Chapter 10
Corinne turned the hot water on and stepped into the shower, just wanting to wash away the disgusting feeling she felt on her skin. Even thought Ben had not been able to get past a kiss, she could still feel his hands on her skin and she shuddered even as the steam from the hot water filled the room. She stayed in the shower for 20 minutes, not wanting to take too long since she knew that Matt and Jeff were waiting and it would take them around three hours to get to Boston. She pulled on loose cotton black pants, a white tank top and a black WWF sweatshirt. She felt better now, and if it wasn't for a few bruises on her arms and a scratch on her neck it didn't even seem as if anything had happened to her at all. She jogged down the stairs and smelled the aromatic coffee scent invading the house.
"Hey," She said quietly. Matt and Jeff both turned around, a bit surprised since they hadn't heard anything.
Matt walked closer to her. "How're you feeling?" He asked tentatively.
"Much better...Thank you guys so much for taking me home. Umm, I know you have a long drive ahead so let me just put the coffee in a thermos and you guys can go..."
"Wait, you don't actually think we're going to leave you alone tonight do you?" Jeff said, the first words he had spoken to Corinne.
"Yeah, I mean I know you say you're fine, but I just...I'll feel more comfortable if you come with me and Jeff tonight. You can stay in Amy's room." Matt said.
"Oh no. I can't do that and seriously, you guys I really feel much better and..."
"If you don't go with us, how're you going to get to RAW tomorrow?" Matt asked.
"I don't think I'm going to go."
"What are you going to do? If you stay here alone you'll just torture yourself thinking about what happened. At least if you go with us, you can talk to either one of us if it's bugging you...even Taylor's going to be at the hotel." Jeff said.
"Well...I don't know, I'd be imposing." She said hesitantly but was close to cracking since she was afraid of having to deal with the attack alone.
"Oh no you wouldn't be. Amy's staying in L.A. until tomorrow morning, she won't need the hotel room until tomorrow night, and by then we can get you your own room." Matt answered.
"So...what do you say? It's paid for and it's connected to our room and you do feel safe with us don't you? Because if you don't, well we can just stay here tonight...basically it doesn't matter where you stay...we're going to stay near you." Matt said with conviction. Jeff nodded in agreement.
"Why are you guys so nice?" She said quietly. "I mean honestly, you just met me today...I'm a friend of a friend who just met me today and I just don't under..."
"Look. It doesn't matter to me when we met you or how we met you, you're a good person...I could tell that with the way you were around Julia and Taylor and the fact that I know you didn't press charges against Ben because of Bobby. And..."
"Okay...I'll go pack a bag." She murmured, turned around and walked back up the stairs.
As soon as she left, Jeff said, "Hey, Matt. I didn't want to leave her here either but is there something else going on here that you're not telling me?"
Corinne turned the hot water on and stepped into the shower, just wanting to wash away the disgusting feeling she felt on her skin. Even thought Ben had not been able to get past a kiss, she could still feel his hands on her skin and she shuddered even as the steam from the hot water filled the room. She stayed in the shower for 20 minutes, not wanting to take too long since she knew that Matt and Jeff were waiting and it would take them around three hours to get to Boston. She pulled on loose cotton black pants, a white tank top and a black WWF sweatshirt. She felt better now, and if it wasn't for a few bruises on her arms and a scratch on her neck it didn't even seem as if anything had happened to her at all. She jogged down the stairs and smelled the aromatic coffee scent invading the house.
"Hey," She said quietly. Matt and Jeff both turned around, a bit surprised since they hadn't heard anything.
Matt walked closer to her. "How're you feeling?" He asked tentatively.
"Much better...Thank you guys so much for taking me home. Umm, I know you have a long drive ahead so let me just put the coffee in a thermos and you guys can go..."
"Wait, you don't actually think we're going to leave you alone tonight do you?" Jeff said, the first words he had spoken to Corinne.
"Yeah, I mean I know you say you're fine, but I just...I'll feel more comfortable if you come with me and Jeff tonight. You can stay in Amy's room." Matt said.
"Oh no. I can't do that and seriously, you guys I really feel much better and..."
"If you don't go with us, how're you going to get to RAW tomorrow?" Matt asked.
"I don't think I'm going to go."
"What are you going to do? If you stay here alone you'll just torture yourself thinking about what happened. At least if you go with us, you can talk to either one of us if it's bugging you...even Taylor's going to be at the hotel." Jeff said.
"Well...I don't know, I'd be imposing." She said hesitantly but was close to cracking since she was afraid of having to deal with the attack alone.
"Oh no you wouldn't be. Amy's staying in L.A. until tomorrow morning, she won't need the hotel room until tomorrow night, and by then we can get you your own room." Matt answered.
"So...what do you say? It's paid for and it's connected to our room and you do feel safe with us don't you? Because if you don't, well we can just stay here tonight...basically it doesn't matter where you stay...we're going to stay near you." Matt said with conviction. Jeff nodded in agreement.
"Why are you guys so nice?" She said quietly. "I mean honestly, you just met me today...I'm a friend of a friend who just met me today and I just don't under..."
"Look. It doesn't matter to me when we met you or how we met you, you're a good person...I could tell that with the way you were around Julia and Taylor and the fact that I know you didn't press charges against Ben because of Bobby. And..."
"Okay...I'll go pack a bag." She murmured, turned around and walked back up the stairs.
As soon as she left, Jeff said, "Hey, Matt. I didn't want to leave her here either but is there something else going on here that you're not telling me?"