Christina runs into the nearest bathroom and runs into a stall. She begins
to have tears well up in her eyes and soon them fall from her eyes. Paige,
Hazel and Terri comes into the bathroom a short time later. "Christina, are
you okay?" Terri called to the empty bathroom. A sniffle was heard and the
girls walked over to the stall, Paige lightly knocked on the stall door.
"Christina, are you okay in there?"
"Umm..." Christian sniffled again. "I don't know..." Christina came out of the stall with tear stained cheek. She saw the girls' faces and looked down at the floor. "I feel responsible for what happened to Jimmy-"
"But you had nothing to do with it." Hazel cut her off.
Silence fell upon them. "You know who punched Jimmy?" Paige softly said. Christina slowly nodded her head.
"I think it's my ex-boyfriend..." Christina's tears fell again.
"Is that why you said you didn't wanna get in a relationship, because of your ex?" Paige asked standing next to Christina.
Christina took a deep breath. "Yeah...it was a really bad relationship and by the time I got out of it, I was in too deep." Christina calmed herself down to tell the story. Christina walked over to the sink and sat up on the top of the counter. "Back in Kentucky, I met this guy, he was my brother's friend and me and him got along pretty well. It wasn't until he was over at my house when my brother was home when I truly saw what he was like. I took a lot of physical and verbal abuse from him. Eventually, it got worse." Christina stopped herself.
"It's okay..." Terri rubbed Christina's back.
"And when I say worse, if got really bad. He got really possessive over me too. Eventually my best friend caught on to what he was doing to me and he fought with my best friend. I had no control over myself. I was brainwashed by my boyfriend. It took my best friend a while to finally get me to think on my own. When I could finally speak for myself, I broke up with him. I soon found out that my ex went after my best friend because he blamed him for me breaking up with him. Soon, my ex was charged and he got relocated somewhere. We were scared that he was still on the South Eastern US, so we moved here. And I guess it wasn't any better." Christina dangled her feet and kept her eyes on the floor.
All the girls could do was look at each other in complete shock. "So, I think my ex came and saw me and Jimmy kissing and—I don't know how he could do this, how could this happen? I wanted to-"Christina broke down again as the girls came and comforted her. "Just do me a favour," The girls nodded. "Please, don't tell Jimmy this, he's one of the nicest guys I met even though I was hostile to him. I really don't want him to be scared of me because my baggage. I'm going to tell him when I'm ready. So please don't tell him?" Christina's eyes were glassy and merciful as she looked at Terri, Paige and Hazel.
"We promise." Paige choked back tears herself as she gave Christina a hug.
"Umm..." Christian sniffled again. "I don't know..." Christina came out of the stall with tear stained cheek. She saw the girls' faces and looked down at the floor. "I feel responsible for what happened to Jimmy-"
"But you had nothing to do with it." Hazel cut her off.
Silence fell upon them. "You know who punched Jimmy?" Paige softly said. Christina slowly nodded her head.
"I think it's my ex-boyfriend..." Christina's tears fell again.
"Is that why you said you didn't wanna get in a relationship, because of your ex?" Paige asked standing next to Christina.
Christina took a deep breath. "Yeah...it was a really bad relationship and by the time I got out of it, I was in too deep." Christina calmed herself down to tell the story. Christina walked over to the sink and sat up on the top of the counter. "Back in Kentucky, I met this guy, he was my brother's friend and me and him got along pretty well. It wasn't until he was over at my house when my brother was home when I truly saw what he was like. I took a lot of physical and verbal abuse from him. Eventually, it got worse." Christina stopped herself.
"It's okay..." Terri rubbed Christina's back.
"And when I say worse, if got really bad. He got really possessive over me too. Eventually my best friend caught on to what he was doing to me and he fought with my best friend. I had no control over myself. I was brainwashed by my boyfriend. It took my best friend a while to finally get me to think on my own. When I could finally speak for myself, I broke up with him. I soon found out that my ex went after my best friend because he blamed him for me breaking up with him. Soon, my ex was charged and he got relocated somewhere. We were scared that he was still on the South Eastern US, so we moved here. And I guess it wasn't any better." Christina dangled her feet and kept her eyes on the floor.
All the girls could do was look at each other in complete shock. "So, I think my ex came and saw me and Jimmy kissing and—I don't know how he could do this, how could this happen? I wanted to-"Christina broke down again as the girls came and comforted her. "Just do me a favour," The girls nodded. "Please, don't tell Jimmy this, he's one of the nicest guys I met even though I was hostile to him. I really don't want him to be scared of me because my baggage. I'm going to tell him when I'm ready. So please don't tell him?" Christina's eyes were glassy and merciful as she looked at Terri, Paige and Hazel.
"We promise." Paige choked back tears herself as she gave Christina a hug.