Chapter 5 Learning about each other
After the dance Margoux and Natasha were still giggling when they reached the Wolf Cub cabin and Margoux knew that tonight had to be the night she opened up to Natasha.
"Well I'm going to brush my teeth and get ready for bed, care to join me seeing we're like Siamese twins?" Natasha asked as Margoux grinned and followed her to the bathroom.
"After that I would like to talk to you about my life a little bit Nat, It'll help you understand me a lot better and why I write in my diary all the time" Margoux said as Natasha spit toothpaste into the sink and gargled her water.
"Well seeing we're becoming friends I don't have a problem with that, I mean I always wondered why black is your color of choice".
Screams filled Margoux's head and it was her screams as her ex boyfriend once again beat her and this made Margoux cringe and get a cold chill.
"Well I just have to get my nightgown on and then we can sit and chat all you want Margoux, because I have things in my life I'd like to talk to you about too".
Natalie heard herself screaming in her head too but it wasn't an ex boyfriend that was making her scream it was her father.
"Well we're ready for bed and we have all the snacks we can eat seeing we have a fridge filled to the brim with snacks, so let's get talking about ourselves" Margoux said her black lipstick tumbling from her makeup bag.
"Maybe we should go somewhere a little more private I mean what if the others walk in and wonder what we're talking about" Natasha asked as Margoux picked up her lipstick and replaced it as Natasha led Margoux to her room locking the door behind her.
"There now we'll have no interruptions and we're free to tell each other what we want because what you and I say will never leave this room promise me that".
"I promise whatever we say will not leave this room Nat, I'm really good at keeping secrets and I know you are too" Margoux said placing her makeup bag in front of her.
"Well I guess I should start because this has been going on for three years and my mom's not going to do anything to stop him" Natasha said tears flowing from her blue eyes.
"Level with me Nat, I mean this is the first time I've seen you cry since you got to this camp and we bunked together".
"He touches me Margoux my dad touches me and it's not in a hugging way either it's in a way that he says I'm beautiful and then well I can't say much more" Natasha said her tears hitting the hardwood floor one after the other.
"You mean he rapes you?, and if so have you told your mother about the stuff he's been doing to you?" Margoux asked as Natasha nodded her head to both questions.
"It's getting to the point where I can't stand to look at myself or him, so I thought it would be better just to stay at friends houses all the time and that worked all but a week before he started locking the doors and putting bars on my windows".
"And your mother hasn't done anything to stop him?, I mean he's hurting you and she just sits idly by watching it go on?".
"Are you kidding my mom says I deserved it, she figures if I look like a whore, I dress like a whore, I wear too much makeup like a whore I should be treated like a whore" Natasha said as Margoux stood up and wrapped her arms around her and Natasha just bawled into her arms.
"I mean my friends just don't understand why I can't go home, they don't see what he does to me, and they don't know how it feels to never want to go back home again".
"Your mom should get a divorce from him Nat, I mean I just want you to know that the stuff he does to you is not deserved by you or anyone in this world for that matter" Margoux said slowly letting go of Natasha as she sniffled and looked up at her.
"My smile isn't even real it's painted on my face because I don't want people to see me cry anymore, there are too many people involved already".
"He's the reason you came to camp isn't he?, I mean you figured you'd be away from him and he'd forget all about raping you this summer" Margoux said as Natasha nodded guiltily as Margoux nodded her head knowing all the feelings Natasha felt for her father because she felt the same for her ex.
"Why don't you go now Margoux I can't stand to talk about this anymore, it hurts me to even use his name in a sentence" Natasha said as Margoux handed her a soda and the front screen door slammed.
"All right ladies get ready for bed and then we'll go to the campfire and roast marshmallows as soon as we can find Margoux and Natasha" Sammi said as she had a hunch on where they might be.
"Well my story is almost the same as yours because I do get raped, I do hate to look at myself in the mirror, I do wish that I could just wither away to nothingness sometimes, and I do wish I could become happy again" Margoux said as Natasha listened and slurped her soda and dried her eyes with a tissue.
"The only difference between us is I get raped by my ex boyfriend whenever he feels the time is right to come and get me".
Natasha put her soda can down and her eyes went wide with surprise as Margoux started sniffling and Natasha hugged her as Margoux embraced Natasha's hug and their tears formed together as one falling onto the hardwood floor at once.
"He always told me I deserved it but I knew I didn't and I used to wear colorful clothes like yours but the truth is I'm scared to now because I don't want to meet another person like my ex in my life".
"Is that what you write about in your diary Margoux?, wanting to be a colorful butterfly again but being afraid to?" Natasha asked as Margoux shook her head no and slid it to Natasha.
"Go ahead and read it I trust you Nat, you're probably about the only person I trust to read it and that's saying something about you" Margoux said as Natasha opened it and there was a light knock on her door.
"Girl's it's Sammi and we were going down to the campfire to make Smores if your interested in that, I mean who isn't interested in Graham crackers, Chocolate, and Marshmallow's?" Sammi asked as Margoux and Natasha quickly hid their crying and answered Sammi.
"We'll meet you guys down there Sam, we're kind of having a bonding moment right now, we'll come down once we're done here" Natasha said wiping her eyes and Sammi knew she was crying by her voice.
"All right but if you need someone to talk to I'm always up late and I'll be ready to hear what you have to say".
As soon as the screen door slammed again Margoux continued with her story as Natasha felt bad for the names she called her and the fights she caused with Margoux.
And the worst part of this whole story is that my ex is here at this very camp with me, his name's David Watson and he's the boy you left moshing back at the dance" Margoux said crying as Natasha hugged her and gave her the diary back.
"Here it's all yours Margoux, I don't want to read what you write because that would be an invasion of privacy in anybody's standards" Natasha said as Margoux hugged her back her black stained tears smearing on Natasha but she could care less.
"I'm going to find this boy and I'm going to make him see what it feels like to be in pain, He has no right to lay his hands on anybody and that includes my best friend".
Margoux slowly stood up and followed Natasha across the lake back to the dance where David was snickering with his friends as Natasha angrily walked up and grabbed him pinning him to the cabin wall.
"All right you big bully you and I have to get a few things straight, one Margoux is off limits from this moment on, two if I see you anywhere near her again I'm going to beat you to a bloody pulp, three if you come anywhere near me again you better hope you come equipped with body armor" Natasha said angrily.
David's friends ran in all directions as Margoux walked up with a stout on her face and her hands clenched into fists as David just smiled at her.
"What are you going to do you little slut are you going to hit me?, well go ahead because once this girl let's me go we're going to have problems lots of problems" David said as Margoux's fists came back bust against David's nose as it got crooked and started bleeding.
"Look what I did to you I hope it's broken like my soul is, and for future reference I am not a slut just because you call me one" Margoux said angrily stalking off to be next to Natasha.
"Your friend looks like a slut too, maybe she's been abused a little bit in her life too huh?, maybe she'd like to be my next rape victim" David said as Natasha kicked his stomach and he fell onto the dirt trail with Natasha smiling down at him.
"Thai Kwan Doe black belt extraordinaire, mess with me if you think I'm lying you pedophile, now back to Margoux stay the hell away from her and we won't have any more problems" Natasha said as Margoux bawled and threw her arms around Natasha happy to be rid of the monster in her nightmares.
"Let's go to that campfire Marge, then we can go back to my room and crash for the night, and tomorrow I'll lend you some of my bright colorful clothes to wear.
Margoux slowly let go of Natasha and they walked back to their cabin with David following them not being one to start a fight but he was one to finish it.
"All right sluts you have no idea who your messing with but you will find out soon enough, and then I'll rape the both of you together" David said pulling out a switchblade and walking around the side of their cabin the knife shining in the light of the moon.
"I can't believe we got away from him, I mean if I knew it was that easy I would have left him a long, long, long, long, long time ago" Margoux said throwing her black clothes in a pile of dirty rags to be thrown away.
A booming knock came upon the door as Natasha ran to answer it while Margoux thumbed through Natasha's makeup and perfumes trying to find the right one for her.
"Hello slutty make a sound and so help me God I'll slit your throat right here without thinking twice, now why don't you tell me why you hurt me back there and we can go from there" David said his knife posed over Natasha's throat.
"Margoux help he's back and he has a knife he's going to kill me please help me, I don't know how long I can keep him from killing me!" Natasha screamed as Margoux ran in front of David and sprayed bug spray in his eyes and he screamed stumbling backwards as Sammi ran up seeing that he had a knife.
"Rule number one in Sammi Beaumont's cabin no knives, guns, or any other deadly weapon is allowed past the door" Sammi said as Natasha kicked him down again and Sammi placed her foot on his wrist as he fingers loosened around the knife.
"Girl's my room now I have Ben watching the other's by the campfire, you and I have got to have a talk about what's going on in your life because I got a phone call from a Philip Washington and he threatened to come and take Natasha away" Sammi said as a scared look stole over Natasha's eyes.
"It's him isn't it slut?, that man made you a slut to him hasn't he slutty?, I would kill to see him come here for you" David said standing up and running off as Sammi looked at Margoux and Natasha.
"So pop quiz time ladies, who wants to be the one to explain to me on who Philip Washington is?, and what he wants with Natasha?".
Natasha and Margoux walked to Sammi's room where a plate of Smores greeted them along with bottles of soda and bowl after bowl of chips.
"I decided to bring the party to you two after hearing Natasha cry, I had to find out what was wrong so level with me girls what is Natasha's problem?" Sammi asked as Natasha was tight lipped and Margoux made a motion with her fingers buttoning her lips.
"Nobody leaves this room until I find out what is going on with Natasha and what the man wants with her get me?, your choice we stay in here until somebody talks or we talk now and leave for the campfire after".
"You have to make me the greatest promise you ever made anyone Sammi, and I mean it the greatest promise that you ever had to make that what I say in this room stay's in this room" Natasha said as Margoux nodded at Sammi.
"All right I make the greatest promise, I swear on Ben and all of the campers I watch here I cross my heart and hope to die stick a needle in my eye that I will not tell anyone about what goes on in this room.
"Philip Washington is my father and he touches me but not in a loving way, in a I have to satisfy something that your mother can't satisfy kind of touch, in short he rapes me all the time and my mom knows but turns her head to it".
Sammi couldn't believe what Natasha was telling her as the tears came again and this time they came harder because she knew that her father was going to come and get her.
"Natasha sweetie why haven't you told anybody sooner?, I mean you smile all the time and it's like your not hurting at all" Sammi said as Natasha hugged Sammi and she hugged her back calling the police at the same time.
"Yes you can help me, I have an emergency and I need security at Camp Funshine as soon as you can get it here".
"My mom's probably coming with him, and at this point I don't want to see either one of them because in a way she abused me just as much as he did" Natasha said as Margoux handed her the plate of Smores and Natasha stuffed two of them into her mouth feeling a little better.
"He won't get you if I have anything to say about it Nat, you saved my skin now it's my turn to save yours friends for life that's how I roll" Margoux said as car headlights flooded the windows and out came a man with long blonde hair and a woman who looked exactly like Natasha as they knocked on the cabin door.
"You let Sammi and I deal with them girl, you just stand behind us we're like your friendship shield sweetie".
Natasha did as she was told as Sammi opened the door and Philip tore his belt off and Natasha got a fearful look in her eyes as he smiled.
"Come on Nattie we're taking you home and then you and I could have our fun while your mom works" Philip said as Natasha looked on the floor whispering her answer to her.
"No daddy I'm staying here with my friends and there's nothing you can do about it, as for you mom I'm not the whore here you're the one staying with him" Natasha said quietly as Philip pushed past Sammy but Margoux threw her hands against the door frame her colored bracelets swinging this way and that.
"The girl said no so it would do you some good to leave and never come back here again until camps over and he's sent back home, as for you Mrs. Washington she's right you are the whore here not her" Margoux said as the belt lashed back and made to come forward but Margoux's wrist wrapped around it.
"Seems to me like you have two choices one you leave Natasha alone for the summer and we can all live happier, or two you try hitting me and I pull you into this cabin giving you a beat down of my own".
"I'm not a whore in case your wondering, I mean look at the way she dresses she's a whore by nature and no amount of love I give her can change that" Wendy Washington said as Natasha heard enough and shoved past Sammy slapping her mother across the face ash she looked at Natasha shocked.
"I bet you weren't expecting a whore to do that huh?, I know you aren't my real parents because real parents would never treat their daughter like this" Natasha said as Sammi got a thoughtful look on her face and started seeing more of Natasha in her.
"Hang on a second Natasha where were you born?, and were you picked out of an orphanage?" Sammy asked as Miranda and Jerry bounded up the dirt trail their faces solemn and angry.
"Get the hell away from our daughter Phil, and if you lay another hand on her I swear I'll hurt you so hard your clothes will be out of style.
"Fine Jerry I'll leave your daughter alone, I just want you to know that I gave her so much mental and physical abuse that she'll never forget me as long as she lives, and Wendy just gave her verbal abuse the whole time" Philip said walking off as Wendy followed her.
"I know this is a lot to take in Sweetie but I'm your father and this lady over here is your mother, your name isn't Natasha either they changed it once they adopted you" Jerry said as Natasha ran up and hugged him just like they never left each other.
"Your names Lilly it was your mom's favorite flower when you were born, and Sammy and Shannon who is another sister you have are younger you're the oldest".
"Let's get those scars cleaned sweetie and then we can all talk about you going to live with them" Margoux said as Sammi liked the new Margoux a lot better than the old Margoux.
Well this is part one of this chapter part two of it will be posted once I get some feedback on part one of it, I know it seems a little too real and scary but this is the last of the scary chapters I promise, I just wanted people to see why Natasha smiled all the time and why Margoux wore black so R&R please