Chapter 10
Trish's POV
My chest is burning. I don't know how long I have been running, but my feet are starting to hurt, since I left without putting shoes on, and its starting to get a little chilly running in just my boxers and a wife beater. Leon took me to a park a few weeks ago. It seems like it should be around here somewhere.
Oh, cool there it is. (Trish walks over to the merry go round, and sits down. She begins to move it around with her feet.)
Oh my god. What the fuck are they doing here? Why have they come back now? Shit. Just when things are starting to go my way. If they are moving back in. I am so out of here. Damn it. I wish I had a fix.
(Trish gets a far away look, and begins to shake and shiver from the flood of memories that come rushing back.)
***flashback***
"I know your awake you little slut." Steve said as he was removing his belt, from his pants. If I just lay here and do nothing maybe he will go away. maybe he will think I really am asleep.
He starts hitting me with his fists. He dragged me off my bed and started kicking me with his steel toed boots, and whipping me with his belt.
He ripped off my night shirt and my underwear. oh my god he's on top of me and . He's punching me in the head over and over again.
I must have passed out. When I woke up Steve was laying next to me on the floor, passed out. I tried to get up, but oh my god the pain, and oh shit, there is blood everywhere. Finally I get up, and stumble to the bathroom. oh wow!
My body is battered and bruised. There are belt welts all over my body, and marks on my neck as if he tried to choke me. The pain in my lower body along with all the blood. the bastard raped me. I have to get out of here.
I run to the phone. and dial Dom's house. Vince answer's again. Shit! "Vince, its me Trish, I got to talk to you and Dom."
"Fuck you Trish, I told you to quit calling here. We are to busy for your little kiddy bullshit."
"But Vince." all I heard was dial tone. Shit, now what am I going to do?
I run to my bedroom, and carefully and quietly gather as many of my things as I can carry, in my pack. Silently I pray to let me get out of the house before he wakes up and comes after me again.
I grab a few clothes, and my picture of mom. I feel the tears threaten to take over me, and I push them down. There is no time for me to bawl like a baby, I have to get out of here while I can.
***end flashback***
Tears are streaming down Trish's face, and she has her knees pulled up to her chest with her arms wrapped around them and she is rocking herself back and forth.
Leon's POV
Fuck! Where could she be? I have been searching for her for a good half hour, when I began to wonder if she would go to the park I took her to a few weeks ago. She had so much fun and said she felt as if she were a kid again. She smiled more that day than I had ever seen.
What the hell, its worth a try.
As I cruised by, I saw her. Sitting on the merry go round. I park, and start to run over to her. I stop cold at what I see. She has this lost look on her face. She is in pain, and she looks so sad. Slowly, I begin to walk toward her and call her name. She isn't responding to me. She is shivering.
"Hey baby girl, you okay?" I ask her, while I sit down next to her on the merry go round.
Trish looks towards me, not really seeing me. Not really knowing who I am, and she looks like she is lost in space kind of look. Like a deer caught in the headlights of a car that is getting ready to run it down. Slowly, she realizes its me, and where we are. She relaxes a little, and I take a breath I didn't realize I was holding.
"Trish, baby, you ok? Where were you just now?"
" Back at Steve's house."
I didn't know what to say. I have been waiting for this to happen since the night she had the nightmare while she was trying to detox.
"Baby, do you want to tell me about it?"
"No. This is so fucked up Leon. But I think its time for me to tell you. I am just scared."
"I am right here Trish and I'm not going anywhere."
She takes a deep breath, and tells me everything that happened to here at her step father's house the night of her mother's funeral. All I can do is listen, and hold on to her. Somewhere through the story, Trish ends up on my lap, and I end up holding her and rocking her. Rubbing her back and stroking her hair as I have come to do whenever she needs comforted for the past few months. I can't remember how many times she has crawled into my lap at the house, when we are all watching movies, or just hanging out, just to have me hug her and rub her back. We have become very close. Dom tells me that I am here new hero and big brother, and if I weren't his best friend he would be jealous. but Trish just goes over to Dom, crawls in his lap and tell him, "But you will always be my Dommy." And we all get to laugh at the nick name only Trish is allowed to even think of calling Dom.
She has become close to each of us. Mia and her go shopping, and work at the store, each day. Then they come home and cook for all of us. Brain found the attorney that helped Dom push through the custody papers, and a counselor that Trish could relate to. Brian has been going to meetings for Trish's out patient group, as her family member, so that he can understand where she has come from. He feels bad about judging her when she first got here, so he is doing everything he can now, to make things better.
When Jesse got home from New York, they hit it off right away. Jesse is teaching her everything he knows about computers, so that she can go back to school soon. Not that she knows that. She doesn't want to go back to school, but we are going to work on that later. I was beginning to get jealous of how close Trish and Jesse were getting, until Jesse called me on it.
"Dude, I see how much you love her. I would never ever step on you like that. Besides, it's written all over both of your faces, how much you love each other. No one could try to compete with that, even if the wanted to, which I don't."
Jesse still is and always will be my very best friend and little brother.
Dom is teaching Trish how to drive. We all end up laughing at them, because they are so much alike it is scary. She is just as stubborn, and pig headed as he is, and she does not back down to him no matter how intimidating he tries to be. Which just infuriates him more, and he ends up stomping out like a kid. It's so funny to watch, as long as you don't let Dom see you laughing.
I take Trish to all of her appointments. And we hang out and watch movies, or play on the PS 2 a lot. It started out when we couldn't leave her alone at the house for fear of her taking off on us, but now its just because I love spending time with her and it means I get to be with her and have fun, while getting to know her more each day.
I have never brought up the night of her dreams, and I have earned her trust by not. And so here we sit, me holding her while she tells me all of the things that bastard did to her, and I am comforting her as best as I can, while inside I want to kill him. I won't let her see my anger, because I don't want to scare her. She is so fragile right now.
"Baby girl, I swear to you, I will never let anyone ever hurt you, not ever again."
"Leon, don't say that! You cant promise me that!"
"Why not babe?"
"Because Vince is here. Letty and him are back. And Leon, that means that I am out of here. I am gone. I am leaving tomorrow."
"Trish please don't talk like that. No one is going anywhere. We will work through this. I promise. Dom has custody of you now, we all love you and you are a part of this family. You ain't leaving me."
Trish just shakes her head silently crying to herself, as Leon's cell phone rings.
The called ID tells him that it's the Toretto house.
"Talk" he snaps into the phone.
"Where is she?" Dom asks
"We are at the park, I found her here."
"Come home now."
"Soon brother, she is pretty upset."
"We are all going to talk, tomorrow. Vince and Letty are down at her house. They are going to stay there, for now."
"Good, because I would hate to see them right now. It could get ugly."
"Leon, you ok?"
"No! but for now, I am out, I need to handle this here."
"Thanks brother."
Leon ends the call, turning to Trish.
"Its time to go home baby. They are gone and wont be back until tomorrow."
She doesn't say anything, she just gets up and starts to walk to my car. I get up and start to walk with her. She reaches for my hand, and I put my arm around her, pulling her close to me.
"Leon, why are you always so nice to me. Why do you always come to my rescue?"
"Because I love you." I didn't think I would ever say that to her. She looks at me with these beautiful brown eyes, that ask me, but how?
"How can you love me Leon, after everything you know about me? My own brother doesn't even care if I live or die, or even enough to know who I am."
"Babe, you've been through enough tonight. I promise you we will talk more tomorrow, for now, you have to know, that I love you and no one will ever change that. I am here and I am not going anywhere."
When we finally got back to the house, it was after 3 am, and everyone had obviously gone back to bed. Dom must have told them that Trish was upset and that I had found her and she was ok, but didn't need a whole shit load of questions when we got back. The only light on was Dom's bedroom.
We went upstairs, and Trish knocked on Dom's door.
"Yeah," we heard.
"Hey brother" I said.
"Hi" Trish said.
"I am glad you guys are home. I was worried about you Peanut."
"Sorry"
"Its ok, we can talk tomorrow."
"Yeah, maybe." Trish told him.
Dom and I both tensed up.
"Don't worry guys. I promised Leon I won't just take off. I'll stick around and try to work this all out. But I hate them, and I wont ever forgive them. Leon, I cant tell this story again. Will you please explain to Dom, for me?"
"Yeah Trish. No problem."
"In the morning, its time now for sleep." Was Dom's only reply.
Trish walked over to Dom and gave him a hug and a kiss.
"I love you Dommy."
"I love you Peanut, night brother, and thanks."
"Night Dom." I said.
Trish walks over to me, and gives me a hug, and whispers into my ear, "will you please rub my back for me until I go to sleep?"
"yeah baby girl, go take a shower and get warmed up, so you don't get sick and then come get me."
She just smiles and says ok.
Trish's POV
My chest is burning. I don't know how long I have been running, but my feet are starting to hurt, since I left without putting shoes on, and its starting to get a little chilly running in just my boxers and a wife beater. Leon took me to a park a few weeks ago. It seems like it should be around here somewhere.
Oh, cool there it is. (Trish walks over to the merry go round, and sits down. She begins to move it around with her feet.)
Oh my god. What the fuck are they doing here? Why have they come back now? Shit. Just when things are starting to go my way. If they are moving back in. I am so out of here. Damn it. I wish I had a fix.
(Trish gets a far away look, and begins to shake and shiver from the flood of memories that come rushing back.)
***flashback***
"I know your awake you little slut." Steve said as he was removing his belt, from his pants. If I just lay here and do nothing maybe he will go away. maybe he will think I really am asleep.
He starts hitting me with his fists. He dragged me off my bed and started kicking me with his steel toed boots, and whipping me with his belt.
He ripped off my night shirt and my underwear. oh my god he's on top of me and . He's punching me in the head over and over again.
I must have passed out. When I woke up Steve was laying next to me on the floor, passed out. I tried to get up, but oh my god the pain, and oh shit, there is blood everywhere. Finally I get up, and stumble to the bathroom. oh wow!
My body is battered and bruised. There are belt welts all over my body, and marks on my neck as if he tried to choke me. The pain in my lower body along with all the blood. the bastard raped me. I have to get out of here.
I run to the phone. and dial Dom's house. Vince answer's again. Shit! "Vince, its me Trish, I got to talk to you and Dom."
"Fuck you Trish, I told you to quit calling here. We are to busy for your little kiddy bullshit."
"But Vince." all I heard was dial tone. Shit, now what am I going to do?
I run to my bedroom, and carefully and quietly gather as many of my things as I can carry, in my pack. Silently I pray to let me get out of the house before he wakes up and comes after me again.
I grab a few clothes, and my picture of mom. I feel the tears threaten to take over me, and I push them down. There is no time for me to bawl like a baby, I have to get out of here while I can.
***end flashback***
Tears are streaming down Trish's face, and she has her knees pulled up to her chest with her arms wrapped around them and she is rocking herself back and forth.
Leon's POV
Fuck! Where could she be? I have been searching for her for a good half hour, when I began to wonder if she would go to the park I took her to a few weeks ago. She had so much fun and said she felt as if she were a kid again. She smiled more that day than I had ever seen.
What the hell, its worth a try.
As I cruised by, I saw her. Sitting on the merry go round. I park, and start to run over to her. I stop cold at what I see. She has this lost look on her face. She is in pain, and she looks so sad. Slowly, I begin to walk toward her and call her name. She isn't responding to me. She is shivering.
"Hey baby girl, you okay?" I ask her, while I sit down next to her on the merry go round.
Trish looks towards me, not really seeing me. Not really knowing who I am, and she looks like she is lost in space kind of look. Like a deer caught in the headlights of a car that is getting ready to run it down. Slowly, she realizes its me, and where we are. She relaxes a little, and I take a breath I didn't realize I was holding.
"Trish, baby, you ok? Where were you just now?"
" Back at Steve's house."
I didn't know what to say. I have been waiting for this to happen since the night she had the nightmare while she was trying to detox.
"Baby, do you want to tell me about it?"
"No. This is so fucked up Leon. But I think its time for me to tell you. I am just scared."
"I am right here Trish and I'm not going anywhere."
She takes a deep breath, and tells me everything that happened to here at her step father's house the night of her mother's funeral. All I can do is listen, and hold on to her. Somewhere through the story, Trish ends up on my lap, and I end up holding her and rocking her. Rubbing her back and stroking her hair as I have come to do whenever she needs comforted for the past few months. I can't remember how many times she has crawled into my lap at the house, when we are all watching movies, or just hanging out, just to have me hug her and rub her back. We have become very close. Dom tells me that I am here new hero and big brother, and if I weren't his best friend he would be jealous. but Trish just goes over to Dom, crawls in his lap and tell him, "But you will always be my Dommy." And we all get to laugh at the nick name only Trish is allowed to even think of calling Dom.
She has become close to each of us. Mia and her go shopping, and work at the store, each day. Then they come home and cook for all of us. Brain found the attorney that helped Dom push through the custody papers, and a counselor that Trish could relate to. Brian has been going to meetings for Trish's out patient group, as her family member, so that he can understand where she has come from. He feels bad about judging her when she first got here, so he is doing everything he can now, to make things better.
When Jesse got home from New York, they hit it off right away. Jesse is teaching her everything he knows about computers, so that she can go back to school soon. Not that she knows that. She doesn't want to go back to school, but we are going to work on that later. I was beginning to get jealous of how close Trish and Jesse were getting, until Jesse called me on it.
"Dude, I see how much you love her. I would never ever step on you like that. Besides, it's written all over both of your faces, how much you love each other. No one could try to compete with that, even if the wanted to, which I don't."
Jesse still is and always will be my very best friend and little brother.
Dom is teaching Trish how to drive. We all end up laughing at them, because they are so much alike it is scary. She is just as stubborn, and pig headed as he is, and she does not back down to him no matter how intimidating he tries to be. Which just infuriates him more, and he ends up stomping out like a kid. It's so funny to watch, as long as you don't let Dom see you laughing.
I take Trish to all of her appointments. And we hang out and watch movies, or play on the PS 2 a lot. It started out when we couldn't leave her alone at the house for fear of her taking off on us, but now its just because I love spending time with her and it means I get to be with her and have fun, while getting to know her more each day.
I have never brought up the night of her dreams, and I have earned her trust by not. And so here we sit, me holding her while she tells me all of the things that bastard did to her, and I am comforting her as best as I can, while inside I want to kill him. I won't let her see my anger, because I don't want to scare her. She is so fragile right now.
"Baby girl, I swear to you, I will never let anyone ever hurt you, not ever again."
"Leon, don't say that! You cant promise me that!"
"Why not babe?"
"Because Vince is here. Letty and him are back. And Leon, that means that I am out of here. I am gone. I am leaving tomorrow."
"Trish please don't talk like that. No one is going anywhere. We will work through this. I promise. Dom has custody of you now, we all love you and you are a part of this family. You ain't leaving me."
Trish just shakes her head silently crying to herself, as Leon's cell phone rings.
The called ID tells him that it's the Toretto house.
"Talk" he snaps into the phone.
"Where is she?" Dom asks
"We are at the park, I found her here."
"Come home now."
"Soon brother, she is pretty upset."
"We are all going to talk, tomorrow. Vince and Letty are down at her house. They are going to stay there, for now."
"Good, because I would hate to see them right now. It could get ugly."
"Leon, you ok?"
"No! but for now, I am out, I need to handle this here."
"Thanks brother."
Leon ends the call, turning to Trish.
"Its time to go home baby. They are gone and wont be back until tomorrow."
She doesn't say anything, she just gets up and starts to walk to my car. I get up and start to walk with her. She reaches for my hand, and I put my arm around her, pulling her close to me.
"Leon, why are you always so nice to me. Why do you always come to my rescue?"
"Because I love you." I didn't think I would ever say that to her. She looks at me with these beautiful brown eyes, that ask me, but how?
"How can you love me Leon, after everything you know about me? My own brother doesn't even care if I live or die, or even enough to know who I am."
"Babe, you've been through enough tonight. I promise you we will talk more tomorrow, for now, you have to know, that I love you and no one will ever change that. I am here and I am not going anywhere."
When we finally got back to the house, it was after 3 am, and everyone had obviously gone back to bed. Dom must have told them that Trish was upset and that I had found her and she was ok, but didn't need a whole shit load of questions when we got back. The only light on was Dom's bedroom.
We went upstairs, and Trish knocked on Dom's door.
"Yeah," we heard.
"Hey brother" I said.
"Hi" Trish said.
"I am glad you guys are home. I was worried about you Peanut."
"Sorry"
"Its ok, we can talk tomorrow."
"Yeah, maybe." Trish told him.
Dom and I both tensed up.
"Don't worry guys. I promised Leon I won't just take off. I'll stick around and try to work this all out. But I hate them, and I wont ever forgive them. Leon, I cant tell this story again. Will you please explain to Dom, for me?"
"Yeah Trish. No problem."
"In the morning, its time now for sleep." Was Dom's only reply.
Trish walked over to Dom and gave him a hug and a kiss.
"I love you Dommy."
"I love you Peanut, night brother, and thanks."
"Night Dom." I said.
Trish walks over to me, and gives me a hug, and whispers into my ear, "will you please rub my back for me until I go to sleep?"
"yeah baby girl, go take a shower and get warmed up, so you don't get sick and then come get me."
She just smiles and says ok.