Claymore AU Prologue Not So Sweet 16
Started on: 16/07/2012
Hysteria stomped up the stairs, she was livid because she was being ignored by her sister and it was her birthday, a day where everyone should pay attention to her. She threw her bag down and slammed herself on her bed; she was going to cry soon, something that was a strange occurrence. She lay on her stomach and her anger turned to hopelessness and she sobbed her heart out.
As she was crying she heard the door creak open and soft footsteps padded across the carpet,
"Fuck off Teresa!" Hysteria snarled, not even bothering to see who it was, she had had enough of her younger sister,
"Oh please Hysi," said a distinctly male voice, "mind your language please."
Hysteria jumped up and slammed herself into her older brother Isley's arms still sniffing and crying. She rarely saw Isley as he went to an all boys' boarding school since seventh grade, their father had wanted Isley to have the best education that was possible, while Hysteria went to the local high school, because up to Year 10, education was compulsory. Her father never cared about the marks that she got as he didn't see them worth anything, he wanted her to be married now, with a baby on the way. He expected her to give up school for his own power games, she was told that she would meet her future husband at her elaborate birthday party, and she would be married within the next week. She tried to explain to Teresa that she didn't want to get married yet, but the stubborn girl had reasoned that Hysteria was just being a fool, and had ignored her. That stupid little black wavy haired bitch had ignored her! Hysteria's sobs subsided and she considered her older brother. His long silvery hair made him look a lot older than his 18 years, and he was quite tall, her pale blue eyes looked in to his sapphire blue ones and she whispered softly,
"I'm not ready to get married yet."
"I know, Hysi," he said gently, "which is why I came to see you. I have a plan that will spare you from having to get married, but we only have half an hour before he arrives to do it, and we have to be gone by then. I need you to pack light, only what you need, bring your small suite case, it should be enough."
"But what about my books for school?" she asked him,
"Bring them if you must, but be quick." He told her.
He left the room quietly and Hysteria grabbed out her small suite case and she packed a week's worth of clothing, as well as her stuffed toy horse that she just couldn't sleep without, which she called Fluffy. She stuffed her pads into the front pocket as well as her hair brush and hair ties. She shoved her uniform on top and zipped it up. She then shoved her note books and textbooks into her school bag; she was ready by the time Isley came back,
"You're ready, good, we need to leave now!" he told her.
Hysteria followed Isley to his sports car, and he swiftly put her suite case in the back of his car, as well as her school bag. She sat in the passenger's side and put the seat belt on. She was scared as she had only ever been out of home for school and a school camp. Her father had forbade her from attending sex education classes at school, and he had also refused to allow her on any day trips for school, forcing her to stay home and learn what he called "woman's work" while her brother Isley did as he pleased most of the time. She had often wished that she was as free as Isley, but her father would never have allowed it, she was to be confined to the house and that was it. Now she was petrified, she didn't know where Isley would be taking her, but he told her that where she was going she would be safe, and she wouldn't have to get married. She didn't understand why he was doing this, but she was glad he was. Of course she wouldn't question him about where he was taking her, that in her mind was something that was immoral and she would never question any man, as she was taught not to question them, they knew best. She was unsure of just how Isley was going to spare her from marrying before she was ready, it seemed that he had put a lot of thought in to this plan; she shouldered her doubts and watched as the road she knew was a blur of black silhouettes, merging in to one great shadow. So much for a sweet 16, she thought. Her birthday was turning out to be the worst one in her entire life so far. She heaved a sigh and continued to stare out the window, her eye lids getting progressively heavier as the car's engine purred. Isley stopped at a service station to get some fuel, and Hysteria decided to get Fluffy out of her suite case. Isley sighed and opened the boot. Hysteria moved her school uniform aside and pulled out Fluffy, re zipping her suite case closed. She climbed back in to the passenger's side of the car and waited for Isley to come back. When he returned, he had two ice creams, one he gave to her,
"I'm afraid that this will have to do for a little while Hysi," he sighed, "It will be a while before we get to Roxanne's."
Hysteria didn't know who Roxanne was at all. She quietly thanked him for the ice cream, and was careful not to get it on Fluffy. The car smoothly continued forward, Hysteria finished the ice cream, and continued to stare out of the window with interest. She didn't know how long they had been travelling for, but her eye lids were soon dropping again, and before long, she was sound asleep, her head resting on Fluffy, the ice cream long since eaten.
Isley drove along the familiar high way that would take him to Roxanne's house. He lied to his father about being a good boy and staying on campus. He knew that if his father found out that he was sleeping with her, Isley knew that all hell could break lose. That was if it didn't already, because he was taking Hysteria. The annoying thing about his father was that he saw Hysteria as something that could be sold off to the highest bidder. He had kept the girl as cloistered as possible, and Isley wasn't sure if she would have the ability to protect herself. He was both shocked and amazed by the fact that she obediently did as he told her, as he had expected her to question him about where he was taking her and what he was doing. He now knew that he was definitely doing the right thing by taking her away. He was a little surprised that she was dragging along her stuffed toy horse of all things. He sighed and a quick glance revealed that she was leaning on it, her nose pressed in to its mane. Her breathing was deep and even. Damn, he thought, she was an early bird that was for sure. However a quick look at the clock in Isley's car told him that it was nearly 10. Two hours after she was normally in bed. They'd left home almost four hours ago. Isley carefully pulled in to the exit, and followed the road for another hour and a half. He'd told Roxanne that he'd be late tonight, and he decided to call. She answered on the first ring,
"Hi Isley," she purred,
"Hey Rox, I'm on my way, I reckon I'll be there at 11:30 honey," he said calmly, "I'll see you soon,"
"Ok, see you baby," she gushed,
The line went dead as he drove on, hurtling a bit to make up for some time. Hysteria moaned in her sleep, but didn't wake. It wasn't long before he received a phone call that he had been dreading. It was his father. Isley couldn't ignore it at this hour, because his father might ring the teachers. Isley cautiously answered the phone,
"Isley!" his father yelled, thankfully Isley had turned the volume down, so it was more like his father was talking normally, "WHERE IS HYSTERIA?"
"How would I know," Isley faked a yawn, making it sound as if he'd crawled out of bed to answer his phone,
"Oh," Isley turned the volume up again, his father always opened by yelling, and once he was satisfied that all was well, he'd talk normally "Well, I…thought that she might have been with you, well, I suppose that complicates things mightily…you see, she's missing, and Teresa says that she didn't see her go."
He hung up without another word, like normal. Isley hoped that his father wouldn't do anything too drastic, but if he was like this, there was no telling what he could do next.
As he pulled into the driveway of the house that he shared with Roxanne, Isley could see that Roxanne was outside waiting for him. She was in her pink fluffy dressing gown and Isley knew that she'd be wearing her sexy nighty underneath it. He supressed a grin as well as his craving, he needed to be sure that she wouldn't mind Hysteria after all. He cut the engine as she moaned in her sleep. Hysteria half rolled over, her head now resting on the seat, the toy horse held tightly in her arms, her long hair covered her face. Roxanne came over as Isley opened his car door,
"Hey, you're back," Roxanne smiled, "who is the delightful little girl Isley?"
"My sister Hysteria," he replied,
"Oh, so this is your little sister," Roxanne's eyes widened, "oh she's such a doll!"
Isley laughed lightly and cautiously opened the passenger door. Hysteria sighed as Isley carefully undid her seat belt. He slowly picked her up and carried her inside the night air was bitterly cold. Roxanne hurried ahead of his and opened the door. He followed her to the spare room. He lay Hysteria down as Roxanne pulled some extra blankets from the linen press. Quietly he tucked Hysteria in as Roxanne put the spare over-blankets on the bed. Isley went back outside and got Hysteria's suite case and school bag. Once he'd locked the car and closed the front door, he laid them near the end of the bed. She would sleep for a while yet.
Isley walked into the room that he shared with Roxanne, she padded in behind him and he lightly reached for her dressing gown, and sure enough she was wearing her sexy nighty like he'd thought, and not much else in the way of clothing. Just seeing Roxanne like that was enough to arouse him. It wasn't long before the pair shifted closer together, kissing, exploring and making love.
Hysteria woke to a new day, she needed to pee. She was in a strange a strange room and she had no idea as to where she was. She half hoped that she woke hear her mother's yell; and her father's indignant and furious voice though the door. However, she heard neither of those things. As she got up Fluffy fell to the floor, and she truly looked around the room. The window had light aqua curtains, casting a subtle glow in to the room, the carpet a pale cream, the bed spreads large and fluffy, clashing wildly with the colour of the room. Hysteria picked up Fluffy and sat it on the bed. She walked out of the room, opening the door as she really needed to pee. The first door that she opened was shocking, and she fought back the urge to scream.
Isley was asleep, with a strange woman draped over him. She was naked; her bare breasts pressed against Isley's chest, her long curly hair flowed around her shoulders. She had a beauty mark under her right eye, her fringe swept to the left of her face. She was deeply asleep, and Hysteria quietly closed the door, she was shuddering.
The next door yielded a cream bathroom, but not a toilet. She tried another door and at last it was a toilet. After she was finished Hysteria flushed the toilet and went back to the bathroom, she washed her hands and went back to the room that she was in. She decided that she would go back to bed and as she pulled Fluffy to her chest she was tired and allowed sleep to claim her.
Isley woke to a new day, Roxanne's breasts were pressed against his chest and he admired the sensation of it. She stirred slightly and tilted her head towards him, her beautiful greenish blue eyes were smiling at him, he grinned and then he sighed,
"We'll have to get dressed."
"Oh dear Isley, so keen to start the day already?" she asked him,
"I don't want to, but my stomach says otherwise."
"Oh, that time of day…hehehehe, well I'll see what I can do!" Roxanne got dressed and headed out of the room, walking to the kitchen and she began to muck around with the pots and pans, working out what to make for breakfast. She settled on pancakes and by the time she'd started the second one, Isley was out and fully dressed his little sister in tow.
"Breakfast's almost ready," Roxanne sung,
The girl regarded her with wide childlike eyes, and Roxanne noticed that Hysteria's eyelashes were rather long.
"Are you two married?" Hysteria asked Roxanne,
Roxanne laughed at the strangeness of Hysteria's question,
"Well, I suppose you could say that Isley's my man, but married, well, let's just say we're working on that end."
"Oh," Hysteria blushed and Roxanne could definitely see Isley's own blush in that.
Isley sighed and took a seat at the table Hysteria sitting to his left. Roxanne finished the pancakes and served everyone. Hysteria ate as much as her bother, which surprised Roxanne; she would have thought that a little lady like Hysteria would eat a small portion of pancakes. Hysteria however easily put down as much as Isley. They soon finished breakfast and Hysteria helped with the dishes. Roxanne headed over to the phone which was ringing and she had a bad feeling about it.
"Hello,"
"Hey Rox, it's Cass," her slightly crazy short haired older sister spoke, "listen I just ran across a guy that was really gross,"
"And Cassandra?" Roxanne asked,
"Well he wanted to fuck me!?" Cassandra cried,
"Oh Cassandra," Roxanne sighed, "How can you say that,"
"Because he said it outright, said he liked my tits!" Cassandra cried,
"Cassandra, how many times have I told you to not to listen to them and shove it back in their faces."
"Oh sure, easy for you to say, you've got Isley to fuck you! I've got no one to do that for me!" Cassandra snapped, "I mean come on, I know that guys would like to fuck me, but I don't want the boys…I want Undadame to fuck me!"
"Well, tell her then," Roxanne sighed,
"I can't!" wailed Cassandra,
"Cassandra! You can!" Roxanne sighed in exasperation, "I'm sure she won't mind you being open with her,"
Cassandra sniffed, "Alright then, I'll tell her!"
Roxanne smiled and knew that Cassandra wouldn't be able to tell Undadame, and if she did, the pair of them would be bragging about their joint exploits. Roxanne smiled and shook her head, Cassandra sure was a worry. Ever since she'd come out about being in to girls, her strange behaviour was actually sensible, Roxanne decided that she'd deal with it, not because she tolerated such behaviour, but because it was Cassandra. Roxanne sighed as she pulled on her jumper, the pink one with "Hello Kitty" on it. Hysteria looked at Roxanne curiously; clearly she didn't know what "Hello Kitty" was.
Hysteria had a shower and waited patiently for Isley to return home. She didn't know what to do now that a new day had begun. She had nothing except her school books to entertain her, so she started on her assignment, completely unaware that she would never be able to hand it in.
As she looked through her school books Hysteria came across interesting things, and for the first time in her life she realised that she was free to read what she wished. It was a strange feeling, one that made her feel rather grown up.
The day was relatively quiet; Roxanne had the day off work so she decided to take Hysteria out shopping. Hysteria was surprised that Roxanne knew how to drive, and Roxanne found it quite funny. She led Hysteria to her favourite shopping haunts and decided to get some things for Cassandra, after all her older sister would like them as she always was a little kinky. Poor Hysteria kept cringing and averting her eyes, like a real prude Roxanne decided. They soon went to another shop that was a cute boutique; Roxanne was happily talking to a young woman over the counter about bras and underwear, and about other subjects that made Hysteria feel like she was nothing more than a little girl.
"I'm telling you Luciela, I know that Cassandra really needs something sexy, she's going to pluck up her courage to tell Undadame the truth!" Roxanne smiled,
"Ohh, we have been waiting for the day! Well, well, well, I do hope you know her size!" Luciela replied.
Hysteria couldn't help but stare at the red haired beauty, her green eyes twinkling mischievously, her hair was up in two long high pigtails and she was wearing a tightly clad dress, nothing like Hysteria herself would wear.
"I do and I know more!" Roxanne teased,
"Ohh do tell Rox, do tell!" Luciela gushed, "You know that I'm quite amazed that Cassandra finally came out of the closet about herself!"
Roxanne grinned, "As far as I am concerned Lucy, Cass will have to tell Undadame!"
"Ohh, good luck with that!" Luciela squealed,
"Hahahahahahahahahaha," Roxanne laughed, "it'll be perfect timing for both of them I can assure you Lucy."
Roxanne led Hysteria back to her car and was grinning like a fiend. Hysteria looked at Roxanne confused,
"I don't understand…why does Cassandra need those things that you brought?" Hysteria asked Roxanne
"Well, long story short, Cass has a girl that she's really in to romantically speaking and I figure there's no better way than a few sexy outfits, after all Cass's a little kinky when she wants to be."
"She's gay?" Hysteria frowned, more confused than before,
"Unfortunately yes," Roxanne replied, "Cassandra's into women, we only found out about a month ago and our parents weren't pleased to hear it. As far as I am concerned, I don't enjoy the fact that she's in to women, I think that it's a waste, but as long as she's happy I guess I can't begrudge her."
"You don't sound happy about it," Hysteria noted,
"I'm not, but I do want Cassandra to be happy." Roxanne replied,
The car came to a stop smoothly in front of a very sweet classical style house. The late June sun was casting a golden glow on to the veranda. A young woman was sitting in a chair and half rose out of it when she heard the car and upon seeing that it was her sister's car, slowly sunk back into it. Cassandra ran a hand through her short layered sun-kissed blond hair and sighed. Roxanne had been adamant that Cassandra should tell Undadame how she felt about the petite golden-brown haired beauty who wore her long hair in low pigtails. Cassandra felt such strong feelings for her house mate who worked as a midwife at the local hospital. Cassandra had been trying to tell Undadame for months about how she felt, but every time she was close to saying it, she would blush and lose her confidence. She was reduced to small talk and it was starting to get frustrating to the point that Cassandra was tempted to just kiss the girl already. She found her attention diverted by the tall long haired blond that gracefully walked behind her sister. Cassandra was riveted to the spot in surprise. She just had to be a girl, no more than 16 at the most, her long hair was pulled back in to a pony tail, and she had two braided bangs on either side of her face. Two more braids danced in the back of her ponytail, and her long eyelashes framed her pretty blue eyes. Cassandra blinked a couple of times just to be sure that this tall girl actually existed, and upon realising that she did, Cassandra couldn't help but compare the girl to Undadame and soon found that this one wasn't the one that she liked the best. Undadame's beauty remained the centre of Cassandra's thoughts.
"Oi Roxanne, why are you here?" Cassandra enquired,
"To help you Cass," Roxanne smiled, "I have some presents for you, and I need you in your birthday suit."
"Wha…what? Roxanne, what are you-?" Cassandra blinked,
"Come along Cassandra," Roxanne grinned,
Cassandra had a feeling in the pit if her stomach that Roxanne was up to something. She didn't realise it but as far as Roxanne was concerned the plan was simple…very simple…
Undadame hummed to the music as she drove towards the house that she shared with Cassandra. She wondered if she should tell her house mate how she really felt about her and how much of a turn on she was when she had a towel on and not much else. She had just finished her shift and was looking forward to the day off, although she didn't know how she was going to spend it. She sighed as she pulled in to the driveway. It looked like Roxanne was visiting, something that was a usual occurrence. Undadame sighed and parked her car. She carefully pulled her handbag out from the back of the car and was more than prepared (or she thought that she was prepared) for what she was about to hear. She paused as she heard Cassandra's voice,
"Roxanne, what the hell is this for?!"
"You look a treat Cassandra," Roxanne replied, "I don't know why you don't wear things like this more often dear; it does help to break the ice you know."
Undadame carefully negotiated her way towards Cassandra's room she froze as she beheld Cassandra in erotic, delicate silk lingerie with lace. She felt her face burn as she looked at Cassandra free from her normal practical clothing. Undadame came in quietly and before she knew it said,
"Wow Cassandra, you look hot!"
Cassandra swung around and was blushing like usual; Undadame's own blush was as red as Cassandra's was. It was an unspoken message between the two that led Roxanne to say, "Well, Hysteria and I had best get back home for Isley, so I'll leave these for you here Cass, bye,"
Cassandra didn't even once look at her sister and was far more preoccupied with Undadame's stare.
By the time Roxanne had left Undadame and Cassandra heated things up, kissing to the others' surprise. It was only then that Undadame found out that Cassandra had feelings for her. Undadame smiled, "That makes two of us then." and Cassandra's answering blush was a sight to behold.
Roxanne was shaking her head all the way home, Hysteria hadn't said anything the whole trip, but was more interested in the view outside the window. Roxanne was sure that there would be interesting things happening at Cassandra's house tonight. By the time they had arrived home Hysteria headed in for a shower and was in her nightdress, which left little to the imagination. Roxanne was surprised by just how early the girl was ready for bed. She sighed and shook her head.
Isley arrived home a little before seven o'clock in the evening. He was surprised that Hysteria was already ready for bed. She rushed over to him and gave him a quick hug and Roxanne smiled at him,
"Well, you're just in time Isley," she said, "dinner's almost ready."
"Good," he replied, "how was today?"
"Well, we had a lot of fun," Roxanne winked at Hysteria, "I had a visit with Cassandra and we went shopping."
Isley chuckled, "Women and shopping…I don't get the finer details I suppose."
They sat down to dinner and soon talk turned to Isley's day and his usual arguments with Dauf, Chronos and Rigaldo, all of whom were the top four of their year,
"I swear Rigaldo's got some nerve to be like he is…he's a nightmare, and he can't take being second best, to be perfectly honest I'd rather see him off the face of the earth than on it."
"How come?" Hysteria asked,
"Don't worry Hysi, he's just a guy that I know at school, you won't need to worry about him." Isley smiled at his little sister, "It's too long a tale at any rate."
By the time they had finished dinner and the dishes Hysteria was yawning and ready to go to bed. She bade them goodnight and went to her room. She crawled under the covers and pulled Fluffy in to her chest. She was asleep when her head hit the pillow.
Roxanne looked at Isley and knew that he was hiding something from his younger sister; clearly he didn't want to say whatever it was until she was in bed.
"Someone is going to have to take care of her tomorrow," Isley sighed, "I don't want Rigaldo or any of the other guys to know that she is here. I have to make sure that she is safe."
"Isley," Roxanne began,
"I don't want my father knowing where she is because he'll do something terrible to her. I know that he already had a marriage queued up for her, but she's too young, I don't want that life for her, she's smart, goodness if you saw the grades that she was getting, you'd be amazed Roxanne," Isley sighed, "and he didn't even care, not once did he see how she was doing at school, nor did he take any interest in her schooling in general."
He got up and got a glass of water,
"I'm sure that Elizabeth wouldn't mind looking after Hysteria, she's a good friend of mine, or even Uranus might be able to. I would trust Uranus with my life." Roxanne said,
"We might have to see with them though," Isley reminded her, "they might not want to."
"Nadine…although she can be a bit over the top sometimes…" Roxanne chewed her bottom lip, "I know that Luciela won't be able to on certain days…and Cassandra well, I wouldn't have Hysteria with Cassandra on her own that could be asking for some trouble…"
They continued their discussions until it was late in the night. They then went to bed themselves and slept.
Having been through a day away from home Hysteria was a little nervous, she remembered where the toilet was and was pleased. She got dressed and walked out in to the kitchen. She came across Roxanne and a strange woman. The woman wore her hair short and was quite scary looking. She wasn't the sort that looked like she could smile. Hysteria cautiously came over. For all the scariness of the woman's appearance, she was very kind,
"Hello there, my name's Uranus, nice to meet you," she said,
"I'm Hysteria." Hysteria replied, trembling slightly, "How do you do?"
"Wonderful thank you," Uranus replied with a smile.
Hysteria took a liking to Uranus' smile, and so she got to spend the day with Uranus and she learned how to ride.
By the time July came around, the days were bitterly cold and the nights were very long. Hysteria had been away from her father's house for a month. She had settled into her new life well, she loved heading out to Uranus' horse riding school for the day. She helped Uranus and learnt about horses. She was almost able to canter on her own and had made good progress according to Uranus. However July was for Isley a dicey time of year as it was the party season for his classmates. He was forever invited to someone's house for a party or gathering of the year group. He finally relented and decided to take Roxanne with him to a party at Dauf's house. He was forced to bring Hysteria along as well because there wasn't anyone able to take care of her while they were at the party in question. Isley made sure that she was at least out of sight of a certain individual, namely Rigaldo who Isley knew would most certainly be out and about and would most definitely be sure to cause trouble. The music was blearing and people were dancing like there was no tomorrow, drinks were served with a heavy hand and Riful was hanging off Dauf's arm, giggling and saying lewd comments about all the men, (Dauf in particular) and she sounded like she was drunk. Hysteria's eyes were wide as she took it all in. She was a little bit scared. Isley settled down near a couple of his classmates who were well behaved like he was, not drinking because they had decided that someone needed to drive the drunken idiots home. Isley decided on a drink while Roxanne declined saying that she would drive tonight.
Hysteria quietly walked through the crowd and she felt like she was out of place. Everyone here were all drinking and dancing and having a good time, except Hysteria of course. She didn't know a single person at this place except Isley and Roxanne. She listened to the music and found the song to be quite different from what she was allowed to listen to when she was back at her father's house. She couldn't help but wonder what he would say about this music that was playing. The idea for some reason made her want to laugh, but she refrained from doing so.
Three hours passed and Rigaldo was bored. He tilted his head as he noticed a tall girl wander around, her long blond hair floating around her. She had two braided bangs and two braids in her high pony tail. She was an absolute beauty, and Rigaldo couldn't help but wonder what curves she was hiding underneath that dress. He felt compelled to go towards her and find out.
Hysteria suddenly turned as a young man approached her, her long blond hair swaying as she moved. His grey eyes looked at her with interest and Hysteria found herself feeling oddly nervous. His hair was sleek and black, and he was tall and lithe. He didn't look all that dangerous, but Hysteria's gut was telling her she should head back to Isley and quickly. She paused as she looked the stranger in the eye. His grey eyes were focused on her and she was shaking. He came over to her and she instinctively started to back away. She felt a wall against her back and she tried to move in another direction but she was blocked by him. He was blocking her only escape route. She tried to work out how to get away when he suddenly pressed her against the wall, his body touching her's in a way that no one's had ever done before in her life. She tried to move away to the left but she was soon stopped by him again,
"Come on Sugar, don't be so difficult," he purred, "it's rare to see girls like you around these parts."
Hysteria cringed and kept trying to dodge him, but he was just too strong. He grabbed her firmly and carried her away.
Hysteria was trying to fight him despite the fact that she was easily overpowered by him. He carried her in to a bed room and shut the door. Hysteria struggled and tried to call out, but because the music was so loud she doubted that anyone could hear her at all. She fought him as he laid her on the bed, pressing himself against her, kissing her and touching her in places that she didn't want to be touched. She begged him to stop, tried to fight him but it was all in vain. She kept crying and pleading with him to stop, but he soon had her dress off and it wasn't long before she was completely naked, crying and fighting him. He undressed himself and re pinned her on the bed, before she could even get away. He pressed something hard against her, touching her again despite the fact that she was crying for him to stop. He forced her legs apart and he silenced her with a kiss. He then forced himself between her legs and she could feel something hard push deep within her. Hysteria screamed with pain.
"Please, it hurts, please stop it hurts!" she cried,
He just ignored her and kept pushing himself in to her, then pulling out again. Each stroke hurt more than the last. He was moaning and Hysteria was sure that her voice was almost gone from all of her yelling pleading and crying. She closed her eyes and the tears slid down her face. She had never known so much pain, his moans ringing in her ears. She hoped that it would all end, that he would stop, or that it would hurt him. He let out a loud and deep moan and he lay alongside of her, sleeping now that he had done what he'd wanted to. Hysteria had to get out of the room. She was still hurting from him. She found her dress and pulled it on, fleeing out of the room crying.
Roxanne had headed outside for some fresh air; the music was getting to her head. She felt someone barrel in to her and was soon having to comfort a crying Hysteria. She wasn't crying very loud and Roxanne tried to ask Hysteria what was wrong, but the poor girl had lost her voice. She did indicate downwards, and Roxanne quietly took her inside and called Isley out.
By the time they had arrived back at Roxanne's Hysteria was shaking. Roxanne took Hysteria in to the bathroom and then had a look at where Hysteria had pointed. Roxanne's face was white and she felt sick. Someone had done something to Hysteria…and she didn't like the thoughts that were running through her mind. There was little doubt in her mind that someone had raped the girl. And based on how badly Hysteria was shaking, she had been raped fairly recently. Roxanne ran hot water in to the bathtub and got Hysteria to undress and hop in. Roxanne then undid Hysteria's hair and washed it for her.
Isley came in as Roxanne was drying Hysteria's hair and Hysteria was in her nightgown. She was leaning on Roxanne and Isley could have sworn he heard Hysteria say "It hurts."
Hysteria slept badly and found that she was clutching Fluffy tighter than ever before. She was still sore from what had happened and she was also shaken. It felt to her as if she'd only just gotten to sleep when she was woken again.
Roxanne noticed that Hysteria looked quite tired, so she decided that she'd call Elizabeth, thinking that she mightn't mind having a quiet Hysteria, but Roxanne had a feeling it was more than that that was making Hysteria quiet. Roxanne hoped that Elizabeth would be able to get Hysteria back to at least half normal, but she doubted it. The weekend was about the only time that Hysteria was a bit more relaxed.
By the time two weeks passed Hysteria was slowly starting to come to terms with what had happed. She had told Roxanne what happened, but she was too scared to say it in front of Isley…especially since she was sure that Isley would flip over it. She woke to a new day and felt sick. She stayed in bed, not game to even get up because she knew that she'd more than likely throw up. Hysteria closed her eyes and she laid back. She heard Roxanne pad in,
"Hysi, it's eight o'clock, time to get up," Roxanne called gently,
"I feel sick Rox," Hysteria said,
"Oh!" Roxanne's eyes widened, "Just rest for a bit then,"
Hysteria lay back and tried not to feel the nausea that was laying her low.
Hysteria felt better in the afternoon, so she had something to eat. It was Roxanne's day off at work, and she was surprised to see that Hysteria seemed better in the afternoon than the morning; she decided to wait until after Hysteria went to bed before talking to Isley, there was something that she wanted to tell him.
Isley slowly drunk his hot drink and looked over to Roxanne,
"I don't know about you but I have a feeling that Rigaldo is to blame." She faltered under Isley's responding glare,
"Of course it would be him, why wouldn't it be?" Isley cursed, "Of all the people that it could have been…damn it!"
"We don't know that for certain Isley," Roxanne replied,
"He's as good as done it Roxanne," he hissed, "who else has grey eyes and black hair in my year?"
Roxanne fell silent, she didn't like where Isley was heading, but he was right, who else was like Hysteria described, indeed who else would look like that? Roxanne looked at her feet, she knew that there would be a fight, sooner rather than later and someone was going to pay. She hoped that Isley wasn't the one that got hurt; whatever was going to happen tomorrow, Roxanne hoped that the two would sort things out peacefully without the raw fighting that was sure to happen. She looked over to Isley and wondered what was going on in his mind, something that she did frequently with varying degrees of success, and found herself drawing a blank; this time she just couldn't fathom what he was thinking.
Hysteria woke to the same sick feeling that she had yesterday and sighed. She got up and was soon running to be sick. Her head pounded and she crawled back in to bed, the horrible feeling persisting.
By the time Roxanne got up she knew that something was amiss. Hysteria was still in bed, and she looked quite pale again.
"How are you feeling Hysi," Roxanne asked gently,
"Horrible, like I want to throw up," Hysteria whimpered.
Roxanne tilted her head and was soon calling around to see if anyone was able to keep an eye on Hysteria for the day. She didn't have much of a choice and she had to go to work soon. Roxanne had called almost everyone that she knew and they were all busy…except for possibly one person. Roxanne took a deep breath and dialled a number that she had never dialled before.
"Hi Rox, what's up?" Cassandra's voice sounded like she'd had a night and a half,
"Well, I have to go to work and Hysi needs someone with her, because she's not feeling the best."
"I'll be there in five," Cassandra replied,
"Cass-" Roxanne began and heard the phone beeping, "ah fuck it."
She hung up the phone and sighed. Cassandra never changed. She was always willing to help Roxanne no matter what happened. Sometimes it was a good thing and on other occasions it wasn't.
True to her word Cassandra arrived within five minutes, Roxanne was nervous about leaving Hysteria with Cassandra but she soon discovered that Cass wasn't on her own; she had a small child with her as well.
"Oh, and who is this little girl?" Roxanne asked,
"Undadame's daughter, Hilda." Cassandra told Roxanne. "She's three months."
"I see," said Roxanne, not really understanding,
"Undadame's finally got full custody," Cassandra replied, "her ex-husband was too violent."
"Right," said Roxanne,
"Hurry up Rox, you'll be late." Cassandra chastised.
Roxanne was forced to leave without telling Cass anything that she might need.
Cassandra sighed; Roxanne could sure be a kill joy when she wanted to be. Cassandra checked on Hysteria, Isley's little sister. She was lying in her bed, her eyes closed. Cassandra lightly touched the girl's forehead and noticed that she didn't even have a fever. Surely if the girl was as sick as Roxanne was saying she would have a fever to prove it. However as Cassandra settled Hilda down for a nap, she heard the tell-tale signs that someone was sick. She quietly padded towards Hysteria's room again and noticed that Hysteria looked pale, exactly like Roxanne had said she looked earlier that morning. Since Cassandra didn't know any better, she didn't really know what she should do to help Hysteria. She decided to call Undadame since Undadame would know why Hysteria wasn't feeling so well. Undadame picked up on the second ring. She listened to Cassandra and told her that she would be there shortly.
It took Undadame fifteen minutes to arrive to Roxanne's house. She came in and was all business. She soon discovered that Hysteria had no knowledge in terms of sex education. She knew about periods, but that was about as far as she knew. Undadame was thoughtful and tried to explain as much as she could to Hysteria. She noticed that Hysteria was very smart; it didn't take her long to understand what Undadame was trying to explain to her. Undadame had a couple of thoughts and suggested that when Roxanne came home that Cassandra suggest getting Hysteria in to see a doctor, which Cassandra agreed to. Undadame had to head back to her work and Cassandra gave Hysteria a light lunch to see if she could hold it down.
By the time Roxanne got home it was nearly four in the afternoon. She was surprised to see Hysteria playing with Hilda while Cassandra was watching. Hysteria was soon tired and rested on the lounge. Cassandra got up and upon seeing Roxanne said,
"All's well."
Roxanne blinked,
"Really?" She asked,
"Yes," Cassandra replied, "Undadame came over on her lunch break and suggested that you take Hysteria in to see the doctors if the pattern holds up."
"Undadame came over to visit?" Roxanne blinked in surprise,
"Yes she did." Cassandra replied, "She had to teach Hysteria a lot of things today."
Roxanne's eyes widened and as Cassandra gave her a repeat over the conversation that Undadame had with Hysteria it was clear to Roxanne that Undadame undoubtedly knew her stuff. Hysteria had a good teacher that was for sure.
Isley stormed down the corridor and opened the door with a loud smashing noise. He had some unfinished business with a certain person that he was going to sort out at once. He knew who he was after. The dark haired young man had looked up the moment the door opened and upon seeing Isley in the door way, a smirk appeared on his face,
"Well, well, if it isn't the top ranked student of the school," Rigaldo sneered,
"Shut up Rigaldo, if you know what's good for you." Isley growled,
"Oh really," Rigaldo smirked,
Isley punched Rigaldo in the face, smashing Rigaldo's jaw,
"How dare you touch my younger sister! If you so much as go near Hysteria again, I'll do much worse than this you mark my words." Isley threatened Rigaldo.
Rigaldo grimaced as he delicately touched his jaw; damn Isley knew where to hit. Isley left the room without another word, but the threat was more than clear. Rigaldo wondered on what Isley had in mind when he said that he was going to do worse than what he just did. He came to a sudden realisation. The vague girl in his head that he had sex with at Dauf's party was Isley's little sister…he was stunned, and he wondered how badly he'd been drinking at the time. He tried not to think about it too much, especially since he was always drinking and getting drunk any way. It was alcohol that took away Rigaldo's control. He wondered exactly why Isley had hit him like this and slowly he came up with a theory. He figured that he was fairly drunk so he couldn't have known exactly what happened but as far as he could guess, he'd had sex with Isley's little sister, no doubt against her wishes if Isley was willing to punch Rigaldo in the face like he just did. Rigaldo swore loudly from both pain and the realisation that he had caused some major trouble again because he was drinking. He knew that if Isley took this to the police that he was as good as fucked.
By the time Isley arrived home Hysteria was asleep on the couch, her toy horse clutched in her arms. Her breathing was deep and even and she looked peaceful, Isley wondered why she was asleep so early and shook his head, Hysteria was never asleep this early. Normally she was in bed at 8:30 and sleeping, not 6:30 and on the couch. Isley sighed and wondered why she was sleeping on the couch at this hour. Roxanne came in to the room and sighed. The expression on her face was one that Isley was worried about, it was one that he had only seen once and it was one that meant that trouble was to be had. He soon heard something that he had been dreading. There wouldn't be much time, he would have to hide Roxanne and Hysteria. It seemed that his father was trying to find Hysteria and he would stop at nothing to find the girl.
"Are you alright Roxanne?" Isley asked worried,
"I don't know Isley, I mean he was quite full on and was talking about the police and everything, I didn't say anything in front of her for her own sake." Roxanne indicated to Hysteria, "She was alright with Cassandra, and was even helping with Undadame's little girl."
"I will have to move the two of you to my apartment if that is at all possible," Isley sighed,
"He'd be watching Isley, no we'd have to stay here, at least he doesn't know about the two of us and he doesn't know that she's here. We can count on that for now." Roxanne reasoned, "It might be a good idea to sell the apartment too, although we will need a home later if we sell this place."
"Or we could just stay with Cassandra for a while," Hysteria yawned, "I'm sure she won't mind us staying with her."
Isley blinked and Roxanne raised an eyebrow. Hysteria looked from her brother to his girlfriend and sighed,
"I'm not completely naïve," she sighed, "if you two are planning to find a new place why don't we stay with Cass? It would be nice for all of us."
Roxanne was stunned and Isley looked at her and shook his head,
"We'll talk about it later," he suggested, "When we're all fully awake and aware."
Hysteria fell asleep on the couch again; a faint sigh escaped her lips.
Three months passed since Roxanne had received the threatening phone call from Isley's father. Roxanne had thought nothing of it since she was sure that it was just a hoax, meant to scare them into thinking that he was on to Isley and that he knew about the relationship that Roxanne and Isley had. Hysteria was starting to show signs of a pregnancy and Roxanne was beginning to be concerned for her. Hysteria was acting a little out of the ordinary and Roxanne wasn't sure what was wrong. She had gone as far as to ask her what was wrong, but Hysteria had insisted that all was well and she was ok. Roxanne wasn't sure if she should trust the girl's judgement but she did. Hysteria's whole nature was docile and unusually quiet, almost as if she was constantly lost in thought. Isley had tried talking to Hysteria about the baby, but she became emphatic about keeping it, to the point of yelling the house down and then some. Isley figured that he'd try to talk to her about it, but no sooner did he start that then did Hysteria become almost unbearable. He was forced to drop the issue. However it didn't mean that it was going away anytime soon.
Hysteria woke to a new day and was calmly eating breakfast when she became aware of Isley and Roxanne's presence. She finished her mouthful and raised an eyebrow, waiting for them to say something. Isley ran a hand through his long hair and sighed,
"Hysi," he began,
"I've told you already, I want to keep it," her eyes narrowed dangerously, it was a look that their father was famous for and one that Isley didn't like. It reminded him too much of their father but on Hysteria it was a look that made her almost frightening, "nothing is going to make me change my mind."
He sighed, "Please Hysi," he pleaded, "we know that already,"
Hysteria glared at him, "Then why are you asking me to get rid of him/her."
Isley was speechless and Roxanne's eyes were wide,
"Why are you so surprised? I know what I want." Hysteria ate another mouthful of food, before she continued "I want this baby,"
"We know that Hysi," Isley sighed, "What we were trying to say was that you'd need to know how to look after it."
Hysteria blinked and looked at Isley, she raised an eyebrow. She ate in silence, each mouthful of cereal was pronounced. Isley waited for the yelling and fury that usually followed. Hysteria slowly ate her breakfast, and as she ate she looked at Isley and Roxanne,
"If I agree to this," she asked, "I won't have my baby taken away?"
Isley looked at Roxanne and he realised that Hysteria was serious, she wanted that baby right or wrong and no one was going to change her mind,
"Of course you won't have it taken from you," Isley sighed,
Hysteria slowly got up and placed her bowl in the sink, "Fine," she said, her voice normal. It was the only victory that Isley was going to get and they all knew it.
And so Hysteria's "training" began without further ado. She spent most of her time with Cassandra and Hilda, Undadame was often there and would talk Hysteria through the necessary care that a baby would need. Roxanne was surprised when she came over, Hysteria was asleep with Hilda on the rug, both were dead to and Cassandra wasn't in sight. Roxanne heard the sound of a couple of cups being taken out of the cupboard, and she headed in to the kitchen. Cassandra was making some tea, and happed to know that Roxanne was coming over.
"Hey Cass," Roxanne began,
"Hey Rox," Cassandra smiled, "I see you're just in time,"
Roxanne tilted her head, and waited patiently for the kettle to boil. She followed Cassandra out to the lounge room and noticed that Hysteria was still asleep.
"In time for what Cassandra?" Roxanne asked,
"Afternoon tea of course," Cassandra grinned, "Although poor Hysteria's exhausted,"
"I wouldn't doubt it," Roxanne muttered,
"Today was full of excitement too," Cassandra continued as if Roxanne hadn't said anything, "the baby was kicking and she got all excited about it,"
"Uh huh," Roxanne looked at Hysteria splayed out on the floor, her long blond hair also splayed out around her like a silvery halo. Both Hysteria and Isley had almost silver blond hair, their eyes were the only difference between them. Roxanne vaguely heard her sister prattle on about the day and found herself wondering why Hysteria would be so insistent on keeping the baby.
"Oh and she's even though of a possible name for it as well, Miria if it's girl apparently,"
"What?!" Roxanne's attention was suddenly diverted to Cassandra and her thoughts were halted, Hysteria didn't say anything about naming the baby around Isley at all.
"Yeah, it's a strange name isn't it?" Cassandra inquired, "She said that she'd been toying with a few and that one was the most appealing to her."
"Really?" Roxanne squeaked, she was surprised that Hysteria had a name for it at all.
"Yes, Rox," Cassandra replied,
"Oh," said Roxanne in a small voice,
"You seem surprised to hear it," Cassandra commented,
"Because I am surprised," Roxanne admitted,
"Don't be, all she's been talking about is the baby and how excited she is about having something to love, I would have thought that this discussion would have come up a while ago," Cassandra looked at her sister and noticed a look of guilt cross her face,
"Isley's worried about her," she said in a small voice,
"Undadame's through, she'll make sure that Hysteria understands just how much work a baby truly is, and by the way Rox, I forgot to thank you," Cassandra blushed, "you're right about the outfits breaking the ice,"
Hysteria yawned and stretched, as Cassandra said this and then giggled a little bit, she sighed and then lay back down,
"Tired Hysteria?" Cassandra asked,
"A little," Hysteria admitted, "can I have a sandwich please?"
"Sure," Cassandra smiled
Roxanne looked after her sister and shook her head. Hysteria was on her back and Roxanne looked at her,
"Hi Roxanne," Hysteria said trying not to yawn,
"Well at least you're awake now sleepy head," Roxanne teased,
"Oh," Hysteria suddenly sat bolt upright and her hand shot to her stomach, "oh, she's kicking again! Cassandra she's kicking again!"
Cassandra came in with a sandwich, "Really?"
"Yes," Hysteria smiled excitedly, "she's kicking again!"
Roxanne was surprised as Cassandra placed the plate next to Hysteria and placed her hand under Hysteria's.
"Well, it could be a boy, but yes that's quite a kick."
"It's a girl, I know it is." Hysteria replied,
Cassandra smiled, Roxanne said nothing but merely noticed the expression on Hysteria's face. It seemed that Cassandra was telling the truth, that Hysteria was being serious in a way that Isley had never seen before. Roxanne wondered if even their father could shake Hysteria's determination and as far as Roxanne could see the expression on Hysteria's face was clear enough. She would do anything for the tiny baby, even defy her father to keep it. Roxanne had to warn Isley, or at least tell him that he could give up the idea that Hysteria would give up on it. She wanted that baby and she meant it when she said that the only reason that she was agreeing to learning about how to care for babies was that she wasn't going to have her's taken away. It was clear to Roxanne that Hysteria intending to care for the baby that she was carrying. She sighed but knew that there would be no more arguments. In Roxanne's mind it was all made perfectly clear. She just wondered how long it would take Isley to come to the same conclusion.
They arrived home and Roxanne noticed that Hysteria was fast asleep. It took Roxanne a while to figure out what was noticeably different and suddenly realised that the toy horse was nowhere in sight. Roxanne left Hysteria in the car while she quickly raced in and got her bed ready. She came back out and Hysteria was still asleep. Roxanne carefully carried her to her room and placed her in to the bed. Hysteria sighed but she didn't wake. Roxanne tucked her in and headed out to the kitchen, she would start on dinner because Isley would be home soon. As the eggs were cooking she thought about what Cassandra had said,
"Miria eh?" Roxanne wondered out loud, "I don't know what that girl is thinking,"
By the time she'd finished making dinner, Isley was already sitting at the table and they were talking about the unchangeable decision that Hysteria was set on,
"She can be stubborn sometimes," Isley sighed, "even our father couldn't sway her, and that was only once mind you. That was when Hysteria wanted to see a particular movie some time ago now."
Roxanne was surprised, "So did she defy him?"
"No, she just showed him the rating and he ended up seeing it himself. He was quite disturbed over the fact that it was just as children's movie and there wasn't anything wrong with it. He ended up letting her see it with at home."
Roxanne laughed, "So in other words she used persuasion against him and got her own way,"
"More or less," Isley sighed, "she eventually got what she wanted, although it took him a while to realise that she was being serious. I have seen her not as serious as this, so it is safe for me to assume that she really does want this baby, which is a worrying thought."
And they were once again on to the main topic of discussion, Hysteria and her unshakeable resolve to keep the baby that was slowly growing by the day.
Isley like Roxanne before him was surprised that Hysteria had already some up with a name for the baby, and that she was so enthusiastic about the fact that it was kicking. He had yet to see all of this with his own eyes and he softly walked in to Hysteria's room. She was laying down in her bed, her breathing deep and even, her arms around her stomach a small ghost of a smile on her face. Isley lightly touched his sister's forehead and she stirred slightly, her eye lids flickering as she woke,
"Isley," she sighed, drunk with sleep,
"Dinner is ready Hysi," he told her gently. Both he and Roxanne decided that they would help Hysteria where she needed it with the baby, especially after talking with Cassandra about it.
Hysteria slowly got up and followed Isley out.
Once everyone was finished, Roxanne heard the phone ringing. It was a good thing that she answered it and not Isley or Hysteria. It was their father and he asked if either were there. Roxanne made a signal to Isley and he looked at Hysteria, she was tired and was grateful when Isley helped her back to bed.
"Who sorry I didn't quite catch what you were saying?" Roxanne played dumb, using her most sugary tone. Isley's father wasn't amused and threatened her, "Oh, dear we are in a foul mood aren't we mister,"
"I've had enough of your little games girl," Isley's father snapped, he then threatened her some more and hung up. Roxanne was trembling slightly. She dialled Cassandra's number, which was something that she didn't do all that often. Cassandra was more than happy to have them at her place. Roxanne told Isley immediately what had happened. Isley for his part tired not to curse too loudly and agreed that they should stay with Cassandra until his father lost interest in Roxanne.
Hysteria's stomach was practically bulging out in front of her by the time Isley found a suitable house for them. Undadame had told them to make sure that Hysteria took it easy so that she didn't go in to an early labour. The house was a bit larger than Roxanne's old one; the extra room was slotted to be a nursery for Hysteria's baby. Moving in was easy enough, Roxanne had gone shopping with Hysteria to get some things for the baby and Hysteria when it was born. Isley had kept to being on campus for the last three months of the school year and having finished school settled he mostly stayed with Roxanne, avoiding his father as much as possible. Christmas had long since come and gone and as April approached, the weather started to cool down again. Hysteria did have a few false alarms, Isley had asked Undadame about what was going on and she told him that it was most likely Hick's contractions. She did say however to keep an eye on them in case they went further and Hysteria's waters broke. So far they had avoided such happenings and it seemed that they were going to be safe for a little while.
Roxanne and Isley had gotten married earlier that year, and opted to have a quiet wedding rather than draw Isley's father's attention. Roxanne had made Hysteria a bride's maid and Cassandra was all dressed up, wearing a suit for the occasion, which was the most that she would go as far as wearing on any one occasion. Roxanne knew that Cassandra was practical rather than beauty focused, that part of her hadn't changed. Undadame wore a dress and Hilda was cutely in her mother's arms giggling and making all sorts of funny baby noises. Hysteria looked pretty in her dress and Roxanne's wedding dress hugged her body nicely, much to Isley's delight. The wedding was good and everyone was relaxed.
It was almost too good to be true that Isley and Roxanne had three months peace and not a single word from Isley's father since the wedding. It had been so peaceful in fact that they hadn't really noticed that the trouble was starting to brew. Hysteria was happily gushing about her baby kicking and Roxanne was busily trying to have a baby with Isley, although they both had decided to wait until Hysteria's one was born before they tried for one.
It was a normal day for Roxanne, working hard to save up something towards their baby kit that they were setting up. She didn't enjoy her job all that much, but it was the best that she had for now. She sighed as she made sure that she was kept amused by cleaning the shelves to pass the time. She had long since resigned herself to being a little bored at work. She tilted her head and regarded the set of shelves before her, they were spotless. She was heading on to the next aisle when there was a commotion just to the left of her. She heard the raised voices and proceeded with caution. She froze in shock. Isley's father was standing there and yelling at one of her co-workers the poor girl was shaking like a leaf and Isley's father was yelling her down. Roxanne headed over and politely asked him to lower his voice. He rounded on her with a fury that Roxanne had long since been used to with her own father and she tried to calm the man down. Isley's father wasn't having a bar of it. He acted as if he knew everything and Roxanne calmly said she would see if their manager was available to see to his problem. He became more angry if that was at all possible. Roxanne calmly headed towards the manager's office. She explained to her boss what was going on and he came out and asked Isley's father to leave. The man glared at Roxanne and left. Her co-worker was crying and she had to head down the back before she was ok. Roxanne was finished her shift anyway and she drove to Isley's apartment. She wanted to make sure that Hysteria was ok, and that the girl was safe.
Hysteria wanted to escape, but she wanted to make sure that it was safe to do so. She was trying to work out how she was going to get out of her current predicament. Her father had been furious but thankfully he didn't notice that she was pregnant. She didn't know how she was going to escape. She carefully tried one of the doors and it opened she looked around and slowly crept behind the car. She didn't think that she was going to make it. She was scared for her baby, her precious Miria who had yet to come. Hysteria could hear her father's car pull up and she was afraid. She carefully hid herself, hoping that she wouldn't see her. The bruise on her cheek was smarting from his blow and she had to be grateful that he didn't hit anywhere else. She didn't want her Miria being in danger. She continued forwards and was able to get on the left side of her father's car without being noticed. He came out of the driver's side and left the car still running. She stayed close enough to hear what he was saying,
"I'm warning you girl no funny business, you'd better be in that dress!" he yelled as he stormed in to the house. It was the only chance she was going to get to escape. She waited until he closed the door behind him. She had some idea as to how to drive a car, so she figured that she was going to have to drive this one. She knew that she didn't have much choice, she was going to have to learn quickly.
Once she was in the car, it was a simple matter of how to work out what everything was. She carefully remembered what Roxanne did when she wanted the car to go backwards and shifted the gear stick into the R position. She then lightly tapped the thinner of the two pedals underneath her feet. The car promptly went backwards. She then pushed the fat pedal and the car stopped. She tapped the thin one to get it moving again, slowly like Roxanne usually did. She copied everything that Roxanne did when she was driving. She pulled out of the open carport, and turned the car carefully to avoid hitting anything. Once she had the car out she shifted the gear stick again, changing it to the D position. She then lightly pushed the thin pedal with her foot and the car started to move forwards.
She carefully followed the road, pushing the car up to the 60 on one of the gauges. She came to the end of the dirt road and turned left onto the bitumen. She pushed the car to go faster, her heart pounding in her mouth as she prayed that she would be able to get back to Isley and Roxanne. She kept her focus on the road and maintained the speed that was signposted. She drove along the road and managed to keep her head calm so that she could focus. Hysteria made sure that she kept to the left hand side of the road and that the car was travelling straight. She saw a sign and carefully followed it. She knew that this was the back way to get to Cassandra's house. Hysteria couldn't help but smirk a little as she wondered what her father's reaction would be when he discovered that the other set of car keys and the house keys were missing. She was shaking and excited. The baby had stopped kicking for now, but Hysteria was sure that she would be kicking again soon.
A wave of pain made her hit the large pedal, the car pulling to a halt. She was several minutes' drive from Cassandra's house, too far for Cassandra to see the car at any rate. She was wondering what she should do when someone came walking past the car. His eyes met her's, and a quick glance told her more than she needed. It was that guy. She turned away and realised that she wasn't afraid for some reason, something was different about him, though his appearance was the same.
"Hey are you ok?" he asked her, as she had the window open,
"I'm fine," she lied,
"You don't look to great," he commented, "I think you need to see a doctor or something."
Hysteria suddenly felt more pain and doubled over in agony.
"I understand if you don't want to trust me," he sighed, "but will you at least let me help you?"
"You raped me, so how can I trust you?!" Hysteria cried,
"I know," he sighed, "I know, and I'm sorry I truly am."
She glared at him for a moment and realised that he was being sincere. Her glare faltered, and she looked at her stomach.
"How are you able to help me?" she asked him without looking at him,
"Get you to the hospital for starters," he replied,
"I don't think I need that," Hysteria looked at him, and he looked back at her,
"I don't know," he began, but paused for a second. Hysteria pulled the handbrake up and shifted the gearstick in to the N position. She then undid her seatbelt and opened the door. Rigaldo moved so that she had room to move. He was quite dismayed that she was so heavily pregnant because of what he'd done to her. She looked him in the eye and he returned her gaze.
"I guess I could get you back to your brother or…" he suggested,
"Or what else?" she asked, Rigaldo was surprised that she was openly talking to him at all, he hesitated, and didn't know what possessed him to softly kiss her. Hysteria didn't even pull away as he kissed her. Rigaldo wanted to kick himself but she kissed him back, it deepened and he found himself holding her to him gently, and he then felt the baby kick hard. They slightly pulled apart and Rigaldo felt truly terrible,
"I guess that should have been our first meeting," he muttered.
"It should have," she replied, much to his surprise, "why are you so different from then?"
He looked into her pale blue eyes and realised that she was talking about many months ago. He sighed, "Mostly I get like that when I drink way too much, which is why I've decided enough is enough, I'm not drinking anymore."
He realised that his arms were around her, but she didn't seem to mind, in fact she was pulling closer to him, "Are you sure that you're ok?" he asked her,
"I'm a little scared," she admitted, "but I don't know why I feel safe with you."
Rigaldo felt the true weight of his actions. He made Hysteria a promise, one that he wouldn't go back on ever. He promised to keep her safe and to take care of her. He then decided to take her to his place as it was the closest. Hysteria gratefully sat in the passenger's side of the car as Rigaldo drove to his house. He was a man of his word much like Isley, although Hysteria knew that Isley didn't like Rigaldo all that much. She had often heard Isley complain about Rigaldo being like a caged animal at times. She admired the way that he easily handled the car. She decided to try to get some sleep and fell asleep in a matter of seconds.
Rigaldo pulled into the driveway and noticed that Hysteria was asleep. Her breathing was deep and even. He would have to do something about the car, but no real ideas sprung to mind. He decided that he would do the best that he could. He would have to tell Isley that Hysteria was safe for now because no doubt about it Isley would be worried sick about Hysteria, Rigaldo would be if she were his younger sister, and although he might be pissed off, Rigaldo was sure that Isley would be less annoyed at him if he knew that she was safe.
Isley was shocked at the fact that of all the numbers to ring him it was Rigaldo's. He was furious upon finding out that Hysteria was at Rigaldo's place, but when he spoke with her, he discovered that their father had gotten her, and if it wasn't for Rigaldo coming along when he did she might be in a more dangerous situation than what she was in now. The biggest surprise for Isley though was the fact that Rigaldo even sounded different. He sounded more like a normal person than usual. Then Isley's father rung him in a royal fury demanding to know how Hysteria knew how to drive a car. Isley was speechless. He told Roxanne about Hysteria's misadventures and Roxanne summed it all up quite well,
"At least she's safe and sound now." Roxanne said, amazed,
Isley agreed. They headed out to Rigaldo's house and Hysteria was asleep on the couch, Rigaldo, Isley and Roxanne all talked. Hysteria woke and after much debate it was decided that Hysteria would stay with Rigaldo. Isley was surprised that Rigaldo was even keeping an eye on her. Hysteria lay back down on the couch and Rigaldo hastened to get her a pillow to sleep on. Once she was settled on the couch, Hysteria slept. Isley was still annoyed at Rigaldo, but he wasn't as angry as what he thought he'd be. The plus side was that at least Rigaldo was behaving himself. It was going to take Isley a while to get used to the more reserved Rigaldo. Isley was shaking his head with surprise.
Three hours passed and Hysteria woke to a wave of pain. Rigaldo was in the kitchen with Roxanne and Isley they were talking in low voices. She got up and walked into the kitchen,
"Hey, you're awake," Rigaldo smiled, Isley shook his head,
"It hurts," Hysteria mumbled,
"What hurts?" Roxanne asked,
"My stomach again," Hysteria sighed.
"Maybe you should rest," Rigaldo suggested,
"It hurts too much," Hysteria sighed,
Rigaldo cast a worried look at Hysteria and Isley was inching towards the phone.