Ice and Fire

While she was in the car, Cherry thought for a while, and then said, "Stephen, could you please do me a favor?"

He was confused, and thought to himself, 'What could she want from me?'

"What?" asked Stephen.

"Keep my pregnancy a secret, " said Cherry, "Don't tell the others, not even Jackson."

Stephen was very surprised, and as he looked at Cherry and kept driving, his face stiffened. He asked, "Why do you want to hide this from him? Do you..."

But before he had the chance to finish his words, he was stopped by Cherry.

"Stephen, please don't ask me why. If you take me as your friend, then I hope that you will help me hide this from him. I don't want a third person, or any other person, to know that I'm with child, " said Cherry firmly.

Stephen, after a short silence, replied, "I get it."

Stephen didn't think too much of it, because as long as Cherry wanted to do something, he knew that she certainly had some kind of plan. If she didn't want to say it to him, then he wouldn't insist on it. He never wanted to force her to do anything; instead, he wanted to dote upon on her and do exactly as she wished him to.

Cherry forced a smile. She said, "Thank you."

Stephen didn't care about her thanks, and instead asked, "Cherry, do you want to have an abortion?"

When he mentioned this, Cherry turned her head and looked out the window. Complex thoughts then arose in her mind, and she said, "I haven't decided on it yet."

"But it's a baby, it still a life..." Stephen didn't have the heart to let Cherry get an abortion, and even if she did have one, she had no idea of how painful it would be.

discuss about this child. A baby was indeed a gift from the heavens, but she was not ready to accept it quite yet. She found herself

at Cherry, obeyed her wish and stopped

drove her to the front of the gate and parked the car, Cherry was ready to get out of it, but when she looked out the

Jackson was actually standing at the gate, with an icy-cold and

Stephen was neither worried, nor afraid, because he didn't

the two sitting in the car and had mixed feelings about the whole scene, because instead of finding her

and simply said, "Stephen, remember your promise! Don't let other people know about what we talked

that far away from them, and

down after she heard Stephen's promise again, and opened the car's door

drove

leave, Cherry turned around and started to walk towards her

furiously asked, "Where were

out of his grasp, but she failed. She didn't want to struggle, and instead

said, "You can't bear the loneliness when I'm not with you, and you have to go out and pick up guys, eh? The

it really matter that he was wrong about her? She had longed for his concern and love, and loving him was very painful. If she couldn't get his heart, then what else could she beg for?

voice, Cherry said, "Jackson, you can go and meet Sally whenever you want. Why do you care about my affairs if I don't care about yours? Don't you think that you should care more

his reaction. As long as Jackson said that there was nothing going on between him and Sally, perhaps she would believe him. She might also believe that the true reason why Jackson

and just stared

and she threw his hand away and entered the living room.

then followed her and walked into the

very tired, and she didn't have the energy to care about Jackson's unhappiness, and to explain to him what she had done

bedroom, found her pajama,

run in on her, lecture her, and let her know who was her