Hurt and Disappointments
Tony sprinted as fast as he could up the street, Abby struggling to keep up with him. In the distance they could see Kate, also running, her face in her hands a sure sign she was still crying. Tony being the athlete he is, quickly caught up to her half way up the street, grabbing on to her arm to keep her from running any further.
"Tony just let go!" Kate yelled struggling against his strong grip.
Though half her face was hidden in the shadows, he could still see black streaks, like racing stripes across her face, where the mascara and eyeliner had smudged from the tears.
"No, I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's wrong," he
replied as Abby joined the two, completely out of breath.
"C'mon Kate you can tell us. We're you're friends, we're here to
help!" Abby added.
"Well, uh... ok ummm.....," Kate began unsure what to say. Should she trust these people? After all she barely knew them. But looking them in the eye she saw genuine concern and pity in both of them.
So she began to explain with a sigh.
"Last year, I was friends with that popular group. I got invited to all
their parties and did all the stupid things they did, hell I practically got
wasted every weekend. They were my best friends, especially Ziva's right hand girl Meg and her other follower Clair. Just think of them as The Plastics from Mean Girls, Ziva was Regina, Meg was Gretchen and Clair was Karen and me? Well I was Cady." She paused, flashing back to last year and all the times she had with her "friends" before continuing with her story. "Then last year at one of their parties, some drunk jock thought it would be fun to... to... to rape me," she said, the tears starting to flow again at the mention of the event.
Tony looked horrified at the thought of Kate being raped, and Abby ran up to give her a huge bear hug. Kate quickly broke away from her newest friend, determined to finish her story. Plus it was better them hearing a first-hand account from her rather than a warped version of the story from someone else.
"But that's not all. The next day I walked in to the gates of Washington
High and soon enough realised that that the whole thing had been taped then posted on YouTube. The only people who were there were Meg and Clair and I never saw the guy who did it, so there's no one to blame."
"Oh, Kate. I am so sorry!" Abby said, pulling the girl into another one of her bone-crushing hugs.
"It's ok Abby, but that's why I didn't want to go to the damn party in
the first place. I ran into my former friends, something I really didn't
want to do and that's why I ran away. Ziva and everyone she hangs out with are no good. Their party's get out of control, they fight with other schools, they drink until they're all smashed and they can get away with basically anything! They're just horrible people and I'm warning you, please, don't hang out with them. I'd hate for something bad to happen to either of you," Kate finished, hoping her friends got the message.
"I believe you," Abby said with a sigh, "but I'm staying friends with
Tali, Ziva's sister. She seems nice and I'm sorry but I don't believe
that she would get involved in this stuff."
Kate noticed that Tony had stayed silent ever since she started bad-mouthing Ziva, his face set in the same stony expression.
"Tony?" She asked, looking at him softly, "Umm.... what... what's on
your mind?"
"What's on my mind? What's on my mind!? What's on my mind is
that I don't believe you! Ziva seems nice and funny and she's beautiful! I don't know what her friends are like but I just can't believe that Ziva is bad," Tony practically yelled at her. He just couldn't believe what she was saying was true.
"But Tony I'm telling you, I got raped at one of her parties! How
much more proof do you need that she's shifty?" Kate said, hurt clearly showing in her voice.
"I don't care!" he spat at her.
Shock splayed across Kate's face as she heard those words, followed quickly by complete and utter disgust. She was starting too really like Tony, he was cute and funny and buff, but that statement wiped all respect she had for him.
"FINE THEN," she screamed at him before turning on her heel and walking towards her house, the tears flowing freely again.
"C'mon Abbs," he said roughly, grabbing Abby's arm and steering her
towards their house, anger at how Kate had portrayed Ziva still evident in his hard footfalls.
"I know you like Ziva, but Tony that was really low," Abby said softly as they headed home.
Tony sighed before saying "I know, but I was just so angry with her."
"I understand but to say you didn't care she got ra-" Abby stopped short as she realised they had just stepped through the door to their house.
And that Tim was sitting on the lounge looking ashamed while their parents stared at them murderously.
"Inside, now!" Jethro growled at his eldest and youngest child.
"What were you three thinking?!" he yelled at them as they all sat down on the sofa, "I had to explain to Mr and Mrs Todd that you three," he pointed at them, "decided to uproot their kids to some trashy party down the street! How do you think that reflects on us as parents?"
"Daddy, we're so sorry!" Abby said, giving a little sniff for show. She
hoped the 'innocent daddy's girl' trick would work.
It didn't.
"Don't give me that Abby, this time the three of you have gone way past too far," he replied.
"You're all grounded for a month," Jenny added.
"But DADDY!" Abby whined, turning to her father with puppy dog eyes.
"TWO MONTHS! Do you wanna try for three?" he threatened.
All three Gibbs children shook their heads furiously at the thought of being grounded for three months and bolted out of the living room and up the stairs to their bedrooms.
And the three of them fell asleep with completely different thoughts running through their heads.
Abby couldn't stop thinking about the hurt in Kate's eyes and the boredom she would be facing for the next couple of months.
Tony could only think of Ziva and how she must hate him now and how much trouble they had landed themselves in over a stupid party.
And Tim couldn't stop thinking about how disappointed he had made his parents and what the Todd's must think of their family now.
But in the end in all came down to one huge thought.
How on earth are we gonna face tomorrow?
Next chapter will be up soon. Thank you!
Please review or leave a comment. Also this is an AU story, so Ziva will be out of character. Think of Mean Girls and Goosip Girl when reading this story.
