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 4: Low

"Have you ever been low, have you ever had a friend that let you down so, when the truth came out, were you the last to know, were you left out in the cold because what you did was low…"
- Kelly Clarkson

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PREVIOUSLY:

Madeline looks at her, and then the man and the doctor standing on either side of her. "I don't wanna talk to him."

"You don't have to. He can wait outside if you want." the brunette smiles.

"Please…" the redheaded teen replies.

"Elliot you heard her…" the brunette says.

"Fine. I'll leave." Elliot replies and leaves the room.

"Have you started the exam yet?" Olivia asks the nurse.

"No. We've given her a sedative to make her calm down. She's very shaken, someone's really done something to her." the nurse answers.

"Okay. Well to me it looks like she's calmed down now." Olivia says, looking at Madeline who's laying back on the table, with her eyes closed, still holding onto Coach Yearwood's hand.

Suzie smiles and says, "I believe so. Let's get started."

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ST. CATHERINE'S HOSPITAL
MADELINE HANSON'S ROOM
11:00am

Olivia nods in agreement and sees Elliot peep his head inside the door, "Can I speak with Mrs. Yearwood please?"

Madeline looks at him and then over to her coach. "It's okay, Mrs. McBride and Detective Benson will still be in here." the woman says.

Olivia looks at Madeline, "I'll help you through it, it'll be okay."

The teen reluctantly lets go of Coach Yearwood's hand and watches the woman leave the room. Olivia takes Lindsey's place and takes the teen's hand.

"We've already changed and done pictures, I just need to finish up." Suzie informs Olivia.

"Okay, it shouldn't take long." Olivia says to Maddie.

Olivia talks gently to the teen while Suzie finishes up the rape kit. When Suzie finishes, Olivia looks at Madeline and notices she's fallen asleep. Olivia gently lets go of her hand and fixes her blankets.

"That medicine made her sleepy, which was good, because her coach said she was having panic attacks in the ambulance and at school. And it would have been much more difficult if she would have been fully awake." Suzie informs her, "I'm going to let her rest, she looked exhausted when she came in."

"Okay, we need to talk anyways." Olivia says to Mrs. McBride.

The brunette woman nods and follows them quietly out of the room. They join Elliot and Lindsey in front of the door and Lindsey looks at Olivia, "How was she?"

"I talked her through it, I think it distracted her from what was actually going on, and she had been given medication to make her calm, so that helped a lot, and now she's asleep."

"Did she fall asleep after or during the exam?" Lindsey asks.

"I think she fell asleep close to the end, she looked exhausted. I just told her to close her eyes and relax, and that it would be over before she knew it, and the next thing I knew, she was sound asleep." Olivia says.

Mrs. McBride nods and looks at Suzie, "We've got the guy, he's being brought in for questioning."

"Okay. We'll run the DNA, but we'll need a sample from him to compare." the strawberry blond nurse replies.

"How long do you want to let her sleep before we discharge her?" Suzie asks. "She's ready to go now."

"Let's give her ten minutes, then we'll take her." Mrs. McBride answers.

The detectives nod in agreement, "She needs to come down to the station to make her statement, but I know she probably doesn't want to do that now." Olivia says.

"Let me talk to her when she wakes up, I'll see what she wants to do." Mrs. McBride offers.

"Okay, that's fine. Here's my card. Call me when she's ready to come talk to us." Olivia says to the brunette woman and leaves with Elliot.

The women that are left look inside the door and notice Madeline sitting up on the bed wide-eyed and crying. Suzie opens the door and they rush in, "Honey what happened?"

"I… I was asleep… and… I… saw him…" she stutters.

"Hey, it's okay. We're here now, and he's not." Mrs. McBride reassures her.

"Okay…. Okay…." Maddie breathes, trying to calm herself.

"Sweetheart, we just need you to sign the consent forms, so we can have your kit tested, and you can shower and leave." Suzie informs her.

Madeline reluctantly takes the clipboard and signs it. Suzie hands her a bar of soap, a small bottle of shampoo, and the sweats she had on when she came in. Maddie takes the items and jumps down from the bed and walks into the bathroom.

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Ten minutes later, Maddie is done with her shower and comes out of the bathroom with wet, tangled, hair. Mrs. McBride sees her and hands her a brush. She smiles and runs the brush through her hair, and hands it back to the woman.

"Get me outta here." the redheaded teen begs.

"Okay sweetheart, where would you like to go?" Mrs. McBride says.

"Have you talked to my parents?" the teen asks.

"No. but we did call your grandma Taylor. She said she was going to call them and see what their deal was." the woman answers.

"Okay. Cuz my dad said once I broke up with that boy, he was gonna make him pay." Maddie tells her.

"Make him pay how?" Mrs. McBride asks.

"For all the things he's done to me, and I'm not sure how, he probably was gonna report him to the police, or the school or something." the teen answers.

"Okay. We'll talk about that later, let's get you home." the brunette woman says, guiding her out of the room.

"Hey honey, are you ready to go?" Coach Yearwood asks.

"Yeah, please…." the teen begs.

"Okay sweetie, where can we take you?" she asks.

"Anywhere but school."

"Okay, your place? Or somewhere else?"

"I don't know if I want to be at my house right now." Maddie answers.

"Why not sweetheart?" Mrs. McBride asks.

"He… did… some… things last night… that I didn't want him to…" the teen stutters.

"Shhh, it's okay. I'll take you to my apartment. And when you're ready, I'll take you home." Coach Yearwood offers.

"Okay, but how are we gonna get there?" Maddie asks.

"I'll drive you back to school, so coach can get her car, and I'll go back to work and she can take you to her place." Mrs. McBride offers.

"Sounds like a plan." Lindsey says.

"Great, thanks Suzie, I'm glad you could help her." Mrs. McBride says, smiling at her friend.

"I hope everything turns out okay for you Maddie." Suzie says, smiling.

"Mmk, let's get out of here." the teen replies and lets Coach Yearwood help her into the wheelchair, push her outside and help her into the back seat of Mrs. McBride's BMW.

A/N: I hope you enjoy this chapter. I know it's kinda short, but atleast it's something. Don't worry, nice parents in this one! That's all I'm gonna say. Please review, they make me happy :D