Cry

A/N: This story is about a girl who gets attacked by her boyfriend at school. She tries to break up with him… but he doesn't take it very well. Each chapter is named after a song by Kelly Clarkson. I don't own SVU or Kelly.

Chapter 3: Behind These Hazel Eyes

"now all that's left of me is what I pretend to be, so together, but so broken up inside, cuz I cant breathe, no I can't sleep, I'm barley hanging on, here I am once again, I'm torn into pieces, can't deny it, can't pretend, just thought you were the one, broken up, deep inside, but you won't get to see the tears I've cried, behind these hazel eyes…" - Kelly Clarkson

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PREVIOUSLY:Coach Evans gently rubs Maddie's arm to get her attention and gently says, "Alright sweetheart, let's get up and start heading to my car. I'm gonna drive you around the side of the building to the front and we'll go in the entrance right by the nurse's office."

Maddie nods in agreement and puts the pillow back down on the couch, grabs her purse off the floor and meets Coach Evans by the door. Lisa puts her arm around the teen's shoulders and leads her to the parking lot. She helps Maddie into her car, walks around to the drivers side and gets in. She turns the car on, backs out of her parking spot and heads towards the front of the building.

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INFRONT OF MANHATTAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL
10:15 am.

Coach Evans pulls her green Nissan Pathfinder into the closest parking spot she could find. She looks over at Madeline and sees that she is still crying. "Hey, honey, everything's going to be okay."

"H… how do you know? Travis is really violent…" she replies.

"Sweetheart, the cops have him now, they don't know the full extent of what he's done yet, and once they do, he'll definitely be in trouble with the law." the woman explains.

"D.. do I have to go to the hospital?" the teen asks.

"Only if he raped you sweetheart, if not, we'll call your parents and they can come pick you up." the woman answers.

"My parents are in Texas this week, some business thing." the teen sobs.

"Don't worry about that right now, let's just get you inside and make sure you're okay." Lisa reassures her.

"Okay."

The two get out of the car and make their way into the building. Coach Evans walks the teen into the nurses office where they are met by Mrs. McBride, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Murphy and Coach Yearwood. Maddie realizes that her friend Hailey is a nurses assistant this period and begins to freak out. "One of my friends is an assistant this period, I don't want her to know."

Nurse Murphy realizes who she's talking about. "Hailey?"

"Yeah." the teen whispers.

"We'll put you in the room by your self so no one can see you. I'll make sure she doesn't find out." the woman kindly answers.

"I guess so." the teen replies.

"Let's get her checked out so we can get her home." Mrs. McBride says.

"Hey, um, Mrs. McBride, my parents are in Texas this week for some kind of business convention thing." the redheaded teen says.

"Well, sweetheart, do you have any other family members that live here in Manhattan that I could call?" the woman asks.

"No. The closest family I have is in Pennsylvania, my seventy year old grandmother." the teen sadly replies.

"We'll find someone for you to stay with until your parents get home. But right now, we need to make sure you're okay." the woman reassures the teen.

Nurse Murphy guides them into the isolated room and closes the door, "Madeline, I know you admitted he raped you, and I want you to know that I have to report it. I'm going to have Mrs. McBride call the hospital to send an ambulance to take you, so they can make sure everything's okay. And you're going to have to talk to the police."

"No…. no, noo." Madeline cries. "I'm not going to the hospital and I'm not talking to the police. I just want somebody to take me home and pretend this never happened."

Coach Yearwood looks at the teen, "Sweetheart, I'll go to the hospital with you. The police can make Travis leave you alone more than we can. He can get in serious trouble if he's been hurting you."

"I.. don't know." Madeline hesitantly replies.

The woman approaches her and puts a comforting arm on her shoulder.

Mrs. McBride smiles at Madeline, "Sweetheart, listen, I'm going to call St. Catherine's, I have a friend who's a nurse there that specializes in sexual assaults, I know she'll take really good care of you."

"I.. guess so… I.. I'm just afraid of what Travis is going to do when he finds out that this has been reported." the redhead replies.

"He's not going to do anything baby, we'll protect you." Coach Yearwood reassures her.

"D.. do I really have to go in an ambulance?" Madeline asks.

"Let me talk to Mr. Wallis, see what he thinks and I'll let you know." Mrs. McBride answers.

Madeline's eyes widen when she mentions the principal's name. "Don't tell him, please.."

"Honey, if I need to call an ambulance, he has to know. And I have to let the attendance office know that you're being taken to the hospital, so your absences don't count against you." the brunette woman answers.

"Fine. Do whatever. Just make this go away." the teen mumbles in defeat, sitting down on the bed in the room.

"Don't worry sweetheart, it's going to be okay." Coach Yearwood reassures her.

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Mrs. McBride enters the principals office to find Travis Young sitting in a chair, handcuffed waiting to be taken to the police station.

She sees Mr. Willis sitting at his desk, filling out paperwork. "Hey Mr. Willis, I need to call an ambulance to get a student to the hospital. I just wanted to run it by you first."

"That's fine. Does it have to do anything with him?" He asks, pointing at Travis.

"Yes, it does. And the girl was wondering if she could just ride with Coach Yearwood instead." Mrs. McBride replies.

"Where are her parents?" the man asks.

"Texas. Business convention." the woman sadly replies.

"Other family that you could contact?" the man asks.

"A seventy year old grandmother in Pennsylvania."

"Oh. Well then, let me talk to Officer Crow. He may have already radioed one."

As he says this, the officer walks into the room, "You needed to talk to me?"

"Yes. The girl that he's assaulted is ready to go to the hospital. We were wondering if we needed to call an ambulance or if she can ride with her track coach." Mr. Willis answers.

"I've already radioed the SVU. One set of detectives is coming out here to meet with Travis, and the other is going to meet the girl at St. Catherine's." Officer Crow states.

"Thank god." Mrs. McBride sighs.

"What?" Mr. Willis asks.

"My friend Suzie is a nurse there. She specializes in sexual assaults." the woman answers.

"Good. Maybe you can call her and request that she meet up with the SVU and Madeline." Mr. Willis replies.

"I will. Please tell me there's a woman in this bunch of detectives." the brunette says.

"The pair that's going to the hospital has a woman in it. From what I know she usually does hospital runs with victims." Officer Crow replies.

"Okay. For Madeline's sake, I'd like her to know beforehand that there will be a woman for her to talk to."

"Is she really that shaken?" Mr. Willis asks.

"Enough to where she freaked out when I mentioned the hospital." Mrs. McBride replies.

"Well the ambulance is on it's way. If I were you I'd be in the nurses office when it gets here." Officer Crow states.

"Okay. Thanks guys." the woman says, glaring at Travis as she leaves.

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NURSE'S OFFICE
MANHATTAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL
10:30am

Mrs. McBride returns and sees Madeline laying down on the bed, completely covered up with a blanket, with Coach Yearwood kneeling down beside her, rubbing her arm.

Nurse Murphy quietly walks over to Mrs. McBride, "She almost had a panic attack. He's really terrified her. She won't tell us anything."

"Well, Officer Crow beat me to calling the ambulance. It's on it's way here, as well as the SVU…" the woman quietly says.

"Okay. Let's see how that goes with her. Oh, and I called the grandmother, she said she'd call the parents and try to convince them to come home early, because they just left yesterday, and they're not supposed to be back until next Tuesday." the woman informs her.

"Great…" the brunette AP replies.

Mrs. McBride slowly approaches Madeline, "Sweetheart,"

The teen looks up at her and mumbles, "Hmm"

Mrs. McBride kneels down to Madeline's level and calmly says, "Officer Crow called an ambulance. It's going to take you to St. Catherine's. My friend Suzie, the one that's a nurse, is going to be there when you get there. He also called the SVU. They're detectives that specialize in assaults and stuff like that, and they're going to meet us there."

Madeline closes her eyes and rolls over so no one can see her face. Coach Yearwood sighs and Mrs. McBride gently says, "Sweetheart, it's okay. They're going to arrest Travis. We won't let anything bad happen to you ever again."

Before Madeline can say anything else, they hear a knock on the door, Nurse Murphy opens it, and sees her assistant, Mrs. Klein standing there with the EMT.

"It looks like the ambulance is here honey." Coach Yearwood informs the teen.

The EMT notices Madeline curled up, trying to hide, and looks at Coach Evans, "If I remember right, Officer Crow told me she was raped and beaten by her boyfriend?"

"Yes Ma'am. She almost had a panic attack after. We were able to calm her down before the attack truly started." Coach Evans replies.

"Does she normally have panic attacks?" The EMT asks.

"Rarely. You really have to do something to make her freak out before she has one. But today, considering the circumstances, I'm not surprised she came close to having one." Lisa replies.

"Well, then let's get her out of here so she can get home." the EMT states, and approaches Madeline.

"Madeline? My name is Allison, I'm an EMT, I know what happened, and we need to get you to the hospital so we can get you checked out." the woman gently says.

"PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS!! I DON'T WANT TO!!!!!! HE SAID HE'D KILL ME!!" the teen screams.

Coach Yearwood immediately jumps in to help soothe Madeline's fear, "Shhh. Shhh. Honey, it's okay. I'm going to go with you, Mrs. McBride is going to meet us there and then I'll take you home."

Madeline sits up and embraces the woman in a hug. "Can I carry her out, or did you bring a gurney?"

"I brought a gurney, but if you want, and if she'll let you, you can carry her." the woman answers.

"Sweetheart, look at me." Coach Yearwood gently instructs.

Madeline reluctantly obeys and the woman continues, "Ms. Patricia brought a gurney. I know you probably don't want to ride out to the ambulance on it. And she said I can carry you, if you feel comfortable with that."

"I… don't care." the redheaded girl answers.

"Hon, you need to make up your mind. If you want to ride on the gurney, it's okay. I'll hold your hand." the blond coach gently offers.

"I guess that'll work." the teen reluctantly agrees.

"All right sweetheart, let's get you out of here." Mrs. McBride says.

The women help the teen onto the gurney, Coach Evans watches as Madeline grips onto one end and squeezes Coach Yearwood's hand with her other hand.

Mrs. McBride follows them out and says, "I'll drive behind. I've just got to get my stuff from my office. I'll be right there."

"Okay. I think we're all good to go." Patricia states.

Madeline tries to control her emotions and Coach Yearwood can see another panic attack coming on. "Shhh. Take a deep breath. I'm not letting go."

The EMT closes the door to the ambulance and tells the driver he's ready to go. He pulls off and Mrs. McBride watches as she gets into her Black BMW convertible.

A/N: I'm sorry I took long to update! I just couldn't find the right song to use for this chapter. I think I already know what I'm going to use for the next chapter… Please review if you want me to keep going with this!