Alone

CSI characters are not mine… originals are…

This is not a Mary Sue…

Chapter 2

I woke up in a plain white room, someone was holding my hand. I looked over to see Jamie asleep in the chair beside me. I pulled up the base of my shirt, revealing bandages galore. 'I look like a mummy…' I thought to myself.

I looked at my watch, it was going on two o'clock. I'd have to get home soon. I moved to wake up Jamie and a searing pain split through my head. "Ow..." I muttered out loud.

"Hey," Jamie mumbled, waking up. It was then that I noticed the bruises on her arms and the frightened look in her eyes.

I got worried, "What happened?" I asked.

She looked at her feet, her hand still resting in mine. "Adam knocked you out."

I shrugged, "What happened after I was out? Did he hurt you?" I asked

"Greg," she said calmly. She leaned over and hugged me, burying her head against my chest. Pain be damned, I hugged her back. "He raped me. He dragged me off somewhere and he raped me and when he let me go you were still out, so I called the cops and told them what he did to you." She explained, crying.

"I'm so sorry," I told her. It was my fault. If she hadn't been hanging around me, she would have been safe. "Did you tell the police what he did to YOU?" I asked, her situation was much worse than the daily beatings I received. She shook her head. "Why?"

She climbed into the bed with me, curled against my side. "I couldn't, Greg. Adam was right there! I couldn't say anything," she cried.

I was fuming; I wanted to kill Adam for doing that to my best friend. But right now, all I wanted to do was hold Jamie, make her feel safe after what that bastard had done to her, "I'm sorry" I repeated over and over, holding her close.

"You need to get checked out" I told her, being a science nerd; I knew a lot of forensic and knew the sooner the better.

She sobbed into my shirt again. "No, I can't Greg,"

I held her close to me, "You have to, I'll stay with you, I promise," I told her. I felt her nod against my chest as a nurse walked by the door. I pressed the call button on the side of the bed and she came inside the room.

"Can I help you?" she asked, kindly.

I sighed, "My friend needs a rape exam." I said, nodding to the girl crying on my shoulder, whom I proceeded to wrap my arm around.

The nurse looked shocked before walking out and returning with another nurse. "Miss," I watched her tap Jamie on the shoulder, who jumped and clung tighter to me.

"Its okay, Jamie, they want to help," I assured her. She nodded and sat up and after hugging me once more, followed the nurse to another room

About an hour later she came back, falling into my arms and crying again. "How did it go?" I asked.

She held out her wrist which was now in a cast, "He broke it when he threw me at you. They took all kinds of samples, my hair, nails, clothes…" she trailed off.

"I know," I said. "I had a visit from a cop while you were gone. He said if we wanted to press charges, we need to fill out a statement," I explained, "We'd have to tell them what happened,"

She looked up at me, "It'll put him away?" I nodded. "Yeah, let's do that" she said and drifted off to sleep in my arms.

I still don't know how we became friends, but I'm glad we did. I have no idea what she sees in me, she was popular before she started hanging out with me, the number one science geek. She's the only one I trust enough to tell my secrets to, mainly what my dad does to me. I've even stayed at her house when the beatings got particularly bad.

I fell asleep not long after she did and was greeted by two police officers at my door when I woke several hours later. I gently shook Jamie awake and turned to the officers, "Can I help you?" I yawned.

"We're here to take you statements," the woman said. I sighed, feeling Jamie tense next to me.

"You want to do this solo, or together?" the man asked, pulling up chairs for him and his partner.

"Together," we both said simultaneously.

"Very well then. Start from the beginning, please?" the woman asked.

"We we're going to school and Adam approached us," Jamie started.

The woman scribbled something on her notepad, "So, you know Adam Scott?"

I nodded, "He beats me up rather….often" I said. "He went after Jamie, I tried to stop him and I got punched in the chest. Jamie jumped on his back to keep him away from me and he threw her at me. I was seeing if she was okay when I experienced blunt force trauma first hand, and from that point on I was out" I explained.

I noticed Jamie crying again, preparing to tell her part. "And then…?" the woman asked, looking at Jamie.

"After he knocked Greg out, he grabbed me and dragged me down in the ditch behind my house. He… he started undressing me and threatened to kill Greg if I screamed or tried to get away. I didn't want him to hurt Greg anymore so I didn't. After he… finished I kneed him, fixed my clothes and ran to Greg, using my cell to call the cops on the way." She explained, tears streaming down her face as I pulled her into my arms.

The woman looked sympathetic, the man, doubtful. "Why were you wearing shorts in this weather?" he asked Jamie.

She looked pissed, "I have track after school. We wear shorts," she stated blankly.

He nodded, "And you went down pretty easy," he directed towards me.

I lifted my shirt, "This isn't all from one hit..." I glared at the officer. Jamie looked at me, wondering if I was finally going to get rid of my abusive father. "My dad came back to town last night… wasn't too thrilled with the 'B' I got on my math test" I explained, pulling the collar of my shirt down to reveal more bruises.

They were silent for a moment, "Would you like to press charges against him as well?" the woman asked me.

"Please," I nodded and explained the torture that was my father to the officers who left a while later.

Jamie hugged me, "I'm glad you told" she smiled, knowing I'd be safer without him around.

"So am I," I admitted, scratching at the tape that covered my chest. "Damn this stuff itches" I whined.

Jamie laughed. "That's supposed to splint your chest since you had like three broken ribs, and lots of bruised ones, you're lucky you didn't collapse a lung." She told me.

I smiled, "Get some rest," I said, pulling her close to me so she could lay down. She snuggled against me

"Night, Greggo," she said, drifting off.

I too, fell asleep not long after Jamie did.

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