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Dad!

"Okay Ricky, so your actual father and I have be talking and we think your old enough to understand, and to hear what your father has to say. He wants to meet you on your birthday, to make it even more special, you guys will meet where ever you want. Oh and you will be alone with him to keep any awkwardness low." Ellen said as she looked at me, waiting for a response. "I know you don't want to see him, but you should give him a chance." she added.

"No, not after what he did to me!" I said starting to tear up, I am really sensitive when it comes to my father, I remember when my friends first brought it up.

"So your adopted, What happened?" Kate asked me.

I said "My mom died,"

"But what about your dad?" Blake asked me. And right then I blew up in tears. Later that day I sent them a group text saying:

Me: My dad was the one who handed me to the orphanage.

Kate: OMG I'm rly sorry

Blake: Yeah sorry bout that, 

Me: thx guys, yeah and I don't even know why he did that, I don't know why he doesn't love me!

Blake: ...Ricky I love you, and if he doesn't then he's missing out big time

Blake: When I mean love you I mean love you as a friend

Me: Thx I love you guys!

Kate: Yeah me too! 

Then we never talked about it ever again. I never want to talk about it but I have no choice now.

"Ellen, I can't face him. Can't he wait another year?" I asked her.

"He wants, no needs to see you. Just give him a chance." Randy added.

"No, he doesn't care about me! Why should care about him?" I answered, then Ellen handed me an envelope.

"He was going to give you this when you we're going to meet him, but you said no so he sent the card. But I forgot to give it to you." She said as she handed me the card.
On the envelope was my name and address it also said "To my dearest daughter, whom I love." I took a deep breath and opened it. Inside there was a letter and a picture of him and Mom. I never had a picture of them, they we're only rumors to me. Mom was beautiful, she had brown brunet hair like I did only without the highlights. She had hazel eyes, but mine we're brown. Other than that we look like twins, except she was pregnant, with possibly me and she was holding a sign that said "It's a girl!" She looked so happy as she smiled at the camera. Dad wasn't looking to bad either, he had brown eyes like me. His hair was kind of messy but it was only of those purposely messy hair styles. He was standing next to mom, starring at her smiling. He looked like he really loved her. I read the letter and hears what it said:

Ricky, you have every right to hate me, but you should know I will always love you! This is a picture on me and your mom when she was pregnant with you, we were both 27. I am looking forward to see you on you 16th birthday.

                    ~Love Dad.

He has no right to call him self dad! He never raised me, Randy had more of the right to be called Dad then HE did! How dare him want to start to care for me after the hard years passed! And to say that he loved me! Really! He doesn't know me at all! I don't even know his name and that's scary! "I don't care I'm never going to met him! Ellen I don't even know his name!!!" I screamed bursting into tears,
"Sweety," she said hugging me, "His name is Connor, Connor S.J Willard."

"What does S.J stand for?" I asked using my sleeve to wipe my tears away, and my mascara was burning my eyes.

"I'm not sure, but I think it stands for Sean Johnson."

"Okay,"

"Are you going to see him?"

"No,"

"If you changed your mind, where would you meet?"

"If I changed my mind, I not by the way, I'd go and meet with him at the Bay Café."
After I got my self together I went upstairs and text my friends about the whole dilemma, they didn't answer though. Eventually I gave up and went to bed, but I didn't sleep, I couldn't. Not while meeting Connor is on my mind. Ellen seems to trust him but I don't, what if he is just a creepy guy posing for my dad? I finally drifted away to sleep at like 1:45 a.m.

I woke up breathing heavy, I had a terrible dream. Connor was of course in it, he took me, threw me on the floor and put a knife to my hand. Why my hand, I don't know. But he threated to cut it off unless I said where Mom is. You probably know what happened. I knew it was a dream but I did check my hand just in case. It was 6 o'clock and I thought I mine as well get my shower done.

After I did all my morning routines I hopped in Ellen's car and she dropped me off at school, after all Plum Valley Public Schools is only 8 miles away from her office. Waiting at the door I met Blake and Kate, the doors into the school wasn't open till 7:20, it was 7:10. We were always 10 minutes early because Ellen had to go to work and my friends are to kind to leave me there by myself for 10 minutes, they're the best. As I walked over to them I noticed a tallish, black hair, blue eyed, kind of cute (okay REALLY cute) guy. "Who's the new kid?" I asked.

"Who him?" Blake answered, "I don't know." Then he kind of pushed me towards the new kid. I got the gesture and walked over to him casually, hoping he'd like me.  

"Hi, I'm Ricky. Are you new here?" I asked him.

"Yeah, the names Cody. Yeah, I'm new, I'm not the smartest though." He blushed "But I am pretty." Then he laughed a little.

"Yes, very pretty." I whispered to my self.

"So, is this a good school? How many hot girls go here, I'm guessing a lot and really really pretty if they  your considered 'ugly' here." He, was flirting with me, and my heart was racing. I really liked him.

"Thanks," I said as Blake and Kate were signaling me over "Well, I got to go so see you around?"

"Gladly, see yah Ricks."
I walked over to Blake and Kate, they were waiting anxiously to see what happened. When I got there I told them everything, they like drama stories, even if they don't believe it happened. Right in the middle of my story Alex walk over to us, he's  kind of like us, but smarter and I have to admit he's kind of cute.

"Uuukk, the new guy. He looks like he's from some girl's fashion magazine. Really, a scarf?" He blurted.

"I think he's gorgeous, and the scarf is cool. What's your problem with him?" I asked, but he seemed to get a little agitated by the comment.

"Nothing just seems like the kind of guy who hops from girl to girl and only pretty girls."

"So are you saying he's gonna be like Toukie?" Toukie is Toucan's nickname, he's Sarah's boyfriend.

"Yeah, and Toukie can be a jerk, you know that."

"Why do you care about what's going on between us?" I asked firmly.

"Because he," Blake started to say but then changed his mind after he look at Alex.

"Because I care about you like a good friend would." Alex blurted. A few seconds after the school doors opened and we all walked in. And guess who I was walking with? My crush Cody!!!!!