u. i just wanted u to b safe
I started reading Dad's texts.
Dad: me and ur mom r very worried. pls come home
Maria;D: ur mom called me. i told her that u were here. i feel really bad 4 u.
Lily!: r u ok. i really hate mom as much as u do. don't be far.
"Your family don't know you here?" Mathew said scaring me. "No. They made mad yesterday. They're asking me questions like what we've done, so they can use it in court." "I don't want to go." he said. I had forgotten that the court day was tomorrow. "I don't either." there was a knock on the door. Mathew looked at his clock. "Go downstairs and go into a small room. Lock the door and stay there until I come and get you." I did as he said.
It took a few minutes, but Mathew came and got me. "What was that about?" I asked. "The police. They came by to check." "What did-" my question was stopped by a nasty and burning feeling in my throat. I ran to the nearest trash can and threw up 4 times.
"You feeling OK?" "Yea. Gre-" I threw up again. "We need to get you to a doctor." "No. I'm fine really. Just stressed out, so I feel really sick. I just need to relax." "You can relax with me and some peanut butter." "K."
Me and Mathew laid on the couch, watched old black and white movies, and ate peanut butter out the jar. When Frankenstein went off my phone went off. "Hello." I said. "Where are you?" It was Mom. "You wouldn't care." "Sweetheart, I do. Your school called me asking why you weren't there. Are you with that man?" "No, mama." my voice cracked again. "Where are you?" "I'm.." I had to think quick, "In the gym at school. It was to hard to go to math class." Well go to class. I want you to." K." "Bye." I hung up.
"Your mom?" Mathew asked. "Yea. Wanted to know where I was." "You are with the man of your dreams." "I sure am." He gave me a kiss. I moved closer to him. He rubbed his hand on my back. The doorbell rang. "I'm going." I told him.
I saw my phone on the coffee table. I cursed under my breath. "Came I come in?" the officer said. "Yes." This was the officer that got my dad off of Mathew. He walked in and went straight to Mathew's bedroom. I slipped in and got my phone. Mathew saw me. "What are you doing?" he mouthed. I should him my phone and he nodded his head. I went downstairs and waited on him. It took him a while, but he finally came.
"What were you thinking?" he asked while going up the steps. "I had to get my phone or the officer would have saw it and told someone." "He saw you." "ME? How?" "I don't know. You took to long? He said he'll give me a warning and he won't tell. He said he knows what it's like to be in love." Thank you, God. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." I felt tears coming, but I didn't want to. "It's going to be OK. Now, where were we before we where rudely interrupted."


"Wake up, beautiful. You have to get ready for trial." "Five more minutes." "Come on." "OK. I'll walk home." "No. It's cold." "I'll be fine and if my mom sees you, she'll freak." "You sure?" "Yes honey." "Be careful.I'll see you later." I kissed him on the cheek and left.
"Hey,Maria." "Hey. I thought you would be with Mathew." "I was. But I wanted to talk to you." I called her to walk with me and to talk. "Why? You've been M.I.A. Why now?" "You're my best friend." "So? You don't act like it. I got your parents calling me asking me if you're there. I'm over here lying and feeling bad!" "Feeling bad for what?!" "Because your parents are trying to protect you and love you."
By taking the person I love away from me. That's not love. And you say that I've been M.I.A? Where was you ween I was in court or at home crying my eyes out? The only time you came to see me was to talk about what Heather was saying 'bout me. You just want everybody not to talk about you and since my relationship has started and people found out about it you don't want to be talked about either. I'm your best friend and you promised me when we met that I could count on you like 432. Well, right now I can't." "You over here lying to everybody. Saying you going to my house and you not. You over at Mathew's house for hours." "Is that what this is about?! You're jealous of Mathew and can't stand that there is someone that I spend time with other than you? I still want to hang out with you. If you had a boyfriend, you would be in my spot right now. And it is NOT a spot you want to be in." "Whatever. I hope your so-called-boyfriend goes to jail and gets rape by his cell mates." I slapped her and ran home. I barely could see.
My mom greeted me with a hug. "Lila. Don't ever do that to me again." "OK. I'm going to get ready."
I took a long hot shower to clear my head and got dressed. Jeans,a t-shirt, a pair of boots,and my coat. Lily did my hair as usual and we left.

Mathew was the first person I saw after the press that was all in my face. "Come on. They don't need to know anything." "Thank you." "Maria came by my house and told me that she don't like all the time I have been spending with you, but she does care that I care about you." I didn't tell him about our talk. I didn't want to tell anyone yet.
Mathew leaded me to our seat. Lily sat by me to. "Lily?" mom called. Lily ignored her and mom dropped it.
"Please rise for the honorable Judge David." the bailiff said. "You can sit. Plaintiff." The other lawyer stood up, fix his jacket, and walked up in front of the court.
"I just want this girl to be safe and this man behind bars. We don't want this man to go around doing this thing to other girls." I couldn't believe that he was saying this! Mathew would never do this to anyone. He's the perfect man for me.
"I call Lila Davis to the stand." I got up slowly. Said the oath and sat down.
"So, you and Mr.Sway have been dating for a while, right?" I nodded. "Why did you date him?" "My ex-boyfriend cheated on me and Mathew comforted me. We started dating and I fell in love." He smiled and I returned it back.
"But your seventeen. Isn't that a little young for him?" "We didn't care about age. We loved each other." "Did you guys have an sexual relationship?" "No." I lied. My voice cracked again. I'm the worst liar in the world. I noticed that he had a wedding ring. "Mr.Lawyer." I said, "How old is your wife?" "Well...29. Why?" "And how old are you?" "34." "That's, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34," I counted my fingers, "that's 5 years apart. Are you guys in love?" "Yes." "Then why can't I be in love with Mathew? You and your wife are 5 years apart." "Well," "You in love with yo wife and I'm in love with Matt and we 6 years apart. That's only 1 year more than you and yo wife."
The jury began to murmur. I had them wrapped around my finger.
"You told me earlier that you and Mathew didn't have a sexual relationship. Well I talked to your mom and she said that you have been feeling sick and throwing up. Why is that?" "I don't know." "OK. Lets just ask Mathew." I stepped down. "Is Matt my new pet name?" he whispered in my ear. "I guess so." I whispered.
Matt took the oath and the lawyer began asking questions.
"Why did you go out with Lila, even though she was seventeen." "She's almost eighteen." "Almost isn't enough." the lawyer said, "You still had a relationship with a minor." "I know but," "But nothing! What have you done to this girl?" "NOTHING! I wouldn't do anything to her. She's my world!" His eyes began to water, but he held back the tears.
"No more questions for him. But can we have a test on Miss.Davis to see if they have had sex." Matt sat next to me and I saw a tear come down.
"OK." the Judge decided, "You will have a test. 20 minute recess." What kind of test? I thought.


10 minutes later a woman with a suit on and a tight bun came and gave me a cup. "Pee in that and give it back to me. And this." It was a pregnancy test.
I did what she said. After a while the pregnancy test came back positive. I almost choked.
I gave the woman the cup and the test. She shook her head and walked down the hall.
Matt was getting a drink of water when I found him.
"Hey, honey." "I need to talk to you." "Whats up?" "Privately." "Oh." I took him into the empty court room. "I don't know how to say this." I began pacing back and forth. "Sit down." I did. "Tell me straight out." "You know how the lawyer made me do a test? I had to pee in a cup and on a pregnancy test. So I waited for the results and the results came
back...positive." "So, your pregnant?" "Yes." He sat there quietly. "I'm sorry." I said. "Why? This is wonderful." He picked me up and spun me around. "We are going to be a family." He gave me a kiss and put me down.
"What were the test results?" Lily asked. "I'm pregnant." I whispered. "Really? YYYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!" she screeched, "I'm gonna be an auntie." "You're having a baby?" a familiar voice asked. "Maria! You came?" "Yea. I thought about what you said and I haven't been there for you and you haven't been there for me. So we are even. And I'm sorry for what I said about Mathew gettin' raped." I gave her a big hug and sat down.
"Defendant." the Judge said. Our lawyer stood up. "Why would you terminate a love this strong? This is beautiful. It's not like she's in love with a gang member with a lot of tattoos, sells drugs, and running from the cops. She is in love with a guy who is sophisticated and mature man. Why destroy that?" The jury shook their heads in agreement. That was a good sign.
"There are sophisticated and mature seventeen

year olds in the world. What about her test?" he asked.
The lady that gave me the test came in with a piece of paper. She handed it to the bailiff and he gave it to the judge. He read it for a while and said: "She has not had sex with Mr.Sway." The bailiff gave it to the jury and they read it and shook their heads up and down.
"Hey." I called to the lady, "What did you do to the results?" "I just changed them. I'm head over the data and science stuff around here. I didn't want to see him go to jail. So I changed it." "Thanks. Ms?" "Barbra." "Ms.Barbra." She walked off.
"Can Mr. Keith Washington please come to the stand?" my lawyer said. No! I thought. Keith is going to give bad vibes and right now we need good vibes.
"What do you think of Mr.Sway and Lila's relationship?" "I think it's sick." "Mostly because she left you for a man that was older?" "Well yea. I was in love with her and she just tell me that she leaving me. It hurt. Really, really bad." "So if you and Lila hadn't have went out how would you have felt about their relationship? Remember that you are on oath and you are pretending that you guys have not dated." "Well they really love each other and they go good together." "So you're saying that they should be together?" "Yea." he admitted. "Thank you. No more questions." He sat down. The plaintiff sat there biting his lip.
"If you have no one else to speak to, I'm afraid this trial is over." He sat there and put his head down. "OK. We will let the jury decided and we'll come back." Everyone left. My mom ran to me and hugged me. "Thank you god for not letting this man have sex with her." "I know right." I said. I felt bad lying about this, but she would tell the judge.
"Come here." Matt whispered in my ear. I walked over to him. "Yes?" "We need to think of names. If it's a girl, we should have the initials be M.D.S or L.P.S or L.D.S" "You're actually excited?" "Why wouldn't I be?" "Some men don't want kids." "I'm not like some men." "And that's why I love you." I gave him a kiss and stopped when my dad started staring.
"You should name the baby, Lily." Lily said sitting besides me and Matt. "Now why in the world would I do that?" "Cause you love me." "Sure." "No, she's gonna name it Maria." "It?" I asked Maria. "Her slash him." I felt really happy. My sister, my love, my best friend in the whole wide world was supporting me through this time. It was a good feeling.
"Why are you smiling?" maria asked. "I'm just happy." "And that's good." Lily said, "Oh." I looked where she was looking. It was a group of college boys. "I'll be back." Me and Matt laughed.
"You have a very beautiful laugh." "Too bad I won't use it often." "Don't do that." He lifted my chin and looked me in the eyes, "We will be together. Keep your head up. Alright?" "Alright." "And if I do go. I'll always be in your heart." It was from our dog tags.
A man called us back into the court room. I stood there waiting to face his punishments.
The same man stood up. "With the charges of rape, we find the defendant not guilty. With the charges of having a relation with a minor, we find the defendant guilty."
"OK. 2 years." "2 YEARS!" my mom yelled, "HE'S SUPPOSED To BE IN THERE LONGER!" "2 years." I hugged him. Not that I was happy that he was going to jail but that he wasn't going for a long time.
"I'll see you later. I love you." "I love you, too." He left. I tried my best not to cry. My mom put her hands on my shoulder. I moved away. "Don't talk to me. Don't ever, talk to me.I'm not coming home." "Where will you go?" she asked. "She can stay with me. I'm getting an apartment next year." Maria said. "Thanks." "I just tried to keep you safe. Go. Go. I don't care. Get eaten for all I care."
"You may not like my choice, but you are going to have to accept it. I love that man. Lily does and so does Maria. Me and him are going to get married and have a beautiful family together. He's in jail! Are you happy now? You got what you wanted, right? For him to be there and my heart to break. Well, thank you. Thank you very much." I pushed past her. She wasn't gonna break me. Not this time.

Chapter 5

*5 months later*

My mom finally figured out that I was pregnant. She didn't tell anyone except my dad. Maria, Lily, and me are all living in a 4 bedroom apartment.It's pretty big. I've been visiting Mathew everyday and he's been helping me look at colleges.

"You should go there." Lily said. "Georgetown?" "Yea. It's big and pretty." "Wow. It's pretty." "That's what I said." I felt a little kick. "Feel here. He slash her kicking." "I feel it. You should really get an ultrasound." "I'm not getting one. I want Matt to be there." "Whatever." I did want an ultrasound, but Mathew had to be there.
Maria got home. "Sup. I brought Chinese."
We ate in on the couch by the t.v. "When you getting your ultrasound?" Maria asked, "You can see if its a boy or girl." "I want Mathew there. If he isn't, I just won't get an ultrasound." "Come on. You can't just think of a name at the top of your head when your at the hospital." "I can and I will." "You are so stubborn." "And?" "And I still love you though." "Thank you." We watched some more of Beetlejuice when my phone ranged. "Hello." "Hey, beautiful." "Matt?" "Yea. Come open your door. I have a gift for you." I got up and opened my door. Someone was holding a big teddy bear.
He showed himself. "Matt!" I leaped on him. We almost fell. "How did you?...When did you?" "I bailed him out." A familiar voice said, "I was raising the money for you." It was mom. "Thank you." I gave her a big bear hug. "I am fine with your choice." "I love you, mom." "I love you, too. I'm going to go. I'll see you later and take care of my daughter." "Will do."
"Look guys!" I yelled to Maria and Lily. "MATHEW!" Lily and Maria screamed at the same time. "Hey." He gave each of them a hug."How did you get out? Please don't tell me you escaped to see, Lila." "Your mom bailed me out." Lily laughed and Maria wasn't far behind.
"No, really. How you get out?" Lily asked between breathes. "Mom bailed him out." "Oh you're serious? Well, thank you mom." "Now you can go get an ultrasound. Lila won't get one unless you where there. Now you're here." "We can go now. It's four thirty. Did y'all go to school?" "Yes, honey. We've been going to school for the pass 5 months. Come on. I'll drive."
"You got a car?" he asked. "Yea. I got one and Maria got one. It was from her folks."
"OK."


We waited for about 1 minutes and the nurse finally came in and took us to the room. I laid there with my shirt up.
"How old are you?" "17." "This must be your father. Hi. I'm Dr.Louis." "And he's taken. He's my boyfriend." I said. "Oh. He must be the father then." "Duh." Lily said rolling her eyes. "OK." She put that cold gooey stuff. Then she looked at my baby. "She seems healthy." "She?" I asked. "Yes. You are having a girl." "Awww." Maria said. "Madison." "What?" Mathew replied. "Her name. Madison." "I like it." I gave him a gentle kiss and smiled. I was with my family and that is truly the greatest love of all.

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