Chapter Five: Tragic News
A week later Laney came home. Yet she was not the same at all.
Chris bought Laney a bouquet of flowers to say he was sorry and that he wanted her to go to the school, and was walking to her house the day she came home. When he got to her house, he heard screams coming from Laney's house. He dropped the roses and ran inside. There, he saw Laney and her parents sitting at their table, her father stand in her face.
"I TRIED TO RAISE YOU RIGHT AND BRING YOU UP WELL AND ALL I GET OUT OF IT IS A WHORE!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.
"George." Laney's mother said, trying to calm him.
Laney's father hit her mother across the face, causing her to feel dizzy and lay down crying. He wasn't finished. He went back to Laney, and picked her up, screaming in her face.
"I SEND YOU OFF TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S AND YOU COME HOME PREGNANT?!"
Chris couldn't believe what he heard.
"What?" Chris asked totally dumbfounded.
Laney's father looked at Chris. As he dropped Laney to the ground, he said,
"IS THIS HIM? IS THIS THE PIMP WHO DID THIS TO YOU?" He walked over to Chris.
"Daddy no! He did nothing!" Laney said, trying to spare Chris a fat lip.
Laney's father attempted to punch Chris, but he ducked. Chris nailed Laney's father's face and knocked him cold.
"You're really knocked up?" Chris asked, looking up from her father.
"You don't understand Chris!" Laney got up and ran upstairs to her room.
***
That night, Laney heard a little thud on her window. She walked over and saw Chris standing there. She opened her window and he said,
"Come down. We need to talk."
Laney listened to Chris and she came down, pajamas and all. Chris took her hadn and led her to the tree house. He let her up and sat down with her on his lap. She was starting to cry. He looked into her watery eyes.
"Laney what happened?" he asked.
Laney wiped her eyes and said between sobs,
"Chris. I went to my grandma's to have fun and hang with my grandma.I went out that night, to grab a few shakes. I took a shortcut down an alley because it started raining. and this guy who I didn't even know jumped out and he." Laney stopped.
"He what?" Chris asked, still giving Laney his undivided attention.
"He.raped me. He took my virginity and got me pregnant!"
Laney sobbed into Chris's shoulder while he held her tight. He didn't know what to say. The only girl he had ever loved was in his arms hurt, pregnant, and crying. He just held her close, his shoulder getting soaked.
"I should've fought back and I should've gone the long way. If only I did that than." Laney said but Chris cut her off.
"Shh, it's okay. It isn't your fault. Don't even think that."
Chris and Laney stayed up in the tree house all night. They both knew they'd never be the same again.
A week later Laney came home. Yet she was not the same at all.
Chris bought Laney a bouquet of flowers to say he was sorry and that he wanted her to go to the school, and was walking to her house the day she came home. When he got to her house, he heard screams coming from Laney's house. He dropped the roses and ran inside. There, he saw Laney and her parents sitting at their table, her father stand in her face.
"I TRIED TO RAISE YOU RIGHT AND BRING YOU UP WELL AND ALL I GET OUT OF IT IS A WHORE!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.
"George." Laney's mother said, trying to calm him.
Laney's father hit her mother across the face, causing her to feel dizzy and lay down crying. He wasn't finished. He went back to Laney, and picked her up, screaming in her face.
"I SEND YOU OFF TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S AND YOU COME HOME PREGNANT?!"
Chris couldn't believe what he heard.
"What?" Chris asked totally dumbfounded.
Laney's father looked at Chris. As he dropped Laney to the ground, he said,
"IS THIS HIM? IS THIS THE PIMP WHO DID THIS TO YOU?" He walked over to Chris.
"Daddy no! He did nothing!" Laney said, trying to spare Chris a fat lip.
Laney's father attempted to punch Chris, but he ducked. Chris nailed Laney's father's face and knocked him cold.
"You're really knocked up?" Chris asked, looking up from her father.
"You don't understand Chris!" Laney got up and ran upstairs to her room.
***
That night, Laney heard a little thud on her window. She walked over and saw Chris standing there. She opened her window and he said,
"Come down. We need to talk."
Laney listened to Chris and she came down, pajamas and all. Chris took her hadn and led her to the tree house. He let her up and sat down with her on his lap. She was starting to cry. He looked into her watery eyes.
"Laney what happened?" he asked.
Laney wiped her eyes and said between sobs,
"Chris. I went to my grandma's to have fun and hang with my grandma.I went out that night, to grab a few shakes. I took a shortcut down an alley because it started raining. and this guy who I didn't even know jumped out and he." Laney stopped.
"He what?" Chris asked, still giving Laney his undivided attention.
"He.raped me. He took my virginity and got me pregnant!"
Laney sobbed into Chris's shoulder while he held her tight. He didn't know what to say. The only girl he had ever loved was in his arms hurt, pregnant, and crying. He just held her close, his shoulder getting soaked.
"I should've fought back and I should've gone the long way. If only I did that than." Laney said but Chris cut her off.
"Shh, it's okay. It isn't your fault. Don't even think that."
Chris and Laney stayed up in the tree house all night. They both knew they'd never be the same again.