A few weeks had passed since the incident with Andy, and Jessie was still living with him. Jessie was at the theater for rehearsals, standing on the stage, ready to teach the final scene to Sara. There was a lot of tension between them, but they put it aside for the sake of the show.
"Okay, so the song starts here," Jessie showed Sara where she was supposed to stand, "And then yo-" Jessie covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom.
"Jessie? Are you okay?" Sara yelled and ran after her, as Jessie threw up in the toilet.
"Jessie, you should go home and get some rest. You're sick."
"I feel fine, most of the time, I don't think I'm sick."
"Well if you're not sick, then the only other option is," Sara paused, "Jess.. no... please tell me you're not pregnant." Jessie started crying, causing Sara to hug her tightly and rub her back.
"Andy.. he.. I was packing a bag and he came back home... He got mad at me for wanting to leave, and then.." She paused, remembering exactly what had happened, "He pushed me down onto the bed and forced me to have sex with him.." Sara pulled away from the hug and wiped Jessie's tears. "He pulled off my sweats, and I just laid there crying while he had his way with me."
"Jessie! That's rape! We need to call the police! You can't tell me you still love the guy now."
"No.. You're right. I have to leave him. Can you come with me to get my stuff? I don't want to be there alone with him again."
"Of course Jess," Sara kissed Jessie's forehead, "I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you. I promise I'll always be by your side from now on."
"Let's finish rehearsals first before we go. You don't have much time to learn your lines."
"Only if you're Doctor Pomatter again," Sara winked and stood up, she held her hand out and helped Jessie up.
The rest of rehearsals flew by, soon they were on their way to Jessie's apartment. When they arrived, Jessie opened the door, noticing that Andy was home. She stepped out of the apartment and turned to Sara,
"He's in there, Sara, I don't want to make him mad again."
"Don't worry Jess, I'll be right here next to you, I won't let anything bad happen." Sara held Jessie's hand and they walked in together, straight past Andy, and into the bedroom. Jessie grabbed the same bag from a few weeks ago and picked out clothes to take with her. Sara helped her by putting the clothes she picked out into the bag. Andy walked into the room after noticing they were in the apartment.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Andy tried to step closer to Jessie, but Sara stopped him.
"If you get any closer to her," She held up her phone, "I'm calling the police." Andy started to cry, thinking it would win Jessie back.
"Jess... Baby.. You can't do this to me." Jessie ignored every word he said and finished packing. She zipped the bag up and put the strap over her shoulder. Jessie walked towards Sara, grabbed her hand and led her out of the apartment, leaving Andy behind.