So, I hope you enjoy this. It's where all the drama officially starts :D
"Erm… Alex, Hey, is Mitchie here? It's just that… Mitchie's supposed to be back in 20 minutes, she's missed dinner, I know it's her birthday, but the rules still can't be lifted." I heard Kara say from through the door. I quickly pulled the dressing gown on, knowing she would be coming in to get me.
I forgot to hide our clothes which were still on the floor when Kara walked in.
She smiled at me, and then her eyes fell to the floor, and she gasped.
"Mitchie! What're your clothes doing on the floor?" Kara asked me calmly. I tried my hardest to think of an excuse, but I couldn't think of one. I looked at Alex, who I could also tell was looking for an excuse. "Is this what I think it is?" Kara asked me again.
"What do you think it is?" Alex asked cautiously.
"I think it looks like you two have slept together. Correct me if I'm wrong." She quickly added. We both looked to each other, then to the floor, then to Kara.
"O-Okay… I don't really know how to deal with this… I have to… I have to call the police, I know that." She said slowly, probably considering her options. My eyes widened, and I quickly jumped up off the couch and wrapped my arms around Alex's waist. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed the top of my head.
"Kara… please… you can't… I love Alex, please don't take her away from me." I whispered quietly. Kara shook her head, and I'm pretty sure I felt Alex shake her head too.
"Mitchie, Kara has to call the police… even though we both wanted what we did, and even though this is love… it was still illegal, and we still got caught." Alex told me. Tears started leaking from my eyes. For some reason, Alex seemed totally calm.
"Alex… why are you so calm about this?" I asked quietly.
"I guess I always knew we would get caught, I just didn't wanna stop… because I didn't wanna lose you… I love you." She told me, tears coming to her eyes as well.
"But now you're gonna lose me anyway." I whispered, knowing what she was gonna say next. She nodded slowly, and she let a few tears flow from her eyes. Kara smiled at me sympathetically, and I swear, she looked like she was about to cry as well.
"I'm so sorry, you two. I can tell that you're serious about being in love… but it's what I have to do… Alex, you can understand, can't you? Being a teacher and all?" She asked, pulling her phone out of her pocket. Alex nodded, and Kara dialled the dreaded number.
"I need to report an adult having sex with an underage girl… yes… yes, they're both here now… 23 Bartlett Avenue… Okay… T-thanks." And she ended the call. Alex tightened her grip on me, and kissed my head. I felt her move her hand and take something out of her pocket, putting it in mine.
"Read it later." She whispered. Kara obviously didn't hear, she was just watching the exchange.
"I-I love you… so much…" I whispered through my tears.
"I know… I know… I love you too." She said, stroking my hair.
She pulled away from me, and gave me a long, lingering kiss. Just then, the doorbell was rung, and Kara walked to answer it. She came back in, followed by two police officers. Alex pulled away from me, and moved away towards the police officers.
"Alexandra Russo, I'm arresting you on suspicion of rape, you do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence, if you do not mention, when questioned, something which you will later rely on in court." The tall, dark haired police-man told her, putting handcuffs on her wrists. She didn't say anything; she just kept looking at me. She mouthed 'I love you' before being lead out of the house and, I'm guessing, to a police car.
"Mitchie? We need you and Kara to come down to the station with us to give statements, please follow us." The blond haired police woman said, leading me and Kara to a silver car. Kara sat in the front, and I sat in the back. The ride was silent, except from Kara occasionally apologising to me for telling on us.
We were lead into one of the interview rooms, the same interview room me and Alex were in when they had to ask me about my parents. Kara came in with me, she was gonna be interviewed separately later, but I needed to have an adult present whilst they asked me questions.
"Mitchie, how many times has your teacher raped you?" The police officer that was interviewing us asked me.
"She didn't rape me. She didn't force me into it, so it wasn't rape. Rape is what my dad did to me, Rape is forced. With Alex it was sex. No-one was forced." I told him. He rolled his eyes at me.
"It was rape. Alexandra was your teacher, and is an adult, which makes it rape, Whether it was forced or not. Now, I'll ask you again; How many times has your teacher raped you?" He asked me, staring straight into my eyes.
"That was the first time, but like I said, it wasn't rape." He ignored my last sentence, and carried on asking me more questions, like how long it had been going on for, how it started, and if I knew of any other 'previous relationships between her and studens.'
"Okay, thank you for your help, Miss Torres, if you would like to wait in here whilst we question Kara." He said, leading me into the same room I was in when I met Kara. I nodded, and lay down on the couch. It was around 1.00 AM but the time I'd gotten in there, and I was extremely tired. As hard as I tried to stay awake, I couldn't fight it for what felt like 10 minutes, and I fell asleep.
"Mitchie… Mitchie, wake up… We're going back home now." Kara said, shaking me lightly. I opened my eyes, and saw her tired face smiling weakly at me. I sat up, and rubbed my eyes. I didn't remember much, I just remembered the police coming and taking Alex away. I didn't recognise the room until around half a minute after I'd sat up.
"Come on, we're going home." Kara whispered, standing up. I stood up off the couch, and followed her silently to her car, which had somehow gotten from Alex's house to the police station; I guessed that one of the police officers drove it.
"Kara?" I asked quietly, once we were about 5 minutes from the kids home. She made a kind of humming sound, probably too tired to actually tell me she was listening. "What's gonna happen to Alex? Where is she?" I asked quietly, hoping she heard me. She answered me, which signalled she did.
"I don't know, sweetie. I know she was arrested, she's probably getting kept in a cell for the time being, and she'll most likely have a court hearing, then be sentenced." She explained to me. I was fighting the urge to cry again as we pulled into the car-park of the kids home.
"Mitchie… Kara called us and told us what happened with Alex, are you okay?" Rocky asked me. Spencer, Rocky, Kara and Jasmine were all sitting on the couch opposite me. Spencer had made me a hot chocolate, and I was drinking it, fighting the urge to be sick, not because of the hot chocolate, because I knew I'd probably never see Alex again.
"Yeah, I guess… I just… I didn't wanna lose her… she's all I had left… But she made me feel like everything was okay. I love her." I whispered. I yawned loudly, and rubbed my eyes.
"I think you should go to bed kiddo, it's 3.25, you can sleep in here tonight, 'cause you'll wake Danni up if you go to your bed. We'll make sure none of the kids come in and wake you up in the morning, okay?" Rocky asked me. I nodded, and him, Jasmine, Kara and Spencer all left. I guessed they went to bed, and Jasmine went home to bed. I lay down, and 2 minutes later, Rocky came in with my pillows and blanket, which he put over me. I fell asleep straight away.
I woke up the next day at 2, It wasn't by choice, Spencer was shaking me, telling me someone was on the phone for me. I sat up, and took the phone out of his hand.
"Hello?" I asked, my voice rough from just waking up.
"Hey Mitchie." It was Alex. I smiled uncontrollably.
"Alex! Oh my god! Are you okay?" I asked quickly.
"Yeah, I'm fine… I got to make one phone call, so I decided to call you. I need to tell you 3 things." She said. There was a lot of noise in the background, people were shouting, laughing, and it sounded like something smashed as well.
"Okay, go for it." I said, just happy to be hearing her voice.
"Look, I need you to tell Kara to find out which Kids home Keeli's been put in, and get her transferred to yours, so that you're with her." She said, hopefully. I agreed, and said I would see what I could do, and Alex carried on. "As well, I needed to tell you that my court date is in 2 weeks, and starts at 9AM, at the crown court. You're welcome to come if you want to. And the third thing… I love you." She told me. I smiled at her words.
"Of course I'll be there, and I love you too, Alex." I said, as happy as could be expected, given the situation.
"I have to go now, I only got five minutes, bye. I love you." She told me.
"I love you too… B…" The line went dead before I could finish saying 'Bye'.
I put the phone back on the hook, and went to Kara's office, I knocked her door, and she called me in. She smiled sadly at me and pointed to an empty seat for me to sit down in. I returned her sad smile, and then explained to her about Keeli. She said that she'd see what she could do.
I left Kara's office, and went to my room. Danni wasn't in there; I guessed she'd gone out. Once I sat on my bed, I heard paper rustling from underneath me. It was then that I remembered about the piece of paper that Alex had given me before she was taken away. I pulled it out of my pocket, and un-crumpled it.
Mitchie,
I
knew this would happen, I didn't know how soon, so I wrote this
note, ready, I just hope I remember to give it to you.
Anyway, I
need you to know, that being was you, it was the best thing that ever
happened to me. I've never felt like this about anyone before, not
even Rob (Keeli's dad. RIP.) I know we should've stopped this,
before we got caught, but at the end of the day, we didn't.
I
just need you to know, that no matter what happens, I don't regret
any of it. And I love you.
I always will.
All
my love, forever and always;
Alex xox
The note brought a tear to my eye, and I wondered what would happen to her in court.
I hope you liked it :D x I think the next one will be my last chapter. Thanks for reading, now how about a few reviews? Eh? Eh? x
