Conviction

6

Chapter 6:

Heaven and i didnt get much sleep last night. I was up crying and she was up making sure i was okay. When my mom knocks on the door the next morning she opens it and gets a horrified expression on her face.

Theirs tissues and ice cream buckets everywhere. She looks around and spots me and Heaven cuddled up on the bed together. "Oh baby." she says sadly walking over things to get to the bed. "What happened sweetheart." she asks pulling me into her warm embrace which just starts the bawling all over again.

"She found out Dean's in a gang."

"Oh baby." she mumbles stroking my hair. "It is hard isn't it?" she asks and i nod my head looking at her with a questioning look. " When i met your father he was in a gang. I dont know if it was the kind Dean is in but your father was bad. He fought all of the time and sometimes those fights ended up with someone killed. I was broken up about it but i couldnt hold it against him." She kisses my forehead and stands. "Don't judge him Evie Dean is a sweet boy and he loves you. Give him a chance baby and you wont regret it." she states leaving the room.

I idnt know my dad was a bker or that he ws in a gang killing people. If you looked at him you wouldnt know because he is changed. God changed him and thats what God's trying to do for Dean. I stand from my bed confidently and look at Heaven. "God brought him to me and im not going to disappoint him or myself by letting Dean go."

"Yay." heaven squeals standing off of the bed to give me a big hug. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm gonna call him." i state reaching for my phone.

"At seven?" heaven asks with raised eyebrows.

I shrug pressing talk. I figure if he liked me so much he would be up waiting for my call.

The phone rings once and then Deans voice shouts my name over the phone.

"Hey." i mumble ashamed i judged him.

"Hi." he breaths.

"I'm sorry Dean. It was wrong of me to hang up on you and it was wrong of me to think differently of you. You're in my life for a reason and im not letting you go. You're the first male i have ever liked and their has to be a reason for that."

He's silent for a minute and then he asks "So are you giving me a chance? I havn't hurt anyone since i met you Ea you change me more an dmore every day."

"I'm giving you a chance. I can come over tonight when Heaven goes with Blaze."

"Yes." he says quickly. "Come over i miss you already."

Smiling brightly i state "I miss you to but i'm really tired. I'll see you tonight."

"Goodnight little one see you tonight." i mumble a goodnight and yawn falling back onto my bed sleepily. I feel Heaven climb in beside me and then we're both out like a light.

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"Thats ugly." Heaven says and i nod in agreement. We have been at the mall since one and it is now four and we havn't found anything so i just started pulling things off of the rack.

"Got it." i say pulling a cream drop skirt off of the rack. All we wear is skirts and dresses it doesnt matter where we're going thats just what pentecostal believes in. I walk around looking for the right shirt and i beam pulling out the bejeweled Fuchsia top. I has long enough selves to where she doesn need anything over and the jewels stop at the bust about where her skirt will stop. "I have the perfect shoe at home." i gush thinking about my strap five inch cheetah wedge.

"You always know how to throw stuff together." Heaven says relieved a si drag her to the register.

"IGod gave me the fashion eye." i say shrugging and she looks at me before we bust out laughing.