"Josh, just let me out."
"What so you can go and tell the police who beat up Kane?"
"I won't, Josh, just let me go."
"I don't think so!"
"Josh!"
"You're staying here!"
"No, I don't want to."
"I don't care if you want to or not."
"Josh, what's got into you?"
"I did a good thing for you yesterday and now you're just throwing it back in my face."
"I'm not, I just don't think violence will solve anything."
"That's crap and you know it, Dani."
"Just let me go home, please!"
Dani tried to push Josh out of the way but he grabbed her arm and pushed her back, causing her to fall onto the floor. It was then that Dani began to get scared. She'd never seen Josh like this before.
"Josh...I..."
"Shut up, Dani, just shut up!"
The teenager began to cry. What was going on? Why was he being like this? She just wanted to be home, in the safety of her own home with her own family.
"You know that I love you, Dani, don't you, and that I only done this out of my love for you."
"How can you love me when you've just hurt me?"
"Don't even pretend like that hurt."
"Josh, it did..."
"What are you crying for?"
"I've had such a rough time of it, Josh, even you said so yourself, and then you go and violently beat up Kane. Now you're turning on me, what's going on here?"
"I know that you've had a rough time, Dani, I hate to see you upset, that's why I thought that finishing Kane off would be the best thing all round. He's the one who hurts you, not me, and I'm the one suffering for it."
"Josh, this isn't all about you. When I first told you about Kane, I told you that you could back out but you chose to stick by me."
She started to get up and walk towards the door again.
"Sit back down."
"Josh, I'm going home."
"No! Sit down, Dani!"
He pushed her back and she banged her head off the side of the small bed. Josh looked on in disgust at what he'd done but he couldn't help himself. He loved Dani so much but she also angered him. Why couldn't she just get over this Kane guy? It had been affecting their relationship ever since she'd told him. So what Dani couldn't do for herself, Josh decided to do for her. He couldn't see that he was hurting her even more. He just wanted Dani all to himself. He didn't want her to always be thinking of Kane or doing stuff with her family and friends. Dani was his girlfriend and he wanted to make that clear.
"Dani, you're my girl, ok, but lately, you've not been acting like it."
She was still completely and utterly dazed by the whole thing. He'd pushed her twice now, where was the Josh that she loved? Her head ached and when she touched it, there was trickles of blood on her fingers.
"Look what you've done to me, Josh."
"It'll heal."
"What are you doing? Why have you changed so much?"
"I'm not the one who's changed, Dani, you are. You changed on the very day that you told me about Kane."
"No. I changed forever on the day that Kane raped me. You never even met the Dani Sutherland that I was then so how can you say that I've changed?"
"Because you have. You used to be so much different."
"That's only because I was hiding my feelings. If you can't deal with them then maybe you're not the man I thought you were, maybe you're not the man I fell in love with. Now, please, can I go home?"
Josh ignored her question...
"Are you saying that you don't love me anymore?"
"No...I don't know...actually, yes, I am. There's no way I can love a man who just beat up a guy and then flung me across a room, twice."
"I did that for you, Dani! Why can't you understand that?"
"Because it's not the normal thing that someone does for their girlfriend. Others would buy her flowers or cook her a meal, not beat up a guy."
"Ah, but he's not just a guy, is he Dan? He's Kane Phillips, the guy that around 8months ago raped you and then beat you at court."
"Josh, I know, you don't have to keep saying that, I know who he is."
"Oh, I'm sorry...is it hurting you?"
"Yes."
"You've got to face up to the truth, Dani."
"That's what I'm trying to do."
"Well then you're going to have to get used to people saying his name and saying the word rape."
"Josh, stop it."
"What, am I putting horrible images into your head?"
Dani started crying again. All she could see was his face and she didn't understand why Josh was doing this to her. What had she done that was so wrong that meant she deserved this?
"Oooo...I'm really scaring you now, aren't I?"
"Don't do this to me, please Josh, please."
"What? Talk about KANE PHILLIPS?"
"Let me out, please."
"No! Why should I?"
"Because I need to go to the hospital."
"And tell them that you're boyfriend's been hitting you? Then you might aswell add in that I beat up your rapist!"
"No, please."
"Hmmm...nah!"
"I'll scream, really loud, someone's bound to hear me."
"You wouldn't!"
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!"
"Shut up!"
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!"
Josh walked towards a drawer and opened it. He pulled something out and started to walk towards Dani. He put his free hand over her mouth and with the other one, he put a gun to her head.
"Scream once more, Dani, and I'll kill you!"
"What so you can go and tell the police who beat up Kane?"
"I won't, Josh, just let me go."
"I don't think so!"
"Josh!"
"You're staying here!"
"No, I don't want to."
"I don't care if you want to or not."
"Josh, what's got into you?"
"I did a good thing for you yesterday and now you're just throwing it back in my face."
"I'm not, I just don't think violence will solve anything."
"That's crap and you know it, Dani."
"Just let me go home, please!"
Dani tried to push Josh out of the way but he grabbed her arm and pushed her back, causing her to fall onto the floor. It was then that Dani began to get scared. She'd never seen Josh like this before.
"Josh...I..."
"Shut up, Dani, just shut up!"
The teenager began to cry. What was going on? Why was he being like this? She just wanted to be home, in the safety of her own home with her own family.
"You know that I love you, Dani, don't you, and that I only done this out of my love for you."
"How can you love me when you've just hurt me?"
"Don't even pretend like that hurt."
"Josh, it did..."
"What are you crying for?"
"I've had such a rough time of it, Josh, even you said so yourself, and then you go and violently beat up Kane. Now you're turning on me, what's going on here?"
"I know that you've had a rough time, Dani, I hate to see you upset, that's why I thought that finishing Kane off would be the best thing all round. He's the one who hurts you, not me, and I'm the one suffering for it."
"Josh, this isn't all about you. When I first told you about Kane, I told you that you could back out but you chose to stick by me."
She started to get up and walk towards the door again.
"Sit back down."
"Josh, I'm going home."
"No! Sit down, Dani!"
He pushed her back and she banged her head off the side of the small bed. Josh looked on in disgust at what he'd done but he couldn't help himself. He loved Dani so much but she also angered him. Why couldn't she just get over this Kane guy? It had been affecting their relationship ever since she'd told him. So what Dani couldn't do for herself, Josh decided to do for her. He couldn't see that he was hurting her even more. He just wanted Dani all to himself. He didn't want her to always be thinking of Kane or doing stuff with her family and friends. Dani was his girlfriend and he wanted to make that clear.
"Dani, you're my girl, ok, but lately, you've not been acting like it."
She was still completely and utterly dazed by the whole thing. He'd pushed her twice now, where was the Josh that she loved? Her head ached and when she touched it, there was trickles of blood on her fingers.
"Look what you've done to me, Josh."
"It'll heal."
"What are you doing? Why have you changed so much?"
"I'm not the one who's changed, Dani, you are. You changed on the very day that you told me about Kane."
"No. I changed forever on the day that Kane raped me. You never even met the Dani Sutherland that I was then so how can you say that I've changed?"
"Because you have. You used to be so much different."
"That's only because I was hiding my feelings. If you can't deal with them then maybe you're not the man I thought you were, maybe you're not the man I fell in love with. Now, please, can I go home?"
Josh ignored her question...
"Are you saying that you don't love me anymore?"
"No...I don't know...actually, yes, I am. There's no way I can love a man who just beat up a guy and then flung me across a room, twice."
"I did that for you, Dani! Why can't you understand that?"
"Because it's not the normal thing that someone does for their girlfriend. Others would buy her flowers or cook her a meal, not beat up a guy."
"Ah, but he's not just a guy, is he Dan? He's Kane Phillips, the guy that around 8months ago raped you and then beat you at court."
"Josh, I know, you don't have to keep saying that, I know who he is."
"Oh, I'm sorry...is it hurting you?"
"Yes."
"You've got to face up to the truth, Dani."
"That's what I'm trying to do."
"Well then you're going to have to get used to people saying his name and saying the word rape."
"Josh, stop it."
"What, am I putting horrible images into your head?"
Dani started crying again. All she could see was his face and she didn't understand why Josh was doing this to her. What had she done that was so wrong that meant she deserved this?
"Oooo...I'm really scaring you now, aren't I?"
"Don't do this to me, please Josh, please."
"What? Talk about KANE PHILLIPS?"
"Let me out, please."
"No! Why should I?"
"Because I need to go to the hospital."
"And tell them that you're boyfriend's been hitting you? Then you might aswell add in that I beat up your rapist!"
"No, please."
"Hmmm...nah!"
"I'll scream, really loud, someone's bound to hear me."
"You wouldn't!"
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!"
"Shut up!"
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!"
Josh walked towards a drawer and opened it. He pulled something out and started to walk towards Dani. He put his free hand over her mouth and with the other one, he put a gun to her head.
"Scream once more, Dani, and I'll kill you!"