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"Alice, please tell me what happened," James begs.
"He raped me, James. He beat me and he raped me." I whisper.
"God, Alice,"he says, running his hands through his hair,"how long has this been going on?"
"This was the only time," I reply, shrugging. Hoping he will drop it I say, "let's go back to class James. They'll worry where we are."
"Fuck the teachers Alice!" He yells. "We need to go to the police about this."
"No! James, please don't. Just drop it. It's not important. Just leave it alone. I'll be fine,"
"Alice, what if he does it again?"
"Then that's my problem, not yours."
He grabs my shoulders, and bends so that he is eye level with me. I can so the undeniable worry in his eyes and it makes me want to just wrap my arms around him. But I can't do that, he needs to think i'm strong. Because then what would I have? Nothing, that's what.
"James, please," I whisper. "Leave it alone. Im begging you.
"You're staying with me," he says, simply.
"What?" I ask, incredilous.
"You're going to stay with me for a while." He makes it sound so simple.
"My dad would never allow that." I mummble.
"Forget about your damn dad, Alice. You're going to stay at my place. Don't argue about it." He inhales deeply, looking for the right words to say. "You're obviously not safe there, and you know youll always be safe with me."
"James, I can't. That's to much to ask.''
"Yeah well you're not asking are you? I'm telling."
"Fine, but how am I suppose to pack my stuff. My dad will be home when I get home from school." Seems like I need to use logic on him. But he apperently thought of that also.
"Come on," he says, grabbing my arm and pulling me out of the closet and dragging me down the hall to the exit.
"Where are we going, we can't skip school!" I protest quietly, trying to pull my arm back. He just holds on tighter.
He scoffs, "please I do it all the time."
"Yeah, but i'm not you, I can't skip school."
"Well today you are. Stop arguing, Alice. It's this or go to the police, which do you choose?"
After letting out an aggravated sigh, I stop protesting. I hear James say something under his breath that sounded a lot like "thats what I thought".
2 hours later:
"Okay, I have all my stuff." I say.
"You sure?" James asks.
"Yeah, pretty sure. Pillows, blanket, air mattress, clothes, toiletries," I name off.
"Alright, let's go," he says, walking out my bedroom door.
In the living room I hear the front door open and slam close.
"Alice!" my dad yells.
"Oh no..." I freeze in my doorway.
Infront of me I hear James let out a low curse as he slowly backs up towards me. He whirls around and stalks into my room grabbing me and pulling me in with him and silently closing the door behind him and locking it. He silently walks to my window and opens it. Outside I can hear my dad walking up to my room. I jump as he bangs on my door.
"Alice, open the door," he says. "We need to talk."
I stand there staring at my door, shaking lightly. Behind me I hear James silently call my name. Turning around I see him out the window waving for me to come over and climb out. I quietly walk over and throw my stuff out before I climb out myself. Inside I can still hear my dad banging on the door as I close my window and run to my car and James runs to his truck with my things in tow.
After I get in I look up to see my dad running out the front door and straight to our cars. Cursing myself for taking so long I start the car, put it in gear and speed off, James right behind me. I feel like my heart is about to beat out of my chest from so much adrenaline.
In the seat beside me my phone rings, glancing at it I see it's James.
"Hello?" I answer.
"Head straight to my house." He says and then hangs up.
Sighing I turn on to his street which isn't to far from my own house. He got his own place after him and his dad got into a really big fight about how his dad was treating his wife, James' mother.
He's lucky, he is the only seventeen year old I know that has their own place. And now I am going to live with him. The man I love. Gods I hope this works out.
Pulling into his drive-way I see his neighbor, Max Hare, Makenzies older brother, sitting outside smoking a cigarette. I wave to him as I get out, and I guess he takes that as an invitation to come over.
"Hey, Alice" he says, stopping right in front of me. I smell something stronger then cigarettes coming off of him.
"Hey Max" I reply, moving my seat forward so I can get my stuff out of the back seat.
"Whatcha up to?" he asks peering over my shoulder.
"Nothing getting my stuff from my car, wanna help?" I ask.
"Sure, got nothing better to do." He steps around me and grabs the air mattress, pillows and blankets out of the car. I get the rest of the stuff and walk up to James' front door, pulling out the spare house key from my pocket.
Stepping around him I unlock the door and walk in and go straight to the living room Max right on my heels.
"You can just put it in the spare room," I tell him as I go the the bathroom to put the tolietries under the sink.
I hear the front door open again and then James greet Max. I walk out of the bathroom to see them in the kitchen, each drinking a beer.
"Really? Beer at two in the afternoon," I say incredilous.
"What? It's not like we have anywhere else to go today," James replies.
"But it's alcohol!"
"So?" he asks.
"Fine, whatever. I'm going to go set up my stuff."
I walk down the hall to the linen closet to grab a sheet then go into the spare room to set up the air mattress. After I set that up I flop down on it and lift my arms up to examine my bruises. After all this the only thing that comes to mind is that I won't be able to wear my dress tomorrow for Kenzies party.
I hear a knock on the door, turning my head slightly I see James standing in the doorway leaning on the doorjam. I see he's staring at my arms with a look of concern and hate mixed in one. I quickly drop my arms, and sit up.
"Hey," I say.
"Hey,'' he says back, still looking at my arms at my sides.
Suddenly he pushes himself off the doorjam and comes over to that bed, sitting beside me. Wrapping his arms around me, he lays us both down so that he is holding me close with his chin resting on the top of my head. On impulse, I tightly wrap my arms around him.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you," he whispers into my hair, kissing the top of my head.
"It's not your fault," I whisper back.
And thats how we fell asleep, in each others arms.
A couple hours later I wake up to find im no longer on the end of the air mattress but in a totally different bed to begin with. It takes me a minute to realise that it's James' bed. And I am in it alone.
Climbing off his bed I walk to the door and silently open it to peek into the hall. I hear the t.v. on so I open the door all the way and walk to the living room to see Ches, and James on the couch watching some sport show. Not even greeting them I walk in and flop, non so gracefully, onto the empty rocking chair. (The big cushion ones old people have).
"Hey Alice," Ches says, smiling widely at me.
"Hi," I mummble, behind a yawn.
"Sleep well?" James asks.
"Mmmhhmm."
"Good, there's some food in the microwave for you."
"Awesome. i'm starving."
Getting back up I go to the kitchen to find pizza in the microwave. Heating that up I go and grab a couple beers from the fridge. Bringing them and my pizza to the living room, I had both boys one, and open one for myself after I set my food down.
"Since when do you drink," Ches asks.
"Since I was 16," I reply.
"Oh, I didn't know that."
"There's a lot you don't know about me, Chessy." I say smiling a sickly sweet smile at him.
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