==Don't Touch Me==
Chapter Eight: Events
AUTHOR'S NOTE: First, I would like to thank all you peeps who reviewed and read this fic. I would first like to make clear that this is not a fic to torture anybody. Just so other peeps can relate to this, because there are so many people who go through hard things like this. Second, I am writing this for Moonlit Shadow, whose review really inspired me to keep on writing this. That is all, thank you for reading, and if you can, review.
"When I was young
I never needed anyone
And making love was just for fun
Those days are gone
Livin' alone
I think of all the friends I've known
When I dial the telephone
Nobody's home
All by myself
Don't wanna be
All by myself
Anymore"
-Celine Dion (All By Myself)
The women at Daughter's And Sisters hogged over Glacia's newly brought CD. She literally had to hide th CD because mostly all of the women there were fans of Christina Aguilera.
As she was walking down the hallways hoping not to attract any attention, Karen called her. "Ms. Torrain wants to see you."
Glacia wondered why, has she made a mistake or something? "You're not in trouble or anything," Karen said as if reading her mind.
She walked over to Ms. Torrain's office and stepped inside. "You wanted to see me?" she asked, and Ms. Torrain nodded. She invited Glacia to sit down as she looked through a stack of papers.
"Glacia, you've been here for a month already, am I correct?" she nodded and Ms. Torrain continued, "Do you feel you're doing any process?" Glacia nodded gladly, she knew she was already a whole new person since she came. "Then you are now in the stage which you may need to get a job." Ms. Torrain took out a stack of papers from under her table. "There are some jobs available, all you have to do is show up. If you reach their expectations, they will keep you."
Glacia took one of the papers Ms. Torrain handed her and she looked through the list. "I have also gotten you an apartment, its not far from here. That way, you can feel secure and that you can reach us whenever you need to. Of course, we can't pay for your montly bills. That's why you need a job."
Glacia understood this, of course. Daughters and Sisters can't take care of her forever. This is just a place where they help you on your feet again then let you go on your own way. This was not a place where they took care of you.
"By the way, Glacia. Daughters And Sisters is going to have a picnic party. Its basically a fund raiser. Since you are one of our most recovered women, I would be honored if you came." Ms. Torrain smiled at her.
Glacia nodded proudly, a picnic party? This meant all the girls were going to be there. Of course she was going to come, this was such a great event. And she would do anything for the place where these kind women helped her.
Ms. Torrain dismissed her and Glacia left to her room. There, she listened to her CD and fell asleep on her bed.
She dreamed a terrible nightmare, she dreamed she was running. She was running from fire, and that it was burning her. She saw in horror how the flames licked and peeled her skin away. She could even see the white of her bone on her arm, she knew the fire was devouring her. She curled into a ball, begging for the pain to stop. She suddenly saw blood running between her legs. She screamed when she saw the flames form Peter. He laughed and with his flaming hands he touched her, burning the skin he touched. He laughed even harder when she screamed.
-You thought you could run away, huh?-
She tried to scream to tell him no.
-What will he think?-
-I'll tell you what I think. I think a little burn should calm you down.- Peter landed a fist on her stomach, she watched as how his flaming fist dug into her stomach and rip it open. Dark blood smeared from his hand and dripped into the floor. Then Peter aimed his fist at her face.
She suddenly woke up, her face was soaked in sweat and she breathed heavily. She calmed down at hearing the sweet song playing from her CD player. She layed down and exhaled, she wondered why she had that dream. She remembered of her fear of him finding her, but she shook her head. Peter wouldn't go through so much trouble just to teach her a lesson.
She grabbed her purse and headed outside, maybe taking a nice walk will calm her down. She took out the job papers she was handed earlier and looked through them again. Maybe she should take advantage now and try to get herself one of the jobs the paper was offering.
The one she was going to try out first was going to be a clothing store. Maybe this won't be so bad, she did a lot of sewing and cleaning at home, this should be a breeze. The store opened in one hour so she decided to make the best of it and buyed herself a hot dog in the park.
She gave a little surprised jump when someone lightly hit her on the back of her head. To her relief, it was just Steven. "Hi." he said to her, he looked awfully happy.
Glacia smiled at him and greeted him back, she saw that he was not alone however. Sidney and Wallace were accompanying him. She smiled at them both, "What are you guys doing here?"
Wallace shrugged, "We're just here to settle some business." Sidney nodded, "We have to renew our Gym Leader and Elite Four licenses. Its a pain."
Wallace was one of the Gym Leaders in Hoenn, he was often found on the school grounds with Flannery, one of his best friends. Glacia often wondered if they were together, but they both denied it. Wallace often said, "She's not my type." And Flannery said, "I don't like men."
Sidney was in the Elite Four and they've also been friends also for quite a long time. They met at Detention at sixth grade. Glacia was in detention due to cheating on a test, and Sidney was there due to fighting. When she asked him why, he said cus some punks had called him a 'wussy'. Glacia often admired Sidney, he was always so honest and totally fearless.
They all walked around town talking, and they passed stores. One odd thing about it was that it seemed as if Sidney was always nudging Steven for every little thing. When Steven offered to drive her to her job, Sidney glared at him and nudged him.
Steven drove everybody home and drove her to her job, there, she thanked him and left inside to hopefully begin.
The job went well, she knew how to fold sheets professionally and wash clothes. The manager was impressed with her work, he asked her to stay. This made Glacia happy, finally, a job. Something she could finally pay her debts with. This almost meant that she was moving on, a world without Peter, that sounded nice..
She came home to her new apartment. She watched from her new window and smiled at the view. How pleasant, to finally live in a home without nobody tormenting her. Home, where she's suppoused to be. Her apartment was quite empty. The only furniture she had was her bed and a phone. She vowed to buy more furniture when she gets more money.
Suddenly, a question came out from nowhere..
-Will you get youself another man..?-
She never thought about that. Are all men evil? Nah, Steven was a man, and he never hurt her. So that meant not all men were evil.
-He'd make a nice boyfriend....-
She shook that thought off. Steven? Her boyfriend? No, he was just a friend. Nothing more, right?
Well, she had been feeling emotions toward him that she never had felt before. Not even for Peter. Steven always had helped her and he seemed to always be so concerned about her. Nobody had ever cared this much about her since her parents died.
Maybe Steven did love her? Could all his kindness be his way of telling her his feelings for her? She looked out of the window thinking. Was she actually starting to fall for her best friend?
Her thoughts were broken when the phone rang, she picked it up and it was Ms. Torrain, she sounded quite anxious.
"Glacia..?"
"Yes, its me."
"I wanted to ask you, you said earlier that Mr. Stowik helped you, am I correct?" Glacia said yes, "Well, there's something that happened and God, I hope this has nothing to do with you."
Glacia listened carefully as Ms. Torrain told her about Stowik. She gripped the telephone harder as she heard he was found dead on his basement. With bite marks all around him.
-Peter used to bite you a lot..-
When she hung up, Glacia screamed and covered her face. Tears dripped from her eyes as she asked herself why. She knew now. She was always wrong.
Peter was indeed looking for her. She knew he had lost the last bit of his sanity, and she knew Peter is now capable of hurting anybody who helped her. Peter was going to hurt ANYONE who stood in his way of getting to her. And then one name suddenly rang in her mind, the one man who would go to any measures to protect her. The one man she had fallen in love with.
-Steven... God, what have I gotten you into..?-
...To be continued...