Now that Alicia's rape storyline has been confirmed. (I think we all knew that was what was going to happen to her) I think we were just waiting on confirmation. I thought I'd write a storyline on how I think it's going to play out. This chapter is life an aftermath of what potentially happens. It might not happen though.
Rated T for the storyline.
The Secret Life Of Casualty.
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She lay on the ground, tears streaking down her cheeks, she had tried hard to fight him off, but he'd simply put a hand over her mouth and told her it'll be over soon, if she just stopped struggling. After that, she gave up, as he continued to attack her.
Then she faded in to blackness.
If someone came in to the ED, saying they'd been attacked, Alicia knew she'd try to persuade them to go to the police, but somehow she knew she wasn't going to take her own advice. She needed to try to carry on as normal. She took a deep breath and got her belongings together, heading to work, and as she got up, she felt like she was going to be sick and minutes later, memories of what had happened to her come back and she threw up, using the back of her hand to wipe away the vomit. She then used the back of her hand to wipe away the vomit from her mouth. She knew it was gross and she never usually would do it but she didn't have
"Good morning, Alicia. "
Alicia looked around to see who was talking to her, she realised it was Eddie and that he was too wearing the same clothes he had been when he'd joined them at the pub. She blinked at him, something about him, brought back a memory.
Alicia's first memory.
She'd left the pub around about midnight, as she was on an the early shift, and was walking home, taking the same route she always did, it wouldn't take her long to reach her new house, which she'd moved in to a few weeks before.
She soon started hearing footsteps behind her and increased her walking slightly, it was dark and before she knew it, a hand had sneaked around her waist, another was around her mouth as they easily dragged her to a deserted ally way.
"Get of-" She tried to say as he pushed her and due to the amount of alcohol that was still in her blood, she stumbled and he walked closer to her as he smirked down at her unconscious form and then removed her
End of Alicia's memory.
Shaking her head, she knew it wouldn't look good if she started throwing accusation's around, if it was him, he'd most probably deny it. To other doctors he was charming, witty, confident but Alicia knew what he potentially was: a rapist.
To her horror, she realised she was muttering out loud.
Ethan stared at her, obviously he'd caught her talking to herself, which was a sign of madness
"Are you ok?" He asked. He'd hardly said two civil words to her since she admitted she was behind the blog, but she looked like she needed a friend.
"I'm fine, Ethan. " She tried to force a smile, but Ethan saw through it.
He looked around for somewhere quiet to take her. The staff room? Anyone could walk in and overhear their conversation. The truth was, anywhere they went in the hospital, they were likely to be overheard.
He looked at his watch, saw that his shift was almost over and invited her over to his flat.
Alicia nodded.
"Come on then, " Ethan said as he walked in to the staff room to get his stuff. Alicia waited for him outside. She saw Eddie with Bea and wanted to warn her what type of man he was, but when she went to open her mouth, she found it was stuck, unable to open, so she let him walk on by, Bea was laughing at something he was saying.
She suddenly craved a cigarette, but she'd given them up.
"Are you ready?" It was Ethan.
She nodded and followed him.
Ethan held the double door open for her, watching as she walked through it, then walked up the flight of stairs they needed to climb to get to his flat. When they did, Ethan fished in his pockets for his keys and inserted them in to the lock.
"Go in, " He said to Alicia.
She walked in to his small but tidy flat. Knowing where the living room was from experience, she walked in and waited for Ethan to say she could sit down.
He walked in, a few minutes later, most likely after hanging up his coat.
"Can I get you anything?" He asked, sounding like the perfect gentleman, before she ruined what she had, had with him.
"No, thanks. "
"Sure? Tea, coffee?" He continued.
"Ethan, I'm fine!" She yelled, shocking him.
Following her outburst, the two of them sat in silence (her on the couch, him on the armchair)
"Sorry, " She whispered. The "old" Alicia would never apologise for anything.
"What's going on, Alicia?" Ethan asked.
Alicia looked at him. "Ethan, I need to tell you something. "
Ethan looked at her, wondering what it was, she was going to tell him.
"Go on, " He prompted her, gently reaching out and putting a hand on her knee, noticing that the reaction made her jerk her knee away.
Thanks for reading, this wasn't as long as I thought it would be, but I got the idea and wanted to write it.
