For all of you who have asked, there will be some LoVe later in this story. I just have some things that have to happen first. Just stick with me and we will get there.
I kind of wrote the last chapter and this one together and then separated it into two chapters. So this is a quick update from the chapter I posted last night.
Please let me know what you think.
The end of this chapter has a quick but upsetting scene, so be warned.
Chapter 8
Later that Night
Weevil woke up to a pounding on his door and rolled over to see that is was 2:47AM. He was actually impressed that Dick was able to find out where he lived in less than three hours. He climbed out of bed in his boxers and didn't bother putting on a shirt as he went to the door.
When he opened it, he saw not only Dick, but also Logan standing there. "I wasn't expecting company." Dick stormed past him into the apartment. "Please come in." He watched as Dick checked his bedroom and then bathroom. "Make yourself at home." He motioned for Logan to come inside.
Dick came to stand in front of Weevil who had just closed the door. "Where's Mac?"
"I'll give you a clue. Not here."
Dick pushed Weevil against the door.
"Logan, you better get your boy under control." He waited for Logan to pull Dick away. "All I know is she's staying with a friend. I brought her here and then her friend picked her up."
Logan chimed in. "Okay Paco. Why did you come get Mac?"
"I have the same deal with her as Veronica. If they need help, they just have to call. It's my service to them for all the help they've given me."
Dick took a deep breath. "So she called you. Why?"
"Look. Mac's my friend, not you. So I don't gotta explain, but I will tell you to stay away from her."
Dick balled his hands into fists and started at Weevil, but Logan grabbed him from under his arms and hauled him to the door.
"Cool down man." Logan pushed him out the door and towards the car. "Thanks for nothing amigo."
Monday Morning
Mac decided to skip her first class, which was a large lecture for Film Studies and because of the number of students the professor never took role. She also thought that Dick might use it as a way to find her. Weevil called her to say that Dick was indeed sitting outside the classroom door waiting for the class to let out and that he had already let the air out of Dick's tires. Once Mac knew the coast was clear, she exited the vehicle she was borrowing and headed up to the penthouse suite of The Grand.
She knocked on the door and waited. When Logan opened the door, his eyes widened.
"Don't you have class right now?"
Mac walked into the suite. "Skipped it." She continued into Dick's room with an empty bag in hand. "I just want to get my things."
Once inside the room, Mac felt a new wade of anger hit her. She quickly unloaded the contents of the drawer she kept there, leaving the drawer hanging open. When she looked over at Logan, she caught him sending a text.
"Logan, please don't. I can't talk to him, which is why I made sure he wasn't here before I came up."
"I just let him know you're here. He's worried." Logan looked back up at her. "What happened?"
Mac started towards the bathroom and grabbed her shower items. "You mean he didn't figure it out." She scoffed. "I shouldn't be surprised, he only puts his brain to use when he cares about something." She wiped her nose that was starting to run. "I saw the Sex Quest board. You should be proud of your buddy for scoring someone who broke a house record. Double points, all because I dated his psycho brother. Next time you see him, give him a pat on the back for his 500 score."
She went back to the dresser remembering that she had a pair of earrings laying on it. But when she got there, she noticed the framed picture Dick had of the two of them. The one he told her was his favorite. In one quick movement she picked it up and threw at the wall by the door making Logan flinch.
"Sorry I wasn't aiming for you. Just got mad when I saw the picture." Mac pulled the necklace from around her neck and dropped it on top of the broken frame as she exited the room.
"Mac wait." Logan jogged to block her from leaving. "Are you sure he claimed you and that it wasn't just one of his brothers being an ass?"
Mac felt tears build in her eyes. "There was a picture, like the one in the frame. Only Dick and I have copies, and I know I didn't give it to them." She felt the warm tears slide down her cheeks. "I'm so stupid. I really liked him and he used me. How could he do that to me? I really believed him when he told me he cared about me."
Logan pulled her into a hug. "He does."
"Yeah, well that's too bad because this is something I'm never getting past." Mac pushed past him and out the penthouse door.
Logan's phone had been vibrating with calls from Dick the whole time after he sent the text. But now Logan needed to think about whether or not his best friend could have done something that cruel to Mac.
Dick came flying through the door 30 minutes later. "Where is she? Is Mac still here?"
Logan looked up at him from where he sat on the couch. "No. She's gone."
"Shit. Someone let all the air out of my tires. I had to get Chip to bring me here or else I would have been here sooner."
"She was only here a few minutes. Mac got all her things out of your room and then left."
On that note, Dick bolted to see the evidence that Mac had removed her belongings. He then noticed the broken frame along with the necklace he gave her. Sliding down the doorframe, he picked up the necklace from the floor next to him.
"Please tell me what I did and how to fix this?"
Logan stood up and walked over to him. "Tell you what you did? Why don't you tell me why you used her the way you did?"
Dick looked up from the necklace in his hand. "What? I didn't use her."
"You used her the second you claimed her for Sex Quest. You know you did, or else you wouldn't have lied and said you were exempt." Logan narrowed his eyes at his friend.
"I didn't claim her. I'm not in Sex Quest." Dick stood up and yelled. "I asked out of it for HER!"
Logan's face relaxed and he nodded. "I was hoping you would say that. We need to go to the frat house." He turned and headed to the door. "Let's find out which one of your brothers we're going to kill and then we'll fix your situation with Mac."
Ten minutes later, Dick pounding down the stairs to the Pi Sig basement followed by Logan and Chip. He stood in front of the board and began searching for what was labeled as his score. Then he found it, but it wasn't the nickname he used last year. This time it just said Dick.
Next to his name on the board was the photo of him and Mac. Dick was furious because that was a private moment. Sure they both had photos framed in their rooms, but Dick didn't show it to people. He was even careful to find a picture of her in the dress over her bikini to show Chip and Kyle.
He ripped it off the board before grabbing Chip by the shirt and pushing the photo in his face. "Where did you get this?"
"I didn't. Someone else put it on the board. I thought you changed your mind and put it up after you figured out her points were crazy high. I mean only you could get that high with her, she's just a 210 for the rest of us since she dated your brother and then the traumatic event that shouldn't work in your favor."
Dick let go of Chip and folded the photo to put in his pocket. He then grabbed a few bottles of open beer that were sitting on a table and threw them at the board. As each crashed and broke apart the liquid rinsed off the board. Once he was satisfied that his name and the score from Mac was removed along with most everyone else Dick turned and stormed out of the basement.
Halloween
It had been almost two weeks since Mac found out about Dick claiming points for her. She had formed a system that allowed her to avoid Dick. Three of her instructors allowed her to transfer into different sections of their courses and the other two she had one or more guys block Dick from getting near her. Weevil had other guys on the maintenance crew keep an eye on Dick and with enough people watching she was able to get in and out of classes without seeing him.
Mac had also moved a lot of her things out of the dorm room. She was staying in Leo's guest bedroom for the time being. He wouldn't accept payment for letting her crash with him, but she did learn that he had a fondness for home cooked meals and tried to make him dinner a few nights a week. While she wouldn't cook meat, Leo was a huge fan of her Eggplant Parmesan. They had a sibling type bond forming and the previous weekend Mac had Parker over, which led to a lot of questions from Leo. She was starting to wonder if playing matchmaker would be a good idea.
Now she was dealing with the fact that Parker had begged her to go out for Halloween. Mac figured that since it was a holiday that allowed for costumes and that it was a Thursday night, she would venture out in to society again. When she arrived at her dorm room after her last class, Parker was already dressed as a sexy robber in a stripped long sleeve shirt and black shorts along with high-heeled boots.
"So what costume did you get me since you said you got us matching ones?"
Parker pulled out a matching shirt along with skintight black pants, matching boots, a eye mask and black beanie. "I figured you could cover up a little more with this." She pulled a second beanie over her hair.
Mac shook her head and got dressed in the outfit. "Surprisingly not as bad as I expected. A little tight but at least all my goodies are covered." She turned from the mirror she was checking herself out in. "So where are we going? You're going to have to drive because Weevil picked me up this morning."
"There is a big costume party at a club. I thought we could try that."
"That works for me." Mac braided her hair to the side.
Parker walked to her dresser and picked up a tube of foundation. "Dick came by looking for you everyday this week. I never told him where you were and slammed the door in his face a few times."
Mac nodded her understanding. "So what do you think of Leo?"
Parker turned from where she was putting on make-up. "He's cute. Why? Did he say something?"
Mac smiled at her friend. "He may have asked about you."
They were walking towards the club from the public parking a block away when someone started calling Parker's name. When they turned towards the voice, Logan was jogging towards them dressed as Johnny Depp's version of Hunter S. Thompson.
"Hey Parker. You look good. Have you seen Mac lately?" Logan looked over at the girl next to Parker. He then did a double take. "Is that you Mac?"
She pulled off the beanie and mask. "Hey Logan."
"How've you been? I've called you several times, but it seems like you're ignoring me too now." Logan looked a little hurt.
"Don't take offence. I'm avoiding everyone." Mac fidgeted with the items in her hands.
He walked up to her and pulled her into a hug. "Where've you been staying?"
She pulled back and looked up at him. "With a friend."
"What friend? I checked with Wallace and Piz, but they said they hadn't seen you."
Mac sighed. "Someone off campus."
"Mac?"
She closed her eyes and bit her lip at the sound of her name from a familiar voice behind her. Slowly, Mac turned around to see Dick for the first time since the frat party. He wasn't dressed up in a costume, but wore jeans and a t-shirt.
"Dick."
"I've been trying to find you. We need to talk."
Mac shook her head. "In case you haven't guessed, I don't want to talk."
"Can I just explain please?"
"I don't want to hear whatever you have to say." Mac turned back towards where they were heading, but Dick jumped in front of her.
"Look I would rather do this in private, but since this is the first I've seen of you in weeks, I'll just take what I can get." Dick took a deep breath. "Mac, I didn't claim points on you. I don't know who put that on the board, but it wasn't me. I love you. Please we can fix this."
"Bullshit." Mac narrowed her eyes. "You think saying you love me is going to make everything okay. I saw the picture, Dick! Are you saying it just appeared out of thin air? Because according to common sense, it came from either you or me. Since I know I didn't put it on the board…well, I'm sure you can do that math."
At that moment a sheriff deputy walked up to the argument. "Okay people. It's time to move along. I don't want any arguing on the street."
Mac turned to see Leo approaching from her left. She walked away from the group and up to him with her arms folded in front of her.
"Wow Mac. Didn't recognize you."
"Can you take me home?"
Leo rubbed the tops of her arms. "Sure. My shift ended fifteen minutes ago anyway. Are you okay?" Mac shook her head. "Okay, let's go. Maybe we can watch a few scary movies and eat popcorn." He looked back at the group where he noticed Dick before settling his eyes on Parker. "Hey Parker. Do you need a lift or want to join us?"
Parker smiled at him. "Sure. I'll just meet you at your place."
"Okay Mac, let's go." He turned and started to escort her to his cruiser. "I didn't know you were dressing as a robber tonight. Should I be worried about you staying at my house? However, with my uniform on I should probably just walk around with you and Parker all night. People will think it's a group costume."
Logan and Dick watched them walk away.
"Bye Logan." Parker nodded at him. "Dick. I guess you don't have to worry about Mac. She's under police protection." She turned and headed back towards her car.
Dick followed. "Are you telling me, she's staying with him?"
Parker called over her shoulder. "Good for you. You figured that out all by yourself."
Mid November
Mac had successfully avoided Dick after running into him on Halloween. Parker said he looked incredibly jealous when he learned whom she was staying with and Mac felt guilty. He claimed that he hadn't been the one to put the photo on the board plus told her that he loved her, and everything in her wanted to believe him, but allowing herself to trust was just too hard. Being hurt by one Casablancas shame on him, but to be hurt twice shame on her.
Dick's frat brothers weren't helping either. Now that it was common knowledge that they had broken up, several have come on to her. Apparently, if they have sex with her then she won't be worth as many points and will knock Dick's score down. They were all a little surprised to find out that she wasn't interested in helping them knock his score down.
Mac walked out of the IT Helpdesk office late one night. She was the last to leave and had asked Weevil to meet her to walk to her car, but he wasn't anywhere to be seen. After waiting five minutes she figured that it was just better to head to her car then wait any longer.
She began walking towards the dorms as she heard footsteps behind her. Thinking it was Weevil, Mac turned around. She was surprised to see Kyle from Dick's fraternity coming up behind her.
"Hey Mac. How's it been?"
Mac nodded. "Well thanks. How are you?"
"Good." He stuffed his hands in his pockets. "I'm sorry to hear about you and Dick."
"Thanks."
"Break ups really suck. I went through a bad one last year. Man that girl did a number on me."
Mac nodded. "Yes they do."
"Well, you know what the best cure is?" He leaned towards her and bumped her shoulder.
"No. What?" Mac wasn't really in the mood to chitchat with Kyle and she was pretty sure that he was behaving like some of the others. He wanted to get in her pants so he could lower Dick's score.
"Rebound sex." He grinned down at her.
"Interesting." She rolled her eyes. "However, that doesn't interest me, so oh well." She snapped her fingers.
"Well it interests me."
He pushed her behind some bushes and slammed Mac against the brick wall. Mac froze at first because she didn't realize what was happening. It took a few moments for her brain to comprehend what Kyle intended to do. She opened her mouth to scream, but his large hand covered it.
"Come on Mac, you know you want me." Kyle used his other hand to fondle Mac's breast.
She tried to push him away but he was a lot stronger and bigger than her and didn't budge. He pressed his hips against her pinning her in everyway to the wall. As she fought with her hands, his free hand was unbuttoning her jeans and pulling the zipper down.
Mac cried out against his hand and tried to find a way to bit it, but it wasn't working. She felt his fingers push past her panties and slide into her. Mac pulled her hand up and scratched his face as hard as she could, making sure to draw blood.
Kyle removed his hand from her mouth and Mac screamed at the top of her lungs. He quickly slammed her around and pressed her front into the wall while he wrapped one hand around her throat forcing her to stop screaming and gasp for air. She could feel the grading of the brick against her cheek.
"Shut the hell up, you bitch."
Mac felt his other hand pushing her jeans down, and then suddenly he was pulled off her. She crumbled to the ground in tears as she heard the sounds of a fight. While she worked to regain her breath and control of her sobbing, Mac felt a hand on her shoulder. She jumped back with a scream.
"It's okay. It's me. He's gone. He's gone."
Mac could see Weevil through her tears. "He…he…"
"I know." Weevil pulled her to him and held her against his chest. "I got you. I got you."
Mac realized her pants where pushed down to her thighs and quickly began to right her clothes. Weevil helped her stand up and turned around as Mac pulled her pants up.
"I'm so sorry I was late. We need to take you to a hospital and call Deputy Leo."
Mac shook her head. "I can't. Please."
"Then call Veronica."
Mac nodded. "Okay."
