Usual disclaimer applies.

A/N: Here you go, you gals asked for it! ;)

March, 2012

~36~

I open the door a bit more, displaying everything for him.

My tear-stained face.

My body, not covered as much as I'd like it to be for this conversation.

My vulnerability.

I simply gaze at him, my brown eyes locked with his blue.

Realizing that I'm not going to speak, Jasper starts.

"What did I do Bella? Can you just tell me so that I can apologize? Explain?" His tone is hinting at exasperation, but the anxiety of his words overshadows everything.

"Explain? Okay. Explain to me why you were the one with GHB the night of Jessica Stanley's party when someone drugged and raped me." I throw the words at him, bitterness and hostility coating each one.

Jasper's eyes open wider, and then his shoulders slump. He shrinks down in front of me.

"Explanation? Apology?" Sarcasm drips from my words. It's my only weapon.

Finally, the shock leaves Jasper enough for him to speak. "You were raped?" It's a breathy whisper. I can hardly make out the words.

I simply stare at him in response.

He leans forward, whether to say something else, give me a hug, I don't know. But I cringe back.

"Okay! Don't, seriously!"

He shuffles back and then breathes, "What happened to you?"

"You tell me."

We continue to stare at one another.

Suddenly, it's like a lightning bolt strikes him. He jumps back, almost falling off my front steps. "Wait! Wait you think…"

I cut him off. "I was told you were the one with the drugs."

"Yeah, I got some Liquid X with Mike. We were just going to have some fun."

"Fun like sex-with-unconscious-people fun?"

"Fun like go-to-a-rave fun." He's defeated, utterly defeated.

I roll me eyes. "Okay, you've convinced me. Bygones."

Jasper looks to me again, and takes a step closer. His eyes are intense, blazing. "What can I do? What can I do to make it better?"

I shake my head. "I'm going to find out who did this to me and I'm going to make them pay. Even if it was you." I inch back, and my eyes harden further. "Sorry, I've got to go throw up now."

With that, I slam the door in Jasper's face.