Disclaimer: Don't own anything. Except maybe the plot. Please don't sue me I'm a broke college student I don't really have anything you would want.

AN: So yeah sorry about the delay between my class and my life going to hell in a hand basket this just took a back seat. I feel bad since it was such a bad place to leave things. Last chapter should be as dark as it gets and really it probably won't get that dark again. Too hard for me to write let alone you all read.

Review Response:

Elle457 – Sorry that it bothered you. I'm hoping you stick with me. I tend to agree with your opinion on what should happen to people who do that sort of thing.

mm4ever2gether – Remy is a good guy after all even if he does bad things sometimes.

Freak87 – Yeah a bit of a twist from the typical reason for her being covered up as a child.

FluidDegree – I'm not going to make any promises of soonness because I don't know your definition but since this will eventually converge with the movies at least somewhat rest assure she will escape.

RG Marie – This is the start of what he does I hope you enjoy.

sakura5tar – I'm glad you liked the first two chapters this one will probably not be on the top of your list but it wont be anywhere near as bad as last chapter. Try and stick through it and I'll hopefully make it worth you effort.

Addtothenoise – Your wait will soon by over.

BloodCalling13 – Thank you for reviewing. I'm glad you like it thus far.

Chica De Los Ojos Café – Thank you for the compliment. Its times like these that I bet you wish you weren't such a good guesser. Hope you enjoy this one as well.

laenamoradadeGAMBIT – I'm glad you like it. You will see about Belle but don't worry too much. I am not a particular fan of hers. You are going to have to wait on the powers scene for a bit. I have some stuff to resolve before we get there.

All Reviewers – THANK YOU for sticking through last chapter. I know that it was a hard one to read.

Remy's house: 7 am

Remy lies staring up at the ceiling of his bedroom, his mind cannot avoid returning to the sights he had witnessed in the previous hours.

How could anyone do that to there child? Its just so wrong. It shouldn't be possible for things like this to happen. She's such a sweet girl too. She has always been nice to me. I wonder if anyone in this hick filled town has even added up what is happening in that house. What the hell am I going to do? How do I even tell her that I know? Would she want to realize that I know? Would it be a comfort to have someone to talk to about this? Or would she be upset that anyone knows her secret. Obviously, it isn't something she wants spread around or she wouldn't go to such lengths to hide the scars. What is Remy supposed to do?

"Remy, it time fo' school," calls a muffled feminine voice through the bedroom door.

"Remy be up," is his reply.

He gets up from the bed and looks at himself in the mirror. Examining the bags under his eyes and the haggard look to his face, he heads to the bathroom intent on taking a brief shower before making his way down stairs. It is unlikely that his exhausted appearance will go unnoticed but maybe in the course of his shower he can come up with a plausible excuse should the need arise.

Once in the bathroom he closes the door and turns on the hot water raising the temperature to a nearly scalding level. As steam begins to fill the small room, he strips off his clothing. He then steps into the shower letting the hot water wash away the strain of the previous night as it splashes over his tone body. Letting the water pound down on his back, he quickly washes his hair and body.

What excuse are you going to give if you're asked why you are so tired? Stayed up all night reading? But what book? They know it wouldn't be homework. Would be upset if they thought it was a chat room. What else is there? No TV in my room to have been watching. Guess it will have to be a book. What was the one I was reading last week? Remy can't remember. Guess I'll go with Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy read it enough times to be believable. That will just have to work.

Having come to his decision Remy steps out of the shower and begins to dry his body. Letting the moisture linger in his hair, he wraps the towel around his waist and goes out into the main room to get dressed. Black seems the most appropriate attire given the last 24 hour's events. He dresses in a black t-shirt and dark washed jeans. Pulling on a pair of combat boots and grabbing his coat and bag Remy heads down stairs to breakfast.

The kitchen is surprisingly empty when Remy enters. Breathing a sigh of relief he quickly makes his way around the cabinets fixing a bowl of cereal. He sits at the table shoving large spoonfuls of cheerios into his mouth. Having finished his bowl, he places it in the sink and head for the front door. Opening the door he yells back into the house, "Remy be leaving now." From somewhere upstairs the woman's voice responds, "Have a good day at school."

He shuts the door behind himself and heads down the stairs. Turning out onto the street he makes his way to school.

Caldecott Middle School: 8:45 am

Remy takes his seat in the classroom. He looks around the classroom for Anna. There are only a few people scattered around the room since it's still somewhat early.

Where is she? I really hope she will be here. Though I guess this will give me time to figure out what to say. How do you even start a conversation like this? Does anyone here even know what she goes through? Do they even suspect? I can't just come out with something like 'I was hiding outside your window last night and was looking in…' That would just freak her out more then anything else I've ever done. Hmmm… maybe I could ask her how her night was and somehow gently steer the conversation towards what I did last night? Who would have thought that this would be so hard? Ok maybe it should have been obvious, seriously how do you bring up someone's deepest secret?

The bell rings bringing Remy out of his reverie and back to the now full classroom. Glancing around the room Remy searches for Anna auburn curls. He frowns slightly when he can't find her. As the teacher calls the class to attention Remy directs his attention up to the board and tries to pay attention to the lesson.

Caldecott Middle School: 11:30 am

Remy glances over at Anna, she is sitting in the desk next to him. She is staring down at the textbook obviously concentrating on the assigned reading. Though with a closer look Remy notices that her eyes are not moving across the page as one would expect. Suddenly she gives her head a small shake and glances up at the board looking for the assignment. Finding this she directs her attention back to the book.

Seeing this Remy directs his attention to his book but finds his mind wandering.

How does she do it? She just sits there and does her work. I really can't figure out how to even start. She's hidden it all so well. If I hadn't been there last night I would suspect a thing. She acts so normal. Though… no…I don't want to even consider that this is normal for her. It just isn't right. I wonder... Anna didn't seem to get any sort of punishment for being late to class this morning. Though maybe she just got detention and I don't know since Ms. Brown did hold her back after class for a few minutes. I was so worried she wasn't even going to make it to class. She's never been late before, well at least not the month and a half I've been here. At least she made it. Now if I could just find a way to start this conversation. I just have to try something. Its been half the day and I haven't even managed to say a word to her.

Once again he looks over at Anna searching with his eyes for some sign that it is safe to begin this conversation.

"Anna?" he whispers.

"Do ya need somethin' or can it wait 'til afta' class?" is her whispered reply.

"Remy guess it can wait."

He sighs slightly and glances up at the clock. Seeing that the class is almost over he tries once again to direct his attention to the book in front of him. He steals another glace over at Anna and sees that she has finished the reading and begun answering the sheet of questions the teacher had handed out at the beginning of class.

Finally the bell rings signaling the end of class. The classroom is filled with noise as chairs slide back from desks and the students pack up their stuff. Remy stands waiting for Anna by their desks.

"Now what did you need?" she asks as she places her notebook into her backpack.

He hesitates looking into her green eyes.

What do I say? How do I tell her that I know? Maybe I'll just wait.

"Remy just wanted to know if yah wanted to sit tagether at lunch. That's all."

She looks at him quizzically. She seems slightly doubtful of this but lets it slide.

"Sure, assumin' yar fan club won't mind," she replies with a grin.

They walk down the hallway and into the lunch room. After standing in line and getting trays of lunch, they settle at a table. Glancing around quickly to make sure no one is close enough to listen in on the conversation Remy turns back to Anna. He stares at her for a moment as she eats her meal quickly.

"Did ya have a good naght last naght?" he hears himself asking.

What a stupid way to begin. What am I expecting her to say, 'Oh I was just being beaten and sexually assaulted by my father all night, You?' I don't know if I even want her to be that blunt. Can I really face her admitting to what is going on? But is it really good for her to be facing this all alone?

"It was fahn, nothin' unsual. Ya?"

"uh… Remy didn't doh anythin' out of the ordinary."

"oh, kay. Well Ah guess Ah should finish up the readin' for science."

"Remy should do that too."

Caldecott Middle School: 3:15 pm

Remy is sitting in the back of the class. His eyes are fixated on the back of Anna's head. In the front of the classroom the teacher is lecturing about some geological topic. Remy however is simply doodling in his notebook letting the pen drift in loops while his mind wanders.

Lunch was a complete disaster. I couldn't even fess up to being near her house. We just spent the whole time reading. I wonder if she even needed to read the assignment she usually has all her work done early. But that is really beside the point. How am I ever going to tell her that I saw last night? There has to be a way. I'm just going to have to walk home with her and do it then. There are a couple of blocks. That should be long enough to get this out. Now I just have to find a way to start. Maybe I need to just be blunt. Tell her to stop hiding because I already know. I guess I could start with saying that I need to talk to her. Hopefully that will get her to slow down a little on the way home.

Hmmm… Class is nearly over. I'll have to make sure I catch her before she makes it out the door. I'll never catch up if she gets a head start.

Once the bell has rung Remy gets up and cuts Anna off from the door.

"Anna, Ah need to talk ta ya."

"Now?" she asks her tone filled with concern.

"Yeah now."

"Can we at least walk while we talk? Ah need ta get home."

"Merci Beaucoup. Let's go."

They walk out of the school and head for their houses. After about a block Anna looks over at him.

"Remy? What did ya want ta talk 'bout?"

"Oh, its just that Remy was out last night lookin' around…" he trails off.

"And what Remy?" she asks gently.

He pauses for a bit as they walk on. They are nearing her house.

Suddenly on impulse he grabs her wrist. She winces in pain from his light grip. "Anna, please we need ta talk," he says looking her in the eye.

"About what?" she asks trying to pull her wrist away from him.

"'bout this," he says as he pulls back her sleeve revealing dark purple bruises.

"It's nothing. Ah just walked into the door this mornin' ya know how clumsy Ah am."

"Anna, Ah was at your house last night…"

Her eyes go wide with shock. The only sound that escapes her mouth is a whispered "no."

After a minute of silence he takes her hand and speaks to her gently "Anna we need to talk about this. Please?"

She simply nods yes and leads the way up to her house.

AN: Ok little bit of a cliff hanger there but not nearly as bad as it could have been. At least the prodigal chapter can now be posted. Hopefully I will keep up better for the next couple of weeks. I'm done with class and I only have a little bit of work left to go. Yayness. I'm going to have at least part of an actual summer. Hope you guys liked this. I don't know how well it came out since I kept coming back to it which is usually bad for my writing. Let me know what I can improve.