Chapter 6

The next morning Sophia was sitting at the bar playing with her bowl of oatmeal that Caroline had made for her for breakfast she didn't have much of an appetite. As she was playing with her food, her brother Frankie walking in from the kitchen to behind the bar. Sophia didn't hear him come down or notice that he was standing there. "Morning Sophia" he said only to be ignored. He figured that she was just tired and didn't pay much to it.

He was about to pour himself a cup of coffee when the cup slips from his hand and crashes onto the bar countertop loudly causing Sophia to scream startle.

The shattering of the glass cause her to flash back to the attack when the man had grabbed her from behind at the Shack and throwing her to a table, causing her to knock into a glass lamp that fell over onto the floor making the same glass breaking sound as the cup.

Sophia started to hyperventilate her hands and legs quivering. Frankie rushed around the bar over to her concern. He puts a hand on her shoulder, "Soph are you alright?" he asked it scared him to see her reacting like this.

Caroline walks out of the kitchen alarmed to see something was wrong with her daughter. "What happen?" she asked alarmed. "I accidentally drop a coffee cup on the counter and it scared Sophia. She started shaking and hyperventilating I don't what's wrong with her. I didn't think it would scare her this bad" Frankie explained worriedly.

"Its' alright Sophia" Caroline comforted soothingly. Sophia started to calm down then blushes sheepishly feeling embarrass for reacting the way she did. "I should go to school" she said quickly getting up from her stool and grabs her books. "Bye Mom bye Frankie" she said darting out the door like a speeding bullet.

Caroline looks at her son "That was very odd" she said. Frankie nods in agreement. Frankie had an unsettling feeling that something was going on with his younger sister and it worried him.

At the Salem PD, John was at his desk when Bo arrives at the precinct. "Hey man" he greeted his partner and best friend as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "Hey Bo, glad to hear Sophia had been found safe and sound. How's she doing?" John asked. "She seems to be doing fine although she was acting strange when Shane brought her to the Pub last night" Bo said. "Strange how?" John asked. "She was jumpy and very short tempered she snapped at all of us when we tried to convince her to get checked out at the Hospital. She was pretty beat up too" Bo said.

"And she didn't say anything about what had happen?" John asked. Bo shakes his head he knew there was something that had happen to his sister and it frustrated him that he didn't know what it was. He hated to see her suffer and not being able to do anything about it.

"Nope she just didn't want to talk about it" Bo said. John sensed that Bo was worried about Sophia and he didn't blame him he was worried about her too.

At the Horton Town Square Sophia was sitting at a bench in a secluded part of the square. She was skipping school afraid to be amongst her peers after what had happen the night before. She was afraid that she had it written all over her that she had been raped and that she would be teased and ridicule about it.

She didn't care about what the consequences would be or that she may be worrying her mother by skipping school she was more preoccupied over worrying about people finding out, she was so ashamed.

She was crying over her situation she didn't hear someone walking up to her. "Sophia?" the voice said. Sophia looks up surprise to see Jennifer who was equally surprise to see her boyfriend's sister sitting there and not in school. "Hey Jennifer" Sophia said sheepishly trying to conceal the fact that she had been crying which didn't go unnoticed by Jennifer. "What are you doing here why aren't you at school?" Jennifer asked curiously taking a seat beside her. "There's a teacher's conference so classes were cancelled today" the teenager fibbed.

"Oh so why have you been crying?" she asked. "It's nothing Jen really" Sophia said trying to sound convincing but failed. "It's probably not my place to say anything but Frankie is worried about you. He told me about what happen at the Pub last night and this morning with the coffee cup" Jennifer said.

Sophia sighs she didn't mean to worry him or anyone else she just couldn't let them know what had happen to her. "Maybe it might help you if you can talk to Frankie what is bothering you" Jennifer suggested.

Sophia shoots her a scared look and jumps up to her feet "NO I can't talk to Frankie about it or to anyone" she said as she started to tremble. Jennifer gets up and puts a comforting hand on her arm. "Maybe you can talk to me about it" Jennifer offered hoping that the trouble girl would accept her olive branch.

"Thanks Jen but I don't think I can talk to anyone about it" she said adamantly and storms off. Jennifer looks on worriedly "Something is definitely bothering her" she said to herself.

Author's Note: Sorry I made this chapter shorter than my other chapters didn't know what to add to make it longer and better. Don't worry more stuff is on the way so please stay tuned and don't forget to read and review. Thank you