Chapter Two- Here Is A Heart

"Catherine Cassidy and Nathaniel Bazile." The doctor Cate had kicked out of the exam room walked over to them, a detective following.

Cate sat with her head leaning against Ryan's chest, Ryan's arms wrapped around her. Baze was beside her, one hand intertwined with Cate's and the other gripping Lux's. Neither Cate nor Baze had torn their eyes from their now sleeping daughter, and Cate had only recently stopped crying.

The doctor and detective made their way around to the front of the bed after realizing none of the family was going to give them their attention, not if it meant looking away from their daughter.

"Ma'am," The detective started. "I'm Detective Trudeau from Special Victims."

All three adults looked up at the detective and both Baze and Ryan stood tiredly to shake his hand. "Ryan Thomas." Ryan introduced himself.

"I'm sorry but if you're not immediate family then you'll have to leave." The doctor stated.

"He's family."

All of the adults turned their attention to the girl who looked so small and broken in the white hospital bed, but despite everything, smiled as she spoke.

"Hey there." Cate whispered, smiling reassuringly. She stood up and reached out to stroke Lux's hair back from her face.

"Cate?" Lux asked softly.

"Yeah, it's me. I'm right here." Lux smiled and tried to push herself up in her bed, groaning in pain which made her parents rush forward.

Lux shrunk away from their touch instinctively and both parents backed off when they realized this.

"You scared us, kiddo." Baze said, trying to act normal.

Lux forced a smile. "I'm sorry." She whispered sincerely, looking between the three.

"What happened, Lux?" Cate asked gently, sitting on the side of Lux's bed.

Lux shrugged. "Nothing."

"You know very well it wasn't nothing." The doctor spoke up and was met with five identical glares, though Lux's lacked passion.

"Excuse me?" Ryan angrily made his way over to the doctor and detective. "Is there something we can help you with?"

"The detective here needs to take the patient's statement then I need to examine her."

"The patient's name is Lux and you are not laying a finger on her."

"Excuse us, doctor." The detective interrupted before both Baze and Ryan could do something they probably wouldn't regret if it meant Lux was more comfortable.

The doctor nodded annoyed and left the room. Lux shifted instinctively so that she was closer to Cate and Cate found herself smiling a little when Lux grabbed her hand tightly. That was, until she remembered where she was.

Cate moved so that she was sitting on the edge of Lux's bed while the detective pulled up a chair on the other side. Baze and Ryan just hung back, unsure of what to do.

"Hi Lux. I'm Detective Trudeau." The detective smiled. "I was wondering if you could tell me about what happened tonight?"

Lux looked at Baze nervously whom gave her a reassuring smile. "I-uh- I was at a party. I snuck out. And I was hanging out with this guy. A friend." She let out a shaky breath and blindly reached for Cate's hand, fumbling around until she latched onto it, Cate intertwining their fingers and squeezing reassuringly though it was nothing compared to Lux's death grip. Lux began to cry as she continued, her voice shaking. "I was mad at Cate and I just wanted to do something that would make her mad. So we started making out. I don't even like him that way." She scoffed through tears, disgusted with herself. "He started to take off my top and I asked him to stop. But he kept going."

Lux began to cry harder, unable to continue, and Cate's tears matched her own. Baze and Ryan, on the other hand, looked furious.

"Lux," The detective started, leaning forward. "What happened next?"

Lux looked up, her expression broken. "What do you think happened?!" She pulled away from Cate and edged herself further back into the bed, curling her knees up to her chest. "He raped me."

Cate covered her mouth and began to sob, no longer able to remain strong for Lux. Ryan comforted her, though he looked as though he could kill someone, and Baze remained standing, his expression matching Ryan's.

"What's his name, Lux?" The detective asked gently and Lux gripped her legs tighter, despite her pain.

"Peter Jones." (A/N: I don't remember if they mentioned Jones' full name or not so I just made it up)

No one had the chance to respond before Baze's fist collided with the wall, a hole forming in the white plaster, though Baze barely noticed that his hand was now clearly broken and bloodied.

Lux screamed at the sound, and Cate was by her side in seconds. Ryan grabbed a furious Baze by the arm, attempting to lead him out of the room, but Baze shrugged him off.

Instead, Baze walked over to the bed and bent down to kiss the top of Lux's head, whispering something before almost storming out of the room.

Cate signaled to Ryan to follow, and the fiancé agreed, casting a final sympathetic glance at his future step-daughter.

"Lux?" Cate asked gently, turning back to the girl. When Lux continued to stare into space, Cate tried again. "Lux? Please look at me."

"Follow him." Lux ordered in a whisper, still avoiding eye contact.

"Who, sweetie?"

"Baze. Follow him. I don't- He can't do anything stupid." He voice hitched with tears and she looked up at Cate with tearing eyes. "Please."

Cate nodded, though it was the last thing she wanted to do at the moment. "I'll be right back, okay?"

Lux nodded and allowed Cate to kiss her head, watching as her mom rushed out of the room after throwing one final questioning glance at Lux.

Lux turned to the detective after composing herself enough to talk. "If you don't mind, I'd really like to be alone now." She whispered, acknowledging the fact that neither the tone nor the choice of words sounded like her own.

Detective Trudeau stood up., glancing at her sympathetically. "I have some more questions to go over with you, but they can wait until your parents get back. I'll go talk to the doctor, and a nurse will be in to check on you shortly."

Lux nodded, watching as the detective left before turning in the bed and gripping her knees to her chest, sobs racking her body.

A/N: Kind of boring chapter but I felt it was necessary. Next chapter will contain flashbacks/nightmares and should be up later today or tomorrow. Please review!