HEY GUYS I GOT ANOTHER CHAPTER FOR YOU ALL.
Here is Chapter 13
But first I just want to thank all my readers and reviewers for sticking with me.
This is for all of you.
Sorry it took a little while but I was in the hospital for stupid asthma and pnemonia which is not fun at all. But now I'm better and am going to get back to updating more.
Chapter 13: Talking
The ride was silent on the way home. Everyone was thinking about what was going to happen when they got home and had to talk. Paige was freaking out. The cops had called Prue the night before and said that they had only caught one person by the name of Seth Anderson. George was still out there somewhere and she knew he was going to come back. Prue had cancelled her cell phone service so that no one could call the house or text her sisters or glen, who Paige knew she was going to have to face sooner or later. But at the moment Paige was also worried about the talk with her sisters. She knew that everything was out now and there was no going back now. But honestly she felt a little better that she didn't have to hide it anymore.
Piper was in pain. Paige hadn't even talked to her since she woke up. She had just hugged her. Prue had told her that Paige had almost killed herself. Piper wasn't really mad. She was merely dissapointed that Paige would resort to suicide before coming to her. She hated Seth and George for hurting Paige and for hurting her. Piper was happy to be awake and with her sisters again. Prue told her that she called the cops on Seth and George but not long after the cops said that they only caught Seth. Piper knew that something bad was going to happen. She and her sisters were not safe and they had so much to deal with. She didn't mind her injuries that much. Over time they would heal but the emotional impact was what worried her.
Prue just concentrated on the road. She figured if she could make it home in one peace then it would be one step closer to healing. It was stupid and she knew that but she needed to take things one step at a time. She needed to feel like she still had some grip on her sanity. She felt that she had no control over anything. Her life was being controlled by some son of a bitch who hurt her baby sister and all she wanted was to rip him in two. She hated Seth and George and hoped that she could see them one more time to make them pay for what they did. She hated feeling all that anger towards someone but she couldn't help it. These guys deserved to die.
Phoebe just starred out the window. She tried to close her eyes and sleep but when she did Seth was there. She didn't think she was ever going to escape it. She was trapped and it was her fault. To her: If she had realized how selfish she was being to Paige or the true person Seth was then none of this would have happened. No matter how hard she tried she just couldn't shake that thought. She knew that it was wrong. Odds are Seth would have found another way into her and her sisters lives and inflicted harm that way. She watched the trees zooming by. Time seemed to be moving so slow.
Soon they were at the manor and Prue pulled into the driveway. She stopped the key and pulled out the key and there was only silence. She turned in her seat and saw Phoebe leaned up against the window and Paige was playing with her fingers. Piper, who was sitting in the front seat, looked at Prue and gave a weak smile telling her it was now or never. This was the part that all four of them were going to hate.
"OKay let's get this over with." said Prue.
Everyone got out of the car and walked into the manor. Paige headed strait for the sofa. She sat and put her headphones in her ear blocking everyone out for as long as she could. Her stomach was killing her because of the nerves. She didn't want to talk. She wished she could go back in time and make it so that her sisters never found out what happened to her. She knew that they were going to help her but she was scared. She had been trying so hard to block it all out this was just going to make it seem all the more real.
Phoebe went and sat beside Paige.
"Okay I am going to make us lunch. After we eat were going to talk. Does everyone understand?" asked Prue.
"Yes." said Phoebe
Paige just nodded her head.
"I'll help you with lunch." said Piper
"Piper you were just in a car accident. You need to rest." said Prue.
"I'm fine. I'm not handicap and I am not going to let Seth get the satisfaction of having me hurt." said Piper.
"Okay." said Prue, " Just take it easy please."
"I will."
Piper and Prue went into the kitchen.
They looked through the cabinet and finally decided to just make macaroni and cheese. It was fast and easy and they all liked it. Macaroni and cheese had been their favorite food since they were little when their mom used to make it for them after playing outside. They all missed her so much. Now more than ever they needed her and she wasn't there.
"What do you think it would be like if mom was still alive?" asked Piper.
"I don't know. I think it would be easier. She would know what to do." said Prue, "I have no idea what to do. I mean sure we can talk and bring Paige to therapy or whatever but this isn't going to go away. No matter what we do we'll carry this around."
"Of course we will. We can't change that this happened. Were not supposed to. The only thing we can do is grow stronger and learn from this." said Piper, "Everything happens for a reason remember."
"Well then what was the reason for this? What is the reason that Paige had to be raped and you almost died? Can you tell me because I can't think of any reason whatsoever."
Prue was yelling now and she didn't even know it. She was furious. Nothing was right anymore and nothing made any sense. Prue saw the look on Piper's face and she knew that she had hurt her.
"Oh Piper I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. This sin't your fault and I shouldn't be taking out my anger on you." apologized Prue.
"It's okay were all stressed out." said Piper.
"Well I think this is done." said Prue lifting up the pot lid and observing the boiling water.
Prue and Piper began to get the plates ready.
"Are you going to tell me what happened?" asked Paige lowering the volume on her ippod.
She looked over to Phoebe who was dazed out and tapped her shoulder snapping her back into reality. When she was sure that she had her attention she asked Phoebe the question again.
"Were all going to talk together." said Phoebe.
Paige sighed.
"I don't want to talk about it." said Paige, "It happened and that's it. It's over and I can't do anything and neither can any of you. It's not important."
Phoebe sat up in her seat. She turned her body towards Paige and held her hands.
"Paige it matters." stated Phoebe.
Paige looked away from Phoebe. She didn't want to hear that. She knew it was true but to her it didn't matter anymore. She was numb inside and there was no way that she could be hurt more. Nothing could fix this. From now on she was different. She would have to go back to school and everyone would know what happened to her. They would treat her different. She didn't want to be treated different. She wasn't fragile or brittle. She was still Paige deep deep down.
"If it matters then why do I feel so wrong. I know I shouldn't feel this way but I do. I feel dirty and broken. I should have fought harder. I should have yelled louder. I should have been stronger. It's my fault because I let them hurt me. I stopped fighting." said Paige.
Paige wasn't crying. She was emotionless. She had no more tears. All she felt was this whole, a large empty black whole. She had stopped fighting and to her that made everything her fault. She had just given up so easily because a part of her had just wanted them to kill her. She hadn't wanted them to leave her alive to deal with all the pain.
"You can't think that." said Phoebe, "Your only 14 years old. You are a kid. There was no way in hell that you could have done anything to Seth to make him do what he did. He is an asshole. Paige you were scared okay. Whether or not you believe it you fought like hell and are one of the strongest people that I know."
"I don't feel strong." said Paige.
"I know but you are going to be okay. We all will be. The cops are going to catch George and then we can get on with our lives." said Phoebe.
"But it won't be the same."
"We can make it better."
Paige shook her head. She hoped that this was true. All she wanted was for her and her sisters to continue getting along and be close again. She just wished it hadn't taken a tragedy for it all to happen but things happen and not always the way you intend for them to. She couldn't really complain.
Piper and Prue came into the living room with lunch. Prue sat on the big sofa with Paige and Phoebe. Piper sat on the floor in front of them at the coffee table. Everyone finished quickly except Paige who barely ate anything and set their plates on the table. Then it was quiet again.
"So where should we start?" asked Piper.
"The beginning." said Prue.
"Okay well then I guess thats me." said Paige.
"Yeah. Take your time and if it gets too much we can stop." said Phoebe.
"No I have to say it all or I won't be able to say it later. I just want to get this over with already." said Paige.
Paige studied her sisters expressions and then began her story.
"I was walking home from school and I was late because I had detention. I told Phoebe to tell Prue so I wouldn't get in trouble but she didn't so Prue called and started yelling at me. I decided to go through the park because I wanted to hurry up and get home. After a little while I could tell that there were these two people following me. I started to walk faster and then I began to run. I tried to lose them so I ran into the woods. All of a sudden I thought the guys were gone. I hid behind a tree and when I got out and began to run again one of the guys guy tackled me to the floor. I didn't know where the other guy had went. The one who tackled me hit me. I screamed and fought him but he was stronger. Then he took out this needle and stabbed me with it. He injected this stuff in my body and I got really weak and dazed." said Paige.
She closed her eyes tight as the memories flooded back into her memory. The feelings of him on her. She could smell him and hear him and it was driving her crazy. It was a nightmare replaying over and over in her head that just wouldn't stop.
"Paige are you okay?" asked Prue worried.
She tried to touch Paige's shoulder but Paige moved away towards Phoebe.
"He started to unbuckle his pants and I tried to fight again. That's when Seth got out of a truck and yelled at George. He said that they were too close to the road and people could hear me if they passed by. They picked me up and brought me deep in the woods. When I woke up he was on me again. He ripped my clothes off and I tried to fight but that stuff he injected me with was making it impossible. I couldn't move or anything. Then he raped me. I told him to stop over and over and over but he wouldn't. He just kept going. First it was George and Seth just watched. He wouldn't help. He was smiling. Then when George was done Seth raped me too. By then I couldn't fight at all. I just wanted him to kill me already but he wouldn't. He said that I needed to suffer like his cousin did. He said that none of you cared about me and that you would be happy if I died." said Paige.
Paige was crying now and she couldn't stop. It was like it had just happened now. She felt everything. Phoebe hugged her as she cried. She knew that she had to let Paige feel this. She couldn't try and protect her from it because she needed to heal. She stroked her hair in an attempt to calm her and let her know that she was there and wouldn't let go until Paige was ready for her too.
"It's okay." said Phoebe, "It's over now. You're safe. I have you and I' m not going anywhere."
Prue was furious. She wanted to kill Seth and George for putting Paige through all the trauma. They had told Paige that her sisters would have been happy if she was dead. They had made Paige believe that she was worth nothing and they had degraded her. They were heartless and needed to be punished. Paige was just an innocent little kid and they had tortured her and made her fear almost everything. The little energetic life loving Paige that Prue loved so much was gone and was replaced with one that was timid and broken. Prue wanted to leave the manor and search for George but she knew that it would do nothing good. It wouldn't help her in anyway and she faced the possibility of being hurt herself. If that happened who would take care of her sisters.
Piper was shocked. She could now tell why Paige felt so lost and confused. She had been traumatized and hoaxed into believing that it was all her fault when that was obviously false. They made it so that she couldn't fight back and made her believe that she could have but chose not to. They turned everything she loved into something to toy with her emotions. She didn't understand why there were people in this world like Seth and George. Why did they have to hurt Paige?
Soon Paige's sobs lessened and were replaced with sniffles. Phoebe rubbed her back. Paige held onto Phoebe's shirt for security. She knew that Seth and George weren't there but she couldn't help but feel scared.
"You okay?" asked Piper to Paige.
"Yeah." said Paige wiping away her tears, " Phoebe's turn."
Phoebe sighed. Paige turned so that she was leaning on Phoebes shoulder and her feet were on Prue's legs. Phoebe wrapped her arm around Paige. Paige knew that she would need her just like she had.
"I believed you the whole time when you said that Seth was the one who hurt you but I was angry with myself. I just wish I hadn't met him so he couldn't have hurt Paige and I'm sorry that I said those things about her. I never meant anything I said. I was just being stupid and i'm sorry." said Phoebe, " I went to Seth's house and told him that we all got in a fight. I asked to use the bathroom and found a box cutter. I put it in my pocket and went back to the living room. I saw George and waved. When I sat down I told him about Piper's accident and said that she was okay. I told him the person who did it was an idiot and he snapped. He smacked me and threw e on the floor. He told me never to call him an idiot and he kicked me. George ran over and grabbed him. I told him that I knew about the rape and that he wasn't going to get away with it. George let him go and he started to kick and hit me again.'' said Phoebe, ''Then he got on top of me and started to unbuckle his pants. He said he would do what he did to Paige. I kicked him in the nuts and he fell over. I put the box cutter to his neck and was going to kill him. He told me to do it but I couldn't be like him. He knocked me off of him and got on top of me again. That's when Prue came and saved me."
Phoebe wasn't crying she was glad that she finally got it out and told her sisters. The next thing she had to say to Paige however was going to be one of the most difficult things she had ever done in her life. She had to tell Paige what she did. She was terified that Paige was going to hate her but she deserved to know. She felt Paige squeeze her hand a little.
"Okay well Piper..." said Prue.
"I was at the supermarket for milk. Okay we had milk but I poured it out so I could have an excuse to get out of the house because I really needed some fresh air. When I was done with the shopping I went over to my car. I dropped some groceries and when I went to pick it up someone helped me. When I got up I saw it was Seth. I put the stuff in the trunk and tried to act casual. He slipped and said something about Paige's rape and I knew that Phoebe would never tell him what happened. I confronted him. We got into an argument and then he attacked me. I got in my car and drove off as fast as I could. I looked back for a split second to see if he was following me and when I looked forward it was a red light. I slammed my foot on the breaks but it wasn't working. I sped into the intersection and hit an SUV head on. Everything went black after that and I woke up in the hospital. I know that Seth was the one that cut my breaks." said Piper.
Everyone was all mixed with emotions but the one that they all shared was hatred towards Seth and George. They had ruined their lives. Just a few weeks ago they were all okay, well as okay as can be and now they were frustrated and lost. And Seth and George were to blame.
"Paige can you tell Piper about what happened on the bridge?" asked Prue.
Paige didn't look at anyone. She kept her eyes down and shook her head yes. She knew that Piper was going to be disappointed in her. She had been in a coma when Paige was about to kill herself and Paige knew that she had been selfish and stupid.
"Piper got hurt and it was my fault. Seth hurt her to keep me shut and I was mad. I couldn't take it anymore. Keeping everything in was driving me crazy and I hated feeling the way I did, the way I still do. Everything is screwed up especially me. I can't sleep, can't eat. I see him everywhere. It's like he's in my head all the time. I wanted it to stop. I felt that if I was gone it would be okay. You guys would be safe and a part of me still feels that way. I'm sorry." said Paige.
"You don't have anything to be sorry for Paige." said Piper, "This is hard on all of us especially you but we are going to work through this. I understand why you wanted to kill yourself but sweetie you should have came to us. Suicide is not the answer no matter how right it may seem. We love you Paige. What do you think would happen if we lost you? I'm not mad at you sweetie I'm just worried about you. You seem to get more and more distant everyday." said Piper.
"I just feel like I am burdening you guys." said Paige.
"Paige Matthews!! You are in no way a burden. I don't know how many times we have to tell you this." said Piper.
"I know. You tell me all the time and I'm an idiot for doubting it but no matter what I'm the half sister." said Paige.
"There is no half Paige." said Prue, "You are our sister plain and simple. Your the baby and we all love you very much and we may be overprotective but its only because we care and want whats nest for you."
"I know." said Paige.
"Well it feels good to get that all out. Now we have to do the next step. Paige I'm going to call the therapist tomorrow and schedule an appointment. Then were going to have to stop by the police station and talk with the cops. Phoebe I think maybe you should try therapy too considering. " said Prue
"Okay." said Phoebe, "Before we stop talking there is one more thing I need to say."
Prue immediately knew what Phoebe was going to say. She felt really bad for her because even she couldn't tell how Paige was going to react. One side of her believed that she would forgive Phoebe because it wasn't her fault but another part believed that Paige would actually get mad just because it was Seth.
"What is it? " asked Piper.
"Paige." said Phoebe.
Paige sat up so that she was looking at Phoebe. She could see that Phoebe had something important to tell her and she was a little worried. She didn't know what it could be and that scared her.
"I slept with Seth."
There you go Chapter 13.
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