Beautiful Jo: A Janny Story from Twisted Chapter 11 Special Danny POV

Jo couldn't keep running from me forever. I wouldn't let her get away now not when she told me somebody was threatening her that they would hurt me. Looks like there was a real 'sociopath' that our classmates should be worried about. I sighed and ran my hand through my hair wondering who had caused Jo to be so timid and scared.

The bell rung and study hall was over. As I got up to leave I noticed a book that Jo forgot on the table.

The Body Remembers

I skimmed through it deciding if I would return it to her right away. I checked it out to do some reading. Mr. Kellington was concerned because Jo did not show up to class and I figured it was because she was embarrassed she forgot her book.

I took the book home and did some reading before and after dinner when I should have been doing regular homework. The more I read the more I saw Jo. I began to see her sad eyes, her trembling body, constant lip biting, and the empty shell she had become. Was this possible? A lump formed in my throat. Tyler Lewis. The self-centered asshole raped Jo and on prom night nonetheless. That was almost six months ago. Six months of Jo keeping this huge secret to herself. While I witnessed Tyler walk around school as if nothing happened but keeping Jo under his control with a threat to hurt me.

Hurt who me? Please I'd kick Tyler's ass so hard he'll be apologizing that he even thought about doing what he did to Jo. Jo definitely had some explaining to do and she was going to tell me everything.

Next day at school when the bell rung at the end of Kellington's class and I was relieved. As everyone was packing up and getting ready to leave I made my way over to Jo. She had recently decided to move her easel away from mine trying to avoid me but I wasn't letting her go.

"Jo can I talk to you for a sec?"

"….i guess so…"

"I believe you left this in the library"

I took the book from behind my back and Jo's eyes grew wide and huge and her mouth trembled

"Danny….."

"I think there's something you need to tell me Jo"

"It's nothing," she said defensively snatching the book from me

"Yes it is Jo" I said firmly and softly lowered my voice as everyone left the room.

Tears began to fall and she whispered "….Danny please…."

"Did Tyler rape you?"

"…"

"Jo?"

"…yes"

I gently squeezed Jo's hand, as her cries seemed to take over "Jo…Johannah look at me"

When Jo did look up at me a lump grew in my throat but I had to be strong for her and I said very firmly "This is not your fault you do know that right?"

"I don't want to talk about it"

"Well I do"

Jo looked around with caution even though we were the only ones in the room now

"Let's go to the fort we can talk there"

The walk over to our old childhood fort was quiet and the late October air was rather chilly. Jo was probably cursing herself for revealing to me what happened; I on the other hand was rather relived that she told me. Keeping this bottled up inside was not helping Jo it was only making things worse for her. I was thinking of all of the ways I could either shove my foot up Tyler's ass or how to castrate him; either way I was going to make sure he would never hurt Jo again.

The fort was full of all the wonderful memories that I had with Jo and Lacey before the incident with my aunt and going to juvie of course. The fort sat down the hill near the bed of the creek. As I was making my way down I noticed Jo wasn't following me. Rather she stood there shaking like a leaf.

"Jo c'mon it's okay" I insisted "it's our old fort remember?"

"…no"

"What?"

"I don't want to go down there"

I walked back towards her and tears were falling now. I placed my hands on her shoulders and Jo refused to meet my gaze

"Did Tyler rape you in a place like this?"

"….yes"

I sighed 'Fucking Sick Bastard'

"Let's go back to my place then okay" I said, "I'll make you a hot chocolate"

When we got back to my house it was a little after five and dark because of daylight savings time. My mother wouldn't be home for a while so it was just us. Silence settled between us once again. I was getting the milk ready for our chocolate and Jo was sitting at the island.

"Our fort looks like his clubhouse"

I turned back around to see Jo twirling the strings of her sweater between her fingers as she whispered her story "that's why I didn't want to go down there"

I sat down across from her and handed her a warm mug of chocolate

"When did you guys go to his clubhouse?"

"After prom" Jo went on to say "well we went to get pancakes first at IHOP by then it was already late"

"Tyler said he wanted to show me some so I was stupid enough to go and follow him"

"Jo don't say that"

"No I should have known better" Jo insisted "Tyler did kiss me at prom"

"He asked me to be his girlfriend"

"What did you say?"

"I told him that I honestly had a nice time with him at prom but I just didn't feel that way about him"

"And then?"

"He got angry and offended he said that I owed it to him because nobody else would have taken me to prom and he did"

I watched a lone tear fall from Jo's eyes into her hot chocolate "Tyler ripped my dress and started feeling his hands all over me he had an…um…well something got hard"

Being a male I nodded understanding what she was trying to say but was too embarrassed to do so

"He called me a cock tease while he was doing it" Jo said "said that I had been egging him on all night"

"Jo…"

"I was a virgin"

I balled my hand under the table into a fist not wanting to upset Jo any further but that really got to my gut. Taking away Jo's innocence sounds like something that Tyler would do. I wanted to get my hands on him and show him what a real sociopath could do.

"I wasn't supposed to say anything to anybody let alone you" Jo said "I haven't even told my parents because Tyler said he'd kill you"

"Is that why you haven't spoken to me for so long?" I asked "were you honestly scared that Tyler would have killed me?"

"Yes"

"Why?"

"I l—I care about you Danny"

"Jo I care about you too" I replied "but Tyler won't kill me okay I'll be fine"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I'm sure but Jo you can't keep this to yourself you have to let people know" I said "Tyler is walking around like nothing happened and you're reliving the horror of that day over and over"

"Well if anyone's going to be killing anyone it's going to be me" I said sincerely "he's not going to ever put his hands on you again"

The way Jo looked at me pulled at my heart her eyes held so much trust and innocence and Tyler crossed that boundary. I was more upset with the town for not allowing me to attend prom but letting that asshole go. I would have been able to taken her to prom and show her a good time without worrying about being assaulted. My Jo was broken. My beautiful Jo was broken but I was going to get her to open up and heal her again. Tyler had hell to pay.