"You're gonna be a good girl, right?" Ricky grazed his hand along Emily's cheek. He was sitting in the back of the van with her and one of his accomplices. Emily's mouth was duct taped so she couldn't really respond.

"Why don't we see if she will be?" The accomplice shifted a little bit and she could see he was ready to do god knows what to her.

"In time, my friend. You know that I have the first dibs. She's so young too. I love popping cherries. Every sexual experience after has to be compared to what I did." Ricky scooted closer. His breath on her neck. His hand rubbing along her inner thigh, getting dangerously close. "I can almost feel the heat from you now. Am I turning you on with my touch? You naughty little girl."

"Don't please!" Emily mumbled against the tape and thrashed a little as Ricky moved his hand in between her legs.

"What was that?" The accomplice laughed and watched Ricky push Emily down so he was on top of her. Her hands had been bound by tape as well so she started to focus on ripping the tape off. She turned to look at the other guy who had now taken himself out of his pants and was touching himself.

"You're far too dressed for what I'm about to do." Ricky bent down and started to assault her neck with kisses as he pulled down her leggings and panties. She was kicking with all of her mind but it wasn't deterring him at all. He started to work his way down her body with his mouth, laughing when he got positioned between her legs. Emily let out a scream that was only muffled as he put his mouth on her again.

"Does she taste as sweet as she looks?" The other man questioned. Emily closed her eyes. She needed to disappear.

Ricky didn't bother to answer. He just kept going. Emily couldn't understand what was happening inside her body. It felt so wrong but also good at the same time. How is that even possible? But before she could question it too much, Ricky sat up and undid his pants. He positioned himself with her and -

"NOOOOOO!"

"Emily?!" Olivia shot awake by the bloodcurdling scream from beside her in the bed. Olivia tried to get Emily to stop thrashing around while avoiding getting punched or kicked. Elliot came bursting into the room. "Baby, Emmy Bear. Wake up baby!"

"NO PLEASE DON'T! I DON'T WANT TO! LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"Shhh, wake up sweet girl. Please wake up." Olivia finally got a handle of Emily's limbs and held her tight, like she was holding a baby. Emily woke up and felt herself in Olivia's arms while Elliot was rubbing her calf comfortingly.

"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry." Emily started to cry. She felt so guilty for waking them up and worrying them.

"Shhh. It's okay, we got you. It's going to be alright." Olivia soothed and kissed the top of her head. Emily clung to her as if she was never going to see her again. "Just relax."

"I swear to God, we will never let anyone hurt you ever again." Elliot stated. He couldn't help but admire the way Olivia was handling the situation. He was still half awake since being woken up from a deep sleep but she was awake and focused on Emily's needs. Emily may be 13 but she needed to be coddled like a young toddler at the moment and Olivia was all but willing to do just that.

"I didn't mean to scare you guys." Emily wiped a tear away.

"Honey, you don't have to worry about us. We want to do whatever we can to help you through all of this. Believe me, we knew there would be nightmares." Emily sat up but still stayed leaning on Olivia's shoulder. Olivia looked up and could see how exhausted Elliot was. "El, we should be alright now, you can go back to bed."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, go and get some more sleep." Olivia reached her hand out to grab his. "Honestly, you look demonic with the circles under your eyes right now."

"Alright, goodnight ladies." Elliot shuffled out of the room. He understood that Emily might not be as comfortable talking about her nightmare with him in the room. Frankly she hasn't said much about her assault with him around.

"Mom? How long do the nightmares last?" Emily asked after a minute of silence.

"Well, with therapy and some time, they'll stop. I can't say how long it will take because it's different for everyone."

"Why do they feel so real?"

"I wish I knew." Olivia pulled Emily in closer to her side. "Do you want to talk about the nightmare you just had?"

"It was um...when he first had me in the van. Before we went to my house. There was another guy in the back, Ricky never said his name so I have no idea who it was." Emily started to retell. Olivia slowly rubbed Emily's arm soothingly. "He asked if we could see if I was going to be a good girl. Ricky told him that he got first dibs. He loves to pop cherries. My hands and mouth were duct taped so I couldn't scream or really fight. He was rubbing my thigh. Then he started to kiss my neck. He put his hand between my legs and I tried to get away from him but he just pushed me down to the ground and got on top of me."

"What happened after that?"

"I turned my head and saw the other guy had taken himself out of his pants and was playing with himself. Ricky pulled my leggings and panties down. I was trying to kick him but it got harder with my pants around my ankles. He started to kiss me down my body. Then he um...he...started to kiss me down there." Emily whimpered. Olivia held her tighter. "I don't know what was going on. I hated it but I think my body was liking it. I don't really know what it's supposed to feel like."

"It's a normal response Em, there's nothing wrong with it. Just because you physically responded to what he was doing does not mean that you wanted it to happen."

"My body started to feel all tense. I don't know if I was um, getting close or something. But before anything else happened, he sat up and he- undid his pants and…" Emily started to cry again before she could say the words.

"Shh. I'm so sorry baby. I'm so sorry you had to go through that."

"He raped me. That was the first time he raped me." Emily didn't want to say it but she knew deep down that she needed to say the words in order to heal. She had to fully accept that she was a rape victim.

"Do you know how many times he raped you?"

"I think at least 10, some by himself and some with his friends." Emily wrapped her arms around Olivia. Olivia turned slightly to hug Emily properly.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" Olivia asked after a few minutes and Emily was only sniffling every now and again.

"Aren't we not supposed to?" Emily questioned as Olivia reached over to her nightstand for the tv remote.

"No one needs to know. Plus watching a movie helped me after I had a nightmare and couldn't fall asleep again. Now do we want a sappy rom-com or a childhood classic?" Olivia turned on the tv and turned on Netflix.

"My friends were telling me the other day about a reality show called "The Circle". I didn't have access to Netflix so I couldn't watch it." Emily suggested. Olivia scrolled through and found the show. She selected it and got herself comfortable in bed and Emily snuggled right up next to her.