I looked over at my mom. She said "By the way are you and Marcus together now." We looked at each other. Marcus answered. "With your permission it would be my honor to be your daughters boyfriend." He grabbed my hand. My mom looked at me and said "Skye you couldn't have made a better choice." Then she handed me the phone and said " Skye before you call that number back please sit down and don't freak out." Marcus told my mom he would stay with me. So I looked at the number very closely and called back. It rang twice and a manly voice answered. He said "Hello, Skye." I said "Yes who is this." He replied "Skye this is your father." My heart dropped. My father left when I was 6 months old and never came back I am 15 years old now what does he want. I said "I don't want anything to do with you, You left me you didn't want anything to do with me I am not even giving you a chance to explain yourself." Their was a moment if silence on the other end. Then he replied "I am so sorry please let me explain, I am on a plane right now, I am coming to Nationals to see you." I looked at my mom knowing she told him about Nationals. "You are not welcome there, you are not welcome anywhere near me. You are a coward of a person and I have lived 15 years without a dad I don't need you now so I hope you have enough money for a plane ticket back home because you will not be coming here." Then he said "Skye I know your mad but-" And I hung up the phone. Mom looked at me and said "I understand why you are mad but he is trying to fix this." I said angrily "He cannot fix this, it's unfixable mom please just leave it can't you see I have enough stress right now." For once she understood. She told me she wouldn't go any further with the conversation and if he came to the hotel she would not allow him in. I fixed my a lot of braids and I cleaned all of my wraps and gloves and I made sure I tucked in my necklace so the referees wouldn't make me take it off. On our way to Nationals Marcus was holding my hand and everything was super quiet so I put in my headphones and listened to Karen and Mines favorite song. Listening to it made me think of her. How happy she will be when she wakes up and how happy she was. I have Nationals now. My dream without the most important person in my life there.
