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Ch. 7 Painfully Remembering

As soon as Lu saw Andy's face, that night came rushing back to her in quick, short, bursts.

Her car had broken down, Dr. Kilner gave her a ride, he kissed her, she hadn't wanted it to go any farther than that, he didn't care...

Right before Lu broke down, someone smacked into her. It was Andy.

"Andy!" Lu trotted after her co-worker. "Andy wait!"

Even as Andy attempted to, she knew ignoring Lu was a lost cause. "What?" She stopped walking but didn't face Lu.

Lu stopped as well. She knew how sensitive Andy was right now and she didn't want to push her away. "Can we talk?" She hesitated to say any more.

"I think it was pretty self-explanatory." Andy started walking again. As the situation ran through her head again, she felt her cheeks becoming wet in silent sobs. She wiped them away and kept walking.

"But Andy!" Lu followed her, keeping her distance. "You were almost-"

"Exactly!" Andy looked to her side, getting Lu in her peripheral vision while keeping her face out of sight. "Almost. I'm fine." Andy told one of her best friends a blatant lie, wishing she could be alone.

Lu knew better than to question this, so she went a different direction. "Where are you going?"

A muffled answer drifted over to Lu's ears.

"What?"

Andy turned around and screamed at Lu. "I don't know!!!" She wiped her cheeks again and put a hand over her forehead. "Damnit Lu! I was almost fucking raped and you want to know where the hell I'm going?!" Andy bit her lip as she realized that was the first time she had ever cursed.

Suddenly, her legs gave way and Andy fell to her knees. She cupped her forehead in her hands and pushed her hair out of her face, only to have it fall right back where it was.

"Andy..." Lu knelt down and tried to hug her, only to be shoved away. "Look Andy," Lu tried to explain, "I know what you're going through-"

"How Lu?" Andy looked at her in disbelief. "What? Did you study it in college?" Andy mocked her, acting all high and mighty. "Did you talk about it in your little "chat group"? Honestly, because I'd like to know!"

Lu resisted every impulse in her to smack Andy right then and there. "No." Lu stood up as her face hardened. "I've experienced it first hand!" Lu snapped at Andy.

This time, Andy's look of disbelief was real. "Who...?"

Lu looked away, not wanting to reveal her past. "A guy named Randolph Kilner." She waved her hand, dismissing him from her thoughts. "He moved, long gone."

"Lu," Andy stood up and managed to walk next to Lu, despite her legs feeling like Jell-O. "I didn't know." She put a hand on Lu's shoulder, signaling that she was sorry.

"It's fine." Lu put her hand over Andy's. For a moment, the two locked eyes. However, it was only a matter of seconds before Andy broke down and fell into Lu's arms crying.