Chapter 13
At around 7am I decided I'd had enough of lying there staring at my celing! I got dressed & looked at myself in the mirror...I looked pale & drawn! My hair was sticking up in all directions & there was a small graze on my cheek from where I'd fallen over & i really did look like a total wreck! I washed my face & tidied my hair up with a band.
When I went downstairs no one was around so I grabbed my coat, took some matches from the kitchen counter & went out of the back door. I sat on a fence outside & lit one of the ciggarettes I'd left in my coat pocket.
"That stuff will kill you faster than crack!" Matt said as he walked towards me.
"Will it kill me faster than a psycho?" I sniggered sarcastically.
"What?"
"Oh y'know...psycho! Loony! Maniac! Whatever you want to call it!" Matt gave me a puzzled look. "I'm sorry! I'm just a bit tired I guess!Matt what are you doing here at 7:30 in the morning?!"
"You sounded weird! I was worried!" He stroked my arm. "Besides I had to get up to answer the phone at 5am & I couldn't get back to sleep after that!" He playfully punched my chin & smiled!
"Oh yeah! Sorry about that! I don't know what I was thinking!"
"It's ok! Like I said, I was a bit worried!" He paused & looked me in the eye, "You gonna tell me what's happened then?"
I sighed. How do I tell him I thought he raped me!??!! "Well, ok! Last night, when you went for the painkillers I had a phone call." He raised his eyebrows. "It....well it wasn't very plesant put it that way!"
"Who was it?"
"I don't know Matt! It was awful.....someone messing with my head! They said....well they said some pretty bad things!"
"About who?"
"About me....and you!"
"Me?"
I nodded. "Well they said I was feeling ill because..." I threw the ciggarette on the ground, ".....because I was drugged and....and.....and..." the words just wouldn't come out! "...well they said I was raped!"
His eyes widened! "WHAT!!?"
"They said it was you Matt!'
I thought his eyes were going to jump right out of their sockets! "WOAH!!!" he held up his hands & took a step backwards. "I never touched you Bec! I certainly didn't drug you! Jesus!"
"I know you didn't!"
"Seriously! Tell me you didn't believe what this asshole is saying here!!"
I shook my head, "Not now anyway!"
"You.....you're telling me you DID believe it?!"
"I went to the hospital last night after you left."
"I DON'T BELIEVE THIS SHIT!!!!" he put his hands on his head, "How....how could you think that I WOULD DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!??" he started shouting & waving his arms around like he was trying to fly right out of there!! "YOU ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT OF ME BEC?! YOU THOUGHT I'D......HOLY SHIT!!!"
"Firstly Matt I'm scared!I can't remember a fuckin' thing that happened at Steve's place! I have some psycho on the phone that seems to know every fucking move I make! And above all....TOP OF THE FUCKING LIST MATT....I HARDLY EVEN KNOW YOU!!! So YES! the answer to your question is YES I did think something could have happened with someone, not necissarilly you, but yes I believed he might have been telling the truth so I'm sorry if I doubted you but IM LOSING MY FUCKING MIND HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tears welled up in my eyes & I Was near to tearing my hair out! I had to trust Matt, from where I was standing he was the closest thing I had to a friend in the whole country! He stared at me for a few seconds, "I'm sorry!" I whispered.
He shrugged his shoulders, "I guess...well I don't really know what to say or what I should be doing here! Jesus! I don't believe someone would accuse me of RAPE!!"
"There's more!"
"Oh God!"
"I wasn't raped, but I was definately drugged!"
he shoook his head as if to clear his mind! "Drugged WITH WHAT!!!?"
"Rope!"
"The date rape drug?!" I nodded, "Fucking hell this is a nightmare!! I didn't drug you or fucking rape you!!"
"I don't think you did..." I paused & took a deep breath, "....I think it was Jeff!"
Matt stared at me! "WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?"
"I'm sorry! It's hard to explain....too many coincidences...I.."
"WOAH! Hold on just a minute!!!!!!! Why the HELL Would you think my brother has anything to do with all of this??!"
"Is he home yet?!"
"No...look...Jesus I should've stayed in bed!"
"I need to trust you Matt...I need to be able for you to listen to what I've got to say PLEASE!" he shoook his head & smiled sarcastically, "Matt listen to me! I don't want it to be Jeff!! but just let me explain ev.."
He held up his hand, "NO! I don't want to hear this!! I think....I dunno...lack of sleep or something....but you need to see a doctor!!" he rubbed his forehead, "What did you expect me to do? He might be an asshole sometimes but he's MY BROTHER BEC!!! I can't......" he sighed, "I'm sorry this is waaaaay fuckin' weird!!"
My cell phone rang. I took it out of my pocket...'Number witheld'. I glanced at Matt but he was looking the other way, pacing up & down with his hand on his head! I answered it.
"Hello?"
"Annaconda!"
"Who is this?"
"I forgot the punchline!!"
"Listen you SICK BASTARD...."
"No YOU LISTEN!! You've been a baaaad girl Rebecca! You've been a little slut!!"
Matt grabbed the phone out of my hand, "WHO IS THIS??!.....HELLO?"
*click*
Matt took the phone from his ear & looked at it. "What did he say this time?!"
"I'm a slut!"
"Ok we're going to the police right now!" he grabbed my arm.
"They already know! Someone is comming to see me sometime soon!"
"You told them it was Jeff?"
"NO! I didn't mention any names!"
"Right...that's one good thing! Come to my place right now & we'll get this fucking pile of shit sorted out before it smells any worse!!"
We walked over to Matt's house in virtual silence. I had so many things going round in my head & I didn't know where I was going to begin explaining all of this to Matt! After thinking everything over I could see no other person it could be other than Jeff! I smoked another ciggarette as we walked, ignoring Matt's dissaproving glare as I lit it up!
When we got inside he threw his keys on the counter & leaned on it with his back to me, looking up at the celing.
"Ok..." he sighed, "..have a seat then tell me why in God's name you think Jeff has anything to do with this!"
"Where do I start?!" I said as I sat down at the kitchen table.
"At the beginning!" he said coldly.
"Ok well I admit, the day Steve introduced me to Jeff I got a funny feeling....something about him made me uncomfortable.."
"If this so called theory is based on women's intuition then you can stop right there!"
"Are you going to hear me out or not?"
"ok ok carry on!"
At around 7am I decided I'd had enough of lying there staring at my celing! I got dressed & looked at myself in the mirror...I looked pale & drawn! My hair was sticking up in all directions & there was a small graze on my cheek from where I'd fallen over & i really did look like a total wreck! I washed my face & tidied my hair up with a band.
When I went downstairs no one was around so I grabbed my coat, took some matches from the kitchen counter & went out of the back door. I sat on a fence outside & lit one of the ciggarettes I'd left in my coat pocket.
"That stuff will kill you faster than crack!" Matt said as he walked towards me.
"Will it kill me faster than a psycho?" I sniggered sarcastically.
"What?"
"Oh y'know...psycho! Loony! Maniac! Whatever you want to call it!" Matt gave me a puzzled look. "I'm sorry! I'm just a bit tired I guess!Matt what are you doing here at 7:30 in the morning?!"
"You sounded weird! I was worried!" He stroked my arm. "Besides I had to get up to answer the phone at 5am & I couldn't get back to sleep after that!" He playfully punched my chin & smiled!
"Oh yeah! Sorry about that! I don't know what I was thinking!"
"It's ok! Like I said, I was a bit worried!" He paused & looked me in the eye, "You gonna tell me what's happened then?"
I sighed. How do I tell him I thought he raped me!??!! "Well, ok! Last night, when you went for the painkillers I had a phone call." He raised his eyebrows. "It....well it wasn't very plesant put it that way!"
"Who was it?"
"I don't know Matt! It was awful.....someone messing with my head! They said....well they said some pretty bad things!"
"About who?"
"About me....and you!"
"Me?"
I nodded. "Well they said I was feeling ill because..." I threw the ciggarette on the ground, ".....because I was drugged and....and.....and..." the words just wouldn't come out! "...well they said I was raped!"
His eyes widened! "WHAT!!?"
"They said it was you Matt!'
I thought his eyes were going to jump right out of their sockets! "WOAH!!!" he held up his hands & took a step backwards. "I never touched you Bec! I certainly didn't drug you! Jesus!"
"I know you didn't!"
"Seriously! Tell me you didn't believe what this asshole is saying here!!"
I shook my head, "Not now anyway!"
"You.....you're telling me you DID believe it?!"
"I went to the hospital last night after you left."
"I DON'T BELIEVE THIS SHIT!!!!" he put his hands on his head, "How....how could you think that I WOULD DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!??" he started shouting & waving his arms around like he was trying to fly right out of there!! "YOU ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT OF ME BEC?! YOU THOUGHT I'D......HOLY SHIT!!!"
"Firstly Matt I'm scared!I can't remember a fuckin' thing that happened at Steve's place! I have some psycho on the phone that seems to know every fucking move I make! And above all....TOP OF THE FUCKING LIST MATT....I HARDLY EVEN KNOW YOU!!! So YES! the answer to your question is YES I did think something could have happened with someone, not necissarilly you, but yes I believed he might have been telling the truth so I'm sorry if I doubted you but IM LOSING MY FUCKING MIND HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tears welled up in my eyes & I Was near to tearing my hair out! I had to trust Matt, from where I was standing he was the closest thing I had to a friend in the whole country! He stared at me for a few seconds, "I'm sorry!" I whispered.
He shrugged his shoulders, "I guess...well I don't really know what to say or what I should be doing here! Jesus! I don't believe someone would accuse me of RAPE!!"
"There's more!"
"Oh God!"
"I wasn't raped, but I was definately drugged!"
he shoook his head as if to clear his mind! "Drugged WITH WHAT!!!?"
"Rope!"
"The date rape drug?!" I nodded, "Fucking hell this is a nightmare!! I didn't drug you or fucking rape you!!"
"I don't think you did..." I paused & took a deep breath, "....I think it was Jeff!"
Matt stared at me! "WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?"
"I'm sorry! It's hard to explain....too many coincidences...I.."
"WOAH! Hold on just a minute!!!!!!! Why the HELL Would you think my brother has anything to do with all of this??!"
"Is he home yet?!"
"No...look...Jesus I should've stayed in bed!"
"I need to trust you Matt...I need to be able for you to listen to what I've got to say PLEASE!" he shoook his head & smiled sarcastically, "Matt listen to me! I don't want it to be Jeff!! but just let me explain ev.."
He held up his hand, "NO! I don't want to hear this!! I think....I dunno...lack of sleep or something....but you need to see a doctor!!" he rubbed his forehead, "What did you expect me to do? He might be an asshole sometimes but he's MY BROTHER BEC!!! I can't......" he sighed, "I'm sorry this is waaaaay fuckin' weird!!"
My cell phone rang. I took it out of my pocket...'Number witheld'. I glanced at Matt but he was looking the other way, pacing up & down with his hand on his head! I answered it.
"Hello?"
"Annaconda!"
"Who is this?"
"I forgot the punchline!!"
"Listen you SICK BASTARD...."
"No YOU LISTEN!! You've been a baaaad girl Rebecca! You've been a little slut!!"
Matt grabbed the phone out of my hand, "WHO IS THIS??!.....HELLO?"
*click*
Matt took the phone from his ear & looked at it. "What did he say this time?!"
"I'm a slut!"
"Ok we're going to the police right now!" he grabbed my arm.
"They already know! Someone is comming to see me sometime soon!"
"You told them it was Jeff?"
"NO! I didn't mention any names!"
"Right...that's one good thing! Come to my place right now & we'll get this fucking pile of shit sorted out before it smells any worse!!"
We walked over to Matt's house in virtual silence. I had so many things going round in my head & I didn't know where I was going to begin explaining all of this to Matt! After thinking everything over I could see no other person it could be other than Jeff! I smoked another ciggarette as we walked, ignoring Matt's dissaproving glare as I lit it up!
When we got inside he threw his keys on the counter & leaned on it with his back to me, looking up at the celing.
"Ok..." he sighed, "..have a seat then tell me why in God's name you think Jeff has anything to do with this!"
"Where do I start?!" I said as I sat down at the kitchen table.
"At the beginning!" he said coldly.
"Ok well I admit, the day Steve introduced me to Jeff I got a funny feeling....something about him made me uncomfortable.."
"If this so called theory is based on women's intuition then you can stop right there!"
"Are you going to hear me out or not?"
"ok ok carry on!"