s"Vibbie! vibbie! wake up, wake up, WAKE UP!" Alice voice was the first thing i heard, and her face the first thing i saw. her usual confidence was gone, and in replacement--- was that concern? "Oh thank god vibbie!" she hugged me?? ok then, was i still knocked out i liked alice, she was bold and corageous: but i thought she absolutely hated me, like everyone else: right?
"Vibbibrinnia! i was so worried!" ok, i never thought i'ld hallucinate about Musera before, this is new. "Are you ok?" I blinked, wow if i didnt know any better i would of thought that was ember!
"Im fine." i croaked. "I just think the were-tigers beat me up, that's all."
"are you sure?" asked tina.
No, tina actually: in fact i kinda doubt it, but dont remind me. i nodded....
"Dont worry vibbie i'll sort those bas*ards out."
"ALICE!" Miele was not fond of profanities, but actually, i quite liked the term alice used to discribe them, and "sorting them out" sounded like a bruised for---- 7 bruises and 2 cuts. but i'ld rather do it myself.
picking myself up from the concrete pavement, next stop: Red fountain.
****


I went their alone, and without telling anyone, especially not veevee. i wanted to, but all i could manage was a stutter.
Pyshimar lopez opened his door and looked pained.
"So Pyshimar" i asked, suprising myself by speaking clear: "Which one of you--" I spoked like the air was water, smothering me word by word. "Which one of you. ok, i'll go straight through with it, what the hell did you do to me last night??"
"I dont remember much. i just remember a blur and feeling sick with myself afterwards...."
"good! you should be. anything else?"
"i might of went a bit too far last night-- but i cant even remember, and i feel terrible with-myself and---"
My jaw dropped. so it was official. "I should go to the police." i imformed him.
there was a even huskier edge to his voice than usual: "dont laugh! this isnt funny!" i slapped him. CRAP! his head really was hard. "Im sorry vibbibrinnia, but who do you think they'll believe? a hard-working, normal teen or a creepy loner-slave?" well, he had a point.
"Ok then, genius what if im pregnant? who hte hells gonna pay for an abortion?"
"I cant pay it! im broke!"
I smiled crudly as slyly as lady prudence would of wanted me too: "Oh well. i suppose i'll have to tell your girlfriend, my cousin veevee that you got me pregnant, and the tav will down on you like a tonne of bricks." or ten.
He rolled his eyes: "Your probably not actually----" hmm, seemed like pyshimar had his own version of the T word. "pregnant. and actually-" i shivered among the ice in the room. "how many fo your friends---"
"six, many seven." tears rolled down my cheeks, i clutched my stumach. i burst into tears. "oh god, dont cry. Please dont! im sorry, i was drunk and you looked pretty hot!" he tried to put his arm around me:
"Get away from me! I hope your happy. you just ruined my whole life!"
"well, there is a small chance that---"
what he called help, i called hurt: "Shut up! SIX TO SEVEN of your friends pyshimar! think about it!"
"What if i helped you?"
"Oh, looks whos getting all paternal you vile, sick----"
he put his finger on my lips. i blinked at his face, even through the blur of my tears, i could tell pyshimar was handsome, every girls dream come true, if you put caspian aside: but that didnt mean he wasnt sick. i was so angry, and then----- he kissed me. just one soft as silk pass between our lips. I would of been pretty thrilled--- oh yeah, except he just ruined my life......"You mysonistic jerk."
he grinned, "how old are you?"
"15--- no wait, for memory today's my 16th birthday."
"Im 18. your really that young?"
"I could be any age and i'ld still make you pay for what you did to me."
he laughed: "look vibbie, i'll cut you a deal. dont have an abortion, i'ld love for you to do that, but i really cant afford it. so, heres what we'll do. you dont tell everyone how much i---kinda like you" i snorted, was that meant to make everything better?: "or what i did to you. or that your p-p-pregnant. eat double your intake of food, your eating for two now. wear a lot of loose dresses, your gonna need to in a couple of months" he tried not to chortle. SICKO! "shame too. such a nice figure. oh well, you keep wearing really, really, really loose dresses--- not that you dont already dress like a granny. and in nine months time, rush to hospitable ALONE. and in return, i'll find a good adoption centre. it'll be nine months that flow by. deal?" he put his hand out.
i sniffed, this really meant a coule of minus numbers on my "strong woman" scale. but what choice did i have, break my cousins trust, end up having ot kepp the baby untill she/he's 18 and get a group of angry were-tigers on me? i sighed, still crying silently. like he said, it'll flow by, like usual, i'll probably have a nasty case of morning sickness, and pyshimar for once was right- i'll have to wear XXXL for a while, but after the pregnancy, i might manage to slim down to XL after a while. i could live with that compared to the other option. and then it'll just be a day out of my life, which might be slightly uncomfortable--- to say the least, but then it'll be over, i could forget it even happened. i shook his hand relluctantly. a crooked smile formed on the b******s face: "congratulations. have a nice day. and a lovely nine months."


You gotta help me out
It's all a blur last night
We need a taxi
'Cause you're hung over and I'm broke

I lost my fake ID
But you lost the motel key
Spare me your freaking dirty looks
Now don't blame me

You wanna cash out
And get the hell outta town
Don't be a baby
Remember what you told me

Shut up and put your money where your mouth is
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas
Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes now
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas

Why are these lights so bright?
Did we get hitched last night?
Dressed up like Elvis
Why am I wearing your class ring?

Don't call your mother
'Cause now we're partners in crime
Don't be a baby
Remember what you told me

Shut up and put your money where your mouth is
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas
Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes now
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas

You got me into this
Information overload, situation lost control
Send out an S.O.S.

Ha, and get some cash out
We're gonna tear up the town
No, don't be a baby
Remember what you told me

Remember what you told me
Remember what you told me
Told me, told me, oh yeah

Shut up and put your money where your mouth is
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas
Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes now
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas

That's what you get, baby
Shake the glitter
Shake, shake, shake the glitter
Gimme some cash out, baby
Gimme some cash out, baby


TO BE CONTINUED
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