Based off of the preview of stand taken Stand Taken

After we left the station, we all went back to Baze's and we explained to everyone at the loft why Tasha was arrested.

We came up the stairs into the loft and I went over to the couch and sat down next to Eric, and Tasha came and sat next to me.

Everyone was looking to me to explain what had just happened.

"On the Night of homecoming, I went outside of the dance, and decided to call a friend. While I was out there Sam came outside and sat down on the bench, and said that he got the hook up, I snatched it after he offered it to me and was going to put it out, and that's when Ms. Jennings came out and busted us both. She called us into the office and called Cate, Cate was apparently at Valerie and Trey's at the time, because when she arrived at the Dance she sent Sam to the Car with her keys, and asked me to explain who Valerie was, she had a picture of me and Valerie, taken the first birthday I had with them. Valerie told Cate that I was violent towards her and her husband. I got upset and ran out of the Office and to the car. When I got to the car, it was running, and Sam was sitting in the backseat. I told him to get out, but he wouldn't, so I got in and Tasha, who saw me running out of the school and followed me to the car, got in. We drove over to Valerie and Trey's and I told Sam to stay in the car. Tasha didn't want to and she followed me up to the door. I banged on the door and Valerie answered. I was very emotional and I accused her of lying to Cate and trying to screw me over. Trey must of heard me because he came out and yelled at me to get off his property. He didn't waste anytime and lunged at me, he grabbed a fist full of hair from the nape of my neck and dragged me down the stairs to the front yard. He was about to smash my head into the dogs kennel when Tasha picked up a shovel and smashed him in the head. If Tasha hadn't hit him, I may have died, or at the very least been hospitalized." I told everyone about homecoming.

"What did Valerie lie to Cate about" Emma asked, beginning to tear up

"…..Trey used to beat me. At first things were going great, but after they received the application to adopt me, Valerie found out she was pregnant, and Trey completely changed. He would hit me, and shove me if I came anywhere near Valerie. On My 12th birthday, I came home from school, I had just gotten my report card and had gotten all "A's" and I couldn't wait to show Valerie, I ran into the house and had my report card in hand, and ran straight over to Valerie, and hugged her…as soon as I let go Trey walked in…He charged at me, and I ran like hell up the stairs I got to the top of the stairs and Trey got there just after I did. He Slapped me and I fell to the floor at the top of the stairs….He pulled me up by my hair and I punched him in the face, he went in to a frenzy, he punched me just above my stomach and I punched him again and he kicked me and I lost my footing and fell down the stairs…I woke up 2 weeks later, in the hospital, they told me I had tripped over my backpack and fell down the stairs. I was released from the hospital about 2 weeks later. I was talking to Valerie about why she lied to the doctor, she knew what happened and she didn't say anything. I went upstairs to my room and laid down I must have fallen asleep, because when I woke up it was dark out. Trey was sitting in the chair in the corner of my room waiting for me to wake up…." I started to cry

"I'm sorry I can't" I got up and left Baze's and began to run.

Bring up all that has happened in the past has made it real. I can not look Eric in the eye and tell him that I have been raped. I don't think that he would look at me the same.

I ran and ran the tears just kept coming and coming. I finally ran so far that I could not run anymore. I stopped and caught my breath, once I caught my breath, I texted Eric.

'Eric, I need you, please come alone, I am at the park, please don't tell anyone it's me ~ Lux'

'Be right there Baby ~ Eric'

True to his word, 5 minutes later Eric came walking up and immediately pulled me into his arms.

He shushed me and rubbed my back.

"It's ok, It's ok, Lux, I'm here, it's ok." He whispered in my ear. I wrapped my fingers around his shirt and pulled him even tighter to me. If we could be any closer we would be conjoined.

"I thought that if I never talked about what happened, it meant it wasn't real." I finally was able to get out.

"There is something that you're not telling me. Lux, I love you, I need you to tell me what happened to you." He told me. Then I realized that was the first time he has ever said that he loved me.

"Eric…I love you too. I am just not ready to admit what happened." I pulled back and he pulled me back into his arms. I rested my head on his shoulder, and he kissed my forehead.

"Lux, I will never stop loving you no matter what you have to tell me, I will stay by your side what ever you need, I'll do absolutely everything in my power to get it or give it to you. Just please tell me what happened." He said and pulled me in tighter.

"….. Trey lunged at me…he said… that because of me, Valerie … miscarried the baby…and that … I needed … to pay for… it. He ripped my shirt off, and then he yanked…my pants, and…underwear off…he put his arm across my wind pipe … and began to …rrrape me. Once it…was…finally…over….he…pressed hard on…my vocal cord and cut…off my air supply. I woke up the next morning…and I left and never went back…until I found out that … Tasha was going to be living there…I couldn't let … her live there and …. Know exactly …. What was going to happen to her."

"Oh Lux" He said pulling slightly away to look at my face, and then immediately pulled me back into his arms I wrapped my arms around his neck and just cried. He picked me up wedding style and carried me all the way to Cate's house. By the time we reached Cate's I had fallen asleep, I cried myself out.

When we got there, Cate Answered the door, and let Eric in.

"Where is Lux's Room, I'll carry her to her room." He asked her.

"Her room doesn't have stairs that would be easy to get up when carrying another person. You can place her on the sofa." Cate told Eric quietly.

He walked over to the sofa, and gently laid me down, paying special attention to my head, making sure it doesn't lay at an odd angle.

He whispered 'I love you' so quiet that I barely heard it, so I know that Cate definitely didn't.

SWITCHING TO ERIC's P.O.V.

"Cate, Can I talk to you for a second?" I asked her after I placed Lux down and told her I loved her.

"Yea, come on in." She told me and then motioned me to follow her into the kitchen.

We sat down at the counter

"After everything that Lux has told me tonight, I need to know exactly what the doctor said. She said that she was punched in the chest and fell down the stairs, but what did the Neurophysiologist say? She said and I quote 'Oh nothing, just some technically medical stuff.'"

"She was living with Valerie and Trey and what she told us tonight released a blood clot that had formed in her heart after she had open heart surgery when she was a baby. The Blood Clot traveled up from her heart and into her brain, and it caused a stroke. That is what caused Lux's disgraphia." Cate said with a broken voice, she herself had been crying all night and did not have the strength to talk.

"She didn't tell me." I couldn't believe that Lux didn't tell me that she had suffered a stroke. As a teacher, it explains why Lux has that "Blank" feeling when she has to do essays, As her boyfriend, I'm extremely pissed off at this Trey guy, and sad that she couldn't tell me. But she did say after we went to Astoria, that she was always trying to keep what she had to keep what she had in the present.

"Are you and Baze going to press charges against Trey and Valerie?" I need to know

"your damn right...that bastard abused and raped my daughter" Cate said.

"WHATEVER, you and Baze need, Please call me I'll do whatever, and please keep me updated" I said

"Thank you Mr. Daniels" she said

"After everything that we've been through together, call me Eric." I told her.

"Alright Eric, well I need to get ready for bed, Fern is coming over tomorrow and is going to help us plan Tasha's legal strategy, does Lux have your number?" oh yes she does, but she doesn't know that.

"I think so, I think I gave it to her when I was dating Paige, but I don't know if she still has it. So let me give it to you. 971-917-1993" I told Cate and I got up and walked to the door.

LUX'S POV

I woke up the next morning and saw that Fern was already here and was sitting at the dinning room table Baze, Cate and Tasha.

"Lux, come in and sit down sweetie, we need to talk." Baze said as I walked into the kitchen. I sat down and Fern started to talk

"The D.A. is charging Tasha with assault…that's a minimum of 6 years in prison."

Tasha looked at me, as if asking for my help.

"I'll do whatever you need." I said

"Good, because we are going to need to prove Self-defense, Were going to need you to tell the jury what happened to you while you were living with them, and what happened. We will also ask the D.A. after your testimony to file charges against Trey AND Valerie, Lux, I want to apologize to you, I never saw that this was happening to you. I should have seen that was something was wrong." Fern said.

"I didn't tell you, you couldn't have known." I said

We Talked about the logistics for a half an hour. Baze got a call and ran out managing to get out how he was sorry he had to leave then.

Baze's POV

I left Cate's house after receiving a phone call from my dad, and he said that he needed to meet me outside of the office.

I pulled up in front of the office and waited for him to pull up.

"Nate, what's going to happen with Tasha?"

"Lux is going to testify about what happened to her. The Guy that Tasha assaulted turns out to be Lux's old foster dad who used to hit her, I want to find this guy and beat his head in." I told my dad.

2 days later

"The Defense calls Lux Cassidy to the stand"

"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? So help you God?" the bailiff asked me as I placed my hand on the bible.

"Ms. Cassidy…do you know the Plaintiff?"

"…Trey was my foster father 5 years ago." I answered.

"On the night in questioning, why were you, Ms. Sibiac and Mr. Bradshaw at your foster father's house from 5 years ago?"

On the Night of homecoming, I went outside of the dance, and decided to call a friend. While I was out there Sam came outside and sat down on the bench, and said that he got the hook up, I snatched it after he offered it to me and was going to put it out, and that's when Ms. Jennings came out and busted us both. She called us into the office and called Cate, Cate was apparently at Valerie and Trey's at the time, because when she arrived at the Dance she sent Sam to the Car with her keys, and asked me to explain who Valerie was, she had a picture of me and Valerie, taken the first birthday I had with them. Valerie told Cate that I was violent towards her and her husband. I got upset and ran out of the Office and to the car. When I got to the car, it was running, and Sam was sitting in the backseat. I told him to get out, but he wouldn't, so I got in and Tasha, who saw me running out of the school and followed me to the car, got in. We drove over to Valerie and Trey's and I told Sam to stay in the car. Tasha didn't want to and she followed me up to the door. I banged on the door and Valerie answered. I was very emotional and I accused her of lying to Cate and trying to screw me over. Trey must of heard me because he came out and yelled at me to get off his property. He didn't waste anytime and lunged at me; he grabbed a fist full of hair from the nape of my neck and dragged me down the stairs to the front yard. He was about to smash my head into the dogs kennel when Tasha picked up a shovel and smashed him in the head. If Tasha hadn't hit him, I may have died, or at the very least been hospitalized." I told the jury about homecoming.

"what did Valerie lie about?"

"Valerie Told Cate I was violent…it was not true. I was near death and I still fought. After I was released from the latest incident…..Most Girls have their first kiss playing spin the bottle, mine was with him" I said.

"That's a Lie" Trey Stood up and announced

"So was my second" I continued on

"She's lying" He yelled

"He forced me to have sex. I was 12" My grandfather lunged at Trey and punched him. Baze lunged after his dad to help beat Trey up. Ryan and Eric lunged at Baze.

"Bailiff, Security" the Judge yelled.

Security showed up and pulled apart my grandfather and Trey.

"Bailiff, please take the Plaintiff into custody, where he will be charged with Rape and Child abuse, and His Wife For Child endangerment….The Charge of Assault against Ms. Sibiac is dismissed. Ms. Sibiac…your free to go."

"Your honor…what about what just happened here." Trey said

"I didn't see anything" the judge ruled and left the court