"I know you were talking about me. I don't care. I know what you think of me. You think I'm a slut, don't you? Well, just go ahead and keep talking about me. I don't care!" Juliette exploded. Then, she fell on her bed.
Shelby and Jet looked at each other. "We don't know what you're talking about, Jules. We were just saying that we were worried about you. Why would we think you were a slut?" Shelby asked. Jet went over and sat next to Juliette.
"What happened, Jules?" she asked softly. Juliette couldn't answer. It was too embarrassing. But it was so hard not to tell anyone. She was afraid of what Kurt would do if he found out she told. She comforted herself that he would definitely not be able to stay at Horizon if Peter found out. She took her chances.
She sat up and took a deep breath. Shelby sat on the bed next to Juliette's.
"This is going to be really hard," Juliette began.
"Thats okay, just take your time," Shelby said. Juliette was taken aback by how sincere Shelby sounded.
"Okay. I've had a lot on my mind lately. I wanted to go off by myself to think and write stuff down. I found a trail and I didn't tell anybody about it because I wanted, I don't know, a secret. Something of my own, I guess. Well, I had been walking for a few minutes when I came to a clearing. Then I heard somebody running down the path. It-it," Juliette paused, trying to control her voice. "It was Kurt. He pushed me down and started hitting me with his belt. I couldn't scream, I couldn't yell for help. I don't know - it was like my voice was caught in my throat. It hurt so bad! I can barely stand the clothes touching my back! He - he..." she trailed off. Juliette had a feeling Jet and Shelby knew what she was trying to say. Juliette took a deep breath and hoped she wouldn't cry. Then she whispered, "he raped me." Juliette sat quietly. She couldn't look at either of them. She didn't want to see their reaction. Jet and Shelby stared at each other, shocked. Jet put an arm around Juliette and she started to cry. Shelby jumped up and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Juliette asked.
"He has to learn he can't do that to girls. He has to!" Shelby said as she ran out the door. Jet and Juliette were both surprised. Jet didn't talk to Juliette for a few minutes.
"Jules, I know you won't want to, but I really think you should go tell Sophie. Or Peter," Jet said quietly.
"What! No, I can't!"
"But you can't not tell anyone. What Kurt did was wrong. He shouldn't be let off easily - if at all. You should tell them. If you do, Kurt will be sent away and you won't ever have to see him again. Won't that make you feel better?"
"Yeah...God, Jet, I'm so scared! What if he got me pregnant? And I feel so dirty! I'll never feel clean! And my back hurts so bad!" Juliette complained. She lay on her stomach on her bed and buried her face in the pillow.
Shelby ran to the basketball court. There were the boys playing basketball, with Ezra and Daisy looking on. Shelby spotted Kurt, playing his heart out and acting like everything was normal. It enraged her to see how he could go on normally like that after what he just did. She ran full speed to the courts and jumped on Kurt's back, knocking him to the ground. She started to hit him as hard as she could. Scott tried to pull her off, but she resisted him and lunged at Kurt as he tried to get up.
"You ass! How could you do that! Do you actually think you're cool? Or powerful? You're not! You're a jerk! You're an insult to every man on this planet. You're worse than my step-father!" Shelby yelled, delivering a few punches for each accusation. Scott, Daisy, and Auggie tried to pull her off. Kurt stood up, his nose bloody and his hair messed up. Shelby fought against her 3-person hold and finally twisted out of it. She lunged for Kurt again, but he stepped out of the way. Shelby fell on the ground, but got up again and jumped on his back, once again knocking him to the ground. She started hitting him. He pushed her off and stood above her. Shelby stared him straight in the eye.
"Come on, hit me. I DARE you!" Kurt kept on staring. "What's the matter? Its only okay to hit brunettes and not blondes?" Shelby stared at his face for some look of fear, but saw none. Angered by his silence, she kicked him behind his knee and he once again fell to the ground. Shelby sat on his stomach and hit his face until she felt two strong hands pull her away.
"Shelby, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Peter asked, angrily. Shelby wouldn't talk to him. She couldn't tell him about Kurt. She had to take Sophie to the dorm and get her to listen to Juliette's story.
Shelby looked around, and for the first time, she realized that the fight had brought about a bunch of people. Scott looked at her with a mixture of confusion, disgust, and anger. It pained her to see Scott look at her that way, but it hurt her even more that Juliette was raped. She looked away when Peter asked her again.
"I can't tell you," she replied. Peter looked at her, fuming. "I have to talk to Sophie first. Please, Peter." Peter motioned for Sophie to step forward.
"Take her back to the dorm. Don't let her out of your sight. I want her to eat alone and you to sit with her, and she can explain to you what she did. As for the rest of you, go get cleaned up. Dinner is in 30 minutes." Peter let go of her and Sophie took her arm and began to lead her down the trail to the dorm.
"What were you thinking? Do you want to get kicked out? Get sent back home?" Sophie asked angrily.
"Don't be mad, Sophie. I-"
"Don't be mad? Are you crazy?"
"Well, I promise you won't be this mad once you get to the dorm!"
Juliette tells Sophie and what happens to Kurt coming up!
