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the car and left him where he stood. Johnathan took the one thing she held dearly. Her innocence. In a flash, it was gone. She felt so dirty. She felt alone. She was embarrassed. Furthermore, Lisa just knew that her parents wouldn’t believe her if she told them what happened. She was sure that they would think she was lying. Everyone loved Johnathan. He was the perfect guy.
    A few weeks later, Lisa thought her life was surely over. She found out she was pregnant. She cried alone for hours on top of hours. She and Johnathan hadn’t spoken a word to each other since that night. She wasn’t sure what he told his parents about why she had driven his car and, why he had gotten home so late and, frankly she didn’t care. She knew she had to do something, so she gathered up all the money she had saved and went to the clinic for an abortion. Abortion was something Lisa never, ever, thought that she’d ever do. However, she just couldn’t bare it. She couldn’t bare having to tell anyone what had happened, let alone that she was pregnant. So, she did what she had to do. The doctor at the clinic gave her a full work up before the procedure. Her parents just thought she had gotten the flu or something. A few days later Lisa got a call.
    “Hi, May I speak to Lisa Anderson?”
    “Yes, this is she.”
    “Hi Lisa, this is Mary from the Women’s health clinic.”
    “Yes.”
    “Well, we got the results back from your labs, and we have some information we need to discuss with you.” “Can you come down here as soon as possible, please?”
    “Sure, I can be there after school today.”
    “Perfect, we’ll see you then.”
    Lisa couldn’t imagine what they would have to tell her. She felt fine. The school day had finally ended and Lisa made it to the clinic and asked for the nurse. The nurse came out and took Lisa back to a private room.
    “Ok Lisa, there’s no easy way to tell you this, so here it is.” “Well, the reason I called is because the labs that we did on you came back and showed that you have an STD called gonorrhea.”
    “What!” “But, but I’ve only been with one person.”
    “Well, maybe you have but, looks as if your partner hasn’t, or he could have been born with it but, it is unlikely.”
    Lisa broke down in tears. She didn’t know what to do or what to think.
    “The good news sweetie is that we caught it in time and, it is curable.” Said the nurse. “We will put you on some antibiotics, and then have you follow up with us to retest in a few weeks,” “Ok?”
    “Ok.” Said Lisa
    “We do however need you to contact your partner and get him in here for treatment as well.”
    That was the last thing Lisa wanted to do but, later that day she called Jon and, sure enough, he admitted to sleeping with someone else. Lisa was absolutely distraught. The only guy she had ever loved, had raped her, cheated on her, and lied to her. So you can see why exactly she was always so desperately concerned about Aaliyah. She had never told her this story but, she was determined not to let anything like that to ever happen to her daughter.
     
     
     
                 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 9
    A couple of days had gone by with Aaliyah, avoiding Ray.
    “Hey Beautiful It’s Ray, I was just thinking about you.” “Hope everything is ok.” “Talk to you soon.”
    “Hey Aaliyah, I hope I didn’t do anything to offend you.” “If so, I’m sorry.” “I really would like to see you again.”
    “Hey, umm, I guess you’re busy, hope to hear from you soon.”
    He had sent her text after text, call after call. She just hadn’t figured out how to have the waiting until marriage conversation with him yet. Every scenario in her head ended with him saying nice knowing ya. It was the end of the day and Ray was determined to find out why Aaliyah was ignoring him. He knew that Aaliyah liked to go to the Library on Tuesday’s, so he gathered his stuff and went upstairs, and there she was.