"I see you two are still together." A male voice said. Ben.
Eddie glanced over at Patricia who just stared into her empty ice cream bowl. "Dude, just leave." Eddie shook his head at Ben.
"Nah, I want to catch up with you two." Ben shrugged. Eddie eyed him carefully as he pulled up a chair and sat by the couple.
Patricia could feel the fear beginning to rush through her. The guy who had raped her and attempted to do it a second time was sitting next to her. Why wasn't Eddie doing anything?
"Aren't you supposed to be in jail or something?" Eddie asked. He watched Patricia out of the corner of his eye. All he wanted was answers.
"They took another look at my case and decided I wasn't guilty after all." Ben replied. He scooted slightly closer to Patricia, who had stiffened up. "How have you been doing?"
"Leave her alone." Eddie shot him a glare.
"It was just a question." Ben said. He ran his hand up her thigh.
"I said leave her alone!" Eddie exclaimed as he stood up. That was the final straw for Eddie.
Ben stood up quickly after Eddie did.
"How far do you have to go, dude?!" Eddie yelled. "You raped her! Isn't that enough?!"
"I can do whatever I please." Ben got a smug look on his face.
"Why do you have to keep torturing her?" Eddie asked loudly. "What did she do to deserve it?!"
"Oh, but see. That's something I understand that you don't. She's vulnerable. That's why she's so easy to get to." Ben took a brave step towards Eddie. "And being a bit too trusting played in my advantage, too. I'm actually surprised you haven't done anything to her."
It was absolutely awful for Patricia; she could only sit and listen. She wanted to yell out, but something was stopping her. Fear?
"I would never do that!"
"Really?" Ben took another step toward Eddie. "Because I thought you were the 'bad boy' of the town. I would've expected it."
"Well, I'm not a douche bag like you are." Eddie narrowed his eyes.
"What did you just call me?" Ben stepped closer to Eddie.
"Exactly what you think I did." Eddie took a daring step to Ben. They were almost nose-to-nose now.
The next thing Patricia knew, Ben was on top of Eddie, punching him.
"Eddie!" She shrieked.
Eddie kicked Ben off of him and stood up. When Ben went for him again, Eddie pushed him back down. Instead of getting on his knees to punch him like Ben did to him, Eddie took Patricia's hand and rushed out of the ice cream parlor.
"Are you okay?" Eddie quickly asked as he engulfed Patricia in a hug.
"Am I ok?" Patricia pulled away from the hug. "No, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Eddie assured.
"No, you're not." Patricia shook her head. "Your lip's swelling up!"
Eddie touched his finger to his enlarged lip. It came back bloody.
"It could be a lot worse." Eddie shrugged. "I can't believe him. He enjoys seeing people unhappy, I swear."
"He does." Patricia responded. She paused for a moment. "Thank you. No one's ever cared for me that much before, you know that?"
"I'm your boyfriend. I think I'm supposed to." Eddie laughed softly. "Can we go to your place? I think I need an icepack for my lip."
"Come on." Patricia laughed and rolled her eyes.
Sorry I couldn't update yesterday! I got stuck babysitting 6 little girls… and my bro. And then my brother had a track meet today and I had to go. It was fun, actually. One of the girls in his grade is a friend of mine and I got to cheer for her. I actually think her and my brother like each other, but… I'm not going to say that.
Drama! Next chapter… Uhh… I lost my outline. I THINK we're seeing Ava again and we get to find out where other characters have been. Either that or we go back to the cabin. Which do you guys want?
I most likely WON'T be updating tomorrow. I get to get up at 3 am for the first jumping show of the season and then I have 10 events, including the first and the last event, so I'm there all day. :P
See you soon! (: