AN: So finally here is chp 19. We have two more chapters and then Sanctuary is done. I'm going to answer a lot or reviews on the last chapter as well.
I do not own a thing.
Enjoy.
Chapter 19
"Hell yeah! Five more months and we are High School graduates!" Caesar cheered.
Marleen laughed at the dread-headed boy.
"I'm ready to get the fuck out of this shit hole." Cindy stated.
"I don't know guys. I'll miss it a lot." Marleen finally said.
"Marleen you cant miss this place. It's run by ignorant white people who wish they were black."
"Hey!" Cindy shouted referring to Caesar's words.
"Not you babe."
Marleen laughed at the couple.
"Anyway wheres your hot stuff?" Cindy asked.
Caesar made a motion of disgust.
"Hot stuff? Ew it's weird hearing someone call my best friend that."
Marleen laughed some more before answering Cindy's question.
"He had a meeting with his revolutionary club."
"Speaking of revolutionary clubs, why aren't you there?" Cindy asked her boyfriend.
Marleen was curious as well.
Caesar kept sipping on his Hi-C before turning to them.
"I wanted to skip for once. I told Huey I'd be missing out."
"In other words you skipped because you don't trust me to be alone." Cindy said.
"No babe, I trust you, I just don't like how those boys been looking at you."
"I can handle myself Michael."
"Ouch, first name,seriously Cindy? Look I just want to protect you."
Marleen watched the couple bicker for a while until she finally decided to leave. She walked and walked until she was face to face with the entrance to Huey's revolutionary club. She had never been since she did not understand a thing and she didn't want to bother her boyfriend. She was about to keep walking until she remembered one of Jazmine's diary entries. That girl had been to his club and she had fit in quite nicely. Marleen was on her same level when it came to revolutions so maybe she had a chance. She reached for the door handle and was about to open it when the door slammed her in the face.
"Oh sorry I didn't- Marleen?" Huey asked.
Marleen rubbed her nose.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
"Yeah." She simply replied.
"What are you still doing here? I thought you had went home."
"I wanted to wait for you." She said as she stopped rubbing her nose and looked at her boyfriend.
"Well works for me. Want to go to the lake?"
The girl smiled.
"Heck yeah."
"Ok let's go."
It was finally January. Jazmine had five more months and she was on her way to freedom. Everything was going according to plan. She had singed up for many scholarships and colleges, some even replied and accepted her into their schools. Jazmine was going to be free soon. While Jazmine worked on her plan Chibi had used her holiday break to gather evidence on her suspicion. She had not been to Jazmine's house for two reasons. One, she wanted to confront her friend about it first. And two, she was scared of what she might see. She didn't want to see Jazmine getting sexually assaulted. Chibi tried the best that she could but the evidence wasn't much, all she could go by was her mother's words and her gut feeling.
"Jazmine we need to talk." Chibi said as she stopped her friend in the hallway.
"What's up Chibi?"
The girl looked around, making sure no one was listening.
"I know Jazmine." She said.
"Know what?" Jazmine asked as she opened her locker.
"I know...about you and your uncle."
Jazmine's face dropped along with her books.
"W-w-what are you-"
"Cut it out Jazmine. I know hes been raping you."
It was Jazmine's turn to look around.
"Chibi keep your voice down."
"Keep my- Jazmine your uncle is-"
Jazmine tapped Chibi's mouth shut with her hand.
"Chibi I all ready have a plan to leave. After I graduate-"
Chibi removed Jazmine's hand from her mouth.
"Graduate? That is in five months!"
"Patience is the key." Jazmine said as she picked up the fallen books.
"How could you not tell me? How long has he...how long Jazmine?"
Jazmine looked away and Chibi knew the answer.
"Since we met, hasn't he?"
Jazmine's eyes watered but she refused to cry.
"I was protecting you." She whispered.
"Protecting me? You needed protecting, not me!"
Chibi began to cry.
"We need to do something. I'll tell my mom, she can-"
"No! Chibi stay out of this, please. I already fucked up once. Everything is going according to the plan, it's just a matter of time."
"We don't know how much time you have left! What if he decides to take you away!"
"Chibi he won't. He has been waiting for me to graduate first."
"So he is going to-"
"No! He's not because I'm leaving before he can. Just promise me you'll stay out of it."
Chibi looked away.
"Please Chibi. Promise me."
The girl sighed.
"Ok, I promise."
Jazmine smiled and hugged the girl.
Chibi had no intention on keeping the promise though. She's going to save Jazmine no matter what.
Marleen laid on the soft snow, she didn't care if it was cold. The sun was beaming so it wasn't like she wasn't getting heat. She watched Huey read, watching him often relaxed her. After a while he caught her staring.
"What's the matter?" He asked as he flipped a page.
"Nothing much, I just like looking at my hot stuff."
He closed his book.
"Ok, you've been hanging to much with Cindy."
Marleen laughed.
Huey smiled but went back to scowling once Marleen looked at him.
"I caught that, you know?"
"Caught what?" He asked, feigning ignorance.
"That cute tiny smile on your little pretty face." She said teasing him.
"Oh you did huh?" He said before jumping on her.
Marleen laughed some more, but stopped when he kissed her.
"I haven't done this all day."
She smirked.
"Did you miss it?"
"A whole lot?" He said as he kissed her again.
He felt something cold fall onto his Afro.
"Well the fun is over, it's about to snow."
"Aww man." She said as he helped her up.
"Wanna go to charlies?"
She smiled once more.
"You know it."
Jazmine couldn't believe that Chibi knew about her situation. She felt like a rock had been lifted from her heart but at the same time she felt scared. She trusts Chibi but she had a feeling that the girl would somehow ruin her plans. Jazmine had worked hard. She made sure he trust her again. Jeremy thinks she would never try to escape again. He believes she learned her lesson. He's right, she did learn her lesson. She learned how to be a little more sneaky. The girl walked up to the mail box to see if anything had came in for her. Most of the mail was for her uncle but one stood out. It was a letter from the University of Baltimore. Jazmine ran inside, she couldn't wait to open it even if she was a bit nervous. As she ran up the stairs she bumped into Jeremy.
"J-J-Jeremy I thought you was working." Jazmine said as she tried to hide the envelope with out being obvious.
"I'm off. Why are you running, are you exited to see me?" He said as he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer.
"Yeah." She lied.
He smirked and kissed the side of her mouth.
"What's that?" He asked, referring to the white envelope.
"R-report cards came in." She lied.
She hopes he falls for it.
"Don't worry about report cards, it doesn't matter anyways. Remember you just go to school to pass time while I work."
Jazmine wanted to scowl at his words but instead she smiled.
"I know, but It's still fun to actually try."
Jeremy smirked.
"Well you know what's funner?"
She diden't need to answer him since he was already lifting her shirt up.
"Having sex with you." He answered himself.
"Supper fun." She said in a sarcastic voice, Jeremy completely missed it.
It had been three days since the Baltimore University acceptance letter came in. Two more had came in as well,one from Penn State and the other from University of Virginia. She had gotten accepted into all tree. Everything was perfect.
"Chibi!" Jazmine called out.
Chibi was writing something into a piece of paper.
"Oh hey Jazmine." She said when she noticed her friend.
"What's up with you?" Jazmine asked.
"With me? Nothing is up with me."
Jazmine stared at her but then decided to shrug it off.
"I need a favor Chibs."
"A favor?"
Jazmine handed the girl the letters she had received.
"Wow Jazmine! Congrats, these are great colleges to attend."
"Thanks. Anyway I need you to hold onto them."
"Hold onto them? Why?"
"If Jeremy finds them-"
"You wouldn't need to worry about him if you reported him."
"Chibi stop it. You promised me."
Chibi growled, she was furious.
"Jazmine listen to me you need to report him. My mom can hel-"
"I don't need help. What part of 'I have a plan' don't you understand?"
"Fine Jazmine. Do it your way but I refuse to hold on to these." She said as she shoved the opened envelopes into Jazmine's chest.
The mulatto watched her friend walk away.
"Fine! I don't need your help anyway!" She yelled at the retreating form.
Chibi was sad but her pride refused to take the letters. She knows what had to be done and yet Jazmine refused her help,so why should she help now?
Marleen got dressed.
"Where are you going?" Huey asked as held onto her waist.
The girl smiled.
"I need to go home, mom is waiting since I told her I'd be back by ten."
Huey looked at his alarm clock that sat on his dresser.
"You have ten more minutes."
"By ten not at ten." The girl said as she tried to stand up but Huey tackled her down.
He kissed her passionately.
"Did I say ten? I meant ten thirty."
He smirked and helped her get undressed again.
Her mom could wait, right now it was her's and Huey's time.
Chibi sat in her room coming up with a plan to help Jazmine. She couldn't just sit there knowing what Jazmine goes through everyday. Her mother was at work, as usual, so it was up to Chibi to help her friend. She digged out the piece of paper that had Jazmine's address on it and looked over at the wall clock. She was going to Jazmine's place. If what Jazmine had told her was the truth then her uncle should be at work at the moment. Chibi grabbed her bike from her garage and typed in the address on her phone. She rode for half an hour before arriving at Jazmine's house. The driveway was empty. Chibi took this as a good sign and rushed to the front door before knocking a few times. She waited for a minute before heading into the back yard. The back door was open so she let herself in.
"Jazmine?" Chibi called out as she examined the house.
"Jazmine?" She called out again.
All of a sudden Chibi felt a strong grip on her wrist.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
It was Jazmine.
"Jazmine I came to get you."
The mulatto looked around the room nervously.
"You need to leave before he comes back."
"No! I'm not leaving unless you come with me."
"Chibi, please, you need to leave now."
Jazmine was about to cry and Chibi knew this.
"...Fine, but I'm not giving up." Chibi said before leaving through the front door and hopping on her bike.
Chibi cried out of frustration as she rode back home.
A couple of days have past since the day she went to Jazmine's house. She has been trying to convince her friend to get out of there and stay with her for a couple of days until they got help.
"Listen to me! You can stay with us, my mom will know what to do." Chibi said for the hundredth time that day.
Jazmine turned abruptly and stared at her friend.
"Ok, listen because I'm not going to repeat myself. I'm really glad that you want to help me, I truly am, but I have a plan and its going to take some time but I will escape. So please don't ruin my plans. If you truly want to help then you should hide my admission letters for me." Jazmine said before walking away.
Chibi watched her friend sadly.
She just wants to help.
Another day had passed since that day. Chibi sat in her room crying. She want's to help her friend so bad. Jazmine is a sister, she's family so she needs to protect her no matter what. She looked at the clock. That monster was surely home by now. Chibi shook her head, she didn't want to think about the nasty and horrible things he was doing to her best friend. The girl picked up the third volume of My Love Story hopping to get her mind off of things, but sadly it did not. She had to do something and fast, besides she had a feeling that Jazmine needed her more than ever at the moment. Chibi hopped on her bike and rode to Jazmine's house. When she arrived she went into the backyard and hoped that the door was unlocked again. Surprisingly it was. She hesitated for a moment before swallowing her nervousness and entering the home.
"What the fuck are these? Don't you know you're mine?"
Chibi heard a man say. It came from upstairs.
"What the fuck are these? Don't you know you're mine?"
Jeremy had found her hidden pile of admission letters.
Jazmine was scared shitless, was her plan ruined? She's never escaping is she? Jeremy held a sharp knife pressed against the girl's neck.
"Why the fuck did you apply to these schools? You know that you are mine so why do you want to leave?"
"Because you are a sick bastard!" Jazmine yelled out.
This caused Jeremy to add more pressure to the knife on her neck, he had cut her a little bit.
"I've given you a chance to redeem yourself but apparently you did not learn your lesson the first time. I'm taking you out of school tomorrow morning and then we'll move."
Jazmine's eyes widen at his words.
"No, please no. I'll be good, please-"
"Too late!"
All of a sudden Chibi walked in.
"Jazmine!"
"Chibi? Chibi stay away!" Jazmine yelled out.
"GET OFF OF HER YOU MONSTER!" Chibi yelled out as she tackled Jeremy off of Jazmine.
Jazmine watched Chibi and Jeremy fight.
"Chibi! Jeremy get off of her!" Jazmine yelled as she tried to help her friend.
"Who the fuck are you?" Jeremy said as he pushed the petite girl into the wall.
Chibi hit her head pretty badly.
Jazmine jumped on Jeremy's back but he was stronger than her and managed to throw her on the floor face first.
Chibi watched her friend get tossed on the ground but then she noticed the sharp object laying on the ground. Chibi picked up the knife and charged at Jeremy with all her strength.
Jeremy noticed and moved out the way before the knife could pierce him. It happened so fast. Chibi thought she had him but she missed. She felt a sharp pain in her gut though. What was it?
"Chibi!" She heard Jazmine yell.
"AHHH!" Chibi yelled when she felt another sharp pain.
She was getting stabbed.
Jazmine ran over to Jeremy and tried to pull him off of her friend.
Another sharp pain, there goes another, and another.
She was being stabbed multiple times.
"Get off of her!" She could hear her friend say.
Everything was in slow motion.
Jazmine finally managed to pull her uncle away from her best friend.
"Cheyenne! Stay with me! Please!"
She could faintly hear someone calling her first name before everything went black.
"I'm...I'm sorry..." She managed to utter.
Jazmine felt her friend's body go limp and lifeless.
"Che-Cheyenne...Cheyenne..."
Jazmine cried as she hugged her best friend's corpse.
"Ja-Jazmine..." Jeremy said.
"Forget about her. You don't need nobody but me." He said.
How dare he talk to her after murdering the only person that cared about her. Chibi was her friend, no, her sister and now she was gone because of her sad excuse of an uncle. She should have done this years ago.
Jazmine tackled the man and grabbed the bloody knife from the ground. She stabbed him once.
"That is for the pain you put me trough."
Then she stabbed him again.
"That is for rapeing me all these years and for traumatizing me."
She stopped once and looked at him deep in the eyes as she watched him beg for mercy.
"Please Jazmine...I love you.."
"You do?"
He nodded.
"We can be together."
"We can?"
"Yeah...Put the knife down."
"Should I?"
"Jazmine please."
"You killed my best friend. Chibi is gone because of you! So this last one is for her! Die you bastard!"
She gripped the handle with both of her hands, dragged it over her head and in one swift movement stabbed her uncle in the neck.
She watched blood come out of his mouth.
"Go to hell." Jazmine said looking him straight in the eyes.
She watched the color drain from his face.
She was finally free...
"I'm free...I'm free...Chibi..."
She cried as she held her head.
AN: RIP Cheyenne aka Chibi.
So how many saw this coming? I did foreshadow it if no one noticed (I think it was two chapters ago). How many of you caught on that the nurse that helped Jazmine was Chibi's mom before it was revealed? Well I'll see you all in the next chapter.
