Chapter 3

When she arrived home that night there was a message on the answering machine from Stacie, she sounded up-set. Becca searched for a phone quickly and dialed Stacie’s number. When Stacie said “Hello” Becca knew something was seriously wrong. “What’s wrong?” Becca asked “He’s not interested in me any more.” Stacie sobbed on the other end of the line. “Ohh Stacie, I’m so sorry!” Becca knew that Stacie’s heart had been broken yet again by him. She knew words couldn’t heal the pain that Stacie was feeling in this moment but they were all she had “Stacie, he isn’t good enough for you. He doesn’t know what he is loosing. You are the best thing in the world and any guy would be lucky to have you.” Becca felt like her words meant little to nothing to Stacie and sat on the phone saying nothing for 5 minutes until Stacie finally spoke and told her she needed some time to be alone. “If you need to talk call me.” but Becca wasn’t sure if she heard her. Becca had made up her mind months ago that men were just trouble and that she wouldn’t bother with them. She didn’t want to have to go through the heartache Stacie felt every time she was rejected by Jake. The only man she could ever love would be one of her animals. Which reminded her, she needed to clean the bunny and rats cage out.

Trying not to get bit Becca opened the rat cage to three sets of beady eyes just waiting to come out and explore the world. Becca grabbed them one by one and gave them all kisses on and placed them in the carrying cage. She lugged the large three story ferret cage outside so she could hose it off. She loved washing the cages as it gave her a reason to be outside and it gave her something to do. After she came home from school her evenings were pretty much filled with computer activities and TV. She longed for a more active and exiting life. She rarely went out with friends and she didn’t really even really go outside much except on her daily walks right after school with the dogs. She thought that maybe going to a public school would change her un-active life, but deep down inside she knew it wouldn’t.