A/N: I am SOOO sorry that this took so long! Senior year is very stressing. But I hope you all enjoy the chapter and please continue to review! Thanx!!!

Jo sat in her room at her desk, drawing out the patterns for the costumes. She had already taken Ashley and Paige's measurements. It had been almost a week since the sleep over and there was no sign of Dean, thank goodness. Jo was still scared though, so was Paige and Ashley.

Jo had felt ashamed that she lost herself that night. She had vowed that she would leave her past life behind her, but this was becoming way too much. Everywhere she turned she was reminded about that night. She couldn't escape it! And now Paige and Ash have seen her have a nervous break down. Jo didn't know how much more she could take.

There was a knock at her door. "Come in....." Jo said softly. The door opened and Brent walked in "Hey sis, you alright?"

"Ok I guess." Jo put down her pencil and turned to face him in her chair. Brent sat down on her bed.

"Josephine, what happened? All week you've been pretty shaky and keep looking behind you when you walk, like somebody was after you. I haven't seen you like this since....." he couldn't finish his sentence. He didn't want to remind her. He felt like kicking himself for even coming close to mentioning it.

"I know." Jo said. "Brent, there is no point in keeping it all hush-hush between us. We both know it happened, so let's not pretend it didn't."

Brent nodded. "I just feel like I let you down, I should have been there....."

"Neither of us knew it would happen, Brent." Jo went and sat next to Brent on the bed.

"Has it still been on your mind?" he asked.

"Lately, yes all the time. It's a hard thing to forget. You know they still haven't found them, those boys. Even though we are so far away, I sometimes can't help looking behind me, to make sure they aren't there. They said if I told anyone.....they would hunt me down." Jo felt tears in her eyes.

Brent took his sister in his arms. The thought of anyone hurting his little sister was enough to make him cry too. "Jo I promise, nobody will ever hurt you again...."

"You can't promise that Brent, you can't be there always."

"Still, I made a promise to mom I'd look after you and the baby. I made a mistake of not being there once. I won't let it happen again."

Jo knew that Brent meant every word he said. But she still felt fearful. Because how could he possibly know if something was to happen to her?

The next day at school went by slowly. Jo had barely slept a wink and was trying not to fall asleep in class.

"Jo? Jo? Jo...JO!!!!"

"Ahhh! WHAT!!!" Jo jerked her head up so fast, it started to ache.

"Jo, you were starting to fall asleep in your lunch." Marco said. He was sitting across from her.

"Hey aren't you going to eat that?" Spinner asked. Jo slid her lunch tray over to him. "Here, help yourself." She said and rested her hand in her palm.

Paige came and sat next to her "Jo, are you alright? You don't look so hot....."

"Funny, I don't feel hot either. I haven't slept for days...."

"Maybe you should see the nurse, are you sick?" Marco asked.

"No, I'm just so tired. Oh, Paige I got something here." Jo reached into her backpack, and took out a folder, I decided to use the time of not being able to sleep for these. Here are the patterns for our costumes."

"That's great! Now what?"

"J.T. and I will set to work...." Jo started nodding off.

"Jo!" Marco held his out to her forehead to keep in raised. "Ok you need to lie down."

"I'll take you to the office, Jo." said Paige. "You need some rest." She stood up and helped Jo out of the lunch room. When they got to the nurses office, they told Jo to lie down and they would call her dad if she was sick. It was a good thing Paige was leading Jo, for she was practically sleep-walking. Paige helped Jo lie down on the couch. As she did so, her hand accidentally brushed against Jo's chest. Paige drew a sharp breath, realizing what she did. Jo didn't seem to notice, much to her relief. Paige stayed with Jo until the nurse told her she could leave. Walking down the hall, Paige thought about how it felt when she touched Jo. She tried to shake the feeling off for it scared her. How could she possibly be thinking about this?

Jo was sent home. Her temperature was a bit higher than usual and the nurse thought she might be coming down with something. Jo spent the rest of the day in bed. Her dad was home and looking after her. After a few hours of sleep, Jo seemed well enough, her temperature was normal. It was too late by then to go back to school, but Jo didn't want to stay inside. She took a quick shower and changed into jeans and her David Bowie T-shirt. She thought about going to the park but decided to walk. She started heading back over to school.

Paige walked out of school. She thought she'd go to Jo's house to see if she was ok. She headed down the street, unaware that she was being followed. There was an alley way that would take Paige straight to Jo's street, instead of walking two blocks. Paige thought the idea was probably not a good one, but it was the quickest way. Paige took a breath and ran for it. Bad Idea. About halfway down the alley, Paige slipped and fell on some broken glass.

"Ow! Oh Damnit!" She cursed as she sat up.

"Best watch that mouth, Spirit. Or nobody will want to kiss it."

Paige froze. It couldn't be. She turned around slowly. Leaning against the alley wall, was Dean. He was smoking a cigarette. Paige tried to stand, but failed. Dean pushed himself off the wall.

"Need a hand, Spirit?"

"Don't touch me! How come you're here? You're supposed to be in jail!"

"It takes more than bars to keep me away....." Dean reached down and grabbed Paige's arm.

"Let go of me!!!"

Jo heard somebody screaming, or she thought she did. She stopped and listened, but didn't hear anything other than the cars driving by. So she was about continued on her way when she heard something else, and this time she was sure of it. It was a muffled cry. It was coming from an Alley. Jo ran in the alley and what she saw almost made her heart stop.

Dean had Paige up against the wall and was fumbling with his belt. Paige had something in her mouth but Jo couldn't see what it was. Jo got over her shock quickly. Before realizing what she was doing Jo ran up behind Dean, grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled with all her might. Sometimes Jo didn't know her own strength, when she pulled on Dean she fell back and he landed on top of her! She gasped for breath, she felt like she was being crushed under Dean's weight.

"What the Hell!!!" Dean yelled and rolled over.

Jo saw her chance and got up as quickly as she could. Paige stood still against the wall. Jo ran to her "Are you alright?" Paige's pants were halfway off her hips. Jo pulled them up quickly and took her hand.

"Not so fast, girly!" Dean was up again. Jo turned on him "Who are you calling "Girly"!" Before Dean could see what she was doing, go took a little bottle out of her pocket and sprayed it into Dean face.

He shrieked in pain and fell over. Jo took Paige's hand again and ran from the Alley.

Jo took Paige to her house and upstairs to her room. They sat on her bed in silence for a few minutes.

"Paige? Did he hurt you?"

Paige started shaking, she was staring into nothing. Instead of answering, she cried. She collapsed into Jo's arms. Jo didn't say another word, she just let her cry. Jo couldn't deny it, she loved the feeling of having Paige in her arms.

"H-he...he won't l-leave me alone!" Paige sobbed.

"It will be ok Paige....." Jo said.

"No!" she shouted and sat straight up. "You don't know! You have no idea what it's like!"

Jo felt hurt and suddenly angered "And....exactly....how do you know that I don't know?" Jo said, trying not to loose her temper.

Paige's face softened "You.....you couldn't......"

"Oh, couldn't I?" Jo said. Her voice was cold. Jo got up from her bed and went to her closet. She took a shoe-box out and from it she pulled out, what looked like to Paige, a newspaper clipping. She handed it to Paige.

Paige looked at it then looked up at Jo quickly. Jo nodded.

"Yup....that's me....the rape victim....."

"Oh Jo....."

"Gang raped.....5 of them. They beat me to a pulp."

"That's so awful......I'm so, so sorry......"

"I know you are....."

"And I thought one rapist was terrible.....how did you manage to go on? After Dean raped me I felt like my life wasn't worth it."

"Never think that, Paige, ever. A life is always worth it. After they left me in to die, I almost wanted to give up too. It hurt so much. The next thing I new I was lying in a hospital bed, my dad and brother by my side, and I saw what I had to live for."

"But your never scared....."

"No, Paige.....I get scared all the time. Sometimes it's hard to get out of bed, thinking that they might be out there. Today, in the alley, I saw myself in you. That awful night seemed to flash before me."

Neither of the girls said another word for a while. But then Paige spoke "Jo? Was there any reason that they attacked you?"

A/N: I hoped you enjoyed it! Don't forget to review and I'll try to update soon! Thank you!