Cry
A/N: 17 year old Madeline tries to break up with her boyfriend, but he doesn't want her to. He likes using her for something that no one should have to go through, but Madeline is terrified to tell anyone. However, when he attacks her one day during school hours, she finally lets go. Each chapter is named after a song by Kelly Clarkson. I don't own SVU or Kelly…
Chapter 16: Since U Been Gone "But since you been gone, I can breathe for the first time. I'm so movin on, yeah, yeah. Thanks to you, now I get what I want. Since you been gone…" - Kelly Clarkson
PREVIOUSLY: Twenty minutes later, Travis has finished testifying and is lead back into the holding cell. Maddie's father looks down and realizes that she's fallen asleep, "Baby girl, it's over. Let's go home…"
The redheaded teen looks up at him with red eyes and makeup running down her face. He gives her a hug and helps her stand up, "Sweetheart, it's almost noon, do you want something to eat? We're gonna have at least an hour or more before the jury decides…"
Maddie nods and slowly follows her parents out of the courtroom, "I'll call you when we're ready to receive the verdict…" Alex informs them.
"Thanks… do we need to come back or can you just let us know what happens?" the man asks.
"I guess it would be okay if you stayed home. You might want to come though, they may have something to say about child support or counseling…" the blond ADA answers as they leave the courthouse and get into the car.
MANHATTAN COURTHOUSE
COURTROOM OF ELIZABETH DONNELLEY
5 HOURS LATER 5:15 pm
Madeline sat in the front row in between her parents, anxiously waiting for the jury to deliver their verdict. Finally she heard Judge Donnelley's calm voice, "Has the jury reached a verdict?"
A tall man with brunette hair stood up, "We have your honor." Maddie closes her eyes and squeezes her father's hand.
"On the first count of rape, how do you find?" the judge asks.
"Guilty."
"Count two of rape?" Elizabeth asks.
"Guilty." the foreman calmly replies.
Travis is becoming furious as he listens to the man read off the charges. "On the count of sexual assault?"
"Guilty."
"and on the count of child endangerment?" Elizabeth reads off the last charge.
"We find the defendant not guilty." the man replies, causing Travis to smile.
"Travis Young, you are sentenced to 15 years for each count of rape to be served consecutively and 5 years for sexual assault to be served immediately following the 30 years for rape." Judge Donnelley explains and bangs her gavel, "This court is adjourned." she smiles and walks out of the room.
Alex turns around and smiles at the Maddie and her parents. "Thank you so much." Mrs. Hanson says, smiling.
Maddie hugs her father and tries to force a smile, "Sweetie, he can't hurt you anymore. He'll be in jail for 35 years. By then you and baby will be all grown up…" he tells her.
"But my baby won't know it's father. And I really don't want it to either, because of the way he's treated me." the teen quietly replies.
Lindsey comes up to them, "See sweetheart, everything turned out fine. Now you can focus on the baby and keeping yourself healthy."
Maddie just nods, "Let's get out of here. I'm tired…"
2 WEEKS LATER
OFFICE OF DR. KATHERINE PETERSON
MANHATTAN, NY
It had been two weeks since the trial and Maddie was nearing the end of her first trimester. She was laying on an examination table waiting on her doctor to come in and do the ultrasound to find out if she was having a boy or a girl. She anxiously looked at her mother and Coach Yearwood who were sitting next to her in chairs lined up against the wall.
They finally hear a knock on the door, "Come in…" the teen calls.
"Hey Madeline. Are we ready to find out the sex of your baby?" the woman asks.
"Yeah… go right ahead." the teen sighs, praying for a girl. Because she feared that a boy would remind her even more of Travis.
The woman sits down and smiles at Hillary and Lindsey sitting across the room, "How'd the trial go?" she asks, knowing the situation Maddie was in and the special circumstances of her pregnancy.
"He got 35 years. Guilty on 3 out of 4 charges…" Hillary explains.
"Wow…" the woman sighs and begins to squeeze the gel onto the ultrasound probe. "Maddie, honey, this is just gonna be a little bit cold, okay?" she explains as she lightly places the probe on the teen's belly.
The woman calmly points out different parts of the baby to the teen, showing her the locations of the head, hands and feet. "Ready to find out what you're having?"
Maddie nods and looks over at her mother as the doctor moves the probe around a little and smiles, "It's a girl." the redheaded teen lets out a breath she didn't know she was holding and smiles. "Natalie Kate…"
Hillary is surprised when she hears the name her daughter has picked, "Grandma's name for the middle name?"
"Yeah. It's the only thing that sounded right with Natalie…" Maddie replies, watching her doctor finish up the ultrasound and hand her a towel to wipe herself off.
"We'll see you next month." Dr. Peterson smiles and hands her a picture of her baby girl.
MADELINE HANSON'S APARTMENT
LATER THAT DAY
The teen was sitting on her bed with her friends Jennifer and Brenda looking at baby stuff online. They were on the Target website, deciding what Maddie should register for when they went the next day. "You know you haven't planned a shower yet…" Jennifer tells her.
"Crap. But I'm only three months pregnant. Can it wait just a few more weeks?" the redhead replies.
"Sure. That'll give you time to get registered at more than one store and my mom makes really cute invitations…" Jennifer says.
"Okay, that'd be great. Remember, it's a girl, so pink, not blue…" Maddie giggles.
Hillary comes in the room after hearing her daughter laughing with her friends, "What's up?"
"Looking at baby stuff… mom, what do you think of this?" the teen asks, pointing to a picture of a dark brown crib with matching changing table.
"That's beautiful. Where is it?" the woman asks, sitting down.
"Target. And it's not that expensive either…" Maddie answers.
"If that's the one you want, dad and I will get it for you." the redheaded woman answers.
She looks down to see Jennifer drawing something on a piece of printer paper, "What's that?"
"Well, one is the shower invitation, the other is the thank you note and now I'm working on the announcement for after Nicole is born…" the brunette teen replies.
"Wow. These are awesome, is your mom going to print these?" Hillary asks.
"Yeah. Just let me know how many of each and she should be able to do it without a problem…" Jennifer answers.
"Thanks. We don't know how many showers we're gonna have yet, so we might have to do them as we plan each shower, but I'm thinking if we use our Christmas card list for announcements, we'll be okay…" the woman replies.
"Minus a few people…" Maddie adds.
"Don't worry, they won't be getting one…" Hillary reassures her daughter, referring to her ex's family.
"Good. I'm hungry. Let's get something to eat." the teen replies, shutting down the laptop.
2 MONTHS LATER
MANHATTAN WEST HIGH LOCKER ROOM
MAY 20th
Madeline was now five months pregnant and was happy to be in athletics so she could go lie down in the training room. But when she opened the door to the coaches office, she saw that each coach had on the same light pink shirt and was beginning to wonder what was going on.
"Hey sweetheart. How're you feeling" Lindsey asks.
"Tired. I really need to put my feet up…" Maddie replies, sitting down.
"I know baby. But we have a surprise for you in the coaches lounge…" the woman says.
"Fine…" Maddie says, pushing herself up from the chair and following her coach into the lounge.
Once she opens the door she sees all of her teammates wearing pink and the room decorated for a baby shower. "Oh my god. Really?" she says, looking at her coach, beginning to have flashbacks of what happened in that same room five months ago. "In here?…"
"Oh, sweetheart. I know, but coach Wagner wouldn't let me use the other team room…" Lindsey explains.
The redheaded teen looks around the room and smiles, seeing Brenda and Jennifer, "You guys did this didn't you?"
"Yeah!" Brenda answers, hugging her friend.
"Thanks guys, really." Maddie smiles, sitting down on the couch and putting her feet up. "Where's Coach Newton?" she asks, upset that one of the people who helped save her from Travis wasn't there.
"He'll be here soon. He had to go pick up something. How about I get you something to eat?" Lindsey answers.
"Okay, Nicole's telling me it's lunch time…" Maddie smiles, putting her hand over her belly.
Five minutes later, they hear a knock on the door, "Come in!" Lindsey calls.
Maddie smiles when she sees Coach Newton holding a big pink box standing in the door way with her parents. The man puts the box in the corner with the rest of the presents and sits down next to the teen, "How're you feeling?"
"Okay. Just being in here doesn't exactly make everything happy… five months ago, this is where…" the teen begins, but is cut off by Paul, "I know. I played a big part in that day, but you and little Nicole are safe now. Just try not to think about what happened for today, we worked really hard to plan this for you."
"Thanks coach. If it weren't for you, and Mrs. Patterson, I'd still be getting beaten up by him…" the redheaded teen smiles.
"Okay guys! Time for our mommy to be to open up her presents…" Lindsey happily says, grabbing a pad and a pink pen to give to Brenda.
The woman nods at Jennifer to start handing Maddie presents, most of which are clothes, blankets, shoes, bottles and accessories. Finally, there is one present left, the big pink box that Coach Newton brought in. he stands up to pick up the box and hand it to the teen, who reads the card, smiles and continues to open the present. She is shocked by what she finds under the pink paper, "Wow, coach, really?" she smiles, staring at the car seat.
"Yeah. I called your mom and asked if I could get it for you, she agreed because she knew how much I'd helped you when everything happened and when you came back to school." Paul smiles as Maddie puts the box on the floor and stands up to hug him. "Thank you, for everything."
4 MONTHS LATER
MADELINE HANSON'S APARTMENT
SEPTEMBER 16 3:30 am
Madeline had been experiencing some light twinges of pain all throughout the previous day, and finally felt her water break, "MOM!" she screamed.
Hillary immediately woke up at the sound of her daughter's scream. She knew her daughter's due date was the next day, but had a feeling the baby was coming early. She jumps out of bed and sprints down the hall into Maddie's bedroom to find the teen sitting up crying, "My… water… broke…"
"Shhh… don't cry. It's okay, we're gonna get you to the hospital, just breathe." "DYLAN!" she screams for her husband.
The man jumps up and runs into his daughter's bedroom, "Is everything okay?" he asks, seeing the tears in his daughter's eyes.
"Her water broke. Get her track bag in the corner, her shoes that are by the closet door and the hoodie hanging on the door knob. We've gotta get to the hospital" Hillary tells him.
"Call… Coach… Yearwood…" the teen breathes through a contraction.
"I will honey. Don't worry, let's just get you to the hospital right now, okay." the woman calmly replies, slipping the speerys on her daughter's feet.
"I'll go start the car." Dylan replies and heads out of the building with the bag.
Hillary runs into her bedroom to grab some shoes, her bag and her glasses. She comes back to see the teen wincing as another contraction is coming, "Breathe honey. You're okay…"
"Okay, let's go…" the redheaded girl replies, grabbing the scrunchie and her cell phone that were by her bed.
They finally make it to the car and Hillary decides to sit in the back seat with her daughter. The fifteen minute ride is painful and scary for Maddie, but they are greeted right away at the ER with a wheelchair and are met by two nurses. Dylan helps his daughter out of the car and one nurse, who recognizes her from five months ago, helps her into the chair, "Nurse Avery?" the teen breathes.
"Yes Maddie. How far apart are your contractions?" the woman asks.
"Eight minutes…" Hillary answers, watching her daughter wince at another painful contraction.
"Let's get you inside and situated in labor and delivery, okay sweetie?" the woman calmly says, beginning to push the wheelchair.
16 HOURS LATER
MADELINE'S DELIVERY ROOM
2pm
Hillary had called Lindsey four hours ago and she helped talk Maddie through most of her labor, but now it was time for Nicole to come. "There's a volleyball game tonight and I'm seriously bummed that I'm about to have a baby and not dancing at the pep rally…" the teen sadly says.
"I know you are sweetheart. It's your senior year, but you can always try to get back in shape for track season…" the woman reassures her. "I might be able to pull some strings with the NYU coach about a manager position…"
"That would be great. But let's get this child out of me…" the teen whimpers as a contraction comes.
Her doctor has entered the room, "Hey Maddie, are you ready?" the woman asks.
"Yeah…." the teen moans.
Lindsey adjusts the teen's sweaty red ponytail so her hair is out of her face. Five minutes later, the room is filled with the sound of a baby crying and Maddie sighs, drops her head back on the pillow and closes her eyes.
"Happy birthday Natalie Kate Hanson, September 16, 2009 2:10 p.m. 7 pounds 3 ounces. 20 inches long." the doctor smiles, handing the baby to Maddie.
2 DAYS LATER
SEPTEMBER 18
Maddie was healthy, and so was two day old Natalie. They were getting ready to go home, Maddie had pulled a dark blue onesie with daises on it and a pair of yellow leggings out of her bag for her baby girl to wear home. Hillary had helped her dress Natalie and put the socks that looked like blue Mary Janes on the baby.
Maddie picks her up, and begins sitting her in the car seat that Coach Newton got for her, smiling at the little girl. The nurse comes in, "Ready to bring Ms. Natalie home?"
"We are." the teen smiles, looking at her sleeping baby girl.
Once they get in the car, she smiles, "She doesn't look like him at all…"
"I know sweetheart. Someday, you're going to have to explain to her what happened. But for right now, she'll be perfectly happy and will love you as her mommy…" Dylan tells his daughter.
"Thanks dad… I'm glad I got out of the relationship with him. It scares me to think of what could have happened if we were still dating today…"
"It will for a while, but you'll eventually meet someone new, who will love Natalie like his own child and will treat you the way you're supposed to be treated." the man replies as they pull in the driveway.
A/N: THE END. *tears* I'm sad that this story is finished. BUT: keep your eyes open for a… SEQUEL! With Kristin Chenoweth music as a possible theme! I know, she's Broadway, but she's absolutely amazing. I was just in NYC and saw the courthouse where they film SVU! OMG. AND Promises, Promises; which stars Cheno herself, is amazing! If you live in, or are going to NYC soon, SEE IT! Heck, I even changed my avatar from a picture of Martina McBride, which went with my pen name, to a picture of Cheno. Please let me know if you have any ideas for the sequel! And if you've seen Promises, let me know what you thought!