Breaking Dawn

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Authors: Donna Shelton
in to me and speaks in a low voice.
    ‘I’m sorry for freaking out on you and for the ultimatum,’ he says. ‘I want to be with you Dawn. If you’re happy, I’m happy.’
    This catches me so off-guard, I just stare at him like a dumb-ass. When finally I speak, I have only one concern. ‘Did you tell anybody?’
    He shakes his head. ‘No.’
    A wave of relief washes over me. Now if only I can find Perry and let him know. I’m sure he’s playing hooky because he thinks his secret will be all over the school by today. I need to find him, to tell him that everything’s okay.
    ‘Where is Perry, anyway?’ Brian asks, looking up and down the bus.
    ‘I don’t know.’
    What I do know is that I need to get off this bus and find Perry.
    When the bus drops us off at school, Brian wants to come with me, but I tell himthat it wouldn’t be a good idea. Instead, I have him take my bag and put it in his locker for me. I make my way off the school grounds without being noticed by any of the school staff and over to the city bus stop a few blocks away. The city bus takes me across town, where I get off at a stop about ten blocks from Perry’s house. I shove my hands in the pockets of my parka and walk along snow-covered pavements. At least the wind isn’t blowing bitterly today.
    I make it to Perry’s house safely enough and knock on his door. There is no answer. I knock again, this time even harder. I see the blinds shift and wait impatiently at the door.
    ‘Come on, Perry!’ I am cold and I’m not above begging. ‘I know you’re home!’ I knock again, even harder. ‘Come on, I’m cold, let me in!’
    The metal locks click and snap and the door is pulled open an inch. I push it wide and step inside. Perry is walking back towards the sofa, still in his pyjamas.I close the door behind me and go over to the sofa to sit with him. There is a half-empty bottle of whisky on the coffee table with a shot glass sitting next to it. I can’t tell if it is left over from his mom or if Perry is drinking this early in the morning. He definitely looks like hell.
    ‘I talked to Brian this morning,’ I start to say, watching him roll his eyes to the heavens. ‘He’s not mad any more and he didn’t tell anyone.’
    Perry just smirks. ‘That’s the least of my concerns right now.’
    Now I am confused and very concerned. I’ve never seen him so troubled before.
    ‘My mom is getting married again.’ He looks over at me. ‘To some asshole she met in the pub.’
    ‘I didn’t know she was dating anyone.’
    ‘She’s been off and on with him for almost two months.’
    Perry is looking around at everything except me.
    ‘Last time I saw him, he slapped me right in front of her and she didn’t say a word.’
    I can’t believe it. Why hasn’t he told me this before? I thought I knew everyone and everything in his life. Why didn’t I know this? Then almost like he’s reading my mind, he turns to me with a sickened look on his face.
    ‘You didn’t know because you were busy hanging out with Brian and his crowd. It’s been going on since then. That’s why I’ve been so moody.’
    Now I’m feeling guilty. I’ve been wrapped up in my own world, and I just didn’t see it when my friend needed me most. That just isn’t like me, and I hate myself for it.
    ‘Do you want to stay with us?’ I ask. This is a topic we’ve talked about before, but only as a ‘what if’ scenario. This time I am serious.
    ‘I don’t know, Dawn.’ Perry seems to be too weary to think about anything at all. ‘We would have to talk with your mom and dad first.’
    ‘Perry, they see you as a son.’
    I know
my
parents won’t have a problem with Perry moving in. I just don’t know if his mom would actually let him go. ‘My mom and dad think the world of you.’
    ‘I know.’ Perry stares fixated at the whisky bottle. ‘I need to think about this first.’
    ‘Do you want me to talk to them?’
    ‘No.’ He looks back to me, his eyes

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