Hi, so here is another chapter, this does contain sensitive material and is entirely in the point of view of Trina. I do not conform to the general belief that Trina doesn't care about anyone but herself as is shown here so please keep that in mind.

I expect there to be at least one more chapter posted with this one before Christmas so please let me know what you think.

Disclaimer-Nothing is mine.

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Trigger Warnings-Mentions of rape, language and some potentially triggering thoughts.

And here we go.


Did You Hear What Happened To Tori Vega?

Chapter 7-Lashing Out.

As Trina notices that something is wrong with her sister, a confrontation with Ryder sees her, Jade and Tori in danger and a deadly secret coming to light. Because hell hath no fury than a big sister whose sees her baby sister hurt.


Contrary to whatever you might think, see or believe Alexandrina 'Trina' Vega was not stupid. She might be loud and crass and occasionally not pay attention to petty and stupid things like…school…occasionally. But she was not stupid when it came to the things that mattered. And one of those things that mattered, that mattered more than she had once ever thought possible was her baby sister.

Who was hurting in a way that Trina had never seen before.

She didn't comment on it because she wasn't sure what she was commenting on. Tori was quiet, refused to spend most of her time in the Living Room unless she was forced to, she ate sparingly whenever she was down in the kitchen escaping to her room whenever she had a chance to and more to the point in the past week and a half Trina hadn't seen her sister pick up a single song book.

And then there was this new-found friendship with Jade West and that quite frankly was the most distressing clue that something was wrong. Not that they were friends, no Trina had got her head around that somehow, Jade and Tori had always had some kind of peace to their group otherwise they'd have killed each other months ago but…but now they were inseparable. Not to mention the hair thing, Tori's had gone down to her collarbone and Jade's had gone browner taking away some of the edge to her and giving her a softer look.

Honestly Trina couldn't understand where this friendship was coming from and judging by the looks that both Beck and Andre kept giving the two girls she was more than pleased to notice that she was not the only one thinking that something must have happened.

She had thought more than once about mentioning it to her sister. Why her songbook was still closed, and she had stopped volunteering for plays and why she was now spending most of her time in jeans and old jumpers that a month ago she would have probably thrown in the garbage.

But Trina couldn't understand where it was coming from, in the course of one night her sister seemed to have become a completely different person and she couldn't understand what had caused something like this to happen, and she had an inkling that she should have a bit of the groundwork in place before she did something stupid like go and confront her sister about what was so clearly wrong.

And it was obviously going to be her that did it. Their mother was around when they needed her (like when they'd get cold because the bills wouldn't be paid) but she had long ago given up any pretence of motherly talks with her two daughters and Trina guessed that she would be no help. Probably she didn't know what was going on or she had chalked it down to something to do with Tori's time of the month.

And she really couldn't have this conversation with her father because even thought Trina trusted her Dad a hell of a lot more than she trusted her Mom there was no way that her Dad would want to have a conversation about Tori's feelings without knowing the full picture.

All of this left Trina more than a little desperate for a drink from the liquor cabinet but that was strange too. The vodka was half drunk (and she was betting that was Jade because she knew the girl was no stranger to hard liquor) and the tequila was gone, and not just drunk…gone…and there had been a good three quarters of the bottle left the last time Trina had seen it. That just left the brandy, and no way was Trina touching that without a good reason.


She was still thinking about it when she came out of the bathroom on Tuesday a full two weeks after the class project where her sister had given a wonderful smackdown to the school's womaniser to see him standing by her locker. Trina paused. She had no clue why Ryder Daniels wanted to speak to her. She wasn't in any of his classes and more to the point after what he had done to Tori (and ok so she had found out about it after the whole show but before Tori went home) she found she had very little interest in him period.

In fact, from this angle with all she knew about him…he wasn't even that good looking.

But still he was leaning against her locker and probably messing up all her lipstick that she had decorated her locker with. She moved so that he could see her in plain view but even the look of disgust and distain that she knew was etched across her face he still wouldn't move.

"What do you want Daniels?" she asked in a vain attempt to move him away from her locker.

"Did you speak to your sister at all about the night of our performance?"

"Yes, I did, and she told me all about it" Trina said not really knowing just what the hell he was on about. She supposed he must mean did she know about his behaviour before or after the concert, she noted with wry disgust that he was still calling it their performance as if he had, had something to do with it.

God, he was a complete and utter smug bastard, wasn't he?

"She told you about it?" Ryder echoed in disbelief finally moving off her locker, so Trina could wrench the door open and grab her textbook.

"Yes, she did, so can you please move"

"Is that why she and West are being so pally?"

"Probably" she said trying not to gag on the scent of his over-applied cologne which was as cheap as it was drenching him and the air around him. Good Lord, was it her or did it even smell cheap?

"And what? Your ok with it? You understand it?"

What the fuck was he on about. Feeling irritated not the least bit annoyed and by now probably running late Trina slammed the locker door shoot with a satisfyingly loud bang and then she turned to face him trying to stay polite and not make a scene even though she so desperately wanted to.

"You hurt my sister Ryder and even though you seem to be walking around like it doesn't matter I promise you one day everyone will know what a true piece of scum you are and this slight snag you've got when it comes to picking up girls right now will be nothing when it comes to what will happen one day"

And with that she turned and walked away and much to her satisfaction she imagined she left Ryder Daniels stunned into silence. The boy at the end of the line of lockers winked at her and she smiled back, today was shaping up to be a good day.

(Good God if Trina knew that it wasn't…if she knew that what she had said had put in place a deadly chain of events that would collide tonight she never would have said any of it…but then again…she didn't)


That night Trina climbed the stairs to her bedroom thinking hard. Jade West was round again as she had been nearly every night this week and she had taken Tori to the kitchen in the pretence of making coffee and the two of them had begun their whispered conversations again.

Trina didn't hear much of their conversation, but she was struggling to figure out what was so important for her sister that she would turn to Jade of all people. Even with her new hairstyle curled slightly at the edge and Jade's white streaks back in place both looked pale, both had dark circles under their eyes and Jade looked torn while her sister nowadays looked…defeated almost.

Trina considered this over a bite of the omelette she had made for dinner. Her father was out working and her Mom was once again drinking in bars in LA with her friends trying to desperately prove that she was younger and prettier than both of her teenage daughters and it seemed that neither Jade nor Tori wanted to eat so she had fried herself some eggs, stolen the last of the salmon in the fridge and retreated to her room to think, even in the background the TV in her room playing what sounded like the next episode of some teen runway show couldn't distract her from the feeling that despite the brave face her baby sister was putting on-something was really, really wrong with her.

She was still pondering this when she fell asleep curled in her bed safe and warm what with the rain crashing down around the house. She didn't hear the doorbell ring, or hear Jade open the door to let whoever it was in the house and she didn't hear the first utterances of conversation. In fact if you'd have asked Trina-and no that wasn't a rhetorical question because she was in fact asked about it later-the first time she had any inkling that someone was in the house with her sister and her now new best friend was when she heard the sound of what sounded like glass shattering.

She padded down the stairs dressed only in her sleep shorts and an old hoody and then paused on the stairs hiding in the shadows watching.

Ryder Daniels was holding a piece of glass from the mirror he had just thrown their grandmother's vase into with a look of manic desperation on his face. She paused watching, Jade was white to the lips but resolute standing in front of her sister who had all but collapsed on the floor curled into a ball her now short hair covering her face.

Ryder let out a manically laugh and then as if he was completing a sentence that he had had started before he had decided to go mad and punch the mirror-or whatever it was had done he spoke.

"I don't believe it Vega, your spreading rumours to that ugly sister of yours telling her lies about me and you"

Jade spluttered with something that sounded and looked very much like incoherent rage. She shook her head but she was stuck where she was stood due to the large piece of glass that was pointed at her but she managed a sneer worthy of the name and then uttered the words that blew apart Trina's life.

"Lies? You bastard, she got one over on you and you raped her!"

Tori let out a little flinch at that and Trina had to grip onto the banister in order to keep her legs from falling.

Rape. Her baby sister had been raped. She gagged and then forced the bile and vomit back down again, she could deal with her own emotions later, right now she knew she had to think and try and stay calm and get Jade and Tori out of this danger.

But mixed in with the sick feeling of helplessness was the rage that just kept building and building and it was that that added the fuel to the fire that got Trina to turn round the corner and stare directly into Ryder Daniels.

"You did what?"

And too be honest she was rather impressed by the level of anger…of the level of the cold fury that she could possess in her body. If felt like her whole skin was on fire and she managed to bit down the urge to throw the nearest pot plant at Ryder's head rather well she thought, it was like her brain had detached from her body and she also knew the only way that she was ever getting out of this situation without getting arrested was if she remained calm and didn't look at her sister, if she saw Tori in pain then this was going to get worse.

Rapidly.

Ryder stared, Jade leaped backwards as they took her in and Trina took that distraction to start down the stairs so that she was in front of Jade.

"You did what?" she asked again.

Ryder looked between the three of them and then laughed once.

"The three of you are as bad as each other" he said breathing heavily and then he threw the shard of glass at them. It narrowly missed hitting Jade in the eye, it grazed her head as it was flung and then Ryder was gone, Tori was crying, Jade had half sunk to her knees next to her, her own face white as chalk and her hands shaking violently and Trina felt like she really was going to be sick.

"It's ok" she said dropping to her knees. Tori was still sobbing and Trina pulled her baby sister into her lap again and rocked her back and forth all the while Tori clung to her. It seemed whatever big emotions she was holding back had been forced loose by seeing Ryder again and in an afterthought Trina reached out and tucked a hand on Jade's shoulder whose dark hair was hiding her face but who she could tell was exhausted.

"It's gonna be ok Tori"

Jade snorted once but thankfully didn't comment.

"When did this happen?" she asked. It seemed safer to ask Jade as Tori was still sniffing into her hoodie.

"Night of the concert" Jade replied lifelessly. "She rang me straight after and I took her to hospital"

Jesus fucking Christ no wonder Jade and Tori had become so close.

"Anyone else know?"

Jade shook her head and Trina was almost surprised.

"Not even Beck?" she mouthed.

Jade's face crumpled and she rapidly turned her face to the side as she shook her head.

"So there's a rape kit done" Trina said more to herself as Tori seemed to be finally calming down. "Did you tell the police?"

Silence.

"Jade!"

"Look at her!" Jade hissed back. "I've been trying the best I can Trina but I don't know what to do, two detectives gave me their card but I don't know how I can convince her to report this…look at her…"

Her voice cracked again and she had to look away. Trina nodded trying to make sense of this.

"Ok" she said finally. She would apologise to Jade later she knew but right now Tori had finished crying and Trina knew that she for once had to be the adult in the room. And she had a feeling she knew why Tori didn't want to come forwards. Their father had taught them to always fight back, their mother spent hours preaching about girl power and all that and Trina was willing to bet that Tori had frozen in order to get hurt as minimal as possible. She could appreciate why Jade hadn't understood but at the same time she whole heartedly did.

"Tori I know why you didn't want to report this but you have too now you understand? He knows that we all know and it's not gonna stop, for your safety and Jade's and mine and all the other girls that this monster could hurt we need to go to the police tonight, all three of us"

She shot another look at Jade who was still deathly white but who nodded.

"I'm gonna call Beck when I'm down there and tell him" she said quietly. "I love you Tori I do and I want to help you but Trina's right and I cannot do this without him any longer, you need your friends, Ryder deserves to rot for what he did and we will back you every step of the way"

Tori sobbed again, she seemed to be coming out of her shock and when she looked up at Trina her eyes were a bit more focused.

"Can you come with me?" she whispered and Trina had to blink back her own tears hugging her sister closer. It wouldn't do for both of them to fall apart.

"Wild horses wouldn't drag me from your side sis" she said finally. "Jade can ring Beck and I'm sure he can let your friends know and I will help you find a way to tell Mom and Dad"

Tori shuddered again and Trina rocked her again her hand coming out to touch Jade's shoulder pulling her in so that the three of them were hugging a little all of them crying weather it be heavily or softly. All three of them trying to figure out where to go from here and how there lives which seemed so bright and full of possibilities weeks ago had come to this.

"Come on" Jade said finally. "Trina do you want me to drive?"

"Yes" Tori said before Trina could speak, she curled around her sister again and both Trina and Jade took that to mean that she didn't want to leave Trina's side. Jade nodded and then stood up. She was wearing dark jeans under her dark coat and her make up was gone, with her hair natural Trina got a full look at just how young Jade was underneath all her bravado and she had to bit back another wave of tears. Jade had become embroiled in something due to the need to help her friend regardless of the toll it had taken on her. While it must have been hell for Tori to see Ryder every day she supposed it must have been the same for Jade but unable to tell anyone why. Both girls had been trapped.

She helped her shivering sister to her feet, Jade threw her, her house keys and they were off, Trina still in her pyjama's, Tori in her loose sweats and her thick jumper and Jade in her jeans and they staggered towards the car.

Jade and Tori went on ahead the former perhaps realising that Trina needed a minute and as she locked the door she realised that her hands were trembling. She leaned her head against the door and breathed once more least she start lashing out again.

Raped. Her baby sister had been raped.

"Trina" it was Jade. Tactfully for once the girl didn't comment on the fact that Trina was crying. Instead she waited for Trina to pull herself together.

"Ok" Trina said finally.

"Ok, let's go"

And with that she followed Jade up the drive, to the car in the vain attempt that she might help her sister through one of the hardest things that she would ever have to do.


And there we have it. The next chapter should be posted with this one and will contain Beck and an outside character's perspective

Next Chapter-Tori makes a confession to more than one person, Jade takes a step forwards and Beck Oliver is about to get the shock of his life