Breakable
Juliet Van Huesen was no ordinary vampire; she had many gifts that other vampires didn't, such as a soul, which is her most prized gift as most vampires don't have one in their immortal lives. The other gifts that Juliet had are her ability to read emotions. This was a very handy gift, she could tell/feel everything another being felt, all she had to do was focus. She also had a heightened sense of hearing, any whimper or whisper, Juliet could hear it. Juliet also had amazing eye sight; she could see the tiniest little things on everything. Juliet was also inhumanly strong and impossibly fast as well. Juliet could read emotions due to her amazing sense of smell; it was how she could track scents and read emotions so amazingly well. Juliet cherished these gifts and loved using them whenever she could. All these powers made Juliet a walking lie detector. Juliet knew that when she met her mate, she would be able to do all these things, only 10X stronger with that special someone.
Juliet used to be dating Justin Russo, he was a great boyfriend at first but he was just too controlling, he lost his temper too quickly. She liked him, but he was just too much. Alex, his sister had always been best friends with Juliet, dating Justin or not they were best friends.
Not too long after Justin and Juliet broke up, Alex told her she loved her. Juliet felt the nervousness and rejection Alex felt before she even said anything. Juliet smiled at the memory of the day. She was currently waiting outside the movie theatre for Alex to arrive. They were supposed to get dinner first and then see a movie but Alex was about 45 minutes late. Since they were soul mates, Juliet could use her powers on Alex anytime she wanted but she knew how much Alex hated being read so easily and so vulnerable around anyone. Juliet was just about to go looking for her when Alex emerged.
When Julie saw Alex she lost it. Alex was wearing a lot of perfume to try to cover up the smell of blood and wearing a ton of make-up to cover up…Juliet didn't even want to think about it. Alex had several phony emotions like joy up to cover up her real ones but Juliet saw right through it. Using her vampire speed, Juliet ran over to Alex, grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her down on a bench. A little too roughly though, Alex bit back a scream and Juliet could smell the terror, fear and hurt coming off of Alex.
"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to be so rough with you Alex. What happened!" Juliet demanded.
"N-nothing Juliet, just I fell down in football during P.E. and got hurt, I'm okay now though." Alex lied.
Juliet felt anger boil in her veins; Alex was too scared to tell her the truth. Juliet was furious at whoever did this to HER Alex and she WOULD find out, but for right now she needed to be strong and calm and supportive for Alex. Juliet focused all her powers on Alex. She did a full scale visual exam with her amazing sight and saw her entire body was covered in bruises underneath her hoodie and all that make-up. Big, ugly, fresh, painful bruises and deep, long painful cuts and even some burn marks. Alex winced as Juliet traced her fingers across Alex's covered arms. She then focused on Alex's emotions. She quickly broke through Alex's walls that she put up to keep Juliet out and Juliet gasped, she'd never felt this much pain, sadness, self-hatred, fear, terror, and disgust. Juliet looked back at Alex and wrapped and arm around her waist around her. Alex flinched and shrunk back. Juliet noticed then that Alex was shaking, hard and trembling. As much as Juliet hated to even consider it, all the signs pointed sexual abuse too. She needed to get Alex to let her to a full scale physical exam, in a nice calm private room, just the two of them.
"Sweetie, you need to calm down and tell me what happened." Juliet cooed softly.
"I did, I got hurt during gym class, that's all. Now come on we don't want to be late for that movie." Alex said so quickly it took vampire hearing to understand. Alex made a move to get up but Juliet held her tight and pulled the shaking girl onto her lap.
"Alex, please. I've known you way too long to believe that. And nice try, but no way in hell are we going to doing anything but talk about this now." Juliet said, softly with suppressed anger in her tone.
Alex groaned "Please can we talk about this later, I'll tell you what happened in gym class after the movie okay?"
"No Alex, I need to know who did this so how about we go back to your place and-"
"No! Please no, Juliet please anything but that, please!" Alex cried, tears finally leaking out of her eyes, she was shaking life a leaf and terrified. She threw her arms around Juliet and clung to her for dear life.
Juliet was shocked, whatever had hurt Alex had come from her home! This was unacceptable. Juliet desided that she needed to do a full body exam on Alex immediately; she was in more pain than any other living person Juliet had ever known.
"Okay, okay shhh Alex, its okay." Juliet comforted her girlfriend. "But we do need to go somewhere private and you need to let me take a look at you. I won't take you to your house, I'll get us a hotel room and we can spend a few night's there and deal with this."
God, she traumatized, I need to know what happened. It's like her emotions are all wrong, she wants me to touch her and make her feel safe but she's also afraid of any physical contact. This is defiantly abuse. Whoa, her breathing is going crazy. Oh god she's having a panic attack!
Juliet picked up Alex and ran her to a spot alone in the park and calmed her down and held her trembling figure close until the attack stopped and Alex's breathing returned to normal.
"T-thanks Juliet, I'm okay now." Alex said.
"No Alex, you're anything but okay. I'm still getting you check out. You probably need to see a doctor-"
"No, absolutely not! Please Juliet, I can't. Its, it's…just too much!" Alex said before breaking down in Juliet's arms. Until today, Juliet had never seen Alex cry before and it broke Juliet's heart.
"Alright, Alright. Shhh, nothing is going to happen tonight. I need to get us a hotel room for tonight at the very least and then I will do a physical exam of you. No room for arguments, I will hold you down if I have to Alex, I need to know what happened." Juliet said forcefully, she didn't mean to frighten Alex or be mean; she just knew how stubborn her girlfriend could be when it came to injuries or showing any sign of weakness.
"O-okay, just please…can't it wait?" Alex stuttered brokenly.
Juliet sighed; she didn't want to answer Alex so she just gently scooped her up and used vampire speed to run her to a hotel far away from town. Outside, Juliet put Alex down and they walked into the lobby hand-in-hand. Alex was shaking really hard so Juliet walked her over to the chairs in the lobby and told her to just relax and wait there. Alex wanted to turn around and beg Juliet not to leave her alone but she restrained herself. Juliet could smell the fear and panic coming off of Alex so she kissed her bruised cheek and walked over to the clerk.
Juliet got a huge room; with requested extra privacy and one king sized bed. Juliet walked over to a now trembling Alex; placing one hand on her should Juliet sigh as she watches Alex flinch. Juliet took her hand and led her to the elevator. Alex shook even harder and let out a shaky breath.
"I'm g-glad we're finally alone." Alex chocked out.
Juliet felt her girlfriend's uneasiness, panic, and oddly enough fear of rejection. Having known Alex for as long as Juliet had, she knew this meant Alex wanted, or in this case NEEDED to have Juliet hold her close and comfort her like Alex always did for her. She knew Alex would never ask, she was too fragile in this state. So while they were on their way up, Juliet took a step closer to Alex and pulled the trembling girl into a tight, safe embrace.
"Thanks, I-I think that's just what I needed." Alex said, slowly trying to relax into her girlfriend's embrace.
Just then the elevator dinged and they were on their floor. They were the last suite down, the most private one in the building. Alex made no move to go anywhere; she just clung to Juliet and buried her face in Juliet's shirt. Juliet felt her heart break again; Alex was too scared to move. Juliet let her arms drop from Alex, hoping she didn't take it as a sign of rejection. She sighed, wrapped one arm protectively around Alex's waist and then walked her into their room. Alex made a break for the bedroom to get some sleep but Juliet grabbed her wrist.
"Alex, baby I need to see how badly you're hurt. I'm sorry but this really can't wait." Juliet murmured softly in her girlfriend's ear.
"Juliet, please I'll do anything! Just don't make me do this." Alex pleaded in a heartbreaking tone of desperation.
"I'm sorry Alex, I really am but you need to just relax and let me take care of you. I can make you sleep if you want? You won't remember any of it." Juliet offered.
"NO! No, just please." Alex begged one more time.
Juliet sigh, "We should do this in the bathroom."
Alex swallowed and intertwined her hand with Juliet's.
"Okay, god I'm scared." Alex whispered to herself.
Juliet could hear Alex's heart picking up speed quickly. She led her girlfriend into the bathroom and had her sit up on the counter. Juliet found the make-up remover and Alex sat there silently. Just as Juliet got closer with it Alex said "Wait, Juliet. I need you to promise me something first." Her lip trembled and her whole body shook hard.
"Anything." Juliet said, taking the obviously terrified girl in her arms, understanding how hard this must be for her.
"T-that you won't use your powers to know what I'm feeling. I don't want you to know that for the most part. This is gonna be really uncomfortable, but you already knew that. Just please promise me you won't look at me any different after you see and hear what happened to me, then when you first met me." Alex whispered.
Juliet was shocked, Alex was actually afraid Juliet wouldn't love her as much because of this! That was absurd, if anything she'd love her more. Juliet couldn't promise not to smell Alex's emotions, she had to know if she was hurting her worse or making her uncomfortable.
"Alex, look at me. Please?" Juliet tilted Alex's head so she had to look into her girlfriend's eyes.
"I will always love you, no matter what. No matter what happened to you, or how damaged you may be because of it. Just trust me; I will take care of you." Juliet comforted.
Alex took a deep breath and wrapped her arms around Juliet, she was shaking hard and Juliet made her feel safe. She leaned back and opened her eyes. She nodded once at Juliet, telling her to begin.
