Authors Note: To Casperfem: Thank you very much for your complement I try to be an extraordinary writer To the Guest reviewer from May 18th: I'm sorry to hear that you've had a sad couple of few weeks already also I'm sorry you cried with this story already though I'm kind of happy at the same time lol only because it means I'm doing a good job so far And finally clexa3316: Thank you very much for saying I don't suck No offence to anyone I didn't mention above I just felt the need to respond to the reviews by the above but I still love each and every one of you
Hello Everyone, hope all of you are doing well and are having a Great Morning, Afternoon, Evening or Night, firstly a BIG BIG BIG Thank you to: Eren23, Guest. May 18, Casperfem, SkyWanheda, Xxwillow13xx, tcatch20, clexa3316 & macrose555 for your reviews I love you all and hope this chapter eases your worries. Secondly thank you and welcome to my new followers and favouriters: Alexandra Udinov, slytherpuff04, Brittneydawn93, AionKomTrikru & happyasahippo Welcome aboard to you all I hope you enjoy the ride. I'll stop baffling on and let you all get to Chapter 21…..
Chapter 21-Comfort
Before Clarke could answer the question she began coughing as the blood refilled her mouth, seeing this Sasha stood up quickly walking in to the kitchen she got a bowl they used for cleaning from under the sink then retrieving a glass of water for Clarke she re-entered the living room walking back to where she had been moments before again kneeling down in front of Clarke she placed the bowl in front of Clarke as she handed her the glass of water at the same time, Clarke gladly accepted both items carefully sitting herself up a little she took a sip of the water swishing it around her mouth before spitting it carefully into the bowl in front of her, Sasha kept her eyes on Clarke waiting to hear her answer the question she had asked moments ago, gently taking hold of Clarke's hand she squeezed it supportively as Clarke opened her mouth slowly answering;
"No"
"Clarke, you don't have to be ashamed…." Before she could continue her sentence Clarke cut her off squeezing her hand gently,
"He tried to…. I um…I did what you taught me" Clarke replied a grimace (painful smile) filling her face as she looked up at Sasha who was smiling at her "Once he was on the floor I ran, and didn't stop until I got here" Clarke continued explaining stopping there she couldn't form anymore words as the pain began to overtake her
"It's ok Clarke you don't have to explain any further I just had to ask" Sasha softly said seeing the pain fill Clarke's face "You rest up I'll go make sure Lexa has everything I need" Sasha stood up looking Clarke over once more now seeing the dark red marking around Clarke's neck then scanning the rest of her body making sure she hadn't missed an injury she softly said "We need to call the police Clarke" When Clarke went to talk Sasha continued "No arguments Clarke, he needs to be punished for this, I'll clean you up a bit after they leave and then take you to the hospital"
"No hospital" Clarke stated firmly looking at Sasha
"Ok no hospital once the police leave I'll clean you up. I'll get you a change of clothes for after the police leave" Sasha turned on her heels walking towards the bathroom before she reached the hallway she heard Clarke speak turning around she asked "Sorry Clarke what was that?"
"I said thank you" Clarke honestly replied lifting her head slightly before placing it back on the arm of the couch
"Your welcome" Sasha honestly replied walking to the hallway turning left and heading towards the bathroom where she knew she'd find Lexa, she watched as Lexa just stared down at her hands which were covered in a small amount of Clarke's blood she could tell from the way Lexa was holding herself that she was upset, moving forward she placed a gentle hand on Lexa's left shoulder the feeling of Sasha's hand on her shoulder shook Lexa out of her daze as she leant forward turning on the tap washing the blood roughly of her hands "She's gonna be ok Lex" Sasha supportively said, even though she was still angry at Lexa for lying about Costia she couldn't let her suffer on her own like this she knew Lexa and she knew how much she loved Clarke she knew how she'd feel if that was Octavia lying on their couch right now, "He didn't rape her Lex" Sasha's words caused Lexa to spin around the relief clear on her face as she let out a massive breath as the tears fell down her cheeks
"He didn't?" Lexa tearfully asked not sure she'd heard Sasha correctly
"No he didn't" Sasha confirmed placing each of her hands on Lexa's shoulders squeezing them gently "You need to hold it together Alexandra, I know that you love her and this is killing you seeing her like this but she came to us…to you, because she needs someone to be strong for her…she needs you Lex" Lexa nodded at Sasha's words taking a deep breath in "You go back in there hold her hand and don't let go until she forces you to, I'm gonna call the police when they get here she's gonna need that hand more than ever" Lexa again nodded at Sasha's words wiping the tears from her cheeks she went to walk past Sasha before she could move past her Sasha held her hand up "Wash and dry your face otherwise she'll know you've been crying" Sasha gently ventured watching as Lexa nodded turning and walking back to the sink and began washing her face with cold water, as Lexa began drying her face she softly ventured "If you need to talk then I'm here for you"
"But I…"
"We have a lot to talk about…." Sasha started cutting Lexa off "I'm not saying I forgive you but you are my family and I love you unconditionally, I know this is going to be hard for you so I'm just letting you know that I'm here for you" Sasha stepped forward placing her right hand on Lexa's left trap gently saying "You can do this, you can be there for her" Sasha reassuringly said using her right hand to pull Lexa into a hug which Lexa greatly accepted wrapping her arms around Sasha gripping onto her t-shirt as Sasha tightly gripped onto her "I've always got your back Lex you know that" Sasha whispered into Lexa's ear before pulling out of the hug "Now go be there for the women you love" Sasha smiles standing out of the way so Lexa can walk past.
Lexa re-enters the living room seeing Clarke saying helplessly on the couch she slowly walks over to her kneeling down next to her she gently moves a strand of Clarke's hair out of her face smiling brightly at her she says "I think you're the only woman who can be beaten up and still look beautiful" The comment makes Clarke smile softly at her as she reaches for Lexa's hand holding onto it tightly tears spilling out of her eyes as the mask she had put on in front of Sasha crumbled as Lexa looked at her, seeing the tears Lexa used her free hand wiping away the tears careful not to hurt Clarke by touching one of her open wounds she softly said "You can cry in front of me Clarke, nothing you do or say will make me love you any less than I do. You don't need to be strong for me" as Lexa finished her sentence Clarke began to sob uncontrollably causing Lexa to stand up and move forward gently lifting Clarke upwards she sat behind Clarke wrapping her arms around Clarke who turned into her chest let the shock and upset of what had happened a mere hour ago out as she finally felt safe wrapped in Lexa's arms
Clarke and Octavia's Apartment
Bellamy pulled his car up outside Octavia and Clarke's apartment complex it had taken him about 8 minutes to get there in his car he had hit traffic light after traffic light on route, every second that passed his worry for his sister grew and grew, he'd tried on numerous occasions to call her mobile but she didn't answer the phone even worse was that everytime he called it rang out which meant Octavia more than likely couldn't get to the phone, he turned the engine off jumping out of the car and running the short distance to Octavia and Clarke's front door he was about to get his key out when he noticed the door was wide open as he pushed it open slightly more he noticed that there was a bloody hand print on it, ignoring his fears he walked inside the apartment hearing muffled screaming he called out for his little sister;
"OCTAVIA" He shouted at the top of his lungs he wasn't 100% sure what he was walking to but fear wasn't an option for him as he continued to walk further into the apartment, "O, Call out if you're here" As he finished his sentence he heard a thump and a shuffling noise coming from Clarke's room rushing forward he opened the door finding Mitch scrambling to his feet his pants undone as Octavia laid on the bed tears rushing down her face mixing with the mascara she had as a massive bruise became visible on the right side of her jaw along with a red mark on her forehead, her Adidas top was ripped at the top exposing her breasts while her black jeans had been unbuttoned with force the button no longer where it should be. "O" Was all Bellamy could manage before Mitch was on his feet attempting to rush past Bellamy, he barely made it one step past Bellamy before Bellamy jumped on his back sending them both crashing to the ground Bellamy got himself up onto his knees and began landing punch after punch into Mitch's stomach when Mitch turned himself underneath Bellamy turning to get free Bellamy pulled back his right hand punching Mitch as hard as he could the force of the punch knocked Mitch unconscious, standing up his anger turned into worry for his little sister as he stood up to walk towards her;
"O, are you ok? Did he?" Bellamy asked rushing to get to Octavia, as he reached the end of the bed Octavia stood up rushing past him her shoulder knocking his slightly as she did so "O" He called out following her, He watched as she rushed down the tiny hall and into her room slamming the door firmly shut Bellamy heard the door lock shut soft sobs coming from behind the door, walking up to the door he banged hard on it "O, open up I just want to check you're ok" Bellamy rested his head against the door not knowing how to go about getting Octavia out of her room. His attention was brought back to Mitch when he heard him grunt in pain walking back to where Mitch had been knocked out his anger surged to the top again when he found Mitch was no longer there hearing the front door slam shut he contemplated running after Mitch but decided quickly that his little sister was way more important
Minutes later Bellamy was back at Octavia's door trying still trying to get her to let him in but to no success Octavia wasn't even responding to him verbally he decided that it was time to call in the big guns and call the one person that he knew Octavia could never hide herself away from pulling out his phone he brought up his recent calls list hitting Sis-In-Law he held the phone to his ear waiting for someone to answer two rings in and the call was answered;
"Bell, How's Octavia?" Sasha asked the concern in her voice clear
"Not good"
"Bellamy, what happened?" Sasha asked she could tell from Bellamy's voice that something wasn't right that he was holding something back
"There was nothing I could do when I got here he was already…"
"What? Bellamy what the hell are you talking about?"
"I'm not sure, when I got here I heard something in Clarke's room and when I opened the door Mitch was on the floor and O…" Bellamy paused as his voice began to crack thinking about what Mitch could have done to his sister, wiping away a stray tear he continued "Octavia was on the bed her clothes were torn and she was crying"
"He raped her?"
"I don't know for sure but something happened"
"Where's Octavia?"
"Mitch tried to run out I tackled him we fought and I knocked him out, when I went to see O was ok she rushed off to her room the doors locked and she won't let me in, she won't even talk to me"
"I'm coming now" Sasha responded hanging up the phone grabbing her hoody and heading to her car, she didn't need Bellamy to say the words she knew that he needed some help and she needed to see Octavia in person before she could believe an ounce of what she was hearing.
-Fifthteen minutes later-
Sasha pulled her Lexus to a sharp stop just behind Bellamy's turning off the engine she rushed to get out of the car her mind was working triple time as she couldn't stop thinking about how bad Octavia could be hurt or the numerous ways Mitch could have hurt her, she ran down into Clarke and Octavia's apartment complex running up the stairs as fast as she could she came to their front door rushing inside not seeing the blood that was on the front door, rushing down through the apartment until she meet Bellamy who was still at Octavia's door trying to get her to let him in when Bellamy saw her he turned to her hugging her quickly but firmly as he released the hug Sasha turned to the door gently knocking on the door she took a deep breath before she spoke;
"Octavia, babe, it's Sasha" When she heard nothing she continued "O, I just need to know you're ok please just talk to me even if it's just one word" Sasha sighed when again there was nothing response, she was about speak again when her and Bellamy heard the door unlock a second later the handle turned and the door opened slightly as it came to a stop Octavia's eyes appeared in the space between the frame and the edge of the door, they both heard Octavia voice softly saw;
"Just you" Both Bellamy and Sasha looked at Octavia's eyes seeing she was looking at Sasha, Bellamy nodded at her to go inside right now he and Sasha wanted the same thing and that was to make sure that Octavia was ok and find out exactly what Mitch had done to her
"Ok whatever you want" Sasha softly responded, when Octavia disappeared from the crack in the door Sasha stepped forward pushing the door gently open she walked into Octavia's room closing it behind her as her eyes caught Octavia she noticed that Octavia was in her underwear, Sasha instantly noticed a red hand print on her right hip as she looked to see the clothes pushing the anger she felt inside down, she noticed the clothes Octavia was wearing earlier on the floor looking at Octavia she watched as Octavia walked to the corner of her room sitting herself down in the corner tucking her knees to her chest, Sasha didn't say a word she just walked over to her lowering herself down onto the floor until she was next to Octavia she just sat next to her girlfriend not saying a word she just sat in silence letting Octavia move at her own pace.
Ten minutes later Octavia finally ventured "I don't want to talk about it" her words causing Sasha to turn her head to look at her, she smiled at Octavia softly responding,
"You don't have to" Sasha didn't do anything else she just kept looking at Octavia her eyes filled with nothing but the love she felt for Octavia
"Then stop doing that"
"Doing what?" Sasha asked genuinely confused as to what Octavia was talking about
"Looking at me like that" Octavia answered tears welling up in her eyes as she closed her eyes trying to stop the effect Sasha had on her, she didn't want to let her guard down she didn't want her walls to come crumbling down she wanted to forget everything that had just happened she didn't want to see the pain she felt creep into Sasha's eyes she couldn't bear to see her girlfriend look back at her with pity and shame, wiping her eyes she choked back more tears as she heard Sasha say her name, opening her eyes she looked at Sasha grabbing hold of her hand "I don't want you to be ashamed or to pity me"
"I could never be ashamed of you, babe" Sasha honestly answered holding her hand in the air for Octavia to take hold of when she was ready to take it "We don't have to talk about anything until you're ready, I just want you to know I'm not going anywhere and I'm not gonna let anything else happen to you…. we can get through this together" Sasha softly spoke repeating what Octavia had said to her earlier in the day she felt Octavia shuffle gently into her taking hold of her hand as she leant against her side her hand holding on tightly to Sasha's hand. Octavia knew that Sasha's words were true that she would protect her with every breath in her body to avoid any harm coming to her.
"Together" Octavia reiterated before she found the words she knew she needed to say "…. he didn't rape me" Octavia softly said she knew that was what was in Sasha's mind, she knew because it would have been what she would be thinking about if it had been the other way around, she didn't want to talk about what happened but she wanted Sasha to know she hadn't been violated the way she thought she had been "He probably would have if Bellamy didn't come in when he did…. but he didn't"
"You don't have to do this babe" Sasha honestly replied looking down at Octavia gently kissing her on the top of the head
"I tried to fight him off but I couldn't he pinned me down and tore my shirt and…I…I …" Octavia stopped talking as the emotion took over her body as the tears began to take control of her body as it finally hit her how close she had come to being raped "I tried I really…"
"Hey…its ok" Sasha soothed turning herself she gently placed her hands on each of Octavia's cheeks looking her dead in the eyes she gently said "You don't have to talk about it until your ready…. nobody is rushing you to tell us what happened"
"I don't want you to pity me…" Octavia looked up at her the tears in her eyes still spilling down onto her cheeks "I can take everyone else pitying me but not you…."
"I don't pity you Octavia…. I love you" Sasha honestly replied looking into Octavia's eyes she found it highly weird that Octavia didn't seem to be worrying about anything other than what she was feeling at the moment, she put it down the shock of what had just happened to her finally sinking in. She didn't want to pressure her anymore she could see that talking about it was still fresh for her and whatever had happened had obviously shaken and scared the hell out of Octavia, the only thing she was thankful at the moment was that Mitch hadn't raped either Clarke or Octavia.
"I love you too" Octavia whispered gripping Sasha's arm she lifted it up and over her head moving in closer to the side of Sasha, just Sasha being in the same room as her made her feel safe like she could take on the world without a second thought, she felt Sasha turn herself slightly to the right allowing her to snuggle into her a little bit more shifting herself to her left a little more she rested her head on Sasha's right shoulder, bringing her hands to rest near her own waist before she reached forward grabbing hold of Sasha's shirt gripping onto it tightly she turned her head into Sasha's shoulder a little more so her forehead was resting gently on Sasha's neck she closed her eyes taking in the smell of Sasha's perfume "Thank you"
"What for?" Sasha asked her hands gently and soothingly combing through Octavia's hair
"Coming to me"
"Always"
Sasha and Lexa's Apartment
Lexa and Clarke had been sat on the couch in the same position as before for the last twenty minutes Clarke's sobs had stopped roughly ten minutes ago just before, they had both seen Sasha rush out of the door they had no idea why all they knew was that someone called her phone and after she hung up she seemed to be in auto pilot only stopping to let Raven know she had to go out, Lexa's had called the police shortly after Sasha had left she knew that the conversation was going to be hard for Clarke probably harder than any words she could think of could explain. Even though Clarke had stopped sobbing Lexa didn't remove her grip instead she just held onto Clarke hoping that it would bring her some sort of comfort.
"Do you remember when we used to do this?" Clarke softly ventured trying to take her mind off of the pain that was circulating her body at this moment in time, along with the looming visit from the police.
"I do, it was one of my favourite things to do with you"
"What were the others?" Clarke asked raising her eyebrows as she tried to turn and look at Lexa slightly
"You mean apart from our hour long love making sessions?" Lexa responded gently giggling at the underlying tone of Clarke's voice, when Clarke nodded at her she continued "Well let's see, the nights we would spend just talking about anything and everything from food to the future, then there was anytime we spent with Atom….and Costia of course…Then there were the phone calls and video calls when I was on tour…. Our special showers were definitely one of my favourites…. Then there were the birthday celebrations and the New year celebrations of course"
"Of course" Clarke mockingly added placing her hands on top of Lexa's
"Ok come on then Miss Poetic…. What were your favourite things to do with me?"
"Honestly…. Everything"
"Well I walked into that one"
"Yes you did…." Clarke joked softly before she seriously answered "I don't think I have a favourite thing as long as we were together and you were safe I was happy…because you made me happy….so I guess you could say my favourite thing to do with you was to just be with you"
"That is so cheesy…and very sweet…. Thank you" Lexa honestly replied
"I know it was cheesy and sweet it was intended to be…and your welcome" There were a few moments of silence before Clarke asked softly "Lex….do you think I'd be able to crash here tonight?"
"Of course, you can take my room"
"Here is fine"
"No arguments Clarke you can take my room and I'll sleep on one of these couches…It won't be the first time I sleep on a couch to help out a beautiful woman"
"Smooth talker" Clarke smiled, she couldn't but think how it could be that she was smiling right now it shouldn't be that was she should be a complete mess but she wasn't she felt strong and unbreakable like nobody in the world could stop her, as she looked at her and Lexa's hands she suddenly realised the reason she felt so strong and unbreakable was Lexa, just thinking about Lexa made all the bad thoughts disappear from her mind there was no Mitch , there was no pain, there were no bruises or cuts there was just a warm happy feeling bubbling inside her….Love…
"Oh I forgot one of my favourite things" Lexa suddenly announced not thinking anything into Clarke's movements
"What did you forget?"
"Octavia's bed" Lexa stated before they both burst into a fir of laughter, Clarke was the first to stop mainly due the amount of pain that she was feeling, seeing Clarke stop and feeling her body stiffen slightly against her own Lexa softly offered "Sorry"
"Don't be" Clarke softly responded leaning her head and back against Lexa's chest and shoulder before turning her head slightly so her forehead was touching Lexa's chin "It was a great night…. even if we did end up breaking O's bed and not telling her"
"Well if we told her then we wouldn't have got to walk in to see her and Sasha sprawled out half naked on the floor"
"Very true…that was hilarious" Clarke responded before they both went silent thinking about all the good times they had spent together in their four-year relationship
Minutes later the buzzer went off removing herself from carefully from Clarke she got up answering it she buzzed up the police officers that had been sent to the address, as she waited for them to get to the front door she pulled her phone out quickly sending Bellamy a text message she knew that he was with Octavia and more than likely Sasha as well, as she heard a gentle knock at the door she opened it holding it open for them to enter the apartment her attention was fully on the blonde laying on the couch her eyes looking directly at her, not thinking about anything other than how much she loved Clarke and how much she wanted to make sure she was ok no matter what happened as a result. Lexa was snapped out of her thoughts when one male police officer and one female police officer stood at the door waiting to be let inside by the brunette before she invited them in she looked to Clarke asking her softly:
"Are you ready for this?" Clarke didn't say a word she simply nodded in Lexa's direction, with Clarke's nod of approval Lexa looked back to the police officers inviting them inside with a simple "Come on in" Walking them to Clarke who she could see was trying not to reveal that she was scared, kneeling down next to Clarke she softly spoke so only the two of them could hear "Do you want me to stay?"
"Please" Clarke weakly answered reaching forward and taking hold of Lexa's hand, she knew it wasn't really fair of her to ask Lexa to stay even though they weren't a couple anymore but she knew she couldn't do this on her own and there was only person she trusted enough to let them hear what Mitch had done to her and that was Lexa. Clarke carefully sat herself up straight as she watched Lexa motion for the two officers to take a seat on the free couch, as she slowly sat herself completely upright Lexa sat down next to her their legs almost touching each other's, a second later Lexa brought her right hand up taking hold of Clarke's hand squeezing it gently.
"When you're ready ma'am could you tell us exactly what happened to you this evening?" The male officer gently softly said
Clarke nervously looked at Lexa tightening her grip her Lexa's hand a little she felt relieved when Lexa squeezed back, when Lexa smiled at her it seemed to give her the strength she needed to find the words to explain Mitch's savage attack on her, softly smiling at Lexa she softly began talking "I arrived at my apartment around…." Lexa looked at Clarke watching intently as she listened to every detail of what Clarke had been through.
Clarke and Octavia's Apartment
Sasha and Octavia had been sat in Octavia's room for the last ten minutes, Sasha had continued to hold Octavia not pressuring her to speak about what had happened with Mitch any further she could tell that something had shaken Octavia and she knew it wasn't just to do with the marks on her forehead and jaw that she guessed where to do with Mitch, she was trying to think of things to do to help ease Octavia's suffering but she decided that the only thing she could do was just to be there with her. When she had felt Octavia begin to try into her she just tightened her grip even more bringing them closer together. They were interrupted by a gentle knock at the door;
"Guys, I'm sorry but Lexa just texted me she called the police, they just started taking Clarke's statement" Bellamy gently shouted through door "O, if you want to make a statement you need to go to Sasha and Lexa's now"
Sasha felt Octavia shift in her grip slightly, gently pulling Octavia back so she was looking down at her she gently moved her hands to brush the hair out of Octavia's face so she could look into Octavia's eyes, taking a small breath she softly said "This is your decision babe, whether you so or you don't want to talk to the police I'll support you 100% I promise" She gently lent forward placing a soft kiss on Octavia's cheek, she was surprised that Octavia let her kiss her at all she was expecting her to pull back
"I want to talk to them" Octavia replied she knew that Mitch couldn't get away with it and he needed to be arrested but at the same time she felt conflicted about talking about what he had done to her as Sasha went to remove her hands from her face she reached up holding them in place, as a few tears escaped her eyes running down her cheeks on to both their hands she asked "Will you stay with me?"
Sasha had to hold back her own tears at how broken Octavia's question sounded, this wasn't the women she knew whatever Mitch had done to her had shaken her to the core and she hated seeing it, but she knew that she had to be the strong one this wasn't the time for her to be breaking down, Octavia needed her to be there for her no matter what she heard. "Of course…." Sasha paused looking into Octavia's eyes "I'm not going anywhere I promise" Sasha gently removed herself from Octavia standing up she walked over to Octavia's chest of wardrobe she opened it up finding a pair of her joggers that she had left there the last time she stayed over she walked back to where Octavia was still sat against the wall stopping in front of Octavia she held her hand out in the air smiling down at Octavia, slowly Octavia reached her own hand up allowing Sasha to gently pull her to her feet until they were standing in front of each other Sasha let go of Octavia's hand bringing her right hand up to wipe away the tears that were still on Octavia's cheeks smiling she held the jogging bottoms in the air Octavia didn't say a word to her she just nodded and lifted her right foot off the ground allowing Sasha to lean down slightly and slip the right leg of the joggers on to Octavia she repeated the action with Octavia's other leg gently but quickly pulling the joggers up to cover Octavia's lower half, as she finished she brought both her hands to the zip on her hoody undoing the zip she removed the hoody holding it up to Octavia she said "Here" Octavia smiled as she slipped each of her arms into the sleeves of the hoody smiling as Sasha zipped it up for her, as Sasha removed her hands from the hoody Octavia brought her hands up to Sasha's t-shirt gripping onto it tightly pulling her girlfriend closer to her until their chests were gently touching leaning her head forward until their foreheads were lightly pressed against each other's taking a few breaths Octavia weakly said;
"I don't think I can do this without you"
Sasha again brought her hands to rest on Octavia's cheeks gently pulling Octavia's forehead to her lips she placed a loving kiss on Octavia's forehead as Octavia brought her hands to softly grip both of Sasha's lips as she softly responded "You don't have to do it without me" Sasha pulled herself back so that she could look Octavia in the eyes before she continued "I'm not leaving you for a second unless I have too, I'll hold your hand every second your talking to the police and I won't let go until I have to…your strong enough to get through this baby I know you are"
"I can't stop thinking about what he did" Octavia admitted tears running down her eyes again this time they were more fluid and frequent
"I know it doesn't feel like it, but that's a good thing. It means your processing everything that happened and your mind is catching up with your emotions, I know it's scary and terrifying more than you can say and it seems like it's not going to end but it will and until it does I'm not going anywhere" Octavia weakly smiled at Sasha's words tears falling from her eyes again as she leant her head forward resting it against Sasha's chest "I've got you no matter what O" Sasha whispered into Octavia's ear, her words caused Octavia to lift her head up looking at her with a make-up stained face and water filled eyes "We need to go now ok?" Octavia nodded softly sniffing back her tears as Sasha gently wiped away the tears on her cheeks, Sasha smiled softly as she removed her hands from Octavia's cheeks bringing them to rest at her side.
Octavia took in a deep breath releasing her grip of Sasha's top her hands gently move to the left until she found Sasha's right hand instantly grabbing the hand, her left hand locking with Sasha's right as she felt a sudden rush of safeness come over her like, bringing her other to rest over the back of Sasha's hand Sasha gently squeezed her hand to which she softly nodded, they both knew that her nod meant she was as ready as she would be to leave the room and face the world again. Sasha lead Octavia to her bedroom door opening it slowly as she watched Sasha open the door she couldn't help the fear that rose inside her gripping onto Sasha's hand even tighter causing the older of the two women to look at her reassuringly, as they walked out of Octavia's bedroom they were meet a worried looking Bellamy who was even more anxious than he did before Sasha entered the bedroom.
Seeing them both he quickly stepped forward attempting to hug his sister "Octavia, thank god you're ok" Before his arms were able to reach her Octavia stepped backwards until she was behind Sasha's back both her hands still holding onto Sasha's hand like they were her lifeline, Bellamy stopped in his tracks slightly shocked at the fear he could see in his sister's eyes "O, I wouldn't hurt you"
"I'm sorry" Octavia weakly responded, she knew that Bellamy would never hurt her physically or emotionally but she couldn't help her reaction, the only person that made her feel safe was Sasha she always had been the one person she could trust with anything no matter how big or small
"Bell, she just needs time to process everything that's happened, she knows you wouldn't hurt her" Sasha said as she saw the look of upset on Bellamy's face "I'm going to take her to talk to the police now once I know more I'll call you straight away"
"Ok. Just look after her" Bellamy replied tears in his eyes, he could see the pain in Octavia's every move even the way she spoke was different. It broke his heart to see her like this so broken and fragile.
"I will I promise" Sasha honestly replied smiling at Bellamy before she led Octavia outside and to her car helping her fragile girlfriend into the car, their hands still connected as she knelt down in front of Octavia softly saying "You have to let go of my hand babe" When she noticed the fear creep into Octavia's face again she continued "Just until I get in the driver's seat I promise" With her words Octavia relented releasing her grip on Sasha's hand she turned so she was facing the windscreen completely allowing Sasha to close the door properly, as the door closed Sasha ran round to the driver's side of the car opening her door and jumping in, she held her free hand out to Octavia who quickly took a hold of it again.
Twenty minutes later Sasha parked up in her apartments car lot turning off the engine she looked to Octavia smiling at the younger brunette she softly said "Are you sure you're ready for this?"
"I have to be" Octavia lowly responded gently releasing Sasha's hand so she could get out of the car, the quicker she let go the sooner she'd be able to hold it again
"Ok" Sasha responded before getting out of the car jogging around to Octavia's side she opened the door for Octavia who jumped out and instantly grabbed on to Sasha's hand again taking a deep breath in they walked to the stairwell that lead to Sasha and Lexa's apartment. Walking up the stairs they both felt like they were walking in slow motion when they finally got outside of the front door they both stopped in front of it as Sasha looked to Octavia smiling softly as she held her key in her hand she gently squeezed her hand before she lifted the key up placing it in the lock she turned it opening the door they were meet with Clarke and Lexa, who were sitting on the couch nearest to them while two police officers were sitting on the couch that faced the front door as they walked in Clarke stood up tears in her eyes as she looked at her best friend, Bellamy had called her and told her what he had walked in on and the state Octavia was in but now she was seeing it in front of her it had sunk in, not saying a word she turned and walked down the hallway that lead to Lexa's bedroom rushing inside it she closed the door firmly behind her, Lexa looked at them both softly mouthing 'I'm sorry' as she walked towards her bedroom to check on Clarke.
Sasha took a deep breath in and then out before stepping forward closing the door behind her she led Octavia to the couch that Lexa and Clarke had just vacated Sasha lowered herself down gently pulling Octavia with her, as Octavia sat down she moved her right hand from on top of Sasha's hand upwards gripping gently onto her forearm as she looked at the female police officer who was looking at her sympathetically after a second the male police officer softly asked;
"Is one of you…..." He paused looking at his notepad for the name Clarke had given her whilst he was taking her statement "Miss Octavia Blake"
"I am"
"Am I correct in believing you may have been assaulted by Mr Mitch Markers?"
"Yeah"
"Before we start I have to ask are you ok for…." He paused as he looked at Sasha not sure of her name, seeing his pause Sasha softly said
"Sasha Woods, I'm her girlfriend"
"Right…Are you ok for Miss Woods to remain with you while we interview you?"
"Yeah" Octavia softly responded squeezing Sasha's arm a little tighter
"Ok Miss Blake, firstly I understand that Mr Markers attempted to rape you and assaulted you in the process" When Octavia nodded softly the officer asked "Because of that I have to ask the assault that took place, was it of a sexual nature?"
"Ummm…."
"That simply means was there any point during the attack that Mr Markers forcefully touched you in a sexual manner"
Octavia took a deep breath in before she truthfully answered "Yes he did" …
SOOOO…YES neither Clarke or Octavia were raped by Mitch but Octavia was sexually assaulted by Mitch but just HOW far did he go before he was interrupted by Bellamy….and I know that Bellamy only got a few shots in but don't worry Mitch comes face to face with Lexa and Sasha in the next chapter, but how exactly will they react?...Sasha and Lexa continue to support Clarke and Octavia in the aftermath of Mitch's attacks on them….Plus I have some flashbacks planned for the next few chapters just to give more of an insight into both relationships which should be fun…Anyway I hope you all enjoyed it please leave a review if you would like they are always greatly appreciated Until Chapter 22 peace love and all the business to you all….