In the middle of January, school was back in full session. Now Danny and Katie only had less than five months of school before they moved into the real word.
Two weeks into the new school year a dance was coming up. Even though Danny and Katie didn't want to go to it, the two despising things like this, they were convinced by their friends that they could at least help with it. Katie's job was to help put up decorations and Danny was to do sound equipment. They would have to do this job while the dance was happening, but they could join it if they ever got the urge to, which they probably wouldn't.
As they got ready for the dance, Katie was suddenly getting unwanted attention, by none other then Jake Wheeler. Wherever she was at she was always getting stared at by him. In the lunch room, in the hall, outside the school, nearly everywhere. He only stared at her when Danny wasn't around, but when he was around he just looked away like nothing he was staring at her the whole time. It was starting to really disturb her, as if he was planning something.
She thought if she told Danny what was going on then she would be okay, but then she didn't want Danny to try and kill him unless it was for a good reason. All Jake was doing was staring, he wasn't trying to make a move or anything. But she had a bad idea that whatever he was thinking, it wasn't good news for her.
One day, something even stranger happened to Katie. She and Danny were working on the materials for the dance when all of sudden she went to the nearest trash can and threw up. She and Danny couldn't explain what had happened so he helped take her to the school nurse. The nurse checked her up and everything, but Katie didn't have a fever or a cold, and she didn't have an upset stomach either. It was all really weird for them.
The dance was scheduled for the end of January on a Friday. That week Danny had to haul sound equipment from the DJ who was coming to the school and make sure it was there so that afterschool on Friday he could set it up where it needed to be. Katie and the art class made the decorations for the dance. It was a lot cheaper than going to a store to get the supplies when you already have them, but that's school.
However, this cut into Danny and Katie's private time, but they still spent it as best they could when they were in the gym, even when they were working alone. Danny helped her with the banner that said 'School Dance' by sketching the words where a 3-D design could go. They were so good that Katie wondered if he was so good at art then why wasn't in a class? Either way, she knew what his career was going to be, and she knew hers. It would be a nice fallback plan though.
At home everyday was spent with them either talking while cuddling, making out, or something else. One time Danny gave her a shoulder massage. It was going really good, especially when he started kissing her neck, knowing exactly where her hot spots were. Soon it went from a shoulder massage, to a back massage, to a boob massage. Either way, she never complained. When Danny was done he pulled her in close to him and held onto her, kissing her neck lightly lay her head to one side and let him, her breathing deep and controlled, yet inside she was writhing from pleasure.
At another time she gave him a back massage, putting lotion on his back and rubbing it in one day afterschool when they had nothing to do. She felt the curves and contours of his back, wanting desperately to feel her hands clench on it like she before. She planted some light kisses there while Danny enjoyed her massage. When she was finished Danny got up and turned around, pulling her down with him. He took off her shirt and her bra and they spent that time making out and Danny licking and playing with her breasts. They would have done more, but because of her mom's random times of getting back, it was hard to know when was the right time and which was the wrong time.
Finally, the day of the dance came. Danny and Katie stayed after school, since they had to do that anyway. They had come that day by earth travel, wanting to save gas. That way, the minute the dance was over they could just step outside and be back home in a few seconds. It was a good thing they didn't have to worry about cleaning up.
"So what do you wanna do when we get back home?" said Katie.
"I don't, I guess watch a movie or something. Why?" said Danny.
"Cause I was thinking, when my mom falls asleep, we could.." said Katie. Danny's eye's got brighter, knowing full well what she was going to say.
"You know you're going to have to be quiet," said Danny.
"Me? You're the vocal one," said Katie.
"Oh, I'm the vocal one," said Danny, chuckling. Katie chuckled too, knowing she was the vocal one. Danny knew it too. As they worked on the stuff in the gym, Katie thought she saw someone at the entrance of the gym, but when she looked over there, no one was there. It was too weird.
That night, the dance was in full swing. The school had said dress casual, and the students were more than willing to do that. If they had said come in a dress shirt and some elegant, and it wasn't prom, then no one would have came. Danny came in some jeans and a black muscle shirt, and Katie came in with a blue sleeveless shirt and for some reason Apple Bottom Jeans.
"Apple Bottoms?" said Danny, though in the inside she filled them out pretty well.
"What, you don't think I can fill out a black girl's figure?" said Katie, seductively.
"No, it's just I don't see that too often," said Danny.
"Well, how do I look?" she asked, turning around to show off her backside. Danny came up behind her and laced his hands with hers.
"Like a goddess," said Danny, kissing her lovingly.
That night, all of their friends had come to the dance, Michelle with Brent, Ryan with the Puerto Rican girl, who's name was Maria, and Jamal came in with a very beautiful girl with green eyes and grass hoops on her arms, who they automatically knew was a dryad. How Jamal got a dryad to the dance was a complete shocker.
The dance started out with some rock and hip-hop, then it got down to songs that were just plain strange. When "Get Low" by Lil' Jon came on, the adult chaperones had to pull the kids off each other. Then a song having to do with nothing but sex, talking about 'do her in the eye' came on, and by the gods the chaperones had a task to do. Danny and Katie stayed away near the wall, looking at the madness.
"This is the reason why I don't go to school dances," said Katie. Finally, the songs went back to normal. Apparently the DJ had left and some stupid kids put their owns songs on there. When the principal found the kids, they got three weeks detention. Now that that was over, the people danced to regular, approved, titles.
An hour into the dance the music was still playing, but it now it was into some slow jams, the kind that make the couples hold each other close and all that mushy stuff. However, this was starting to have an effect on our two half-bloods.
"Danny, I normally don't, but.."
"Yes I'll dance with you," said Danny. She smiled and they walked into the dance circle, Danny's hands at her lower waist and her hands around his neck.
"No groping my ass," she said.
"Don't worry, I won't, at least not in public," said Danny. She giggled and put her head on his shoulder. He had grown taller the last time they had met. He was 5'11" now, which was an impressive feat. She was still the same height she was, but that's not wrong. They did the slow dance for five minutes, their movements in sync. Katie smelled his hair, the fragrance overpowering her nose. It smelled like fresh mowed grass and wildflowers, a hypnotic combination. Her hair smelled like cinnamon. They danced, looking like eternal lovers. She pulled her head back a bit to give him a light kiss when the song died out. The time was 9:57.
"Want to go now?" said Danny when they're kiss ended.
"Sure, just let me go to the bathroom," she said. She gave him another light kiss before she walked to the bathrooms outside the gym. The bathrooms were to the left of the gym doors near the first hallway. She went in, not knowing there were four shadowy figures near a corner. When she got in there, she did her business, which I don't need to type. Seriously, talking about someone using the bathroom is disgusting. I am praying no one is sick enough to do this, unless it's in a comedy story.
After she was done she got out of the stall, but then something grabbed her by her neck and threw her to the wall. Another one grabbed her by the head and punched her. Her vision was blurred. She could feel blood in her mouth, and she was completely helpless.
"Good, now that I got yo' mouth all slippery, time to get to business," said a voice that she knew. It was Jake. And she knew what he was planning to do. She tried to summon some lightning, but she was inside a building, and she couldn't even concentrate.
"Hey Jake hurry up, I got next," said another voice that she heard was one of his jock friends.
"Don't worry, we got this bitch all night long," said Jake. Katie felt his hands travel to her jeans and began to take them off. She tried to fight back, but one of Jake's friends grabbed her arms and pinned them to the ground. above her head. She was now helpless as Jake took her jeans off to show off her underwear. She felt it get taken off. Katie tried yelling, but another one came and slapped her repeatedly.
"Shut the fuck up you bitch!" he yelled. Finally, another one of them took out a sock and put it in her mouth.
"Good, we can't have you screaming and ruining the fun," said Jake. She heard him take off his pants. Tears were running down her eyes now as she felt something press to her core. Then, she felt his member slide in and rapidly pump into her. Her screams couldn't get out of her mouth, but her tears streamed down her face. Jake was going so fast now, it hurt.
"Danny, help me," she thought.
"Almost done man?" said one of the goons.
"Almost, just a few more..," said Jake. At that minute, the door to the bathroom kicked open and Katie felt Jake get out of her and heard someone slam into the wall. There was some kind of fight going on behind her, but she couldn't see it. Either way, she didn't know if she had the courage to see it. The sounds of the fight died and a pair of hands got her waist. At first she squirmed and kicked out with her hands and legs, but a voice she needed to hear reassured her.
"It's okay, it's me," said Danny. He turned her over and hugged her close to him, taking the sock out of her mouth. Her sobs echoed in the bathroom as she cried on his chest.
"Danny, he raped me," she said.
"Did he release into you?" he asked.
"No, you came in just in time," said Katie. She looked around to see what happened to the four boys. Jake was knocked out by the door, blood running from his nose and mouth, a bruise over both his eyes. One boy had a huge knot on his head, knocked out too. Another boy's head was in the toilet, but not too far in the water since he needed to breath, and the last one was perched on the sink, a gash on his forehead.
Danny helped her get her underwear on and her jeans, and carried her out of the bathroom. Along the way he picked up one of the boy's cell phone for some reason. He carried her out to the outside.
"Hold your breath," he said. She did, and the next thing she knew, she was going through the ground.
When she opened her eyes again, she was outside the house. Danny opened the door with the spare key her mom had given him. When they came in, Ms. Sky was in the kitchen.
"So how was the dance?" she said. She came out and saw that Danny was carrying her. There was a cut near her lip and a bruise on her cheek.
"By the gods, what happened?" she said when Danny put Katie down on her feet.
"She got raped," said Danny. Ms. Sky put her hand on her mouth. Katie came up to her mom to hug her, crying on her shoulder as her mom comforted her and led her to the couch, Danny not too far behind.
"Who did it?" said Ms. Sky.
"Jake Wheeler and three of his buddies," said Katie.
"The quarterback? Why would he...it doesn't matter, we need to tell someone," said Ms. Sky.
"Don't worry, I beat them down hard enough so that if someone goes into that bathroom, they'll know, and I also left a note for the principal," said Danny.
"Thank you Danny," said Ms. Sky. "Did he ejaculate?"
"No mom, he didn't," said Katie.
"You're sure?"
"Yes."
"Well, we can go to the doctor to see if there's anything wrong," said Ms. Sky.
"Thanks mom," said Katie, hugging her again.
"Do you need anything baby?" said Ms. Sky.
"I need to take a shower," said Katie. She got off the couch and went to the shower nearest her room. Danny sat on the couch next to her.
"Ms. Sky, is there anything I can do?" said Danny.
"Yes. She's emotionally unstable right now," she said.
"What do I do?" said Danny.
"I think that you can sleep in her bed tonight to comfort her," she said.
"Really?" said Danny.
"Yes, she needs you near her after what just happened," she said.
"Okay," said Danny.
"It's going to be hard to prosecute that awful child if there's not a semen sample," said Ms. Sky.
"Actually, I think live video evidence will do," said Danny, giving her the guy's cell phone.
"What does this mean?" said Ms. Sky.
"One of those bastards, sorry, videotaped the whole thing up to the point I came in and put them in comas," said Danny.
"Wow, I'm impressed you thought of that," said Ms. Sky.
"Thanks. So what time do you want me to take her?" said Danny.
"We'll go in the morning," said Ms. Sky. "Danny, I can't tell you how thankful I am that you're here."
"It's okay, Katie's safety is always my highest priority," said Danny. Ms. Sky looked like she was on the verge of tears.
"I'm so h-happy she's found a man like you," she said, hugging him. Danny returned the hug.
"Women are so emotional. Why can't guys do that?" he thought, but some questions are better left unanswered. He also noticed that she had called him a man. It wasn't too common, but Ms. Sky wasn't one of those people who call you a boy for the rest of your life. Now he understood why he was at first attracted to Katie, to protect her from harm.
They heard Katie finish her shower and saw her walk into her room, not naked, but in her usual night wear. Ms. Sky nodded and Danny got off the couch towards his room to get his night clothes on. Once they were on he went back down the stairs towards her room, bidding Ms. Sky goodnight. He came into the room and sat on her bed.
"Danny, what are you doing in here?" said Katie.
"Gosh, I thought I'd get a warmer reception," said Danny.
"Seriously," said Katie.
"Your mom said it's okay if I spent the night here with you," said Danny. She got the covers up so he could crawl in bed with her. His arm wrapped over her body protectively.
"Are you okay?" he asked. He felt her body shudder, and before he knew it, she was crying. She turned over to him and buried her face in his chest.
"Shh, it's okay, I'm here," said Danny.
"It's just...I was so...vulnerable...I c-couldn't even..f-f-fight them off," said Katie.
"They snuck up on you and used their numbers," said Danny.
"I f-feel so dirty to you. I don't deserve you," said Katie.
"Now stop it. You can't beat yourself up for something you couldn't stop. And Katie, I don't know if you know this, but I need you," said Danny.
"Really?" she said, her face covered with tears.
"Yes. It doesn't matter, raped or unraped; I'm always going to love you," said Danny. Half a smile formed from her.
"Thanks. What did you do to Jake?" she asked.
"Well, besides the bruises and two black eyes and other major injuries, I don't think he's going to have children anytime soom. His sperm count is in the negatives right now," said Danny. "The other guys got off lucky."
"How did you know I was in trouble?" said Katie.
"It's something Gaia's children have. It's like an empathy link, but if I die then you won't. When we choose someone who we love, one who we see as our soulmate, then a part of our soul is shared with them. It allows me to read your thoughts at times, such as when you called me for help," said Danny.
"But why would you choose me?" said Katie. Danny kissed her.
"I can't explain in words, but if you feel it in here," he said pointing to her heart, "you'll know." She closed her eyes, feeling her heart beating, and opened them to look into his eyes. She now knew.
"I love you," she said, her heart spilling out to him. Danny could feel that she was being more dead honest than she ever was before.
"What do you want me to do right now?" said Danny.
"Please hold me," she said. She settled into him more as he wrapped his arms around her, feeling his warmth on her. He was so caring, so soothing, that she felt she could stay on him like this for an eternity. They fell asleep, locked in their loving embrace.
The next morning, Ms. Sky came into the room to check on Katie. She saw Danny holding her close to him, his arms around her like a protector. She also saw that Katie was calm and peaceful under his touch. It was hard for her to wake them up. she tapped lightly on Danny's shoulder. He woke up the instant she touched her. Looking up he saw her and he shook Katie a bit. Katie woke up and saw her mom in the room. She knew they had to get ready for her doctor's appointment.
They got off the bed and washed up in the bathroom, washing their faces, brushing their teeth, and putting some clothes on. When they were dressed they headed outside.
"I'll get the car started," said Ms. Sky.
"No, we can travel another way," said Danny.
"What do you mean?" said Ms. Sky.
"He can travel through the earth mom," said Katie.
"Take my hand and hold your breath," said Danny. The two took a hold of one of his hands and they were sucked through the ground. They appeared in an alley near the doctor's office. Katie was fine, but Ms. Sky was a bit shaken.
"I don't know how you can travel like this?" she said.
"You get use to it after awhile," said Katie. They walked out of the alley to the hospital and into the entrance. They immediately went to the staff attendant at the front desk.
"We have a rape victim, my daughter, who needs to get checked," said Ms. Sky.
"Right this way ma'am," she said. She led Katie to a doctor's office down the hallway. Danny told her it will be alright and he and Ms. Sky sat down in a chair in the lobby, waiting for her to get finished.
In the examination room the doctor handed her vial for her to urinate in, indicating she could do it in the bathroom. Once she did he took the sample and ran some tests on it, another attendant doing some physical and mental tests on her. Apparently, she was all fine. Danny had healed her in her sleep when he woke up at a random hour in the night, but summoned the earth to him with his mind so that all he had to move was his hands. It took twenty minutes before the doctor had the test ready.
"Okay, it's good to know that there was no trace of semen in your vaginal region and you're good to go," said the doctor. Katie let out a sigh of relief.
"But, there is something else," said the doctor.
"Do I have an STD?" said Katie.
"No, but you might need to sit down while I run one more test," said the doctor. Katie sat while the doctor ran his final test on her sample. she was hoping that whatever it was, it wasn't too bad. The doctor finished his test and wrote something down om his clipboard.
"Okay, Ms. Sky, we have some news for you," he said.
"What is it sir?" she asked.
"I don't know how you're going to take this, but you're pregnant," he said.
