A/N: Well, I've been working on this for WAY too long…Has school robbed me of my mojo?
Anywho…So I was taking a Theology test yesterday and one question was…
Who is the greatest example of living a moral life? A.) Moses B.) Jesus C.) Adam
The answer was Jesus, and they meant Adam as in Adam and Eve Adam.
But I though of MY Adam, thinking HA! Adam Harrison? A Moral person? Don't make me laugh!
Actually, feel free to make me laugh…XD
Well, here's this…Don't know where to go from here…I hate you, plot bunnies…
REVIEW PLEASE!
Truth
"What the hell is going on here?" Dan shouted louder than he had to.
"Mr. Goodman, it's not what it looks like!" Henry protested, wishing he still had his shirt on.
"Really? Maybe then it's the same deal with the girl bleeding a fountain in my living room. What is going on?"
"She was stabbed…" Natalie muttered quietly.
"By who?"
She looked up at him, hoping the anger in his face was gone by now. But it wasn't. It kept staring down at her. Like she did something wrong. She just shook her head and began to cry again.
"Nat…" Henry whispered, his arms around her yet again. "It's ok…" He kissed her cheek as gently as possible, showing her he was there.
"Get off my daughter." Dan told him angrily. The boy sheepishly backed away from Natalie. Dan turned to her a scolded, "I want you to stay away from him."
She shook her head, tears streaming by now. "No…please don't. Dad…I need him…I need him…"
"You don't need him!"
"Yes I do! You don't understand!"
"What?" He was on his last straw right now. "What don't I understand?"
"EVERYTHING!"
She burst into tears again, receiving guilty pitiful looks from Henry and her father. He looked awful as he watched his daughter cry. He knew something was wrong. And he was determined to find out what it was.
He rested his hand on her shoulder gently and went to sit next to her. "Natalie, tell me what happened."
"Wh-what?"
"Why did Julie get stabbed? Why are you so upset?"
She screwed her eyes shut, hoping that maybe if she tried hard enough, this would all go away. But when she opened her eyes, they were still there. She sighed and just gave up, trying to find a way to explain to her father what happened.
Shaking, she quietly muttered, "Th-that party…last weekend…It was me and Julie and Adam…" She found herself cringing and Henry's fist balling up tightly as she mentioned his name. "He got the both of us drunk, and-"
"You said there wasn't any alcohol." Dan interrupted, using his concerned-parent voice again.
"I lied, ok? But he got me drunk and followed me into the bathroom…next thing I knew, he was…kissing me and…" She looked over at Henry, whose face got even angrier as she went into detail. She never revealed any of this to him before. She was too afraid to tell. "Taking my clothes off. I told him to stop…I was so scared…But he didn't listen and before I knew it…he…he raped me."
The room was silent for a single second before Henry broke it. He just shot up from the bed going to stand in front of her. "Goddammit! We have to do something!" He looked over at a still stunned, silent Dan. "I won't let him get away with that! I'll do anything to make sure he gets what he fucking deserves…"
She looked frightened as he brought this up. She could only guess what Adam would do next. "W-We can't…He said-!"
"I don't care what he said! I don't give a fucking shit!"
"But Henry-!"
"Listen to me!" He shouted, grabbing onto her shoulders, forcing her to look him straight in the eyes. "We're gonna bring this guy down. We're gonna make sure that he doesn't hurt you or anyone else again. Ok?"
She nodded and agreed cautiously. "Ok…"
Dan still couldn't believe what she just told him. She had been raped, threatened…what else? He couldn't believe that this was happening to his daughter. Why not someone else's? Why did his child have to suffer? He seemed to shrug it off.
"Nat, I'm sorry…" he whispered, not knowing what else to do.
But she just turned to face his, a look of utter disbelief on her face. "You're sorry? That's it? You're sorry? You have no idea what I've been through! I've been violated and threatened in too many ways. I've been called a whore more times than a normal girl would've been called in her entire life. I've been an emotional wreck! I'm traumatized! I can't trust anyone! And all you can say is sorry?"
"Look, this is not the time to get testy!"
"Testy? You know, if you really cared about me, you wouldn't be here telling me to calm down. You'd be out kicking Adam Harrison's ass!"
"Natalie-!" But he stopped himself before he could go any further…She was right. She had a right to act that way in a time like this. "I'm sorry…for yelling…"
She weakly nodded, telling him that she forgave him. Henry went to sit back down next to her, his arm around her shoulders tightly. She let her face lay back across his bare chest. She just tried to forget everything.
"Is Julie ok?" she asked, knowing her father saw her already.
"Yeah…" Dan answered quietly. "I called for an ambulance before I came up here. She's at the hospital being taken care of."
She nodded again, done talking to him for the day. He took her drift and walked out of the room, leaving Natalie alone with Henry. She still was hiding her face in his chest, comfortable as ever.
"What are we gonna do, Henry?" she asked, practically falling asleep.
"We're gonna kick his ass."
"How?"
"I dunno…"
She sighed and pulled away from him for a moment. "I mean, it's not like we could sue him…I have no evidence that he raped me. And they'll use the fact that he made me drink against me."
"We'll think of something…trust me." He smiled and kissed her gently.
"Ok…"
Natalie cautiously arrived at school the next morning. She knew something was going to be up. Someone started another rumor about her or something like that. She had been getting used to it by now. She actually got there earlier than Henry for once and quickly began to unpack her bag at her locker…when all of the sudden, she felt a hand running down her arm. She turned around, thinking it was Henry. But it wasn't.
It was Adam.
She could feel her heart speed up, her palms were sweating, she was shaking. She was a mess. He threw her a sly smirk and said in his usual condescending tone, "Hey, babe." She said nothing to him in return, hoping he'd go away. So as soon as she began to walk away, he grabbed onto her arm, holding her there. "Where do you think you're going?"
"Please leave me alone…" she begged him, not letting him sense the fear in her voice.
"Why would I do that?" he inched closer to her, so close he could feel her heart racing.
"Go away!"
But he kissed her right on the lips, ignoring her protests. She felt his tongue inside her mouth, a horrifying déjà vu from that past weekend. She kicked him and punched him until he finally gave up on her.
"What the hell was that for?" he asked, clutching his sore stomach, where a kick and a punch had landed.
"I told you to leave me alone! And you're Julie's boyfriend. You shouldn't cheat on her."
He smirked slyly again and whispered into her ear, "She broke up with me last night…"
Smart move, she thought. Not on her part though. He stroked her cheek gently and said, "You're all mine now…"
She turned away from him, still protesting. "No I'm not! Just please leave me alone!"
He had her right up against her locker, his hands pinning her there. "You know, you should be showing me some more respect." He held her there and whispered, "I did it once, I can do it again." She stopped every bit of movement she was making right after he said that. "Good girl…"
He kissed her again and then just walked away. But right before he was out of sight, he turned around, winked at her, and blew her a kiss. She shuddered for a moment and went to contemplate what just happened. She couldn't live like this anymore…she had to end it…
Adam was going down.
A/N: DUHN DUHN DUHN!
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