A/N: Make sure you have read chapters 1 and 2 before you read this one.. On to the story sorry if some of you end up needing tissues.
Chapter 3.
Jessica woke up the next morning still beside Daryl, She was in a weird mood but she slid her clothing back on and stepped out of his tent. She was thankful she did not dream and then she walked into her tent finding something new to wear. She settled with a pair of short blue denim shorts, and a white loose fitting tank top Maggie one of the girls on the farm gave her she said it did not fit her so she could keep it. She grabbed the pair of socks and some dirty teal colored high heeled boots out and put them on her feet.
She then walked out of the tent and over to where everyone was eating their breakfast. She smiled at Dale as she grabbed a piece of toast, one cooked egg and a piece of bacon, He looked at her with wide eyes and told her she did not eat enough she was too skinny. She giggled and told him "I'm not too skinny I'm perfect and I'm okay I never eat much". He shook his head as she walked off. He now understood why she was so damn skinny she did not eat enough food.
When Lori walked towards her, the group watched as she sighed they wondered why she did that, when Lori sat they all watched the young girl sigh again including Lori who said "Is everything alright sweet girl?". Jessica looked at her and shook her head no. Thus causing Lori to look at her husband Rick who walked over and said "What's wrong Jessica, can we do anything?". Jessica said in a sweet tone "Can I go to town with you guys I need some clothing of my own, that will help me a little". Rick looked at Glenn and Shane who both shrugged like they did not care. He looked for, Daryl but figured he was out hunting so he said "Sure, but you will stick with me or Shane or Glenn where someone can watch you, do you understand the rule?".
Jessica looked over at the other men and then back at Rick and whispered "yes and I agree to the terms laid out before me and I will not break them". She sounded like a robot to them all making them look at her with raised eyebrows. She just shrugged the look off because she was used to being told what she could and could not do or get punished and punished was never a good thing to happen you always end up hurting. They all noticed something was still bothering the young girl and Rick dragged Lori aside and said "Try find out what it is bugging her and see if we can't fix this someone should never be that sad with the Walkers killing people everywhere". Lori nodded and said "Let's hope she will talk to me then shall we".
Rick nodded and said "God I hope so everyone can feel how depressed she is and Daryl is missing in action, although I'm not sure she see's him as someone she can talk to". Lori looked at her husband and nodded her head in agreement his not really someone she could talk to about something that is bothering her that much its causing her to be sad. She slowly hugged her husband and kissed his cheek before walking back over and sitting beside Jessica as she said "How about we go sit in the paddock over there and talk about what is making you so depressed".
The look on Jessica's face told Lori and the others whatever was eating at her today was huge. Something she had clearly never spoken of because she went white as a ghost when she said speak on it. Lori looked at the young girl and said "Hey, hey breath it is okay whatever it was can't get you anymore, your safe here. But you clearly need to talk about it".
Jessica thought about it for a few minutes and nodded. She had never told a soul and someone finally cared enough to ask. She whispered "Just you nobody else, promise?". Lori hugged the girl to her and said "Just me, nobody else you have my word". With that said Jessica stood up and walked off to the paddock. She sat down and watched as Lori sat down too. She took a few deep breaths showing Lori this was a huge step for her and probably a one of a life time event of telling anyone ever.
Jessica took a few more breaths as Lori watched in horror as tears built up in the young ladies eyes she saw the pained look sweep across her face that she saw a year ago when she woke up screaming and that they have seen a lot, every nightmare she has that same look is there and the tears with it. Lori wished she had brought some tissues with her thinking now she might need them. Just as she thought that the young girl started to talk.
Jessica whiped at her tears and started the story she was going to do the youngest memory first and do them one a week she could not deal with them all at once so she said in a soft tone. "This memory is from when I was five. I was just a normal child back then only My daddy died a few months before I turned five. I miss him by the way he was the only good man I had in my life. (She frowned while the tears fell). Well, I had been five for a few months when my mommy brought home a man, only thing is he did not like kids so one night when my mom went to work he got a little mean. I was sitting in my room and he came in and hit me on the head and told me it was bath time. I cried and he yelled at me to stop crying or he would teach a little whore why you can cry. I did not know what a whore was so I asked him what a whore was and he slapped me across my face making me fall over and yelled you are. I cried cause it hurt and he kicked me in the stomach (now she is balling her eyes out and gasping for air the memories of that night haunting her vision). "
Lori was in tears who the hell hurts a five-year-old child in that way and got away with it. She would not be able to hide the fact she was crying and the young lady is clearly not done. Lori hugged her to her and told her it was okay if she needed to stop the young girl shook her head and whispered "No or I will never tell anyone". Lori cried with her and waited to hear more of her traumatic childhood as she realized why she was like she is so scared of men.
Jessica took a huge breath and continued "After he kicked me in the stomach he ran me a bath only he put vinegar in the water and he made it so hot, I did not know and he stripped my clothes off by ripping them and said Bad girls need to learn how to behave and put me in the very hot water I screamed and cried for my mommy and tried to get out but he slapped my face. The water was burning me and the vinegar was not nice it hurt too it burned me below. He made me sit in it until my skin started to split open and bleed from the blisters that formed on my skin cause the water was too hot and the vinegar then stung. I cried so much and then he would not let me get dressed he made me sit infront of him naked for hours. Then my mommy came home and she said I was trying to take her boyfriend off her so she smacked me around, I screamed so loud the neighbor finally came to see me the little old lady and she forced my mommy to let her take me to a doctor, They said the blisters would go away but my mom was no longer allowed to leave me with the bad man".
Lori was balling her eyes out with the young lady in her arms she could not imagen living the life she was forced into and she would not allow anyone to hurt her as long as she was alive. She whispered "You are safe here nobody will hurt you I promise".
Jessica did not react making Lori wonder if someone had already hurt her. Jessica took a deep breath and Lor's heart sank. Jessica said in a sobbing tone "My mother did not listen or take the word of doctors and the police she let him baby sit me as she did not want to pay someone and the next night after he did all that to me I woke up with no panties on in bed and him rubbing between my legs I tried to get away and he held me down and smacked me in the head three times, I screamed and he stuffed a sock in my mouth to shut me up and then he put a finger in me and told me whores cum for there step dads and he was going to make me sorry for getting him introuble, The neighbor heard my scream and she came over again and stopped him doing more to me but the damage was done he broke my spirit and the abuse kept happening until my moms brother took me off my mommy, Then it started to get worse, I need to lay down now my head is spinning".
Jessica got up and ran away from Lori before Lori could stop her and tell her being alone is not the right move right now but she had no words coming out anyways she was just sitting there crying for the young broken woman. When Lori stood and went back to camp they all looked at her because she could not stop crying. She dragged Rick aside and told him what she said and told him he can not tell her he knows and his not to tell anyone. Rick held Lori as she balled her eyes out more all the while wondering how little Jessica was doing because she avoided everyone to run back to her tent.
Everyone could hear Jessica crying in her tent most of the day including Daryl he was not sure what was wrong he tried to talk to her but she was too busy crying he did not understand why she would not stop he tried everything and got no where he saw Lori crying too so he was very confused he had no idea about the talk until Rick told him and now he wanted to know more about the young girl he wants more then anything in this world.
