Jay sat in a chair across from Ellie and watched her sleep peacefully while he waited for Sean to arrive. He ran his fingers through his hair then leaned down and rested his elbows on his knees. All he could think about was if calling Sean was the right thing to do. He didn't want to upset her anymore than she already was but he knew Sean could help her more than he ever could.

Finally Jay heard a knock on the door and jumped out of the chair as quietly as he could. He did a light jog making his way through the apartment and opened the door to find Sean standing there out of breath. "Hey Sean." Jay said extending his hand to his friend.

"Hey man…I got here as quick as I could. How is she?" Sean said taking his hand and doing a quick shake. Jay then stepped aside letting Sean in.

"She's sleeping…in her room." Jay said taking a seat on the couch.

Sean nodded thanks to him and headed for Ellie's room. He stood in the doorway for a few minutes and admired his love he left behind. Her face was tearstained and one of her arms was wrapped in bandages. She looked so vulnerable to him laying there with her arms bare exposing all the feelings that he knew she kept locked up. He walked over to the bed and kneeled down next to her and ran his fingers over her scares like he did when he first saw her cuts. He could feel his eyes start to water as he kissed her on the hand.

"Sean?" Ellie whispered opening her eyes.

"Oh El…I've miss you. I'm so sorry I left you." Sean said now hugging her tightly.

"What are you doing here?" Ellie asked half asleep.

Sean released her from the hug and held her out at arms length. "Jay called me. He said that you needed me."

"I don't need anyone." Ellie said trying to make her self look strong. And turning her head away slightly.

"Ellie you do need someone. You can't go through this alone." Sean said sitting next to her in bed.

"I take it Jay told you everything." Ellie said shifting her eyes from Sean's back to the sheets on the bed in shame.

"He told me that you were raped tonight. That you cut yourself. But if you don't mind I'd like it if you told me what happened…The whole story." Sean begged lifting her chin up gently so her eyes met his.

"Why do you even care? You left me remember. You left me with nothing but an empty apartment and you come back to me and expect me to trust you."

"Ellie… I'm sorry. Not for leaving but leaving the way I did. I shouldn't have left so fast and I should have kept in touch with you. I didn't think my leaving would affect you so much and I would have toughed it out here if I had known. So this I can promise you, I will move back here if you think it would be best. I want to be here for you."

She nodded her head slowly in acknowledgment and tears starting forming in her eyes as she told him every detail. She told him how she missed him and how depressed she had been. She told him how out of control she felt so she got drunk even though she hated drinking she wanted to do it just in spite of herself. Then rambled how Josh took her to the VIP room and how she should have known something was up with how the room was decorated. She then went over how he pinned her to the bed bruising her wrists and how she begged him to stop as he raped her. She then went on about how she must have teased him making all of this her fault and she couldn't take the guilt so she had to cut again but it wasn't enough and she prayed for the courage to press down even harder because there was so much pain that she couldn't control. Then Jay ended up walking in before she could get the nerve to do anything.

Sean wrapped his arm around Ellie's shoulder to try his best to comfort her while he absorbed everything. "How could you be at fault for him raping you? You told him to stop he should have listened. Don't start blaming yourself." Ellie said nothing back she just rubbed her wrists and enjoyed the touch of Sean's arm around her. She slide down Sean nestling her head in his chest and drifted back off to sleep.

"I love you Ellie." Sean whispered pushing her bangs off her forehead and giving her a gentle kiss right below her hairline.