Me - Lucy and Kevin had been married for around a year when she was rapped,
she was like 20 then, so now Anna is 16 and she is 36.
To all my reviewers - Thank you so much - you have really made writing this story enjoyable.
Chapter 5
Anna griped the steering wheel as she speed down the interstate. Her anger masked the deep gash that had seemingly been placed in her heart. Just yesterday, she had been a normal sixteen year old girl, and now she was the product of rape. Rape. Something she didn't even know existed tell a few years ago.
Though she would never admit it Anna knew that her parents intentions had been to protect her, to keep her from feeling this pain. Still, however, she didn't know if she'd ever be able to look at them again - if not because of her anger, because of shame. She imagined how much it must have hurt when Lucy found out she was pregnant with someone other than Kevin's baby. She imagined how hard it must have been for both of them to raise her, to treat her as their own. Anna remembered the look on her mother's face as she left the church. That look itself shot guilt through Anna's body, she knew that right now her mother was probably sobbing in Kevin's arms. That she was.
"Do you think she ever come back?" Lucy asked, pulling away.
Kevin gently stroked his wife's cheek, "yes, I'm sure she will, but maybe not for a few days."
"Do you think we're doing the right thing?"
"I think Anna needs some time to digest everything, she'll be more angry if we send the police after her."
Lucy nodded leaning into her husband's chest, "I miss her," she whispered.
Kevin nodded stroking her hair, "I do too."
Before either of them could say anything more the phone rang, "hello?" Lucy asked, praying it would be Anna.
"Yo, Is Anna there?"
"No, she's not, can I take a message?" Lucy asked, sighing, she couldn't understand what Anna liked about Jenny Lockerman.
"Where is she?"
"If I knew I'd tell you."
"You don't know."
"No, I don't."
"Aren't you her mother?"
"Do you need something Jenny?" Lucy asked curtly.
Jenny sighed, dramatically, "no, just have Anna call me."
"Okay." Lucy replied hanging up the phone, "If I ever see her again," she whispered.
"Who was that?" Kevin asked.
"Jenny."
"You told her we didn't know where Anna was?"
"What was I supposed to tell her?"
"That Anna would be home later or that she was in bed or something."
"Well sorry for not being your parrot," Lucy yelled as she stormed out of the room.
Kevin sighed, turning on the TV.
^^^
"Can I help you?" The uberly cheerful receptionist asked at the Super 8 Motel outside of L.A.
"I need a room for tonight."
"That will be $43.50 please."
Anna quickly handed the woman the credit card Kevin had gotten for her, in case of an emergency.
After taking her key and signing the receipt, Anna quickly walked up to her room, with shaking hands she picked up the phone, and dialed her home number.
After three rings Lucy answered the phone, "hello?" she asked, again praying Anna would be on the other line.
Anna opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out.
"Hello?" Lucy asked a second time.
Again, Anna opened her mouth, still, however no words came out.
"Hello?" Lucy asked, her voice annoyed.
Anna quickly hung up the phone, and lay back against the pillow, tears flooding her eyes.
~~
"Who was that?" Kevin asked coming into the room.
"Just some telemarketer or something."
"Oh . . . Luce, I'm sorry," Kevin said, sitting down on the bed.
Lucy nodded, "I am too."
Kevin gently kissed her forehead, "so did you decide about the baby thing?" he asked, trying to lighten the mood.
Lucy frowned, "is that all you can think about?" she asked, again storming from the room.
Kevin sighed, laying down on the bed.
Three hours later Lucy walked into the room, laying down beside him. Gently Kevin wrapped his arms around her, too tired to protest, Lucy relaxed in his embrace and soon after they were sleeping peacefully. The same, however was not true for Anna.
For hours Anna had tossed and turned, imaging a man hovering over her mother's naked body. Each time she fell asleep the image would reappear, and each time she would awaken, her tense body shivering.
Finally at three in the morning, Anna reached for the phone.
"Hello?" Lucy asked sleepily.
Again, there was no reply.
"Hello?" Lucy asked again, loudly.
"Mom, I'm sorry." Anna whispered.
"Anna!" Lucy cried sitting up, "Anna is that really you?"
"I'm so so sorry."
"Anna, where are you?"
"I'm so sorry mom," Anna whispered for the third time, tears pouring from her eyes.
"Anna, it's okay, just tell me where you are, we'll come get you."
"The Super 8 by L.A."
"Do you know your room number?"
"331." Anna answered, still whispering.
"We'll be right there."
Anna nodded, unable to speak, as yet more tears flowed from her eyes.
Hearing no reply, Lucy hung up the phone, then quickly shook Kevin awake.
"Huh?" he murmured.
"Get up, we're going to get Anna." Lucy answered, already walking toward the closet.
Ten minutes later they were in Lucy's car merging onto highway 4.
~~
Lucy knocked gently on the door to room 331.
After a moment Anna's tear stained face appeared in the doorway.
"Oh Anna!" Lucy cried embracing her daughter tightly.
Anna melted in her mother's embrace as her father stroked her hair.
"Everything's going to be okay." Lucy whispered, "we'll get you through this."
Anna nodded, knowing that if her mother had been able to go on living, she too, with time, could do the same.
That night Anna slept in between her parents, as she had done so many times, so many years before, and though her wounds were raw, she knew Lucy and Kevin would help to close them.
Just before they fell asleep, Lucy whispered, "I have something to tell you."
Both Kevin and Anna turned to look at her.
"And that would be . . ." Anna prompted.
Lucy smiled deviously, "I'm pregnant."
The End!!!!
So - should I write a sequel? Maybe Kevin is having problems accepting Anna as his own after 'his' baby is born? - tell me what you want, and what you thought.
To all my reviewers - Thank you so much - you have really made writing this story enjoyable.
Chapter 5
Anna griped the steering wheel as she speed down the interstate. Her anger masked the deep gash that had seemingly been placed in her heart. Just yesterday, she had been a normal sixteen year old girl, and now she was the product of rape. Rape. Something she didn't even know existed tell a few years ago.
Though she would never admit it Anna knew that her parents intentions had been to protect her, to keep her from feeling this pain. Still, however, she didn't know if she'd ever be able to look at them again - if not because of her anger, because of shame. She imagined how much it must have hurt when Lucy found out she was pregnant with someone other than Kevin's baby. She imagined how hard it must have been for both of them to raise her, to treat her as their own. Anna remembered the look on her mother's face as she left the church. That look itself shot guilt through Anna's body, she knew that right now her mother was probably sobbing in Kevin's arms. That she was.
"Do you think she ever come back?" Lucy asked, pulling away.
Kevin gently stroked his wife's cheek, "yes, I'm sure she will, but maybe not for a few days."
"Do you think we're doing the right thing?"
"I think Anna needs some time to digest everything, she'll be more angry if we send the police after her."
Lucy nodded leaning into her husband's chest, "I miss her," she whispered.
Kevin nodded stroking her hair, "I do too."
Before either of them could say anything more the phone rang, "hello?" Lucy asked, praying it would be Anna.
"Yo, Is Anna there?"
"No, she's not, can I take a message?" Lucy asked, sighing, she couldn't understand what Anna liked about Jenny Lockerman.
"Where is she?"
"If I knew I'd tell you."
"You don't know."
"No, I don't."
"Aren't you her mother?"
"Do you need something Jenny?" Lucy asked curtly.
Jenny sighed, dramatically, "no, just have Anna call me."
"Okay." Lucy replied hanging up the phone, "If I ever see her again," she whispered.
"Who was that?" Kevin asked.
"Jenny."
"You told her we didn't know where Anna was?"
"What was I supposed to tell her?"
"That Anna would be home later or that she was in bed or something."
"Well sorry for not being your parrot," Lucy yelled as she stormed out of the room.
Kevin sighed, turning on the TV.
^^^
"Can I help you?" The uberly cheerful receptionist asked at the Super 8 Motel outside of L.A.
"I need a room for tonight."
"That will be $43.50 please."
Anna quickly handed the woman the credit card Kevin had gotten for her, in case of an emergency.
After taking her key and signing the receipt, Anna quickly walked up to her room, with shaking hands she picked up the phone, and dialed her home number.
After three rings Lucy answered the phone, "hello?" she asked, again praying Anna would be on the other line.
Anna opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out.
"Hello?" Lucy asked a second time.
Again, Anna opened her mouth, still, however no words came out.
"Hello?" Lucy asked, her voice annoyed.
Anna quickly hung up the phone, and lay back against the pillow, tears flooding her eyes.
~~
"Who was that?" Kevin asked coming into the room.
"Just some telemarketer or something."
"Oh . . . Luce, I'm sorry," Kevin said, sitting down on the bed.
Lucy nodded, "I am too."
Kevin gently kissed her forehead, "so did you decide about the baby thing?" he asked, trying to lighten the mood.
Lucy frowned, "is that all you can think about?" she asked, again storming from the room.
Kevin sighed, laying down on the bed.
Three hours later Lucy walked into the room, laying down beside him. Gently Kevin wrapped his arms around her, too tired to protest, Lucy relaxed in his embrace and soon after they were sleeping peacefully. The same, however was not true for Anna.
For hours Anna had tossed and turned, imaging a man hovering over her mother's naked body. Each time she fell asleep the image would reappear, and each time she would awaken, her tense body shivering.
Finally at three in the morning, Anna reached for the phone.
"Hello?" Lucy asked sleepily.
Again, there was no reply.
"Hello?" Lucy asked again, loudly.
"Mom, I'm sorry." Anna whispered.
"Anna!" Lucy cried sitting up, "Anna is that really you?"
"I'm so so sorry."
"Anna, where are you?"
"I'm so sorry mom," Anna whispered for the third time, tears pouring from her eyes.
"Anna, it's okay, just tell me where you are, we'll come get you."
"The Super 8 by L.A."
"Do you know your room number?"
"331." Anna answered, still whispering.
"We'll be right there."
Anna nodded, unable to speak, as yet more tears flowed from her eyes.
Hearing no reply, Lucy hung up the phone, then quickly shook Kevin awake.
"Huh?" he murmured.
"Get up, we're going to get Anna." Lucy answered, already walking toward the closet.
Ten minutes later they were in Lucy's car merging onto highway 4.
~~
Lucy knocked gently on the door to room 331.
After a moment Anna's tear stained face appeared in the doorway.
"Oh Anna!" Lucy cried embracing her daughter tightly.
Anna melted in her mother's embrace as her father stroked her hair.
"Everything's going to be okay." Lucy whispered, "we'll get you through this."
Anna nodded, knowing that if her mother had been able to go on living, she too, with time, could do the same.
That night Anna slept in between her parents, as she had done so many times, so many years before, and though her wounds were raw, she knew Lucy and Kevin would help to close them.
Just before they fell asleep, Lucy whispered, "I have something to tell you."
Both Kevin and Anna turned to look at her.
"And that would be . . ." Anna prompted.
Lucy smiled deviously, "I'm pregnant."
The End!!!!
So - should I write a sequel? Maybe Kevin is having problems accepting Anna as his own after 'his' baby is born? - tell me what you want, and what you thought.