Ice (Shooting Stars 2)

"Right. I go and work on her and get her a date

and it all falls apart." "You know that wasn't her

fault."

"I know, It was mine," she screamed at him.

"Who else would you blame?"

"Nobody's blaming anybody, Lena."

"Leave me alone," she said. "I'm sick. I'm not

feeling good."

"Why should you after what you did to

yourself'?""

"You did it to me," she accused.

"Me?"

"You made me pregnant when I was young and

beautiful and had a chance. Cameron. And then you

promised to do things for me, but look at what you've

done... nothing. Nothing but tie a lead weight around

my neck.

"I'm drowning!" she screamed at him. Then she

seized her stomach, doubled over and hurried to the

bathroom.

He stood there looking after her, his face as

broken and sad as I had ever seen it. He felt my eves

and turned to my doorway.

We looked at each other.

Was I the weight Mama said was around her

neck? Did he hate for me to have heard such a thing? The pain in his eves was too great for me to

take.

I closed the door softly and returned to bed, to

the darkness and to the pursuit of fugitive sleep.

6 Out of Tune