• I sighed, sort of releived. I wish that my mother was still with me, but now I knew that she had faith in me. There was no way that I could ever believe that she didn't want me to go on with the baby. At least I knew what I was up against. My first real boyfriend had cheated on me as well...twice. He had actually gotten a girl pregnant, and now he was a father. I felt no ill will to him. In fact, I should be thanking him. Without his insesitivity, I would not have been able to choose to leave Nicolai.

    "Max, I wish that you could talk. I wonder what you would say." She said, falling back asleep.

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    Ian and Sean had come back about 20 minutes after I had went to bed, still arguing. They were quiet about it, probably trying not to give cause for gossip, but they didn't succeed.

    "You like her, Sean. Admit it. Why do you deny that?" Ian demanded.

    "Because, Ian, what would be the point? She wouldn't take me, not after this fiasco."

    "You don't know that. She could just need to calm down. That was a pretty big blow to her, you know." Ian pointed out.

    The hot Grabinski twin sighed."You're right, as usual. Do you know what she would say to me if I asked her out?"

    Ian shook his head. He didn't know anything about dating. He had never had a girlfriend.

    "Ok, I'll talk to her tomorrow. " Sean said, then he left to go watch some television.

    Ian went to check on Ayla. She was sleeping soundly, her two trusted hounds laying next to her. He wondered what had transpired in that little cabin to make Nicolai beat her so badly...
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    I woke up feeling refreshed and energized. There was nothing better in the world like waking up feeling good. I stretched, then i went to my dresser, looking for some clothes. I pulled out a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. Then i yanked a hoodie out of my closet. I was never without one.

    Laundry day at the cabin was hectic. There were only 4 washers and dryers, so that only four people could do their laundry. I was always the last one because i didn't have all that much laundry to do since i always wore my jeans at least twice before i wore clean ones.

    I made myself a sandwich while everybody was doing their laundry, seeing as I hadn't ate yesterday.

    From the corner of my eye, I saw Sean approaching me. I wonder what he wanted...