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Cole came into the lodge to find Kristen, Shelby, and Scott sitting around Peter. Cole walked over and sat down in one of the chairs. He wondered if Kristen and Katie were still mad at him for telling Peter where they were.
"We are just getting ready to start." Peter told Cole as he sat down, "first of all, I just want to tell you that this is a support group for all who have been abused."
Everyone wasn't real comfortable being there; they would rather be doing other things.
"First of all lets go around and state how you were abused and by who. Kristen why don't you start." Peter told them.
Kristen didn't like going first, she was a little hesitant but finally said, "Uh, I was abused by my step-dad. He beat me."
"Scott?" Peter urged him.
"I was abused by step-mom. She molested me." Scott told the group, still a little ashamed.
"Okay, now you Shel." Peter told her.
"I was abused by my father, he also molested me." Shelby said as she leaned back in her chair.
"Okay, now you Cole." Peter told him.
"I was also abused by my father, he also beat me." Cole said looking at the ground.
"Don't worry guys, you have no reason to be embarrassed." Peter said, before he could say anything else he was cut off.
"Easy for you to say. You aren't the one opening up to others." Scott told him.
"Yeah," Cole agreed.
Peter ignored the comment and continued on with the session. He wanted to help all of them get on the road to getting those inner demons out.
"I want everyone to say how they felt about getting abused," Peter told them, "this time we will go in reverse order. Cole?"
"What kind of question is that?" Cole asked a little angry about the question.
"One that will help you in the long run, now answer it." Peter told him firmly, but sympathetically.
"Fine," Cole said in a frustrated tone of voice, "I felt helpless and defenseless. He made it seem like everything I did was the wrong thing to do. My mom knew this was going on but didn't do jack shit." He finished, now his voice sounding emotional and angry.
"Okay, good. Now Shelby." Peter said as he gave Cole a pat on the shoulder, acknowledging his courage.
"I felt defenseless and like a girl who anyone could have sex with anytime. " Shelby said, now with tears in her eyes.
"It's okay Shelby." Peter reassured her.
"Come one Peter, look at Cole and Shelby," Scott pointed out, "do we have to continue?" Scott whined.
"Yes Scott, after you and Kristen go, we will call it a day." Peter told him.
Scott wasn't happy, but he went anyway "I felt like a freak. I was having sex with my dad's wife. I felt like this thing only happened to girls. I couldn't tell my dad because." Scott said, standing up getting ready to walk out.
"Scott," Peter called out as he stood up also, Scott stopped, "Don't go now. Nobody here is judging you. None of you are getting judged." Peter turned to the other and reassured them too.
"Can we go now?" Scott said on the verge of tears.
"After we listen to Kristen, then you all can go." Peter told him again. Scott sat down and wiped the tears from his face.
Kristen wanted to get out of the session so she said, "I felt like crap. Everything that happened was my fault. Anytime anyone else did anything, he took it out on me. And then my mom didn't believe...God, can we just GO now Peter?!"
"Yes you can," Peter told them. All four got up and left but were stopped when Peter added; "By the way, you don't have to tell anyone about this unless you want to."
He got grunts as responses, "I will see you all tomorrow at the same time. Kristen you have wood chopping to do. The rest of you, see you later. This was a good session everyone." Peter called out.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Cole walked to the docks and sat down on the end of the dock and thought to himself.
'Part of me hates Peter and part of is thankful for his actions. I hate him for making me feel like a wuss when he made me tell the others about my past with my father. I know that his intentions were good; at least he is helping us get through our inner demons. There is no way I am going back tomorrow though, that's for sure.'
His thoughts were interrupted by the laughing sounds of Jules and Auggie coming. Cole got up and decided to let the two be alone.
"Sorry, we didn't mean to interrupt whatever you were doing." Auggie said as he saw Cole walking away from where he was.
"Yeah, sorry." Juliet added.
"Oh, no problem. I have to go finish unpacking anyway," Cole told them, "have fun doing whatever it is you lovebirds do." He added with a chuckle.
"Get that out of your head meat. We are just going to talk." Auggie called back.
Cole laughed to himself as he headed back to the dorm.
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"CRACK!" was the sound made as the ax was brought down into the wood, splitting it in two. Kristen was taking her frustration out on the wood.
'Damnit Peter! Why did you make me feel like an ass? I was so embarrassed spilling my inner most painful thoughts and feelings. I don't want to go back tomorrow? I will just skip out on it, hell, what's the worst Peter could do to me. Oh, crap, I better go, if anything it might help reduces my punishment for running. I wonder why Cole told Peter about me and Katie?'
Kristen kept taking her anger out on the wood, it made her feel a little better about her bad experience at group.
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"So how are you?" Scott asked Shelby who was lying beside him in the woods.
She sat up and told him, "I have felt better. I mean why did Peter make us tell how we felt? I felt humiliated, even though it was only in front of you, Cole, and Kristen." She told him in a frustrating tone
"I know," he told her as he also sat up, "I feel like I have to re-live the whole experience all over as I tell it." Scott told her.
"I really don't want to go back tomorrow, but you know he will punish us for not showing up." She said as she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, but let's forget about it until tomorrow." Scott said as he laid back down. Shelby laid down right back down also.
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Cole came into the lodge to find Kristen, Shelby, and Scott sitting around Peter. Cole walked over and sat down in one of the chairs. He wondered if Kristen and Katie were still mad at him for telling Peter where they were.
"We are just getting ready to start." Peter told Cole as he sat down, "first of all, I just want to tell you that this is a support group for all who have been abused."
Everyone wasn't real comfortable being there; they would rather be doing other things.
"First of all lets go around and state how you were abused and by who. Kristen why don't you start." Peter told them.
Kristen didn't like going first, she was a little hesitant but finally said, "Uh, I was abused by my step-dad. He beat me."
"Scott?" Peter urged him.
"I was abused by step-mom. She molested me." Scott told the group, still a little ashamed.
"Okay, now you Shel." Peter told her.
"I was abused by my father, he also molested me." Shelby said as she leaned back in her chair.
"Okay, now you Cole." Peter told him.
"I was also abused by my father, he also beat me." Cole said looking at the ground.
"Don't worry guys, you have no reason to be embarrassed." Peter said, before he could say anything else he was cut off.
"Easy for you to say. You aren't the one opening up to others." Scott told him.
"Yeah," Cole agreed.
Peter ignored the comment and continued on with the session. He wanted to help all of them get on the road to getting those inner demons out.
"I want everyone to say how they felt about getting abused," Peter told them, "this time we will go in reverse order. Cole?"
"What kind of question is that?" Cole asked a little angry about the question.
"One that will help you in the long run, now answer it." Peter told him firmly, but sympathetically.
"Fine," Cole said in a frustrated tone of voice, "I felt helpless and defenseless. He made it seem like everything I did was the wrong thing to do. My mom knew this was going on but didn't do jack shit." He finished, now his voice sounding emotional and angry.
"Okay, good. Now Shelby." Peter said as he gave Cole a pat on the shoulder, acknowledging his courage.
"I felt defenseless and like a girl who anyone could have sex with anytime. " Shelby said, now with tears in her eyes.
"It's okay Shelby." Peter reassured her.
"Come one Peter, look at Cole and Shelby," Scott pointed out, "do we have to continue?" Scott whined.
"Yes Scott, after you and Kristen go, we will call it a day." Peter told him.
Scott wasn't happy, but he went anyway "I felt like a freak. I was having sex with my dad's wife. I felt like this thing only happened to girls. I couldn't tell my dad because." Scott said, standing up getting ready to walk out.
"Scott," Peter called out as he stood up also, Scott stopped, "Don't go now. Nobody here is judging you. None of you are getting judged." Peter turned to the other and reassured them too.
"Can we go now?" Scott said on the verge of tears.
"After we listen to Kristen, then you all can go." Peter told him again. Scott sat down and wiped the tears from his face.
Kristen wanted to get out of the session so she said, "I felt like crap. Everything that happened was my fault. Anytime anyone else did anything, he took it out on me. And then my mom didn't believe...God, can we just GO now Peter?!"
"Yes you can," Peter told them. All four got up and left but were stopped when Peter added; "By the way, you don't have to tell anyone about this unless you want to."
He got grunts as responses, "I will see you all tomorrow at the same time. Kristen you have wood chopping to do. The rest of you, see you later. This was a good session everyone." Peter called out.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Cole walked to the docks and sat down on the end of the dock and thought to himself.
'Part of me hates Peter and part of is thankful for his actions. I hate him for making me feel like a wuss when he made me tell the others about my past with my father. I know that his intentions were good; at least he is helping us get through our inner demons. There is no way I am going back tomorrow though, that's for sure.'
His thoughts were interrupted by the laughing sounds of Jules and Auggie coming. Cole got up and decided to let the two be alone.
"Sorry, we didn't mean to interrupt whatever you were doing." Auggie said as he saw Cole walking away from where he was.
"Yeah, sorry." Juliet added.
"Oh, no problem. I have to go finish unpacking anyway," Cole told them, "have fun doing whatever it is you lovebirds do." He added with a chuckle.
"Get that out of your head meat. We are just going to talk." Auggie called back.
Cole laughed to himself as he headed back to the dorm.
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"CRACK!" was the sound made as the ax was brought down into the wood, splitting it in two. Kristen was taking her frustration out on the wood.
'Damnit Peter! Why did you make me feel like an ass? I was so embarrassed spilling my inner most painful thoughts and feelings. I don't want to go back tomorrow? I will just skip out on it, hell, what's the worst Peter could do to me. Oh, crap, I better go, if anything it might help reduces my punishment for running. I wonder why Cole told Peter about me and Katie?'
Kristen kept taking her anger out on the wood, it made her feel a little better about her bad experience at group.
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"So how are you?" Scott asked Shelby who was lying beside him in the woods.
She sat up and told him, "I have felt better. I mean why did Peter make us tell how we felt? I felt humiliated, even though it was only in front of you, Cole, and Kristen." She told him in a frustrating tone
"I know," he told her as he also sat up, "I feel like I have to re-live the whole experience all over as I tell it." Scott told her.
"I really don't want to go back tomorrow, but you know he will punish us for not showing up." She said as she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, but let's forget about it until tomorrow." Scott said as he laid back down. Shelby laid down right back down also.
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