Chapter 9: Next Move

Nessie's POV

After school I went back to the stable to visit Wolf again. It was the only place where I truly felt at ease lately. Eric wasn't home and neither were his parents. It didn't matter though. Eric. My new boyfriend. It still felt like such a foreign concept. After being with Liam for so long it was hard to believe that I was with someone else.

I watched as Wolf kicked up dirt in his stall. I could sense the fire within him. He was restlese. He was a racehorse through. He needed to work to keep his mind stimulated. He missed racing as much as I did. We were kindred spirits. Him and I.

"I know boy," I said. "I know how you feel,"

I sighed before leaving. I had a long evening ahead and it was best I got started. I had been assigned an essay for English class and a science project for Biology. I had a few weeks but I wanted to get started. So I was going to spend my evening at the library. I'd be lying though if I said that was the only reason I didn't want to go home. I wasn't ready to face my family after seeing how disappointed/angry they were when they found out about my cheating.

Knowing my dad, and maybe even my mother, they'd come through my window just to confront me. Stupid mind reading ability. I made it down all the way to the bus station by myself. With some assistance from the driver I was able to board the bus. When she dropped me off in front of the library I thanked for her help.

I spent the next several hours at a computer looking for credible resources. I lost track of the time as I read article after article. It was not until my stomach started growling that I realized it was already six o clock on the dot. I printed out the articles and left the library. There was a pizza place just across the street. I'd go eat there and then return to the library for a few more hours of intensive study.

There was a group of rowdy kids already eating there. Seven teenage boys and one really uncomfortable looking teenage girl. One of the guys whistled at me as I passed by. I ignored him though. I ordered my pizza and went to sit on the other side of tbe restaurant. As soon as I finished my food I decided to head back to the library for a few more hours.

I once again immersed myself in my work. One good thing about having so much work to do is that it was a good distraction. I had yet to tell my family about the Volturi's presence. Or Aro's threat to me in the hospital. I knew that I would not be able to keep it a secret much longer. Especially when I had a mind reading vampire for a father.

It was impossible to keep secrets for a long time. Between my mind reading father and future seeing aunt it was one hundred percent impossible. How I managed to do it this long already was a mystery to me.

I took a deep breath. My nerves were already starting to get worked up just thinking about everything that's happened. My brother and his stupid actions didn't help either. If I didn't worry so much about him it would a lot of stress off of me. Why couldn't my life just be easy? Was that too much to ask?

I sighed as I shut the computer off. I decided to go look for a few books for my biology project. Then I would call it a night and start heading back home. I picked out four different books that I thought might help and I checked them out.

The cold wind outside caused me to shiver. Maybe I would stop at Starbucks on the way home. I was on my way to the bus stop when I heard someone crying. Instead of going right toward the bus stop I went left where the sound of the crying was coming from. I could tell that it was a girl around my age.

"Excuse me are you okay?"

I gasped when the girl looked up and saw the black eye she had. She also had a bruise along her jawline. There were some questionable looking marks on her arms as well. A minute later I recognized her. It was the same girl that I saw earlier at the pizza place. The one who was hanging out with those seven other teenage boys.

"Who are you? I can get you to a doctor if you'd like?" I immediately thought of my grandfather.

"No," she said. "Too dangerous. He will kill me if I go to a doctor,"

"Who's he?"

"My boyfriend," she cried.

"What about your parents? Can't they help you?"

She shook her head. "They died. I don't have any other family so Iive with my boyfriend,"

"Was it your boyfriend that did this to you?"

"He said I deserved it for disobeying him,"

I felt my anger slowly rising. I had to force myself to stay calm. "My name is Renesmee. Although my friends call me Nessie. What's your name?"

"Sophie," she sobbed. "Look Nessie you better get out of here before they-"

"They're you are!" A loud voice hollered. "Oh and look at what we have here. Some fresh meat,"

My anger was suddenly replaces by intense fear when I saw the seven teenage boys from the pizza place. We were outnumbered and I was in a wheelchair.

"Good job Sophie you are useful for something else after all. Look guys. It's the beautiful girl we saw earlier,"

"It's hard to tell how beautiful she is with all of those clothes on,"

The guys laughed. I tried to back up when one of them started walking toward us. My wheel got stuck in a crack so I was unable to move.

The guy picked me up and slammed me against the wall. The smile he gave me sent chills down my spine. "Andrew," he said. "I need your help,"

Another boy approached and started removing my clothes. I screamed at the realization of what was about to happen. All of the other guys surrounded us. All talking about and eagerly anticipating "their turn,"

I couldn't even fight them off as they started groping me and fondling my breasts. I wanted to kick them but my paralysis wouldn't allow it. I could not do anything as they prepared to rape me. I saw Sophie looking on helplessly. It then occured to me that they had done this to her before as well. Probably several times.

I screamed again and was immediately backhanded by one of the guys.

"Shut up you stupid bitch!"

"Let her go!"

The relief washed over me when I saw my mother's face. Her eyes pitch black in anger. Aunts Alice and Rosalie with her. From the bags in their hands I could tell that they were on a shopping spree. Aunt Alice must've had a vision of what was about to happen here.

"I said let her go!"

The man immediately dropped me. The guys were too stunned to react. Mom immediately ran over to me.

"Well what do you know. More beautiful girls. You're all more than welcome to join our fun,"

Mom was about to do something when aunt Rosalie stopped her. "You and Alice get Nessie and that other girl out of here. Let me take care of them. I'm quite good at dealing with abusive rapists,"

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