I've got no excuses, only the fact I'm loosing inspiration.
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The aftermath of Ricky's attack is this chapter, if that upsets anyone, please don't read.
Abuse.
Chapter 9.
"If you'd did as I asked, that wouldn't have happened, would it now sweetheart?" Andrew says as he runs his fingers through her hair, she flinches at his touch.
That was no excuse, nobody deserved to be violated in their own home.
She hears him stand up and as the door opens and then closes. Tears start to fall down her cheeks. She lays there in a daze, as her phone, abandoned on the floor, besides her, begins to bleep. She reaches out for it, slowly, accessing her messages.
"Are you ready?"
It is from Heath and for a minute, she is confused, what is she supposed to be ready for? Then she realises she had agreed to meet him on the beach to try to finish their project. Pain shoots through her as she tries to sit up and she looks towards the stairs before beginning to climb them, it would be so easy to let go and fall. She shakes her head, she couldn't do it to her mum.
Entering her bedroom, she walks in and opening the doors to her wardrobe and selecting a pair of jeans, tee and flats. She reaches for her make up bag and puts on her foundation, before dabbing concealer under her tired eyes. She dads a bit up lip balm on her chapped lips. Glancing in the mirror, she sighs, before getting her things ready for meeting Heath.
Leaving the room, she heads down the stairs, grabs her camera and puts it in her bag. She heads outside, locking the door.
"Finally" Heath exclaimed, seeing Ricky walk on to the beach. "I was beginning to think you weren't going to show. "
"Sorry, Heath. " She replied. "I lost track of time, "
She busied herself getting her camera out and clicking away.
"We need to talk. " Heath tells her, out of the blue.
"About what?" She asks, having a sinking feeling about what he's about to say.
"You. " Heath replies.
"Me?" She says.
"Yeah, " Heath nods. "About how I think your boyfriend is abusing you, "
She looks at him, thoughts going round and round in her mind, it is like she's on a rollercoaster, that won't stop, but she wants it to. She takes a deep breath, before talking. "I'm fine, Heath. " She knows it's a lie, she's not fine, it's not normal to be beaten by the man that she loved. She starts to walk back off the beach, but wobbles, before hitting the sandy beach.
"Ricky"
Heath races to her side.
"Are you alright?" He asks.
"Yeah. I think so. "
She tries to get up, but there is pain in her wrists, her head is banging. Heath guides her in to a sitting position.
"Where are you going?"
"Home. "
Heath shakes his head. "At least let's go and find out why you fainted "
"Fine"
She sits in a cubicle, waiting for the doctor to see to her, but Heath questions her.
"How come you fainted?"
"I'm just tired, that's all. "
He looks at her, thinks there is something else.
She lies again. "I skipped breakfast. "
"We found the reason for your collapse. " Says the doctor as he enters her cubicle.
"Well?" Heath asks.
"Did you know you were pregnant?" Nate questions Ricky, whose face turns completely grey.
"I didn't. " She stutters quietly.
"Are you keeping it?" Heath asks.
"I don't know!" She snaps. She's only just found out. "Sorry. " She adds.
"It's ok. " Heath tells her as they get ready to leave the hospital.
She opens the door and heads back upstairs, again debating her earlier idea.
She opens up her laptop and waits for it to load before she puts in the USB, and down loads the pictures on to a PowerPoint as she types. She saves. Before opening up another internet.
She knows about sex education. How your stomach grows bigger with each passing month, morning sickness, back ache and swollen boobs.
But she also knows the horrific truth: That this baby is a product of rape. When she looks at "it" she'll be staring in to the face of her boyfriend.
Heath started walking home.
"Where have you been?" Brax demands to know as his brother walks in to the house, several hours later.
"At the hospital. "
"Why?"
"I was with Ricky" He tells his brother, walking in to the living room and flopping down on the couch. He grabs the remote off the table and flips lazily through the channels.
"Is she OK?" Brax asks, he can't help the concern that creeps in to his voice.
"She's pregnant, Brax. " Heath knows it isn't his news to tell, but he also knows for sure, she is now keeping something from them and she wouldn't be able to deal with what it was on her own for much longer.
Next chapter: Will Ricky tell her boyfriend about their baby?
