He got up out of her bed and without saying a word walked out. Summer pretended to be asleep as he left. Once she knew he was gone she opened her eyes but just lay their-silent, horrified at what had just taken place.

After what seemed like forever Summer sat up on her bed and held her bruised knees against her chest. She breathed in hard and scanned her room she was scared, though she didn't know of what- he was gone, she was safe now. But safe was the last thing she felt. For the first time, in quiet a long time she felt helpless. Summer Roberts felt like she had no control, she felt weak, broken; she wondered if she'd ever feel like herself again. She looked on her night side table and saw Princess Sparkle. She picked her up and held her. It made her feel better in a weird way- it was something simple, something innocent-she wished life could be like it was when she was playing with her as a little girl. "I said no" she thought, "I said no- he didn't even care he just did what he wanted." She felt so damaged and dirty. She stood up and picked her ripped dress up from the floor. It was ruined- he ruined it. She tore it apart screaming and crying as she did so, and then in one motion, she threw everything on her desk on to the floor and let out one long, loud scream as she fell to the floor.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of the front door closing. "Damn it" she thought "Someone must of heard me, how am I going to explain this?"

As the footsteps grew closer she heard a familiar, concerned voice ask "Summer, are you okay, what's going on?"

Before Summer had time to say anything Marissa was standing in the doorway of her bedroom.

"Oh my God Sum- what happened" she gasped as she scanned the once immaculate girly, purple room now torn apart while her best friend laid collapsed in the middle of the floor, stripped down to her underwear, covered in bruises.

Summer tried to say something but all that came out was a loud sob.

Marissa sat next to her and put her hand on her arm "It's going to be all right" she said "You're okay now."

"Summer?" Marissa asked.

"Yeah?" Summer replied chocking back sobs.

"I'm going to call 911."

"No Coop, please you can't!"

"Summer-"

"Just please, not tonight, I can't tonight they're' going to ask me questions and touch me" she said as she shuttered.

"But you might be really hurt" Marissa protested.

"I'm not, I just need to get some sleep" she said as she stood up and brushed tears out of her sore face trying to seem brave in front of her friend.

"Okay" Marissa said hesitantly.

Summer looked at her bed with disgust in her face "that's where- he..."

"You can sleep in my room tonight" Marissa offered.

Summer nodded, "Thanks" she said, as she grabbed a t-shirt and a pair of shorts and practically sprinted into the adjoining room slamming the door shut. Marissa was left alone in the room she had spent so many hours in through the years, the room that was now torn apart, the room where something horrible had obviously happened to her best friend. She could hear Summer crying through the door. She sat on Summer's bed and listened to her, listened for a long time until it stopped. Summer had finally fallen asleep. And Marissa had no idea what to do next.

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Seth walked into the pool house with a clipboard and a pen; "Ryan?" he asked as he walked into the door.

"Yeah dude what's up?" he asked as he got up from his bed where he had been studying.

"You got to help me with the plan bro-" he explained.

"The plan?" asked Ryan "What plan?"

"The plan for me to get Summer back so we can ride off into the sunset together!"

"And by the sunset you mean Brown?"

"Yes, of course."

"Oh that plan" Ryan replied as he walked towards the main house.

Seth followed him "So I have step 1 and step 2 down I think but then I get kind of stuck after"- Seth was interrupted by a phone ringing. " Ryan I'm going to have to ask you to silence your phone while we have our discussion" he said as they made their way through the kitchen.

Ryan shot him an annoyed glance and looked at his phone.

"It's Marissa-" he said confused as to why his ex was calling him.

"Hey" he said, "what's up?"

Marissa struggled to find the words to describe the situation, after a minute she finally simply stated "I need help."

Ryan was concerned about how desperate Marissa sounded "What is it, What's wrong?" he asked urgently.

"It's Summer" she said her voice starting to break.

"What happened?"

"I think she was raped" Marissa blurted out, surprised by herself as she said it.

"Okay, Where are you?" he asked as a series of horrifying violent images appeared in his head about what happened to the girl he had grown to love like a sister.

"In her room- that's where it happened."

"Where is Summer?" he asked, the mention of Summer's name drawing even more of Seth's attention to the alarming one side of the conversation he was hearing.

"She's sleeping, in my room, I tried to get her to go to the hospital, but she's just so scared-"

This made Ryan feel sick inside he wanted to hit- no, he wanted to kill the guy who did this.

"Who did this?" Ryan yelled with his fist clenched, this really caught Seth's attention- had someone hurt Summer? What was going on?

"I don't know Ryan, and I don't know what to do…"

"Me and Seth will be right over" he said as he slammed the phone closed.

"Dude?" Seth asked with concern in his voice "What the hell is going on?"

Ryan knew that this would destroy Seth, he had no idea how he was going to tell him what had happened. "It's Summer" he said staring at the floor "she was attacked."

Seth looked shocked, tears started to well up in his eyes "How?" he managed to choke out.

"I don't know- all I know is that it happened at her house, that's where she is now."

"Was she, I mean did they guy make her-"

"I don't know" Ryan interrupted "Marissa thinks that's what happened…we have to go- the girls need us."

Ryan burst into the door of the Robert's house, realizing immediately afterwards that it was a stupid thing to do since the girl's didn't realize it was him and he might have scared them thinking the other guy had come back. Seth followed closely behind him. Marissa was a bit concerned at first - but was quickly comforted when she saw Ryan's face.

"Hey guys, now what happens?" she asked as she made her way down the stairs.

"Now we find a way to help Summer" Ryan answered.

"How are we going to do that?" Marissa asked "She won't go to the hospital."

"Maybe if Seth talks to her?" Ryan suggested.

"Yeah," Seth said "Yeah dude, I can try" he replied making his way up the stairs.

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As Seth entered Summer's bedroom he felt like he was going to throw up. "She must have put up a fight" he thought as he looked at the mess that had been made "that's my girl- always a fighter." He looked at Princess Sparkle lying on the floor next to her bed. He put the plastic horse back on Summer's night sand and fixed it's mane, it was bizarre but he felt like he was helping Summer by tending to her childhood toy.

"Oh God" he finally chocked out. "What happened to you?" Seth stared at Marissa's closed bedroom door scared to death of opening it. Of what Summer would look like, of how badly she would be hurt, scared seeing him might make it worse after the lie he told her about not loving her anymore. He looked at a picture of Summer and her father she had on her wall. He stared at her face, she was so beautiful. How could anyone do this? How could anyone look in those big brown eyes and want to hurt her. Suddenly he heard a door squeak. He turned around and Summer was standing there. She looked terrified like a wounded animal. He looked at the faint bruises forming on her arms and legs and the cut on her lip. A surge of emotions ripped through him: anger- no rage, and guilt, and sadness. He wanted to say something, but he just didn't know what. "Cohen-" she finally said breaking the silence "What are you doing in my room?"

"Hey" Seth said in a sweet, tender voice that made Summer feel comforted "I didn't mean to scare you, Marissa said you were asleep in her room."

"I wanted to grab something in here" she said reaching for Princess Sparkles.

"Yeah" Seth said jokingly "she was just saying she missed you so I'm sure she's happy you came for her."

Summer looked down and stared at the carpet "Marissa told you- what happened?"

"She called Ryan, she thought maybe we could help you."

"I'm not really sure how you could do that" Summer said with her voice breaking.

Seth ran over to her stopping short of giving her a hug- not wanting to touch her in case it would upset her more. He stood in front of her and she collapsed into his chest sobbing. Seth patted her hair and tried to comfort her, but he couldn't think of any words that would do. Seth finally broke down and started crying too, they both fell to the floor and he held her. She was still mad at Seth- and she hated being this vulnerable in front of her ex, it made her feel so desperate, but being with him made her feel better, and she desperately needed to just feel better.

"Summer-"he finally interrupted "there is something I need to tell you."

"What?" Summer asked looking up at him.

"I lied, the other day-It's a long story that really doesn't seem all that important now, but I love you. So much. I want to be with you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry" he sobbed.

Summer staid quiet for a long time "You still love me?" she asked in a small, broken voice.

"Of course," Seth answered "always."

"I love you too" she said, her voice breaking.

He kissed her head and prepared himself for what he had to say to her- he knew she wasn't going to like it. After a long silence he finally spoke.

"Sum" he said in the calmest voice he could mention "baby, there's some things we need to do now."

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"You need to go to a clinic, or something."

"Seth, I can't" she said sobbing.

"There are things they have to do, if you want this guy to get caught" he said chocking back tears "and they need to check you over make sure their aren't any internal injuries, and you might need to get tested."

"Oh gosh" Summer interrupted, "Seth- I- this is so embarrassing."

"Hey" he interrupted "you have nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Yes I do" she sobbed, "I'm so stupid."

"Hey, no you are smart, and beautiful, and sweet, and wonderful- whoever did this should be ashamed, they're the stupid one- I'm going to kill him" he said clenching his fist, Seth wanted so bad to ask who it was that had done this but he didn't want to push it if Summer wasn't ready. The battle he needed to win tonight was getting her to a doctor.

"I guess I sort of have to go, huh?" she finally asked.

"I'll be with you the whole time" he said as he got up and reached for her hand.

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"How is she?" Ryan asked finally breaking the long silence between them.

"Not so good" Marissa answered "she's Summer, you know she's like the toughest person I know but this- this is just so… so terrible."

"Where's your mom and her dad?" Ryan asked scanning the house.

"Dr. Roberts had a meeting in Miami, my mom went with him."

"Where you here when it..?"

"No, I was at a party with Kevin and his friends" Marissa admitted.

After their exchange there was an awkward tension in the room interrupted by a noise at the top of the stairs.

"Guys, Summer thinks she ready to go to see a doctor" Seth said in a calm quiet voice as he guided her down the stairs with a comforting, and reassuring arm.