text: Brydge Torres The Surprise 
   
   
     
                    Chapter One 
   
  "Wake up Jasmine time for breakfast!" Jasmine's mom yelled. "Hurry up you're food is getting cold!" "I'm up i'm up!" ylled Jasmine back. She gets up and walks into the bathroom. Her phone rings. It's a text message from her boyfriend Jamal saying that he had a surprise for her and that it was going to be the happiest day of her life. As she read this a smile grew upon her face. "What could this mean?" She thought to herself. "Is he gunna ask me to marry him?" Jasmine got excited. 
   She thought that her lifelong dream of Jamal asking her to marry him was going to come true since they have been together for 5 years. "Dammit Jasmine get you're ass down here!" As Jasmine was coming down the steps her mom said "Damn I don't know what's wrong with you kids nowadays taking so damn long to do one little thing." "Sorry mom." said Jasmine. It's just that i got a text message from Jamal. I think he's gunna ask me to marry him!" Jasmine's mom looked at her with rage. 
   "Girl you must be so damn stupid to think he's gunna ask you to marry him. Don't you see all he's trying to do is get in your pants? I don't like that guy, if you were smart you would leave his ass for someone more mature." "Whatever mom. 
   Have you ever took the time to think that maybe I like guys like Jamal, huh? It doesn't matter what you say 'cause me an Jamal are gunna be together no matter what you think or say." "You know what I don't got time for this shit hurry up and eat you're food and get ready for school." Jasmine didn't say a word and went upstairs. 
    As she was getting dressed her phone rang again. It was another text message from Jamal saying that he couldn't wait to see her. Jasmine grew so happy. She was in love with Jamal. And now that she thinks he is going to propose to her, it made her even happier. She finished getting dressed and sat down on her bed. Before she did anything her mom calls out, "Jasmine let's go! You're late!" Jasmine got right back up ran down the steps and out the front door. 
   
   
                    Chapter Two 
   
  As Jasmine was walking to school she ran into her friend Liz. "Hey girl" She said. "Guess what?" "What?" Liz asked. "I think Jamal is gunna ask me to marry him!" "What?! Oh my gosh girl you're so lucky!" She said with excitement. "How do you know?" Asked Liz. "Well he sent me a message and told me that he couldn't wait to see me that he wanted to ask me something and it was gunna be the happiest day of my life!" Jasmine responded so happily. "Damn girl I hope everything goes good for you." "Thanks." Said Jasmine. 
   They were walking up the stairs into school. They gave eachother a hug and went about there day. 
  Soon after a long day, school was over. Jasmine walked down the steps and into the school parking lot. There she saw Jamal standing there looking good as ever. She went up to him and gave him a kiss. "Hey baby how was school?" 
   Jamal asked. "It was good. I couldn't wait to get out though." Jasmine said. "Yeah, I couldn't wait for you to get out either. I missed you." "I missed you too baby." Jasmine said, and they gave eachother another kiss. 
    "Are you ready for that surprise baby?" Jamal asked. "Yea I think so." Jasmine responded nervously. "Don't be nervous baby, I told you, this is gunna be the happieest day of your life." Jamal stared into her eyes and pulled out a little box from his pocket. Jasmine stared at him feeling so nervous she felt goosebumps. Jamal got down on one knee and looked into her eyes. "Oh my god Jamal are you serious?" Jasmine said with tears in her eyes. "Baby you know I love you. I love you so much And I don't ever wanna lose you." Before Jasmine could speak gunshots started going off. 
   She looked behind her as she though they were coming from that direction. When she turned back to look at Jamal he was lying on the ground with a bullet in his chest. "Jamal!" Jasmine screamed. She sat on the ground and held Jamal in her arms. "Jamal! Jamal!" She kept screaming. "Please wake up baby, please!" Jamal Layed helplessly in Jasmine's arms. He was dead and she knew it. Jasmine started calling for help. Before anyone came a car drove up to her. 
   Two men came out the car and grabbed Jasmine. She started yelling uncontrollably. One guy grabbed her arms and the other her legs. She started swinging her arms and kicking her feet but before she could do any damage, one of the men hit her on the head so hard with his phone and made her unconcsious. They quickly put her in the trunk of their car and drove off. 
   
   
               Chapter Three 
  Meanwhile, at home Jasmine's mom was cleaning. She turned onto the news. She noticed that they were talking about a man who had been shot in a school parking lot where Jasmine goes. A few seconds later they showed who the victim was. Her eyes grew wide when she saw that it was a picture of Jamal. "Oh my God." She said aloud."Jasmine."She quicly called the police an told them everything. She told them that he and Jasmine were dating and that she hasn't seen Jasmine since the morning.The police were on there way to Jasmine's house to see what was going on.A couple hours later, Jasmine woke up. Her legs and feet were tied to a bed and she had a rag covering her mouth.She looked in the room and noticed it was a motel room. She knew there had to be people around. She tried to yell for help but the rag covering her mouth was so tight her lips would rip everytime she tried to speak. She tried tugging on the ropes to release herself. She suddenly heard a noise coming from the bathroom. Out came Rodney,(the man who kidnapped Jasmine in the school parking lot)standing there naked. "Hey baby, ready for another round?" A tear from Jasmine's eye rolled down her cheek. She knew that she had been raped. Rodney went up to Jasmine and kissed her bloody lips. He started kissing her down her neck and stomach rubbing her genitals with his two fingers. Jasmine was crying and fidgeting trying to get Rodney off of her. He slowly started rubbing her genitals with his penis. He slowly went inside of her and started moving up and down, up and down making her moan in disgust. He went harder and harder. She kept tugging on her ropes and one came loose. Her arm was free. She punched him right in the face and tried to untangle the rest of the ropes. He quickly got up and slapped her with the backside of his hand. The hit was so hard Jasmine flew back on the bed. A neighbor avross the hall from Rodney's motel room heard all the commotion. He walked over to Rodney's door and knocked. He looked at Jasmine. "Hold On." He yelled. 
   
   
                Chapter Four 
  He quickly tied Jasmine's arm back to the bedpost. "Don't make a noise." HE said looking into Jasmine's eyes as if he was going to attack her. He put on a bathrobe and walked to the door. He opened the door just a little crack and saw that it was a neighbor. "What do you want?" He asked the neighbor. "I'm sorry to bother you but I heard a ruckis coming from here." "No everything's fine it's just the tv, so if you don't mind can i get back to my movie?" The neighbor knew something wasn't right. He looked at Rodney and walked away without a word. "That was close." Rodney said. "You stupid bitch, you almost got me caught!" He yelled at Jasmine. Jasmine couldn't help but cry. She was terrified. She didn't know who Rodney was or what he was going to do with her. Rodney walked up to her and looked into her eyes. "Why are you crying?" He asked. "You're just getting what you deserve." Jasmine didn't understand. She just kept crying. A couple minutes later there was another knock on the door. Rodney walked towards the door and looked through the peephole. "Oh shit she called the cops." He said. He quickly ran toward Jasmine and said "Don't do anything stupid or I'll kill you." Jasmine could tell he wasn't joking. He untied her and moved her to the cabinets under the kitchen sink. "Don't make a sound he told her." The cops knocked again. This time even harder. He ran to the bed and hid the ropes behind the sofa. He walked to the door and opened it. "Hello officers can I help you?" "Yes." Said one of the officers. "We recieved a call from a neighbor. She said she heard screaming and yelling?" Rodney laughed nervously. "Oh, no sir. It was just the tv. I was watching a movie. Sorry I must have had it too loud." The officers looked at Rodney. "May we come in?" Rodney let them in. They walked into his living room and noticed his tv was off. "Watching a movie huh?" Asked one of the officers. "Yea, had to end it a little early. I have work tomorrow." Replied Rodney. The officers looked around. Suddenly they heard a noise come from the kitchen. They both looked at Rodney. "Rats." He said. "They stay crawling around here, i need to buy some traps." "Haha." Laughed one of the officers. "Ok then, we're done here you should get some traps and quick." He said jokingly and walked out the door. Rodney went to his window and watched the officers exiting the building and driving off. He about another 5 minutes to make sure they didn't return and walked toward the cabinets. He opened it up, grabbed Jasmine by her hair, and pulled her out of the cabinets. "You tryed to get me caught huh?!" He yelled at Jasmine. He slapped her again with the backside of his hand. "I told you not to make a sound." He dragged Jasmine to his balcony handed her clothes back and told her she was free to go. "Don't ever tell anyone about this or I will find you." He made it very clear that he wasn't joking. Jasmine started walking down the fire escape. Rodney kicked her and she fell down the 3 flights of steps. She could barely move. Rodney just looked at her and went inside leaving her. Jasmine got herself up using the little bit of strength that she had and walked out into the street. She was walking trying to find help but no one came. Not one person stopped and tried to help her. As she was walking, she came to a stop. She saw a picture of a young girl with long brown hair and a pretty smile. Is that me?" She said. 
   
   
                 Chapter 5 
  She stared at the picture for about ten minutes. It was her and she knew it. She noticed that there was a number at the bottom of the picture. She quickly ran around asking people for some change. When she finally got all the change she needed. she walked to a public phone and called the number. The phone rang four times. Just as Jasmine was about to hang up a voice sayed, "Hello?" It was Jasmine's mother. "Hello, who is this?" She said again. "Mom?" Jasmine replied. "Oh my God Jasmine is that you? Are you okay?, Where are you?" She said crying over the phone. Jasmine looked around. "I'm on Cedar Street And Washington Street." She said. "Oksy Jasmine stay there i'm on my way baby, I love you." Jasmine sat down ant waited for her mom. When her mom arrived, she ran out of her car and towards Jasmine. She hugged her so tight. "I missed you so much." Her mom said sobbing. She took Jasmine to the hospital to get checked. There she finds out that she's pregnant. Jasmine knew it was Rodney's baby. She made the choice that she will keep her and her mother was with her a hundred percent. AS months passed, Jasmine's belly grew bigger and she grew stronger. She was 9 months now and she was at the grocery store with her mom. Suddenly, her water broke. She was quickly rushed to the hospital. While she was laying on the table ready to have the baby the doctor says, "Push Jasmine!, Push!" Jasmine pushed with all her might. Out came the baby. Jasmine noticed the baby wasn't crying. "Where's my baby? Why isn't it crying? Whats wrong?" Jasmine kept asking questions. "i'm sorry Jasmine. But your Baby---." He paused for a second. "The baby is dead." Jasmine looked at her mom. Before she could do anything she started yelling again. She was having another baby. She kept pushing and pushing and out came the baby crying so loud the room seemed to shake. "Congratulations Jasmine. It's a beautiful baby boy." Said the doctor. Jasmine held her beautiful baby boy in her arms. "It's Okay Jamal, Mommy's here." She said. 
   
   
                    Chapter Six 
  A couple months past and Jasmine was at home with baby Jamal in her room. She was doing alot better but still traumatized by what had happened. It was a nice day out so Jasmine decided to go for a walk with Jamal Jr. When she was headed out the door her mom called out,"Be careful!" and Jasmine walked out the door. Jasmine was walking toward a bodega and noticed a amn in a car was watching her. He walked out the car and Jasmine's eyes grew wide. It was Rodney. Jasmine couldn't believe it. She tried to walk alway as quick as she could but Rodney caught up. "Is that him?" He asked. "Yes Rodney, this is your son." Rodney looked at Jamal Jr and picked him up. "Let me Take him He said. "Ha you must be crazy if you really think im going to give him to you." Rodney ignored what Jasmine said and started walking towards his car with baby Jamal. Jasmine followed. "Rodney what are you doing?, Give me my baby." She said. Rodney got into his car and locked all the doors. Jasmine banged on the windows. "Give me my baby.!" She yelled over and over again. Rodney drove off and Jasmine chased after. By the time she reached the top of the hill the car was gone. Jasmine ran back home to her mom. "Mom! They took him! They took Jamal!" She yelled. Jasmine's mom quickly called the police. When they got there they asked what happened. Jasmine told them about the rape, about baby Jamal, and how Rodney took him away. Jasmine gave them a picture of Jamal to hold. "Ww will find him." Said a police officer. "We'll call you if we find anything. 
   
   
   
   
   
   Publication Date: May 27th 2011 https://www.bookrix.com/-brydge