A/N: Yay! Another chapter! Thanks for the positive reviews guys! September 5th is officially 'I Hate Adam Harrison Day!' YAY! XP
Anywho…
So yeah! Another chapter! That's all I have to say…lol
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Agony
Natalie left the party immediately. She went straight home, talked to no one. She ran up to her room and cried…just cried until she was asleep.
She dreaded going to school on Monday. She knew Adam was going to be there. And she knew he would try to take advantage of her in any way he could. She couldn't have anyone protect her or help her or anything…She couldn't tell anyone.
She tried to get her mind off of it (which was difficult considering that it was all she though about for the past 12 hours). She logged onto Facebook and saw that a girl from her English class had posted something on her wall. She shrugged to herself and went to check what it was.
But all she saw was those two words.
Fucking whore.
She was a bit confused as to what it meant so she quickly commented. What the hell is that supposed to mean?
You know exactly what I mean, bitch. the girl commented back.
She had to say that she was still confused. What was that all about? She reloaded the page and soon she saw another exclamation of 'whore' on her wall. What was this? What was going on? Going on a few minutes later again, she saw some more 'whores' and 'sluts' and 'bitches'.
She just logged off and got changed, quickly making her way downstairs. She was so scared…she felt so vulnerable and unsafe and violated…Her head throbbed as she hit the bright lights in the kitchen, probably from the hangover she had. She felt awful…and she looked worse.
"Good morning, Nat…" her father said to her happily, smiling for once.
"Morning…" was all she muttered back,
He walked over to her and asked, somewhat concerned. "You ok?"
She shook her head and admitted, "No…I'm not…"
"That party last night too much for you?"
She looked up at him pitifully, his comment too ironic. "Yeah…"
"There wasn't any alcohol, was there?"
"No," she lied through her teeth. She paused a moment and then finally tried to talk. "Dad…if someone tried to hurt me, you'd stop them, right?"
"Of course…Why are we talking about this, Nat?"
She shrugged and tried not to let her emotions get the best of her. "I…I don't know…"
Before he could day anything back though, she ran out to her car and drove off to school where a huge piano was just waiting for her,
She was sort of excited to be back at the practice room. Maybe it would help her relax…but when she got there, the doors were locked and she couldn't get in. she sighed and decided to go to her locker instead. As she walked down the halls, she saw people staring at her, giving her nasty glares. She saw some turn to their friends and whisper things to them.
She still wondered what was wrong and she found out as soon as she got to her locker. Nasty obscene signs lines it. There were 'whore' signs everywhere, just like on Facebook. She quickly ripped them all down, trying to hide the fact that she was crying from everyone. She couldn't take it anymore…Finally, she saw a familiar face walking towards her. Henry.
She shuddered as she quickly threw the signs out, still trying to ignore him.
"Hey, Nat…" he said, smiling slightly.
But she said nothing.
"Look, I'm sorry about the other day…I shouldn't have blown up like that…"
Still nothing.
"Natalie? I understand you're mad at me, but ignoring me altogether isn't gonna…" She turned around to face him, her eyes full of tears. She tried to say something, but instead, she burst out crying. She flung herself into his arms, longing for a warm, loving embrace. And that's exactly what he gave her. "What's wrong?"
She shook her head and whispered, "I can't talk about it now…"
"Why not?"
And if as on cue, she saw Adam enter the building and make his way to her. He smirked deviously, his arms around a hungover Julie's shoulder. Don't' tell anyone…he mouthed to her as he walked past.
"Nat?"
She snapped back into reality and finally answered his question. "I can't…because…" But then the bell rang, cutting her off to her relief.
Natalie ran straight home that night, while Henry was waiting for someone to pick him up considering that his car was damaged bad from an accident he was in a while ago. He noticed some other people next to him giggling and just chatting. He closely listened it…
"I mean, seriously, who does that?" one girl asked. "She's such a whore…"
"I know!" another girl said. "And she denies it…"
"Denies what?" Henry decided to chime in, knowing they were talking about Natalie.
The first girl scoffed. "You're her boyfriend. You didn't hear? "
"No…"
The girl looked around quickly before whispering, "She slept with Adam Harrison this weekend. He's been telling everyone nonstop…"
He just paused. She did what? She cheated on him…she cheated on him with this asshole! How did he know? He just had that feeling that it was going to go down this way. So, as soon as his ride got there he demanded to be dropped off at Natalie's. he was going to confront her once and for all.
Natalie just sat on her bed, her eyes red from tearing up all day. She left school early because she wasn't feeling good and the nurse bought it. She was too afraid to do anything else.
She suddenly hear a loud knock at her bedroom door. A bit nervous, she carefully went to open it…
There was Henry.
He didn't look like his usual Henry-ish self. He looked furious. Like a shell of that Henry. His eyes looked so hollow as he stared at her quickly. They were bloodshot, like he had been smoking.
"Natalie, we need to talk…"
"No…" she stuttered, turning away from him.
"Nat, please I have to know if it's true."
She turned back to him cautiously. "If what's true?"
"The rumors…You haven't heard them? You didn't see all those signs with 'whore' on them on your locker? You don't get it , do you…"
"Henry, please-!" she begged, grabbing onto his arm.
But he finally just lost it. "You know what they're saying? That you got drunk and slept with Adam…"
She froze and just stared off into space for a while. How did they know? She didn't tell anyone…Was Adam setting her up? Did he know this would happen? So many questions ran through her mind as she just broke down and cried into her hands on the bed.
"Nat? Are you ok?" He sat next to her, his hand on her shoulder.
"N-No…I-I feel awful…"
"Why?"
"I-I did sleep with h-him…"
He shook his head, starting to get up angrily, "You know, I knew this was gonna happen. So I won't waste anymore of your time with Adam…I'm just going."
And he was halfway out the door when she yelled, "Yes, I slept with him but, Henry, I was raped!"
He stopped right in the doorframe. He slowly looked over at Natalie who was sobbing by now. "Wh-what?"
"He…He got me drunk and-and he raped me…"
He didn't even think twice before running towards her and scooping her into arms tightly. He couldn't believe this boy had the nerves to hurt his girlfriend like that. He soothingly whispered to her and rubbed her back at the same time.
"Shhh…It's ok…he won't hurt you anymore…I'm right here…"
"B-But he told me not t-to tell anyone…" she sobbed some more. "And if I did, he'd hurt Julie…"
"I promise that she's ok…And I promise that you're gonna be ok…Come here." He let her hide her face in the crook of his neck as his arms wrapped around her securely. She could feel the comforting warmth coming from him, his warm hands on her cold skin. She had to admit that she felt safer as soon as he had his arms around her, like he was her protective barrier.
He gently kissed her forehead as she flinched and whimpered. "Shhh….Everything's alright…"
A for a split second she believed him.
A/N: Yay Henry!
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