Chapter 7: Days Later

Nessie's POV

It had already been a couple of days since Carlisle gave me the news that I was HIV positive. My baby girl, my little Rose, she too had tested positive for the illness. That hurt even more then knowing I had the illness.

I could deal with having HIV but my daughter? She was only a baby for god sakes! A newborn baby! It seemed like I was just marked for disaster. Cancer? HIV? Why did did this all have to happen to me?

I had my theories about the origins of mine and my daughter's HIV. The only possible explanation I could think of was one of my rapists. One of my rapists must've infected me with HIV on that awful night all those months ago.

Carlisle kept asking me questions. Trying to get me to talk and reveal where I could've possibly contracted the illness. I refused to say anything. My brutal gang rape was not something I wanted to relive. Or even talk about for that matter.

I wasn't sure if the others knew about the HIV or not. If they knew they certainly didn't care. Their warm and caring treatment of me was just incredible to me. I didn't understand how anyone can be so welcoming of a homeless teenage girl with a baby. Maybe, just maybe not all of my luck was bad luck. Maybe some of my luck was good after all.

Right now I was at the mall shopping with Alice and Rosalie because they thought all I needed was to get out of the house for awhile.

I really wasn't in the mood though and I was sure that they could tell. I didn't want to ruin their fun though so I decided to just go to the food court and grab something to eat while I waited for them to finish their shopping.

As I was eating my food five familiar faces suddenly appeared in the food court. Fear overcame me like a tidal wave. My mind automatically replayed the night that they had raped me. My heart was pounding out of my chest and my palms sweated more then I thought was humanly possible.

Just as I was getting up they looked around and saw me. I froze like a deer in headlights while they grinned evil, vicious-looking grins.

I tripped and fell as I tried to get away from them in my haste. I swore I could actually hear them laughing at me. They enjoyed my pain no matter what form it came in.

My mind was racing. I had to get away from them. I just had to get away from them if not they were going to hurt me again. They were going to rape me again. I just knew it!

I raced out of the food court as fast as I could. I didn't care who or how many people I crashed into to get out. I just had to get out and I had to get out now/

Every single time I looked back I could see them following me with that look in their eyes.

I tripped and fell yet again only this time someone caught me. Rosalie.

"Nessie there you are. Where've you been? We've been-"

"I have to get out of here! Please!"

"Nessie what's wrong?!" she looked scared aback by some sudden outburst.

"Please! I have to get out of here! I can't stay here! They're going to-"

"Nessie what is wrong?!" Rosalie somewhat yelled in an effort to calm me down. It wasn't working. The men were just getting closer and closer.

"Please! Get me out of here now!" I yelled.

"Okay! Okay!" she yells back. "We're going outside right now and you're going to calmly explain to me what's going on. Okay?"

I couldn't speak so I just nodded my head. I couldn't escape it. I had to tell her the truth. It was the only way to explain my outburst of fear and urgency.

She pulled me outside and to a more secluded area quickly. I was still scared because we hadn't gone very far and I knew those men were still looking for me.

"Nessie what is going on? Why are you so scared? You can tell me anything Nessie. Please trust me"

"Did you see those men that were following me?"

"Yes. Five men. Am I correct? Nessie what's going on? What do they have to do with anything?"

"Everything"

She continued to look at me intensely. Prompting me to explain myself.

"Rosalie I don't know how to tell you this because I've never told anyone it's really hard for me"

"It's okay Nessie" she said. "You can trust me. Just tell me the truth because you're really scaring me here"

I had scared her. I could tell just by the look on her face. I could tell just in the way that she was looking at me.

"You probably won't understand because you've never been in a situation like this. It's a situation I wouldn't wish on anyone" my voice was starting to shake and crack with emotion. "A little over nine months ago I was gang raped-"

"You were what?!" she bellowed and scared the crap out of me.

"You were raped?! Gang raped?!"

"Yyess" I stuttered. "One of those five men is the father is of my baby-"

"Those were the men that raped you?!"

"Yes"

She stormed off angrily. I had never seen her so angry before and honestly I never wanted to see her so angry ever again.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go deal with those monsters right now"

"No. They'll hurt you to-"

"No Nessie they won't hurt me. I can assure you that I will be fine. However I will make them regret even looking at you. When I'm done with them they're going to wish they were never born"

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