Re: !Never Give Up {7}!
Chapter 7 ~ The first one to inform you
Cyan quickly ran back home.
She found Adrian and Ashley in the garden and everything she said to them was 'Glory!'
Adrian and Ashley looked at her. Her clothes and her hands had blood on them.
"What happened?!", Adrian asked.
Cyan was shaking and couldn't say a word.
"Cyan, what happened?"
"G-Glory."
"What happened to her?"
"G-Glory... saved my life-."
Adrian's eyes widened. Without saying a word, he quickly ran to the place where Glory was hit.
***
Some hours later.
In the living room, Natalie and Aaron were talking about the car.
"So our car is gone now, huh?", she sighed.
"You should really buy yourself another one. I won't borrow your mine car.", she told Aaron.
"Car? Do you seriously think I have timer to think about a stupid car?! I crashed into Glory!", he explained.
Glory, Haley and Adrian arrived from the hospital.
"So, how are you, Glory? Is it still hurting?"
"No, it's not, Mr. Adrian. Don't worry."
"Haley. Please go ahead and prepare the bed. The doctor gave you instructions, right?"
As she was told, she went upstairs.
"Prepare the bed, huh, Adrian?", Glory smiled.
"I couldn't think of anything else to be alone with you.", he explained.
"I know what I'm gonna do to that Aaron. I'll-"
"Adrian. Please don't do anything that would upset Aaron.", she interrupted him.
"Look at this mess. My wife got hit by my brother."
"Come on now, he didn't hit me on purpose."
They went into the house, where Aaron and Natalie waited for them.
"Glory. I am really sorry, I didn't--"
"Aaron, it's not your fault. It was an accident. And look at me - I am still intact", she laughed.
She really was. All that Glory had was a Plaster on the leg and the arm.
As she heard Glory's voice, Cyan ran downstairs.
She suddenly hugged Glory.
"You saved my life.."
-*-*-
In the evening, the Kozan Family ate in the Garden.
"Aunt, did you see Glory's arm?", Max asked Selena.
"I did, my darling. And I already told her to get well soon.", she explained.
"My Uncle did that, do you know that?", he whispered. But, of course, everyone heard it.
"Glory saved Mommy. She's a superhero!", he told her.
"Max, stop this nonsense and eat.", Ashley demanded.
"Adrian you were at a good hospital, right? A good doctor saw it, right?", Cyan asked.
"Nothing's broken. She'll recover in a few days."
"Thank God", she sighed with a relief.
"As if you ever liked her.", Natalie whispered to
herself.
Cyan left the others and went upstairs.
"Stupid Natalie! 'As if you ever liked her', she says! What am I, am monster?! I can't hate her after she complained.
-*-*-
The next morning, Adrian called Cyan and told her that they'd have a 'special guest' tonight.
As Cyan shaw Ashley coming, she quickly delivered the news:
"Frank is coming today, mom."
"Huh. Great. No, no. That's awesome!", Ashley said annoyedly.
"Mom, what's that supposed to mean now? He's my cousin!"
"No, he is not. He's Adrian's paternal cousin!"
Cyan sighed.
"What difference does it make?"
-*-*-
Frank, Adrian and Aaron arrived in the evening.
Of course, the Kozan family ate in the garden again.
Cyan wanted Madison and Glory to eat with them, too.
Everyone welcomed Frank. They sat down and began to eat. They talked about Frank and how he didn't change one bit.
"You can be lucky that Frank was there. Cyan would have seen how you and my brother looked at each other.", Selena whispered to her after everyone went in the house.
"Was it that obvious?"
"It really was."
"I have to talk to Adrian. I have a meeting for this job I found tomorrow and-"
"Are you kidding? My brother wouldn't allow that."
"He will, he doesn't have another option."
-
Madison fooled Glory into thinking that the job has something to do with a secretary. It actually is a Model Agency.
Of course, Madison planned the whole thing.
She paid the Agency to take Glory.
"Ms. Madison told us a lot about you. Let's talk about everything upstairs in the studio.", Madison's friend said.
"Studio? But.. Madison told me that this meeting is for secretary?"
Michelle pulled Glory upstairs.
"Okay, look. Today we'd have a shooting trial, but our model didn't come."
"So... my job now is to call the model and tell her to come, right?", she smiled.
"No, darling. Your job now is to replace the old model and pose in front of the camera.", Michelle explained.
Glory's eyes widened.
"No! Ms. Ashley, I would like to help you, but I can't just pose around!"
Michelle sighed.
"It's just a trial!"
"Okay, but.. why me? I am here to the secretary."
"No, darling, you totally misunderstood. Our whole team is new - the hairdresser, makeup artist, even the photographer is new. And I have to look how good they are.", Michelle explained and dragged Glory to the Makeup artist.
Some minuted later, Glory looked like another person!
She was even more beautiful than ever before.
She was... really happy.
Everything was ready and the shooting started.
"So, just look at me and stay calm.", the photographer told her.
Glory quickly understood how this worked and posed around. The photographer, Michelle - everyone was surprised by how good she was!
Some minutes later, the session was over.
"So, it was cool, wasn't it?", Michelle asked.
"I never thought I'd have so much fun.", Glory smiled.
As Glory went outside, she saw that Adrian was waiting for her.
"I really wanted to tell you yesterday that I -"
"You wanted! But you didn't."
"You are right, but--"
"But what? BUT WHAT?! I could've given you a job at my place!", Adrian started to yell.
"It's always about you, isn't it-?!"
"Don't trust Madison, Glory.", Adrian said while stepping into his car. He drove away without Glory.
-*-*-
The next morning, Cyan woke up. She felt like her head was going to explode..
~~~
"THERE IS NO LIFE WITHOUT YOU--!!"
"CYAN, LET GO-!!"
~~~
They voices were echoing in her head.
She cried.
--
As Adrian drove home, he couldn't believe his eyes. He stopped in the middle of the street -- Pictures of Glory were on all billboards!
"This is.. impossible! This is not true!"
He ripped the posters out of the billboards.
He freaked out!
---
Cyan's head was aching.
It was too much for her.
She was shaking.
Cyan ran to Ashley's room.
"MOTHER! You lied to me!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I REMEMBER EVERYTHING!", she cried.
Ashley tried to calm her down, but it had no use.
She really remembered everything.
"Do you know how I made that accident, mom?!", she cried.
Ashley's tears were building up.
"It's not your fault, Adrian was driving."
"We were arguing in the car. I TOLD HIM THERE WOULD BE NO LIFE FOR ME WITHOUT HIM, MOTHER!", she cried.
"I detached my seatbelt and grabbed the steering wheel. I wanted to kill us!!", she explained while crying even more.
--
Adrian drove to the Agency.
He busted the studio and searched for the photographer.
Adrian told Michelle to call her boss.
As she did, Adrian took Michelle's phone.
"Good Morning. Adrian Kozan here."
--
On the street, everyone recognized Glory. She was on the billboards that Adrian Kozan ripped off of the wall.
Everyone looked at her.
Glory didn't know why everyone looked at her.
After some minutes, Glory arrived at the Agency.
Of course, she was the mess. Adrian was there.
"Adrian? What are you doing here? Is it because of the photos?"
He grabbed Glory by her arm and pulled her out.
Outside, they argued.
"Look at yourself! You should be ashamed of yourself!", Adrian yelled.
"ME?! Look at what you have dine because of 2 photos! See, that's why I didn't tell you! I knew you'd freak out!", she explained.
"Do you know how happy the shooting made me?!", she added.
Adrian showed Glory the posters that he ripped apart.
He hid them in his car.
"LOOK AT THIS!"
Glory was shocked! How could this happen?!
"B-but. Did they--"
Adrian pulled her again and showed her all the billboards.
"LOOK!"
"Impossible! Adrian!", she cried.
"Shut up, Glory!"
"I SWEAR I DIDN'T KNOW THEY'D PRINT IT!! THEY FOOLED ME!"
Adrian walked away.
"I DIDN'T KNOW!", she sobbed
He just drove away, without saying a word...
Of course, Glory was angry as hell.
She busted into the studio and yelled.
"WHAT ARE THESE POSTERS?!", she screamed while gesturing with the ripped-apart posters.
"HOW CAN YOU USE THOSE PHOTOS WITHOUT MY PERMISSION -- WITHOUT TELLING ME?!"
"Glory, please keep calm! The billboards are being taken off now."
"OHH! So you think they will be taken off and the topic will be closed, huh?! I WILL SUE YOU! You will see what it means to use photos without permission!!"
Glory walked away with these words.
"Glory, wait! Please talk about this with your cousin!"
"My... cousin? What does Madison have to do with this?!"
"Look, she set this whole thing up! Please talk to her and don't sue us!", Michelle begged.
Glory furiously left the studio and went to the Kozan Farm.
At a cafe, Frank and some photographers were discussing.
"Your project seems very interesting, Frank. All we need is a new face.", one of them said.
Another photographer joined them.
"Sorry, I am late.", he stated.
"What happened?"
"That man busted our studio for some photos. We are taking them off of the billboards", he explained.
As Frank looked out of the window, he saw two workers taking a poster off.
But what really shocked him was the person on the posters - it was Glory! Max's babysitter.
"I know her.", Frank said.
"She really is beautiful", another photographer stated.
"Adrian Kozan busting your office sure isn't.", Michelle's photographer said.
"Wh-who?"
"Adrian Kozan. He was nearly breaking everything apart."
-*-*-
The next morning, Glory head huge headaches when she woke up.
She thought about Adrian and how angry he must be.
As she looked at the clock, she couldn't believe her eyes - it was 11 am!
"Max....MAX!"
She quickly ran out of her room.
Suddenly, she had a strange feeling.
She ran into the bathroom and... vomited
Selena heard the noises and asked if she was okay.
Glory washed her face and looked into the mirror.
"Great. Now I am sick, too."
She left the bathroom.
"Glory, are you alright? If you want, we could walk into the woods or something.. you know, to get some fresh air.", Selena said while she supported her.
Madison found the video of Adrian ripping the posters apart on YouTube and downloaded it. She burned it to a CD and put the CD into an envelope.
She gently pushed it through Cyan's door, so that she saw it.
She opened the envelope and found a CD in it.
"These must be the documents.", she thought to herself and put the CD into her Laptop, to look at the documents.
Outside, Glory waited for Selena to come.
Ashley didn't miss this opportunity and told her how much Adrian and Cyan "love" each other.
Glory got headaches again, and suddenly, as she walked away she collapsed!
"G-Glory! What happened to you?!"
Ashley and Glory arrived at the hospital with a taxi.
"It sure is just your blood pressure.", Ashley said.
"Thanks for getting me here."
"Ms. Glory. We have the results.", the doctor reported.
"Did something happen?"
"I think I will be the first one to inform you.", he began to tell...
"You are pregnant.", he smiled.
Ashley's eyes widened.
"What?", Glory asked.
"P-pregnant?!", she happily asked.
Glory was happy. Happier than ever before.
