Sarah ran into the Black home, slamming the door behind, and ran up the stairs and into her room, slamming that door as well. Nate and Caitlyn came out of the study with Shane, Jason, and Tess. They looked up the stairs and gave their sons a questioning look. Caitlyn headed up the stairs but was stopped by Kelsey.
"Don't worry Auntie Caity. I'll go talk to her." Kelsey knocked on her best friend's door. When she didn't get a response, she opened the door. The sight that greeted her scared her. She saw her best friend in the whole world bruised and battered, lying crumpled on the floor, crying her eyes out. Sarah was the strong one. She was the one who never cried. But she needed Kelsey now and that's what scared her. Kelsey quickly closed the door behind her and knelt down to comfort her friend.
"What happened?" Kelsey asked. Sarah just shook her head and cried harder.
"Sarah, don't shake your head at me. Now tell me what happened." Kelsey tried again.
"Nothing…" Sarah chocked out.
"Sarah, don't lie to me. This, obviously, isn't nothing. Your have bruises all over you , you're bleeding in roughly five places and your clothes are ripped. I am your best friend and I know you better than almost everyone. I can tell when something's wrong. Why won't you tell me what happened. I can help you."
"Jared." Sarah choked out. Realization dawned on Kelsey and she gasped.
"What did he do?" Kelsey asked already pretty sure she knew the answer but praying that she was wrong.
"We were making out and her tried to 'take second base' and I stopped, telling him that I wear a purity ring. He got really mad and punched me. He just kept hitting me. An then he pulled out his swiss army knife and started cutting me. And then he…he…he raped me Kels. He tore my purity ring off and threw it saying that I wouldn't be needing it anymore. The worse part is that I don't think he used protection. I don't know what's going to happen." Sarah finished. She was crying harder than ever.
"I'll be right back, okay?" Kelsey told her, getting up. Seeing Sarah nod, she left the room. She told everyone what had happened and Joseph, Justin, Brandon, and Shane looked ready to kill. Nate and Jason were almost to that level. Caitlyn and Tess ran into the kitchen and got a bunch of Sarah's favorite comfort foods and the first aid kit and then ran back up to Sarah's room, Kelsey following them.
"What are we going to do to this boy?" Shane asked.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm planning on smashing his face in, beating the rest of him to a pulp, and then dragging whatever's left of him to police station," Joseph said as he started to pull his coat on.
"His name sounds familiar," Jason stated, trying to remember where he had heard it.
"He's on the football team. He's also the biggest partier in school, into everything." Jamie filled his father in.
"Why would she agree to go out with him?!?" Nate asked, becoming more concerned when Kelsey emerged from the room, an agonized cry escaped breaking his heart.
"She's head cheerleader. It's one of the guidelines. If an athlete, mainly football or basketball, asks you out, you should accept. It's kinda the unspoken rule. And Sarah kinda had a crush on Jared." Kelsey explained.
"What would possibly attract her to him?" Brandon asked.
"He's the bad boy. Why else do you think Uncle Nate didn't meet him? They wouldn't have made it out the door." Kelsey said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Noticing the tension, she quickly walked into the kitchen, grabbed a bag of potato chips and ketchup, and ran back up the stairs.
Hearing the commotion down stairs and Sarah's room, Lauriana and Zachary walked downstairs groggily, rubbing their eyes.
"What's going on daddy?" Zach asked looking up at Nate.
"Yeah. Why is Sar-Bear crying?" Lauriana asked as Shane picked her up.
"She's just upset." Nate explained, picking up Zachary. He and Shane walked upstairs to put Zachary and Lauriana back to bed. They nodded at Jason, silently telling him to keep the boys from going on a murder spree. As soon as Nate and Shane were upstairs, the boys began plotting. Jason, upon inspiration to be responsible, convinced them to keep their actions of revenge legal.
"I have an idea." Brandon said. The others turned toward him, surprised, not used to him being the one to come up with the plans.
The Black and Brown kids walked in together. The girls sporting their cheerleading uniforms, Joseph and Jamie wearing their football jerseys. It took Sarah thirty minutes to make sure all the bruises and scratches were covered with makeup. When Jared came up to her, it took all the self control that her group had not to beat the crap out of him. He deliberately grabbed her arm where he knew there was a bruise and began to drag her away. She shot a helpless look back at her friends. Joseph dropped his backpack and turned toward the direction the two were headed.
"Jared! What's your problem?" He shouted. Effectively stopping the other boy. He turned and saw his two football captains staring him down. He suddenly realized just what he was doing. He released Sarah's arm and slowly backing away. He backed right into Justin and Brandon. Kelsey grabbed Sarah and pulled her out of the way.
"You picked the wrong girl to mess with." Justin told him.
"And because of that, we are going to make your life hell." Brandon said.
"What are you gonna do Black? You two don't have any control over me and I will treat your sister how I want to." Jared responded.
"You better take that back." Jamie said as he and Joseph came up behind Jared.
"Here is what you're going to do. You are going to apologize to Sarah, go meet my parents who have more than a few things to say to you, and then you are never going to see, talk, or touch my sister ever again." Joseph growled out backing Jared into the lockers.
"Is that all?" Jared scoffed.
"That's all you can do, and even then it's not going to take back the fact that you fucking raped my baby sister, broke her vow of chastity. You hurt her honor. I let you off easy. Oh, and one more thing. You're off the team."
"You can't do that!"
"Yes I can. And I did. I'm the captain. I told coach what you did and he agreed with my decision. You'll be expected to turn in you equipment and jersey tomorrow. Make sure everything's clean. Clear out you locker after school as well."
That being said, the boys joined the girls. Sarah took her usual spot between Justin and Brandon and Kelsey took her spot next to Jamie. Joseph pushed Justin into Sarah and laughed as Sarah began yelling at him.