“No,” Magan cried out in her sleep. “Leave me alone, stay away.”
“Honey, wake-up.” Her mother, Laura said as she came in the room and shook shoulder. Magan then shot straight up in bed.
“Mom? Why won’t it stop.” Magan said as she threw her arms around her mother.
“It will sweetie. Just give it time, it has only been a year.” Laura said as Magan pulled away.
“I need air. I’m going for a walk.” She said as jumped out of bed and stepped into a pair of shorts and a hoddie.
“But it is the middle of the night.” Laura said to Magan.
“I’ll be fine I won’t go far. Besides it is only eleven.” Magan said as she left the house.
When she got outside she saw four guys playing football in the street. She decided to ignore them, she really needed to be alone right now. So she headed in the other direction. But before she could go more that a couple of feet, she heard someone yell, ‘heads up.’
When she heard this she turned around and saw the ball coming her way. So she caught it and threw the ball back.
“Thanks,” the oldest said as he caught the ball.
“You’re welcome.” Magan said as she turned around and walked away.
“Hey, Scott, are you going to play or not?” Bob said when he noticed that Scott was just standing there starring after the girl.
“Yeah,” Scott said as he snapped out of it and threw the ball to his brother.
Why can’t I forget about it? Magan thought to herself as she turned the corner. It was as if he was always with her getting ready to leap at her. As she walked it all came back to her. The man she trusted, betrayed her. His name was Lex Brown, and he was her creative writhing teacher. He had asked her to stay after school one day to discus a story she had written. But after awhile of being in the room alone with him he started touching her. When she told him to stop he told her to shut up and threw her on the floor and raped her. After he was finished with her he just left the room, like nothing had happened. But Magan was not going to let him get away with it.
At the trial the judge and jury found him not guilty on the bases that it was her word against his, and they let him go back to teaching. All of the students also sided with Mr. Brown, because the girls all had crushes on him and the boys wanted to be like him. So after Magan got in to the third fight, her mother decided it was time to get away. And then they found out Magan was pregnant. They had live with Laura’s parents for awhile but Magan thought they were always judging her, and she overheard her grandmother say it was all Magan’s own fault, that she dressed like a slut and tempted him. So Magan convinced her mother to move somewhere where nobody new what happened. So here they were in Nashville, Tennessee. Trying to get on with their lives with a three month old baby girl. Chrissy was the light of Magans life. If it wasn’t for her Magan would have given up long ago.
Before Magan knew it she had turned the final corner home. She saw that the guys that were playing football in the street, were now sitting on their porch steps talking. As she walked by the house one of the guys jumped up and ran over to her.
“Hi,” he said. “I’m Scott. I just wanted to introduce myself since it seems we are now neighbors.”
“Hi, I’m Magan.” She replied.
“Well it is nice to meet you Magan. How long have you lived in the neighborhood?” Scott asked her.
“We just moved in last week. But I haven’t seen you guys around, when did you move in?” Magan asked.
“Oh we have lived here for a few years. But we have been on tour for the last couple of months.” Scott replied.
“On tour? Are in a band or something?” Magan asked.
“You mean you haven’t heard of us?” Scott asked her with a surprised look on his face. “ You have never heard of The Moffatts?”
“Wait a minute. You’re Scott Moffatt? Damn, why didn’t I regonize you?” Magan said.
“So you have heard of us?” Scott said.
“Of course I have. My little cousin, Kassi made me listen to your CD every time she would spend the night. And after a while I began to like it. I even bought the new album when it came out.” Magan said.
“Hey, Scott, are you going to introduce us to your friend?” Bob said as he and his brothers came up to them.
“Oh yeah I forgot you were out here. Magan, these are my brothers Bob, Clint, and Dave. Guys, this is Magan….” Scott trailed off not knowing Magan’s last name.
“Langton,” Magan supplied for him. “Nice to meet you all.”
“You too,” they all said.
“I really should be getting home,” Magan said.
“Yeah, we should be getting in too.” Scott said.
“I’ll see ya around,” Magan said as she turned and walked away.
“Dude, why don’t you ask her out?” Dave said to his brother.
“Because we just met, that’s why.” Scott said.
“Fine, I’ll do it for you.” Clint said as he started to call out to Magan.
“No, shut up. I’ll do it.” Scott said as he pushed Clint.
Scott then ran up to Magan as she was climbing the steps to her house. “Magan,” he said.
“Yes,” Magan said as she turned around.
“ I was wondering if you maybe wanted to hand out tomorrow?” He asked.
“I would love to.” Magan said.
“Okay, what time should I come by?” Scott asked her.
“How about eleven o’clock?” Magan said.
“Eleven it is then. I’ll see you then.” Scott said.
“See ya,” Magan said as turned to go inside and Scott turned to go home.
Once Magan was inside she locked the door and leaned against it. Am I ready for this? I haven’t let any guy get close enough in over a year. Can I let him get close? What will he think of me when he finds out I have a baby? What if he kisses me, can I let him? These thoughts ran threw Magan’s mind as she went up stairs to check on Chrissy, and then went to bed.
“Yes,” Scott replied trying not to give out to much information.
“Well… what did she say?” Bob asked as he leaned on the door frame.
“I’m meeting her at eleven.” Scott said as he laid down. Why can’t they just leave me alone. “Now can I go to sleep? That football game wore me out.
“Sure, you need you beauty sleep. You want to look perfect for your date.” Bob teased him as he closed the door behind him. As soon as he latched the door, he heard something thud against it. And he busted out laughing.
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