My Masters' Nightmare Season 1, Episode 10 Stalked by Marita A. Hansen

 
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    SOPHIA
    Jagger was proposing to me! He was kneeling
behind the school gym, holding a big ring up for me to take. I
couldn’t believe it. Yeah, Christo Donatelli had warned me that
this would happen, but Jagger and I had only been going out for a
few months, so I hadn’t taken the Padre’s brother seriously.
    Jagger’s stunning face started to
scrunch up, the look in his eyes telling me he knew I wasn’t going
to accept the ring. “Please say yes,” he said.
    “ I can’t.”
    He pulled the ring back and
pushed to his feet. He was wearing his school uniform: tan
trousers, a white button-down shirt, a red tie, and a blue blazer.
He looked so nice, but he still wasn’t Frano. Even though I found
Jagger attractive and liked kissing and talking to him, he just
didn’t make my heart pound fast like his cousin did. No, Frano made
it soar; just the thought of him warmed me all over.
    “ Why can’t you marry me?”
Jagger said, his voice sounding hurt.
    “ We’re too young,” not to mention I
want your cousin.
    “ I’ll be seventeen
soon , and
you’re almost eighteen.”
    “ It’s still too young, and I’m
only your first girlfriend. Don’t you want to go out with more
people?”
    His face dropped. “No! Why would you
say that?”
    I looked down at the concrete ground.
“Because, I want to...”
    “ You want to
what?!”
    “ I want to break
up.”
    “ No!”
    I looked back up, now even more
upset. I didn’t want to hurt him, because he was so nice, but he would feel
even worse if he found out I lusted after his cousin.
    “ Please don’t do this, Sophia,” he said,
looking like he was about to cry. “I’m sorry I proposed.” He shoved
the ring into his blazer pocket. “I just want to be with you, no
pressure.” He took a hold of my hands. “Please don’t break up with
me.”
    I bit my lip, not knowing what to do now.
After my father had found out about Christo Donatelli’s threat,
he’d made me promise to break up with Jagger. But with Jagger
looking at me like a kicked puppy, I didn’t know whether I could go
through with it.
    He let go of my hands, the pain
in th ose
golden eyes pulling at my heart strings. “You were the only good
thing in my life,” he said, his voice thick with emotion. “Now I
have nothing to keep me here.” He picked up his school bag and
slung it over his shoulder.
    I took a hold of his arm, scared he would
do something stupid. “Don’t run away.”
    Jagger had mentioned he hated
living with his uncle and cousins, and had talked about running
away to America or England, or somewhere no one could find him. And
worse, he’d said that I wa s the only reason he stayed with them.
    “ I’m not worth running away
for,” I added.
    He yanked his arm free. “I’m not going to
run away! If
I can’t have you, then I have nothing to live for.” He took off around
the gym as though he couldn’t get away from me fast
enough.
    I ran after him, cutting him
off. “Jagger, you shouldn’t say such things . I’m not worth it.”
    His eyes flashed with anger. “It’s not
only because of you! And what do you care? You hate me.”
    “ I don’t hate
you.”
    “ Then why are you dumping
me?”
    I placed a hand to the back of my head.
“My father is making me,” I said, now wanting to defuse the
situation. If he thought it was because of my father, rather than
my feelings for Frano, then maybe he wouldn’t feel
rejected.
    Jagger’s angry expression dropped.
“But, I thought he liked me.”
    “ He does, it’s just...” I pulled
a face. “ Christo Donatelli and his brother came over yesterday and
ordered me to stop seeing you. My mother and I were threatened with
our lives if I didn’t agree.”
    Jagger’s eyes widened. “I’m going to kill
him!”
    He went to move around me. I mirrored
his steps, now terrified he was going to approach Christo. “No,
Jagger.” I grabbed his arms as he tried to go the other way.
“Stop!”
    He went still, though he was