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Angel carrried the fake baby to class the next day, Alex looking worse than he had the day before. She shrugged him off, continuing on her day as usual. When they sat next to eachother in class the teacher had them right a journal entry on the first night with the baby. Angel was finished in no time, handing it in and sitting down quietly. She read the Bible as she waited for everyone else to finish, Alex trying to see what she was so busy reading.

"Psalm 37..", she said to him.

"What's that?"

"It's telling me not to worry about my enemies, that they will perish. As long as I keep focused on God, He will deal with them and I can rest in peace knowing anyone who does me wrong will pay."

He slouched back into his seat, she noticed his face go white. He looked sick, his eyes getting darker circles. She wondered what was wrong but she didn't want to have anytime alone with him. After the incident with Emerie, being alone with him at all was something she didn't want happening.

Lunch came around, Gabriel going to get lunch for Angel as she tried to shut the fake baby up. Emerie walked in crying, sitting down next to Angel. Angel placed the screaming toy on the table, ignoring it.

"What happened?"

"Alex...He came to my locker and he asked me why I've ignored him and why I won't answer his calls. He put his hand on my cheek and started to get close and I freaked."

Angel hugged Emerie and at the same time felt anger rushing through her. She saw Alex walk in the cafeteria. She got up and walked up to him, stopping him from getting to his table.

"Why can't you just leave her alone?"

"Angel, it's none of your business. She shouldn't have been leading me on-"

She cut him off,"Leading you on? Alex, you're a sick pig! You disgust me! How can you call another attempt at rape leading you on!"

A crowd was circling them and Angel could hear Emerie crying in the background, the silence was enough to hear a pin drop.

"Rape? Angel...c'mon now. You know what we had was real.."

The smile on his face brought back the night he raped her, the cuts on her wrist, the day she found out she was pregnant. Within seconds his smile was gone, Angel had hit him so hard he stepped back a few steps. She walked up to him and wiped his blood off her hand with his shirt.

"Alex, you're sick. You raped me and you tried to rape Emerie. And yes Mr. Gonzales, if you don't believe me, take me to the clinic, they'll prove I was raped and that the child I'm carrying is his.", she said looking at the principal who had walked in.

Alex's face was paler than ever, his father was furious. He looked at Angel's belly and then at Emerie who was crying in Gabriel's arms. Alex said nothing as he took him by the neck, leading him away. Angel stood there, the crowds of people in shock. A group of gothic girls in the back applauded her, Alex's friends staring at Angel in awe and shock. Angel realized that she had just yelled out the fact that she was raped, she couldn't believe herself. She slowly turned and walked back to her seat, everyone at her table silent. Gabriel hugged her as Emerie let him go.

"I'm proud of you baby..."

Everyone agreed, some people cheering others whistling loudly. She smiled and laughed, Emerie hugging her as if she had just saved her life.

Angel was called to the principal's office, the cops were there. They asked her for her statement and the address to the clinic that had cared for her after the rape. She was asked if she wanted to press charges, she stood silent. As they called Emerie in, they did the same. Angel thought long and hard. She asked one of the cops to accompany her to where they were keeping Alex. She walked up to him, his face bruised and his lip cut. She took his face in her hands and made him look at her. She let go and slowly kneeled in front of him. She looked him in the eye.

"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. For evildoers shall be cut off. That's what I read this morning next to you. Look at me Alex.", she said with a strength in her voice and he looked at her with fear in his eyes,"Right now I have every right to get you in jail. But you see, I have something you don't, compassion. I forgive you for everything you did to me. I thought you were beginning to change but I see I was wrong. But I'm not going to worry about you, that's God's department. All I'm going to do for you is this."

She got up and walked out, Alex could hear her whispers from the hallway. His father was thanking her and asking if Emerie would do the same. He heard her say she didn't know but she herself was done. The principal came in, he stared his son down.

"She's isn't pressing charges Alejandro."

Alex sighed with relief.

"Not so fast buddy. I'm putting you into rehab. Show me your arms."