TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains mention and description (dialogue) of sexual abuse, teen pregnancy, mental disorder, and child death.
CHAPTER ONE
Cat sobbed, pounding on the front door of the West household. It was raining and she was soaked because she ran from her house all the way to Jade's - which was a good seven blocks away. She didn't know what time it was, but all the lights were out except the porch light, so she knew they were all asleep. "Jade!" she called out. "Jade, please open the door!"
The door opened moments later, revealing Dr. Grace West in her pajamas, with an exhausted look upon her face that quickly turned to concern when she saw the redhead she'd dubbed as her second daughter standing in the pouring rain and sobbing. "Cat, honey - what's going on?" she asked, ushering the seventeen-year-old into the house before closing the door.
"He - he - he," Cat stammered between gasps and sobs.
"Calm down, breathe," the doctor said as she lead Cat to the living room, sitting her on the couch and sitting next to her.
"Mommy?" a small voice said from the doorway.
"Not right now, Brandon. Go get Jade and tell her Cat's here. Right now."
As the five-year-old little boy ran out of the room, Mr. Greg West entered. "What's going on?" he asked.
"I'm trying to find out, I just need her to calm down."
"Cat? Are you okay?" he asked, reaching out to touch her shoulder, but his hand was quickly slapped away.
"Don't touch me!" Cat snapped, jumping up from the couch and walking to the other side of her room.
Greg and Grace looked at each other for a few seconds, Grace making her way over to the frightened teen. "It's okay, honey - he won't touch you."
"Why am I being woken up at four in the fucking morning?" Jade asked grumpily as she walked into the living room. It only took her a few seconds to see that Cat was visibly upset and she made her way over to her, the smaller girl wrapping her arms around the goth like her life depended on it. "What happened, Cat?"
Cat sobbed, her face burying into Jade's neck, mumbling unintelligible words.
"Cat, talk to me," Jade said. "Did something happen at home?" Cat's head nodded. "Are your parents okay?"
"They - they - they aren't - they aren't ho - ome," Cat sobbed.
"Are they on business?" Cat nodded. "Did Chris do something?" Another nod. Jade took Cat's face in her hands, her own eyes filling with tears as she feared the worst. She knew how Cat's brother could be. "Did he hurt you?" Another nod. "Did he rape you?" she whispered. Cat's head shook. "Did he touch you in places he shouldn't have?"
Cat breaking down again and sobbing was all the confirmation Jade needed. She wrapped her arms around the smaller girl and looked at her parents. "Chris molested her. We need the police. Request Officer Vega. He's the only one Cat'll talk to. Okay?" she asked, looking at Cat. "Can we call Officer Vega?"
As soon as Cat nodded, Grace was on her phone.
"I'll call the Valentines," Greg said. "I'm so sorry, Cat."
"She knows, honey," Grace said. "She knows you'd never hurt her. She's just traumatized."
"You know that, right?" Jade asked, pulling Cat away to look at her. "You know Dad would never hurt you."
Cat nodded and sobbed, hugging her again.
"She knows, Dad," Jade said, kissing Cat's head.
"Is there anything you wanna tell us before the police get here? Maybe something you might not be able to tell them yourself?" Grace asked.
Cat sniffled and pulled her knees up to her chest. "Um..." she cleared her throat. "I just... he wouldn't stop..."
"What exactly happened, honey? We have to know."
"I was asleep. And... I guess he started touching me while I was still sleeping because I started feeling really good in my dream..." her voice cracked. "And um... I woke up right as..." Cat stopped, covering her face with her hands.
"Right as what, sweetheart?"
"Um... right as I had an orgasm. I woke up enough to know that someone was doing it and I thought maybe Daniel just... got a little excited and needed relief, but... then I saw Chris's head between my legs and I tried to leave, but he held me down and kept doing things. Touching, biting... mostly orally, and he just kept doing it over and over again and I tried so hard, so, so hard not to hit climax and it just kept happening," she sobbed.
"That's not your fault," Jade said. "That's a normal reaction whether you wanted it or not. Whether it felt good even though you didn't want it to or not, that's not your fault and it doesn't make it right that he did it."
"It's gross..."
"It wasn't a bad thing that you felt good, honey," Grace said. "When you're being touched like that, it makes you feel good. It doesn't matter whether it was right or wrong, feeling good and having an orgasm doesn't mean you liked it."
"But it shouldn't have. It shouldn't have felt the way it did. It should only feel like that with Daniel."
"Girls?" Greg asked from the doorway. "The police are here for Cat's statement."
"Is it Officer Vega?"
"Yes. Officer? She's in here."
David Vega walked into the living room. "Cat?"
Cat sniffled and stood up, walking to him and hugging him. "Please help me..."
"I need to know what happened."
"Chris..."
"Okay. Can I talk to you on my own?"
Cat nodded.
"We'll be in the kitchen," Grace said, standing up as she motioned for Jade to follow her.
As soon as the Wests were out of the room, David and Cat sat down. "Can you tell me what happened?"
"Um... I was asleep. And when I woke up, Chris was... there," she said.
"Where?"
"Between my legs."
"Okay. What was he doing?"
Cat stayed silent for a few seconds, running her hand through her hair. "...It's embarrassing, Mr. Vega..."
"Cat, I have to know what happened so we can get him. What was he doing?"
She let out a small breath, biting her lip as she stared at the wall. "...He was eating me out."
"Hey."
Cat looked at him, her chin trembling.
"You didn't do anything wrong here, Cat. You have nothing to be embarrassed about. I know it's uncomfortable to talk about, but the more I know the faster I can get Chris to the station. We don't want him doing this to anybody else, okay?" Cat nodded. "Did he do anything else?"
"He used his fingers. Most of it was oral, but he um..." Cat whimpered, trying to keep her tears from falling. "He pulled me on top of him and made me ride him."
"Were his genitals inside of you?"
"No. It was just humping."
"Okay. How did you get away from him?"
"I waited until he came. And then I stabbed him in the nuts with a nail file and got as decent as I could and ran over here."
"You ran eight blocks in the rain?"
Cat nodded. "I was scared... I know I should've called the police, but I - I had to get somewhere safe, Mr. Vega, I... I was terrified that he'd come after me."
"Did he try to chase you?"
"I don't think so. The nail file went through to the bed. He might be bleeding out."
"Alright, sit tight, okay?" David said, standing up from the couch. He pressed a button on the radio resting on his shoulder. "This is Officer David Vega, unit 117. We need a bus at 1609 Haven Court for a twenty-year-old male with a stab wound to the testicles, possible hemmorhaging."
Cat covered her mouth as she stifled a giggle, but her smile left when David looked at her. "Sorry, it's not funny, it's just... No, it was kind of funny to hear, but I know it's not."
"There's a lot of things that sound funny. You want me to send Jade back in?"
Cat nodded. "Mr. Vega?"
"Yeah."
"Thank you."
"Anytime, kiddo. I'll get in touch with your parents."
Cat nodded and watched him leave the room, her eyes casting towards the ground. Just a few moments later, she felt a weight on the couch and she looked up at Jade with sad eyes. "...What did I do wrong, Jadey?"
Jade shook her head, pulling the smaller girl into a hug. "Nothing, Kitten. You didn't do anything wrong. Chris did."
"I had to have done something..."
"You were asleep, baby girl... there was nothing you could have done."
"I should have locked my door..."
"He just would have picked it. This is not your fault. I promise you that."
Cat sniffled, nodding and she rested her head against the couch, letting out a small sigh.