"Its...its..." Juliette stuttered, unable to speak. The girls looked at each other worriedly. Juliette took a deep breath. "Its negative. I'm not pregnant."
They all breathed a sigh of relief. Juliette felt as if there was a huge weight lifted off her shoulders.
"Well, do you guys want to go get breakfast? I think I can get the cook to whip something up," Sophie suggested.
They agreed. After taking the test, Juliette got her appetite back.

The cook was still there and made them some breakfast.
"God, this is great. For once the food is hot and really good!" Daisy commented. The cook cleared his throat. "Well, it is always good, but its even better because its um, fresh and hot and...yeah." Daisy covered up lamely. She and Shelby laughed under their breath.
When they were done, they went to the basketball court. The guys were there, too. Juliette couldn't bear to look at them, especially Auggie. She knew that they all knew. She lingered back while the others went over and sat on the benches with the guys. Auggie noticed and debated if he should go over and talk to her or not. He knew what happened and knew she was embarrassed. He finally got up and went over and sat next to Juliette. She cringed. He sat silently, not sure what to say. Finally his silence got the best of her.
"I know what your thinking, Auggie. You don't have to say it!" she said, getting up and starting to walk off. Auggie jumped up and went after her, grabbing her arm. "Don't touch me, Auggie! I don't know why you want to now. Just leave me alone!" she twisted her arm out of his grip and started to run off again. But Auggie ran after her, again. "Auggie, just stop, okay? Just stop!"
"No, Jules, I won't stop."
Juliette fell to the ground, bringing her knees up to her chest and resting her head on them. "Auggie, I know you probably never want to speak to me again, and I don't blame you."
Auggie sat down next to her. "Jules, um, I don't know how to say this," Auggie said, pausing to collect his thoughts.
"You dont want to be with me, be seen with me. How hard is that to say? I've been hurt so much lately, just a little more won't matter."
"Jules! Stop expecting the worst!" Auggie softened his voice. "Listen, Twig. Just because that asshole took away your innocence doesn't mean I don't love you anymore. I'm sorry about what he did, I really am. But that doesn't mean I don't care for you anymore. I wish you knew that. Jules, if I could, I'd go kick his sorry ass right now for you."
Juliette started to cry and Auggie put his arm around her. "Auggie, I feel so dirty! Why did this have to happen to me? I never did anything to him! I'm so ashamed and embarrassed!"
Auggie kissed her forehead. "Jules, you have no reason to feel ashamed or embarrassed. You didn't do anything. If anything, Kurt should feel ashamed and embarrassed! And, well, Its okay to feel dirty. Well, I don't mean that exactly. I mean, your body was violated. You shouldn't act like everything is hunky-dory. Its not. You went through hell. I wish you didn't have to. I wish I could have seen what was coming. If I had, he would have been outta here a long time ago," Auggie said, sounding disraught.
"Auggie, thats all everyone has been telling me. I know this is a shock to everyone. I'm still terrified of him, and of being alone. I'll never get the image of his face out of my mind. But I don't want to keep hearing 'oh, I should have known this was coming' crap. If they knew his history, then he shouldn't have been around me or the others in the first place." Auggie knew she was right. "And all I can keep thinking, is why? I mean, why me? I'm not pretty, I don't have the perfect body. I have scars on my wrist and my arms. If I felt ugly before, you can imagine how I feel now," Juliette said, crying again.
"I think you're beautiful," Auggie whispered, holding her. For the longest time they sat there, silently.

Sophie and Peter came up to them a little later.
"Juliette, the police are here and they want to ask you a few questions. Come along," Peter said.
"Can I go with her?" Auggie asked, helping her up.
"Sorry, Aug. I don't think they'll let you. But you can wait right out the door for when she's done. They might want to question you, too."
Auggie nodded and hugged Juliette. "Everything will be fine, Jules." Then he walked back to the group. Peter extended his hand and took Juliette's. Sophie took her other hand.
"Jules, I know this might be hard for you, but we're there to back you up every step of the way. Just tell them what happened, I don't think you'll have to go into great detail," Peter said, trying to calm Juliette down.
"But what if what happened to Scott happens to me?"
"It shouldn't. His was against his step-mother molesting him. And he had those love notes he wrote. But you, everyone knows that you don't act like this and that you are really scared and upset by it. And they know Kurt's history," Sophie said. They arrived at the lodge and Peter led the way to where the police were. He held the door open for Sophie and Juliette. Juliette saw the video camera and started to worry.
"It is going to be like Scott!" she said.
"No, no its not. Come on, Jules, sit down," Sophie said, leading her to the couch.
A policeman came up to her with a little pad and a pen. "I'm Officer Taylor. I'm just going to ask you a few questions. I want you to tell me exactly what happened yesterday. You don't have to get graphic, but don't leave out important things," the officer said.
Juliette looked around her, at Peter, Sophie, Officer Taylor and two other officers. She was still embarrassed. She took a deep breath and began her story again.
"So, what time was this again?" he asked when she was done.
"I don't know. I didn't exactly look at my watch. But I left about 5 and it happened about 5:15, maybe? I don't know."
"And what were you wearing?"
"Shorts and a light blue long-sleeved button-up shirt with a white tank underneath."
"Can I see those, please?"
Juliette bit her lip. "No. I threw them in the fire last night."
"Why?"
"Well, I didn't want to see them again, and I didn't know you were coming today and even if I did, I wouldn't know that you wanted to see my clothes."
"Okay. Where exactly were you raped?"
"In this little clearing in the woods."
"Kid, there are lots of clearings in the woods. I need specifics."
"Well, there's a little path by the dorms. If you follow it for about five minutes it'll come to a clearing with a fallen log."
"Okay. Thats all for me. Officer Castillo will ask you some questions," Officer Taylor said, walking off and writing stuff on his notepad.
"Juliette, please tell me what happened," the officer said. Juliette looked at Peter and Sophie in horror.
"But, but I just told the other officer a few minutes ago!"
"We need to make sure you aren't lying."
"I wouldn't lie about this!"
"What happened?" the officer persisted. Once again, Juliette retold what happened. What had happened to Scott was happening to her!
The officer continued to ask question after question, making Juliette feel stupid, a baby, and like nothing had gone wrong. The officers were both so cold and unfeeling and harsh, it made Juliette feel horrible. Peter and Sophie noticed her discomfort.
"She's under enough emotional stress right now. Don't be so harsh on her," Peter said.
"Mr. Scarbrow, we need to ask these questions," Officer Castillo said. Peter saw he couldn't do anything and sat back down with Sophie. Finally they were done.
"Thank you Mr. Scarbrow, Miss Becker. We'll keep in touch," Officer Taylor said, shaking hands with Peter and Sophie. The third officer gathered the camera and followed the others out.
Juliette couldn't hold it in any longer - she started crying uncontrolably. Peter tried to comfort her, but at that moment, the last thing she wanted was to be touched by a male. Kurt's actions were still fresh on her mind, and the officers' harsh questioning made her shy away from them. Peter went out and told Auggie to visit another time. Sophie sat with her for a few minutes.
"Jules, I'm so sorry. I really didn't think they'd badger you like that. At least its over," Sophie said. Juliette nodded. "Do you want me to walk you back to your dorm?" Again, Juliette nodded. Sophie helped her up and then walked her back. The others were already there. Jet gave her a hug. Hugging was all anyone could seem to do. Sophie whispered for them to keep an eye on her and not let her go anywhere along.
After Sophie left, Juliette lay down on her bed. All she wanted was to close her eyes and when she woke up, have the past few days to have vanished. She knew that that evening or the next day she'd have to talk to her mother, and she didn't want to do that. She was afraid of what might happen. She was afraid of just about everything right then. Under the watchful eyes of her friends she fell into a fitful sleep.


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