Blaise sauntered into the room of curious and concerned faces smoothly and majestically, as if the previous argument never occurred. They all heard the harsh exchange of words between him and his love Rook. They had been at each others necks for quite some time since their trip to Italy, and Rook, quite honestly had had enough.
Rook sat at the edge of the bed with her wet face in her shaking hands. Her shoulders bounced in sadness. She cried in anger of having to leave the only man she ever loved. Blaise truly was her protector but his protection failed him on their trip, in turn allowing a very handsome yet troublesome family member take advantage of her in ways unforgiving. Her head pounded at the thought of life without him but she knew what had to be done. Standing, she brushed off her pants and wiped her wet hands on her shirt. She exited the room.
"Rook, where are you going?" Raven, her sister asked.
"Out…" Rook responded coolly. She slammed the door behind her. Raven shot to her feet, standing on her toes trying to reach Blaise's full height, being unsuccessful of course.
"What did you do? Blaise what did you do to her?!" she shouted.
"Nothing…" Blaise looked timidly down at her.
"Then why the fuck is she storming out of here like a bat out of hell?! Did you hit her?" Raven yelled, Jin, Blaise's best friend, holding her tightly to his chest.
"No." Blaise said simply.
"Let go of me Jin!" Raven calmly warned her lover.
Jin allowed her to step past Blaise and out of the door, after her sister. He turned and looked Blaise in the eyes. "Blaise what happened?" Jin asked softly.
Blaise just blinked away tears and walked out of the house, leaving Jin to wallow in his own confusion.
"Rook, wait up!" Raven called running to catch up with her sister, "What's wrong babe?" she asked stupidly. "Ok… look Rook. I know that Blaise said some things to you that were wrong… but…" she struggled to keep up. "Stop!" Raven yelled grabbing Rook's arm. "Where are you going to go?"
Rook stopped and turned to her sister with much hesitation. "You have no idea do you?" she asked almost hatefully.
"About what? Rook? What happened?" Raven's eyes began to well at the sight of her sister's pain.
"Depaolo raped me when we were in Italy Raven! He came into my room every night and raped me. And every time he told me not to speak to anyone about it or he would kill me, and then turn his hate on you. I couldn't let you go through that!! But Raven, I couldn't take it anymore! I finally told Blaise and he called me a whore and said that I was lying to him. Raven do you know that he let Depaolo continue until we left? Not once did he approach him! Not once did he try to stop him nor did he care!!!! I was alone! That's why I'm leaving. I can't stay here anymore. Looking at him, reminds me of how unsafe I am anywhere I go. Why not take my chances elsewhere." Rook cried in fury, turned and continued her brisk walk away from the home that they had made for themselves.
"Will you come back?" Raven cried silently.
Rook shook her head gently, several tears flowing down her face.
"I love you Rae… but I have to go…" Rook turned and tightly embraced her sister, wetting her hair with warm tears.
"Love you too…" Raven whispered, and Rook departed.