if you were wanting to do it, why would you create a spectacle in court in the public domain, in the public eye, apologize and not in private? i would love to have the opportunity one day to meet reeva s parents. i never got the opportunity before. reporter: the prosecution reading allowed text message disputes. pistorius says some of her messages were untrue. the olympian questioned about high steencamp wrote, i m scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me. why would she be scared of you? i think she s scared of the feelings that she has for me and the way that i rushed her off. reporter: the prosecution also rehashing an incident where one of the olympian s friends passed a gun to him underneath a restaurant table. when pistorius says it accidentally went off in his hands. you fired that gun. there is no other way that bullet could have been discharged without you pulling the trigger.