Sean sat at a high-top table tapping his foot against the side of his chair waiting for Paige to arrive. He was early and he should have known Paige would be late so he relaxed and leaned back in his chair watching all the people as they passed by. Ten minutes went by and Sean was still in the same position. His mind wandered thinking about his life for the past few months.

"Hey Sean." Paige said setting her coffee down on the table, taking a seat, and crossing her legs.

Sean gave her a once over noticing nothing has changed about Paige since he's been gone. "Hey, thanks for meeting me here." He said sincerely getting up from his relaxed slouched position to sit up straight.

"Not a problem. I figured it must be important because Sean Cameron doesn't normally call me. So what can I help you with hun?"

"Well… Okay…" Sean started nervously playing with his hands.

"Come on spit it out. I came all the way here to see you." Paige laughed taking a sip of her drink.

"I have this friend, well, she was raped last night and I kinda figured since you went through basically the same thing maybe you could help me, help this person."

"Sean I don't know what to tell you…I mean every situation and person is different. I can tell you from my experience but I'm not sure if it will help you at all."

"I've never dealt with anything like this before. Any advice will help." Sean reassured her giving a small smile.

"Okay well first and foremost you need to reassure her that it's not her fault. There were so many times that I thought I was the one to blame and if I had just accepted the fact that I was the victim it would have been so much easier to deal with all the other feelings I had." Paige rested her eyes on Sean as he listened intently taking notes in his head. Paige took a sip of her drink and set it back down on to the table before continuing "Also, as much as she won't want to, get her to talk about it. She needs to talk about what happened and what she is feeling and thinking. She may tell you some things that are hard to hear but try to remember to never judge what she tells you." Paige put her hand on top Sean's hand which was resting on the table. "I could talk your ear off on things to do and not to do but I don't think it will do any good I mean if you just remember the couple things I've told you and just be her friend I think you'll be okay."

"Thanks, you know for helping me. I think I know how to handle it for the most part."

"Anytime hun…Not many people know this but I've been going to a group therapy program for rape victims. I've learned a lot from them. I have the card right here." Paige said digging through her purse, pulling out a small business card and handing it to Sean.

Sean took it from her and looked at it for a second reading John Lake Social Worker/Counselor. He nodded his head and slid it in to his back pocket.

"Oh, by the way, she should go to a doctor and get checked out. I was lucky because sometimes rapists can give their victims some sort of STD or even do some internal damage and not to mention the possibility of getting pregnant."

Sean stood up slowly to leave. "Thanks Paige…really. I'm going to get back to her try and get her to talk to me." He started to walk away but stopped and turned around when hearing Paige speak again.

"Hey Sean…Take good care of Ellie. I know we don't get along very well but she needs you and she's lucky to have such a great friend."

Sean gave a little nod of appreciation and walked away with a little smile on his face. He shook his head in amazement. He couldn't believe that "popular" Paige was actually compassionate toward him and Ellie. He knew that she really did understand and she was a better person than he originally thought.

Sean returned back to the apartment a few minutes later to find Jay and Ellie sitting on the couch watching TV silently. "Hey guys." He greeted closing the door behind him. They both mumbled a "hey" back without even glancing up. "So you still wanna go to that movie El?"

Ellie looked up from the TV to Sean and smiled. "Yeah. When?"

"Well..Depends." Sean said grabbing the newspaper off the table and flipped to the movie guide. "We could see The Wrecker at 2:00…There's also Trouble and Knifes Point both at 2:30… and Soul Keeper at 2:15."

"What do you wanna see?" Ellie asked turning towards Jay.

"I don't care…you pick."

"Well I really wanted to see Soul Keeper." Ellie announced.

"Well Soul Keeper it is." Sean said tossing Jay his jacket and holding out Ellie's for her to put on.

"Do you guys want anything from the concessions?" Ellie asked the boys as they stood in line for the tickets.

"Yeah get me the biggest Coke they have." Jay answered.

"Me too." Sean added as she walked towards the concessions.

Sean and Jay waited in the long line and bought three tickets then went to meet up with Ellie. They found her sitting on a bench by herself looking like she just saw a ghost.

"You okay?" Jay asked handing her a ticket.

"Yeah…Great I just thought I saw someone." Ellie said taking her ticket from Jay and then giving them each a large pop. "Well let's get in there before the movie starts." Ellie got up from the bench and gave her ticket to the ticket guy. He ripped each ticket as they continued into the theater.

"I thought it was good. I mean the acting was okay but the plotline was phenomenal. It was way more than what I expected." Ellie said as they walked out of the theater into the hallway.

"Yeah, I guess the movie was alright. I was too interested in that blonde in front of me to really care though."

"Wow there's a shocker." Ellie replied with a little laugh.

"Okay here's my stop." Sean said motioning towards the men's bathroom.

"I'll just wait here." Ellie said leaning against the wall across from the bathroom. Jay followed Sean into the restroom leaving Ellie by herself as everyone passed her. She suddenly felt a hand a hand on her hip. She knew who it was…but it couldn't be. Could it?

A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update… My puppy of 10 yrs passed away this week. So I've been preoccupied with that…