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me, like she did this time, I am not walking away.”
    Her dad spoke up. “Surely you don’t expect mydaughter to let someone hit her and she not defend herself.”
    â€œNo, I am not. I am asking that she is not the aggressor.” Mr. Dayes responded.
    â€œMy daughter was not the aggressor this time. This other girl, who doesn’t ride my daughter’s bus, rode her bus home and hit my daughter before my daughter had a chance to get off of the bus.”
    â€œI understand that, and we have spoken to her about that and she won’t be allowed on any bus for at least a month.”
    After another few minutes of talking, they were free to go. Upon leaving the office, Brenda’s mother came walking up to them.
    â€œI just want to apologize for the stupid actions of my daughter. Ever since she found about, well anyway, she has been acting out and I am just glad my grandchild is ok.”
    â€œWell, I am sorry it became physical,” Cheryl’s mother said. “It’s just sad that two young ladies were acting like they didn’t have home training and settling it with violence.”
    Cheryl rolled her eyes at her mother for making an assumption, just as she had the day before.
    â€œAre you staying or do you want to go home?” her dad asked her.
    â€œNo sir. I already missed three classes today. I would rather stay.”
    â€œOk, see you later then,” he said and her parents started towards the parking lot.
    â€œGirl, what in the world is going on?” Dee started the questions as soon as she saw Cheryl.
    â€œNothing, I just can’t go around Brenda and vice versa, and I can’t ride the bus for a week. Have you seen Shaun today?”
    â€œNaw, why?”
    â€œI need to talk to him.”
    â€œIf I see him, I’ll tell him,” Dee said and they walked theirseparate ways. As she got her books from her lockers she heard people in the hallway talking about yet another girl being pregnant.
    â€œCan you believe it…her of all people?” said the girl with the braids and pink shirt.
    â€œEw, no. And who in the hell would want a baby with her. She sleeps with any and everybody.” Said the girl with the jeans so tight Cheryl could see her panty line.
    â€œWell, whoever it is; I bet he wished he would have worn a rubber.”
    She sat in class for a while and kept replaying the conversation in the principal’s office over and over in her head. She decided that the one person that knew all there was to know at this high school would be Dee. She knew everyone’s business and what she didn’t know, she found out.
    Cheryl didn’t see Shaun for almost a week but then he bounced up to her and wanted to take her to their favorite spot. She was a simple girl, and by her own admission, simple minded at times. She loved walking in the park with him and just holding hands and listening to birds sing their songs. She decided it was now or never.
    She steered him over to the park bench and sat on top of it.
    â€œShaun, have you heard what people are saying about you?”
    â€œYeah, so what, It’s just talk.”
    â€œIt doesn’t bother you?” she said as he sat down in front of her and she put her hands through his hair.
    â€œNo, you know how people talk.”
    â€œYeah, but they are saying that you got somebody pregnant. Now we both know it ain’t me, so why they saying that?”
    â€œI don’t know. Why don’t you ask them if you are all concerned?” he said as he turned around and looked up at her.
    â€œDon’t be getting all testy with me. I was just asking a question. Damn. Unless you keeping something from me.”
    â€œW-what is that supposed to mean.” He said as he jumped up from his spot on the bench.
    â€œNothing. God, can’t anybody joke around with you.” She said, grabbing his hand and pulling him close to her.
    â€œNot about that!”
    â€œWell, I