LAKEHURST
LAKEHURST: SHATTERED
CHAPTER TWELVE: "All These Lives (1)"
TREVOR LEE
Rachel is smiling; today is the day that she's finally released from the hospital. She couldn't think of anything that'll make her anymore excited. Trevor entered the room, "Hey, you okay?" he asked the girl. Rachel flashed her smile towards her older cousin, "Yeah. I'm just ready to go…to go home." With that, Trevor flashed a smile at her and walked towards her bed.
"Look," Trevor started, catching Rachel's attention as she watched him carefully. "I know we haven't really been that close in the past, but…" Trevor paused; searching for the right words. Rachel decided to help him out. "But, none of that matters now. We're here for each other right here, always." Trevor looked up and smiled as he pulled the girl into a gentle hug.
When they pulled away, Trevor helped Rachel ease her way off of the hospital bed and they were out of the door. Rachel stopped when she heard Trevor clear his throat. "Trevor, what is it?" she asked him. Trevor looked down at the floor, then back up at her. Rachel looked at Trevor; she realized that he'd caught a glimpse of Connie who was now walking towards them; however, Connie only rolled her eyes and walked around them.
Rachel became confused. Carmen walked over towards the two teenagers and sighed. "Mom, what's going on?" Rachel asked her mother. Carmen looked at the both of them, "Well, seeing as how Alli attacked her, they've decided to release Connie from police custody until the trial hearing." Carmen couldn't believe that her family had been dragged into something so…unbearable. Rachel knew how bad her mother was hurting from seeing her only child in so much pain. Trevor saw this as well.
Trevor knew that he had to do something about it – something, anything.
BACK TO LAKEHURST
LAKEHURST… Melanie opens her locker, "Oh, how sweet!" Camielle states as she comes around the corner and spots the bouquet that someone's left in Melanie's locker. "Is this a joke?" Melanie asks; she's never received flowers before. Camielle shrugged, she knew that Melanie was thinking that this had something to do with Lydia.
"I don't think so, who're they from?" Camielle asked the girl. Melanie only shrugs as she looks around. She spots Nick talking to a couple of friends; he looks up and smiles at her. Melanie then assumes that they're from him. Camielle follows Melanie's gaze and realizes that she's looking at Nick. "What? No way," Camielle stated. Melanie looked at the girl and closed her locker and started to walk away.
"It can't be. Not Lydia's Nick." This caused Melanie to turn around slightly, "You said it yourself, maybe Nick's finally starting to see me that way," she said. Camielle smiled at the girl. "Wait, let me get this straight." Camielle stated this as she quickly sped around Melanie and stood in front of the girl. "Because a guy leaves you flowers in your locker, you're going to pursue that guy…even if he has a girlfriend?" Camielle asks. Melanie looks uneasy and then shrugs, "Why not?" Melanie asks. Camielle looks at her friend; she's shocked. Camielle's facial expression then turns into one of triumph. "Damn, you're bad," Camielle stated and Melanie sighed, "I learned from the best," she whispered. Camielle started to walk beside Melanie.
Melanie's phone vibrated and she looked at her caller id, it was private. "Hold on, Camielle," Melanie told the girl as Camielle stopped dead in her tracks. "Hello?" Melanie asked as she answered her phone. "Did you like the flowers?" a masked voice stated. "What? Who's this?" Melanie asked, starting to become frightened. "It's me. TristinXYoung, or have you moved on?" the man asked. Melanie quickly hung up the phone. Camielle looked at her friend worriedly.
BIANCA DESOUSA
Etienne and Bianca are standing by Bianca's locker. "Are you sure you're okay?" Etienne asks his sister. Bianca smiles at him, "Yeah, I'm fine." Etienne hadn't noticed that Drew was walking over. "Why wouldn't she be?" Drew asked. Etienne looked at them both, "You're kidding. She was puking her brains out this morning!" Etienne exclaimed as he walked around Drew and headed towards his class.
Bianca glared at the back of her brother's head. She wanted to go hit him right then and there. Drew looked at her, wondering why she'd be throwing up. "You think," Drew started, "No, I'm not pregnant!" Bianca shouted; however, she basically whispered the 'pregnant' part. Drew looked at her.
"I was going to say maybe you got food poisoning. We did go to that seafood restaurant last night." That was it, food poisoning, Bianca thought to herself. There's no way she could be pregnant – no way. "You're right, that's all it is…I hope," Bianca whispered as she looked down at her hands. Drew knew that the girl would like to be sure about the claim. Drew placed a hand on her shoulder and gently kissed her, "However, it is always better to be safe than sorry," Drew whispered as Bianca looked at him, smiling.
"I'll go with you to buy a test this afternoon," Drew told his girlfriend and Bianca nodded as she opened her locker to retrieve her books for her first class.
TREVOR LEE
Trevor is sitting in a car, Miles is beside him. "Trevor, I don't think we should be doing this," Miles said as he looked at the sorority house. Trevor cleared his throat, "I mean, the girls already took care of one of the cars," Miles informed him. "I know; I'm the one that asked them to. Miles, I have to do this. It's the only way I can apologize for bringing Rachel, Carmen, and Eric into my fight." Miles looked at his friend, he couldn't just let this happen – it didn't set right with him.
"Look, you don't have to do anything. Just keep the car running, clear?" Trevor asked in one breath. Miles nodded; he'd do anything for his best friend. "I got you, go!" Miles exclaimed as Trevor nodded and exited the car.
Trevor ran down the street, with a can of spray paint and a bat; he had his mind set on doing this. No matter what happened, he'd get revenge on Connie for ruining his family.
MELANIE STRAUSS
Melanie is walking home; Etienne and Camielle are walking with her for security purposes. "You sure you don't want to call the police?" Etienne asked the girl. "Yeah, I texted the number and told that perv that I've already informed my parents who will shoot first and ask questions later," Melanie replied to Etienne. Melanie realized that Camielle was awfully quiet for – Camielle.
"Cam, you okay?" Melanie asked the girl; Camielle shrugged, "Yeah, I just…can't believe you started talking to this guy because of me and those girls." Etienne looked at the both of them and decided to stop walking and let them talk.
Melanie gave Camielle a faint smile, "Hey, you're my friend now aren't you?" Melanie asks and Camielle nods. "Okay, then forget that we ever had a problem with one another, I know I have," Melanie assured the girl as she looked at her house. "This is it. I have a lot of explaining to do." With that, Etienne nodded towards Melanie, who returned a smile. Camielle pulled Melanie into a hug, "I hate you," Camielle whispered, Melanie smiled, "I hate you too," the girls pulled away from one another. That was their thing, when they'd say 'I hate you' it always meant that they'd always be friends. It was something they'd always say before they parted ways.
Melanie walks into her house and closes the door behind her. "Mom, Dad, we need to talk!" Melanie called out as she stopped at the steps, wondering if they were in their room. Melanie heard something knock over in the living room and she smiled, "Dad, are you still trying to fix that old bookshelf?" Melanie asked as she walked into the living room; she immediately spotted her tied up and gagged parents, both warning Melanie.
Melanie was in a state of shock, she turned and ran straight for the door; however, someone came up from behind and slammed it shut. Melanie let out a scream as she came face to face with a familiar face that automatically threw her into a flashback.
Melanie makes her way out of the school and starts to walk down the sidewalk as a car is following behind, Melanie turns around as the window rolls down to reveal a man, "Hi, um do you know where I can find a Melanie Strauss?" the guy asks as Melanie looks at the guy she can tell he is Tristin and that he is in his 30s, Melanie starts to panic, "Um actually I have no idea who a Melanie Strauss is...sorry" Melanie lies as the car drives away and she starts to speed walk towards her house.
Melanie is then brought back to reality; the man staring at her angrily. "Hello, Melanie. How've you been?" Tristin asks as he looks at the girl. Melanie screams as loud as she can.
BIANCA DESOUSA
Drew is sitting down on Bianca's bed. Bianca; however, is pacing back and forth – she still can't believe that she got herself in this situation. "Ugh, this is intoxicating!" Bianca exclaimed; finally breaking the silence.
Drew sighed; he couldn't stand to see her like this. "Look, Bee, I'm sorry." That caused Bianca to look at her boyfriend confusingly. "You're sorry? For," Bianca asked as she looked at him. Drew looked down at the floor, "I did this to you. You didn't want to at first, but I made you," Drew whispered. Bianca looked at him, a faint smile playing at the corner of her lips. Bianca went to sit down beside Drew on the bed. "Hey, you didn't force me to do anything. I wanted to have sex as much as you did, you know that." Bianca looked at Drew and kissed him; he kissed back.
Bianca pulled back gently; it was time for them both to be informed of what the future had in store for them. Bianca didn't want to be pregnant, she didn't want to jeopardize her nor Drew's chances of being successful after high school. Bianca stood up and walked into the bathroom, Drew watching her every move.
Bianca came back, a smile on her face. "You're right, it was food poisoning." With that Drew knew that they were in the clear. Bianca smiled as Drew let out a breath, she was happy as well. But, she still looked uneasy about something. Drew stood up, "God that was too close. Wanna go finish up the homework at my place?" Drew asked and Bianca nodded in agreement; she didn't want to be there when Juliana came back. Drew smiled as he raced out of Bianca's room.
Bianca only sighed as she looked at the test again. She couldn't believe it – she'd lied to Drew just to spare him of the fact that their lives were basically over. She is pregnant. She'd told her boyfriend a lie. Well, not exactly, because she'd plan on making that "is," a "was." She'd have to get an abortion.
TREVOR LEE
Trevor knocks on Alli's apartment door. He needs to talk to Vanessa fast. "Trevor?" Alli asks as she opens the door wide enough for him to come in. "What's going on?" Alli asks as Trevor walks inside. "Where's Vanessa?" Trevor asks her. "She went to go visit her parents, why?" Alli says in one breath. Trevor sighs as Alli motions for him to take a seat on the couch. Trevor does and is starting to panic. "I did something, something bad. I…" Trevor couldn't talk; he was too scared that what he'd done would change everything.
Alli looked at him, "Hey, you can talk to me. Tell me what's going on," Alli whispered as she placed her hand gently on his knee, she'd do anything for the guy that helped her pick herself back up. Trevor faintly smiled at her. "I vandalized Connie's car. It felt…good," Trevor said, laughing. Alli started laughing with him. "Well, if it made you feel better than why are you worried?" Alli asked him. Trevor shrugged, "I don't know, can't she use that in court?" Trevor asked Alli.
"Well, yeah, but we can say that it happened after you found out Rachel was attacked." Trevor looked at Alli; he couldn't believe that he and his cousin had been attacked. Surprisingly, he felt like Rachel had it easy. She'd been beaten up and her scars would always go away; however, his scars were permanent. Trevor smiled at Alli and leaned towards her, "You're something, Bhandari." This caused Alli to smile as she leaned forward and kissed Trevor's cheek, "Don't you forget it," she whispered. Trevor looked at Alli and kissed her lips gently, Alli repeated the gesture.
Before they knew it they were having a heated making out session; however, it was ruined when Trevor jerked away. Alli looked up at him as he was making his way for the door. "Trevor?" Alli began. Trevor couldn't finish it, because at that exact moment he'd had flashbacks of Connie raping him.
