Chapter 23
Forever Scared
Normal POV (This means it's like a narrator)
Jesse had fallen asleep in the bed next to Angel. The same song was still playing. Suddenly Angel started to softly sing the words to the song. She was still asleep, but she was starting to wake up. Jesse heard this but her thought he was just dreaming. Then Angel started to sing louder as she woke up more. Jesse moved so fast that he almost knocked over some equipment. He stared at Angel waiting for her to sing again and she did. He then reached over and grabbed Angel's hand and squeezed it, not expecting her to do anything. But to Jesse's surprise Angel squeezed back. Then while still singing and squeezing Jesse's hand, Angel slowly opened her eyes. Jesse was so shocked he almost fell backwards off the bed. Then he reached over and hugged Angel with all of his might.
Jesse POV
I couldn't believe it, Angel was awake! While hugging Angel, she and I sang the rest of the song. After the song ended Angel got this weird look on her face and curled up into a ball. I didn't understand why Angel was acting like this. Did she not love me anymore? Was she mad that she wasn't with Dave anymore? I didn't understand I needed to know.
Angels POV
I was so happy to see Jesse again. He had saved me from Dave. He was my Angel. Then all of the memories of what happened flooded into my head. All I wanted to do was curl up into a ball and cry. Just cry and sleep forever. Maybe this was all just a dream. It couldn't be though because I felt all of that pain.
"Angel, what's wrong! Are you okay?" Jesse asked me frantically.
I didn't know if he knew everything that had happened. It was pretty obvious that I had been beaten. But the only scars from being raped where on the inside. I decided that the only way to find out was to ask him.
"Jesse, tell me what you think happened to me. I mean everything."
"Well, I know that they beat you up, kidnapped you, and threatened you with a gun."
I was right; Jesse didn't know that I had been raped.
"Jesse I know where Dave's apartment is. I want you to go there with the police. I doubt that they will still be there. But there will be a video camera there. I want you to watch it."
Jesse POV
After telling me to go watch the video camera Angel curled up into a ball and didn't say another word. So I called the police and told them to meet me where Angel had said Dave's apartment was. Once we were all there, a guy named Eric greeted us. For a minute a thought he was one of the people who hurt Angel. He probably knew that I thought that. He then told me that he lived next to the apartment they kept Angel in. He said that he talked to him, but she was very conservative about what she said. He told me that he didn't find out that Angel was missing until the night that I found Angel at the store. By then they had already left. He had called the police, but he didn't know where they were going. He then let us into the room and I was amazed by what I saw. There was blood everywhere. Then I saw the video camera and hooked it up to the TV. What I saw on that video camera would haunt me for the rest of my life. First we saw them taking Angel from school. I saw her scream and then that was it, she said no more. They dragged her to a car and the screen went blank. Next we saw a man on the screen, he was walking up to Angel and then all of the sudden threw her on the ground. Then he started to rape her. I couldn't stand to watch this. I turned my head away, but the picture stayed with me. Then other guys started to rape her. They even handcuffed her to something so she couldn't fight back. Whatever happened I wasn't going to talk about it with her unless she wanted. I was just going to tell the doctors.
Angel POV
A little while after Jesse had left I had started to cry. I knew this was not over yet. I knew that something else was wrong. I could just feel it. Then I heard someone knock on the door. I knew it was Jesse because of the way he knocked. All he did was stand there for a minute. He had watched the tape. He knew what had happened to me. Then Jesse came over to the side of the bed I was facing. He was crying. Then with out saying a word, he climbed into bed next to me and rapped his arms around me and we cried together.
Jesse POV
Angel and I awoke to a doctor entering the room. It was really early in the morning. Just then Angel whispered to me that they had run some tests on her after we had fallen asleep. All I could think was that this couldn't be good. The doctor started speaking to us and said that he had already told Angel's parents what he was about to tell us. Angel and I just looked at each other with terrified faces. Then he said that Angel was pregnant. Angel just started to cry and then she started to scream.
"No! No, this can't be happening!!" Angel screamed.
She screamed to about ten minutes until the doctors left the room and I just took her in my arms. Then I told her that no matter what happened or what we went through, that I would never leave her. That I would always be there for her. That I would always love her no matter what. That I didn't care if this was someone else's baby, I would love it because I loved her. I already felt like this was my baby. Then Angel settled down and went to sleep.
After Angel got out of the hospital the next day she went to a news studio. It was Sunday so I didn't have to go to school. Angel said that she would tell them her story. Only because so other girls who went through this or were going through this wouldn't feel like they were alone. Then Angel and I told our sides of what happened, both getting teary eyed in the middle. After all the talking Angel left the room to do a surprise that I didn't even know about. After we were finished they told us that it would be airing tomorrow morning. The time was right during school. After everyone left Angel told me that this was how she wanted to tell everyone what happened. I called our teacher and she agreed to let the class watch the news report the next morning.
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The next morning everyone sat down to watch the news. The introduced the news and then they introduced what was coming up. Angel's picture was on the screen. She looked beautiful. It was her softball picture. Then the narrator said, "This girl looks so happy doesn't she. Well she was happy until she was kidnapped from her school." Then they showed a picture of Angel right before the ambulance got to the parking lot. It was the day we found her. I was sitting next to her holding on her to sobbing and he eyes were closed and her body was limp. Everyone in the room gasped at the picture. Then showed a couple of other pictures. One of her hooked up to machines and a machine breathing for her, with me still by her side. Then another one with me asleep next to her bed. It was before she woke up. Another one was of me and her hugging each other. I recognized the picture. It was after I had come back from watching the video. The last picture was of me and her asleep. It was before they had told us that she was pregnant. I didn't need to listen to the rest of the intro, I had heard it before. I looked around the room at all of my classmates. They were all clued to the screen. Then I looked over at Angel, I could tell she was having trouble listening to this and watching it. I wrapped by arm around Angel and we watched the news in silence.
I was amazed. As I looked around the room I saw that almost everyone was crying. If they weren't crying they were almost crying. I couldn't believe how much Angel's story had touched them. Some of them barley knew her. Time seemed to be moving so slowly that seconds felt like hours. The news report also showed Angels brothers and parents. They also showed Emily, Sara, Edward, and Chase. Then after all of the stories the news report the reporter said that Angel was also in a band. He said that he was in the band with her brothers and me. Then he started to show pictures of the band. Then in the background someone started to sing. It was Angel. Then the screen switched to Angel singing. She was singing Dancing by Elisa. Everyone including me was amazed. Angel sounded so wonderful. Then she started to sing I Hope You Dance. Then as the song ended Angel faded out. Everyone in the room turned to a crying Angel. She had buried her head into my side and started sobbing. Everyone in the room started to clap with tears in their eyes. Then one by one each of them got up and gave Angel a hug or a pat of encouragement. Angel and I then stepped out of the room for a minute so she could settle down.
(OHHHH THAT WAS SO HARD TO WRITE!!! Poor Angel, but at least she has Jesse. So okay I need names for the band. Something meaningful and not boring. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REVIEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!