Imogen smiled when she saw Casey and Ruby walking just in front of her "Hey guys wait up" she called as she skipped to catch up with them.
"Hey" Ruby smiled
"What are you so excited about?" Casey wondered.
"What me? Oh my dad's coming home this weekend" Imogen beamed "He's finished his work early"
"Awesome" Casey grinned he knew better than anyone how much Imogen missed her dad when he was away on business.
"So I wondered if you guys wanted to come over to mine tonight for tea" Imogen wondered.
"Yeh count me in" Casey smiled.
"Er…I can't sorry Charlie is still stuck on the whole Mangrove River thing" Ruby seemed disappointed. Although Casey wouldn't admit it he was a little relieved Ruby wasn't going to Imogen's house with them, he still wanted to find out what was going on with her.
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Chelsea had just finished in the Gym at the surf club when she bumped straight into Brax "I'm Sor…" she was just about to apologise when she looked up and realised who it was.
"Never mind" she snapped as she walked past him, Brax grabbed her arm to stop her but quickly let go when he saw the look on her face.
"Can't we just talk about this Chels" Brax said softly. Chelsea just moved away.
"Not in this lifetime" she spat before walking away from him angrily.
Brax just rolled his eyes as he watched her walk out of the surf club.
As always the house was empty when Imogen arrived home with Casey. Imogen headed towards her bedroom and got changed into a red bikini; Casey had already been home to pick up his boardies.
Casey and Imogen walked straight through the kitchen and out of the patio doors and headed for the sea. "Immy what's going on?" Casey was going to keep asking until she told him.
"It's not important" Imogen snapped before turning to face Casey. She took his hands "Look you are an amazing friend Case and I love you for keep pushing this…I do" Imogen said softly "But I can't tell you right now. I will tell you I promise, just not yet" she smiled. Casey nodded he knew whatever it was that was troubling Imogen had to be bad if she needed time before she told him.
Casey followed Imogen into the sea he watched as she stood in with the waves lapping around her waist. Casey was worried about his friend he had never seen her like this before. Imogen didn't notice Casey moving closer to her she was to busy staring out to sea, As Casey reached out to touch Imogen's arm, she jumped a mile "Don't touch me" she yelled before realising who it was.
"Shit" Casey exclaimed her reaction had made him jump too.
"Sorry" Imogen apologised "You just startled me" she added with tears in her eyes.
"Ok Immy this is getting weird now, please tell me what's going on" Casey pleaded.
Imogen finally gave in "Ok, but not here. Come sit with me" she said as she walked out of the sea and sat down on the sand. Casey sat beside her.
"The reason my dad is coming home early tomorrow isn't because his work is finished it's because of me" Imogen explained slowly.
Casey just frowned and waited for her to continue "I'm in court on Friday, everyone's coming home Taylor, Dominic, my dad and even Roxanne" Casey's eyes widened as Imogen spoke.
"How come you're in court?" Casey wondered.
"I've got to testify against…against…my attacker" Imogen stuttered. Casey noticed the tears in Imogen's eyes "The reason I left Mangrove River is because I was sexually assaulted by my teacher"
"What?" Casey sat up straight "Assaulted…What teacher? When?" he asked frantically.
"Mr Thompson" Imogen replied.
"What as in science Mr Thompson?" Casey exclaimed, he was furious "I knew he fancied you, even when I was there he was constantly flirting with you…what happened?" Casey asked thinking back to the way Mr Thompson behaved around Imogen while he was there "Have they said how long he will get?"
"It's not that simple Casey" Imogen replied to a stunned Casey.
"How come?" Casey asked curiously.
"Because he is trying to say that I tried it on with him and when he turned me down I cried rape" Imogen explained causing Casey to lose it completely.
"I'll kill him" Casey spat as he got up and started to walk.
"No Casey stop" Imogen cried as she grabbed Casey's arm "I've already lost Trey because of this I don't want to lose you too" she cried
"What do you mean lost Trey?" Casey had now calmed down a little.
"When Trey found out what Mr Thompson did he went after him" Imogen explained.
"Good" Casey interrupted.
"No Case not good Trey nearly beat him to death with a crow bar, he's in jail for GBH" Imogen explained.
"Why not attempted murder?" Casey wondered.
"Because Mr Thompson wouldn't press charges" Imogen had started to walk with Casey back towards her house when he stopped and looked at her.
"You could have told me you know" Casey said softly.
"I just did" Imogen smiled. She had now realised how close her and Casey were stood together. She could still feel the connection between them as his body touched hers. Imogen chose to ignore it and quickly turned away "Now come on dinner will be ready…Oh and Case I don't want them to know you know ok?" she added.
"Ok I won't tell them I promise" he smiled as he followed Imogen back to the house.
Ok so please tell me what you think about Imogen's secret. I would love to know if you want to see something happen between Casey and Imogen. Also for you Chax fans there will be a little bit of Chax but I want to keep the story mainly about Imogen and her family.
Chelsea and Brax's secret will be revealed in the next few chapters I will also reveal more of Imogen's secret.
