Andrea found Becky in the pub with every one else that night. She had arrived with Tony just to make herself feel safe. She walked over to bar where the others were.
Becky: Hey, oh you will never guess what happened today, I think I am probably going to be suspended for having a go at the DI and I mean a proper go -
She stopped when she saw Andrea was crying.
Becky: Hey what's up?
Andrea: I've made a real mess of everything.
Becky: Hey come here.
They walked over to a table away from the overs and sat down.
Andrea: I finished it with Neil
Becky: What! Why?
Andrea: That's just it I don't know why, I was angry at him but I shouldn't have been that angry.
Becky: Did you tell him, about the rape?
Andrea: No I was to busy yelling at him about begin his personal agony aunt.
She had managed to control her tears.
Becky: Here drink this.
She handed her a shot, and she downed it in one.
Andrea: He said you were talking to him.
Becky: Yeah I had a right go at him to, it's not his day is it.
Andrea: What did you say?
Becky: Don't worry I didn't tell him anything but I think, he knows that somethings up, actually everybody dose.
Andrea: What?
Becky: Honey and Yvonne no something is going on, and pretty soon Chris is going to suspect something to.
Andrea looked at the crowd of people at the bar that was her brother and friends.
Andrea: I can't tell him, it would destroy him.
At the bar Honey had just got the round in and she had gone over to Yvonne.
Honey: Here you go.
She handed Yvonne her drink then looked over to the table were Andrea and Becky were sitting.
Honey: I tell you there is defiantly something going on there.
Yvonne: What you mean?
Honey: It's just the way Andrea was acting today, I mean when we went to the Rape Refuge she didn't say much, but she seemed to now how the victim was feeling.
Yvonne: There was one other thing.
Honey: What
Yvonne: She total over reacted today, we were standing next to the drinks machine and Chris came up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder and she total flipped which isn't like her, there usually really close.
Honey: Maybe they had an argument.
Yvonne: I don't think so I'm guessing something happened to her the day she phoned in sick.
Honey: Like what?
Yvonne: Look at her, what do you see? All the signs of someone who's been hurt.
Honey: What are you talking about?
Yvonne: Think about it, she was fine on Tuesday right, then she phones in sick, which isn't like her she's never phoned in sick.
Honey: Right.
Yvonne: Then today, she hasn't been herself, she over reacted when Chris touched her and you said that you thought she new what the rape victim was feeling.
The was silence, while Honey was putting all this information together.
Honey: What are you saying, Andrea's been.
Yvonne stared at her.
Honey: No, no she can't have.
She picked up her glass of wine and lifted it half way to her lips.
Honey: Could she.
They looked at each other then to Andrea.
Andrea: Listen, I'm just going to got o the loo.
Andrea got up, watched in the distance by the other two.
Yvonne: Here watch my drink, will you.
Honey: Don't push her, she wont thank you for it.
Yvonne: Hey I'm only going to the loo.
Honey: I'm telling you your wrong.
Yvonne went of to the toilet and Honey went over to sit with Becky. Yvonne found Andrea standing over the mirror drying her eyes.
Yvonne: Hey
Andrea: Hey
Yvonne: You OK?
Andrea: Yeah, just been one of those days.
Yvonne: I now.
Andrea: Now what?
She started washing her hands. Yvonne waited a few seconds.
Yvonne: You've been raped.
Andrea froze and closed her eyes.
Yvonne: Please tell me it's not true.
Andrea looked at Yvonne in the mirror, she tried to speak but her thought had vanished. They looked at each other, and Yvonne didn't need Andrea to speak, she new what she meant.
Yvonne: Oh Andrea.
Andrea: Who told you?
Yvonne: Hey I'm a copper, I worked it out for my self.
There was silence
Yvonne: So, are you going to report it?
Andrea: I don't now.
Yvonne: Well, when did happen?
Andrea: Tuesday night.
Yvonne: Who else knows?
Andrea: Just, Becky and you can not tell anyone.
Yvonne: Sure
Andrea: I mean it Yvonne -
She was starting to cry again
Andrea: You have to swear to my that you wont tell any one there's only you and Becky who now.
Yvonne: OK, but Honey noes she figured it out to, but we won't say anything.
They looked at each other and then Yvonne gave her a huge as tears fell down Andrea's checks
Yvonne: Hey its going to be all right.
As they went back into the bar the four of them sat down, and they talked by the end of the night Andrea felt a little bit better, but over at the bar they were unaware of one thing that a certain PC had over heard the whole of Honey and Yvonne conversation ... PC Kent.