When tina came in and saw Bette trying to fix the broken coffee table leg in the living room she almost burst out crying. she couldnt be sick she cant be she should not be….Bette and Angelica cant take care of themselves, she had to be there for them always… they were her babies her loved ones. looking at Bette tina wanted to take back time. Bette looked up and grinned her trademark toothy smile  “just trying to get this thing….you know” tina nodded and sat beside Bette on the floor, then she spoke “Bette, i have to ttalk to you about something” Bette put her tools down, leaning she took both of Tina’s hands…”listening babe”.  “bette i have to go in to get some x rays and probably and maybe an MRI, i was just at Dr Jafari’s and she wants me to rule out anything serious” Bette felt like someone stabbed her with lightening…”what?…tina why did you go into Jafari’s in the first place” Tina told Bette about her symptoms. “Tina! why didn’t you tell me? why?” with that Bette couldnt stop the sob that came out…tina held her…”shhh Bette, i thought it was just fever symptoms but its important to just rule other stuff out ok babe?” Bette pulled herslef from Tina and looked her in the eye “Tina your fine, you are absolutely fine you dont have to go you dont have to” Tina kissed Bette and hugged her…then holding both shoulders looked at Bette seriously “Bette… i must face the possibliy the chance no matter how slight it is that i might be really sick” Bette shook her head…”no…you cant be sick becasue i love you and angie loves you adn we need you”

 Meanwhile Angelica was having a horrible day at school. Ever since she started she had made absolutely no friends. When she first came in the first class she had a chance though, there were a group of girls who looked alright but shyness directed angelica to the furthest desk by the window. that was the wrong thing to do. it was classified as the “uintouchable” deskk for some bizarre reason Angelica had never found out. Head straight looking at the blackboard Angelica focused on the work, it didnt help to make friends…at the cafeteria she had got her food…looked at the full tables…and opted to hide in the girls washroom and quickly eat before people came in. And then today God must have msiled at her…because Shad passed her in the hallway..angelica was delighted “SHAD!! what are you doing here?” Shad smiled and said he went to an alternative program…angelica walked beside him slowly down the hall. it was great having this tall handsome boy walk beside her…Angelica could see other girls looking. Great PR. when they passed a group of girls Angelica hated though things changed. One of the girls looked a tShad and immediantly swaggered over, she started talking real playful like asking questions. Angelica felt her hackles rise….even though angelica was most of the time crippled with shyness, surliness, and was cursed with selfccentered she had the capability to have strong feeling for the people she cared about. Angelica loved her parents, even though they bugged the ***** out of her she sometimes looked at them and affection burst her heart. of course she didnt let this on, that wasn’t cool. that was geeky mama’s boy. And seeing this snotty ***** make moves on her man….nah no shyness could stop the anger rising, she saw spot she actually saw spots. In her best growl she looked at the girl and said ” back off *****” The girl looked at her like Bozo the Clown just mooned her…”what you say?” “you heard me back off”   “oh yeah? little mulatto girl is gonna do what if i dont?” With that angelica lunged. Summer kickboxing classes gave Angelica the muscle, the drive, and hte quickness. the girl was startled but brought her claws up to scratch…angelica punched the girls wrist and with a tight right plowed the bridge of her nose, blood spurted like fountain and the girl screamed clutching her face, Angelica did a lightning quick round a about and kicked the girl…she went flying to the ground. by that time teacher came running and one grabbed Angelica into a headlock. Shad had disappeared but Angelica could hear him laughing and cheering “thats ma girl Angel!” angelica grinned, she had his approval, she felt proud…the teacher holding her gritted   “your in big big BIG trouble young lady”