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Chapter 15

"What's wrong?" Charlotte said concerned.

"I...I don't know...I didn't know where to go...I just...I..." April failed to get her words out.

"Ok take a breath. Come sit down, come on." Charlotte said softly leading her over to the couch. "Jess, can you get her a glass of water or something?" She said.

"On it." Jess said grabbing a glass and filling it up with water. "Here." He said bringing it over to them and placing it on the table in front of April.

"Thanks." April said quietly, shakily picking it up and taking a sip.

"What's happened?" Charlotte asked softly, exchanging a worried look with Jess.

April wiped some tears away and glanced at them before suddenly getting up and running to the bathroom.

"April!" Charlotte rushed after her, with Jess hot on her heels. "April?" She called through the bathroom door as they heard her throwing up. She glanced at Jess. "Something's wrong." She said.

"Yeah.." Jess said worried.

After a few minutes, April reappeared. "I'm sorry..." She sniffed.

"It's ok." Charlotte reassured her.

"What's going on April? You're scaring us now." Jess said softly.

"I...I didn't know who else to go to." She said quietly as they went back into the living room.

"You can always come to us, you know that." Charlotte told her. "Has something happened?" She asked gently.

April glanced at them and tears started to fall again as she nodded.

"Did Jamie do something?" Jess asked. He frowned as April put her head in her hands and started crying again. "I swear if he's done something..."

"No." April said quietly. "No, I mean we had a fight but he...it's not that. He didn't do anything."

"So what is it?" Charlotte said gently.

"We...we went to a party this afternoon and...and Jamie and I got into an argument..." April said shakily. "This...this guy...Toby...well he's been coming onto me for the last few weeks and it...well it caused problems between me and Jamie. I kept telling Toby no but Jamie got jealous. Toby threw a party today. His parents are rich so it was at their house."

"Why did you go to his party when you knew he wanted to get with you?" Jess frowned.

"I know, it was stupid! I was so stupid!" She exclaimed, crying again. "But a bunch of my friends were going and I told Jamie we should go together to prove to Toby once and for all how strong we were. So we went..."

"And you and Jamie got into an argument?" Charlotte said softly.

"Yeah, Toby wouldn't stop watching us and making comments and Jamie got annoyed. He wanted to leave but I told him that would mean Toby would win. Jamie got angry and started accusing me of liking the attention and then he stormed out." April said quietly, sniffing. She glanced at them and then back down at the floor. "I was upset so I wandered upstairs to get some space. I went into one of the bedrooms upstairs and sat on the bed. I thought I was alone but then I heard the door open and close. I looked up and...and Toby was standing there..." She said shakily.

Charlotte suddenly had a sinking feeling of dread in her stomach. "April, please say he didn't..." She said.

April broke down. "I told him no...I s...said I d...didn't want to..." She cried. "I...He w..wouldn't listen. He told me...he told me he knew I wanted it too. I said no...This wasn't how my first time should have been!"

"Shhh it's ok. It's ok, April." Charlotte said pulling her close to her and holding her tightly.

"I said no. I swear I said no!" She cried.

"I believe you." Charlotte assured her. "We both believe you, don't we?" She said glancing at Jess.

"Of course." He said moving onto the couch on the other side of April.

"I...I was so scared. I...I didn't know where else to go." April said tremulously. "I couldn't go to mom...or dad."

"You need to report Toby." Jess said.

"I can't!" April said her eyes widening.

"April, he assaulted you! You need to call the police!" Jess said.

"Jess..." Charlotte said softly.

"What? He needs punishing. I swear if I ever see this scumbag..." He said angrily.

"Jess, maybe we should talk about this in the morning." Charlotte said softly. "It's getting late and I'm sure April would probably like a shower and then get some sleep."

"But..." Jess protested.

"Jess..." Charlotte said gesturing to April who had her head in her hands again and was trembling again.

"Yeah ok..." Jess conceded.

"Come on April. I'll help make the bed in the guest room." Charlotte said gently, leading her out.

Jess watched them go down the hallway before he pulled out his cell phone and rang a familiar number. "Luke?" He said quietly.

Jess looked up from the cooker where he was cooking eggs when he heard movement behind him. He saw April walk in. "Hey." He said softly.

"Hey." She said quietly.

"How did you sleep?" He asked.

"I didn't. Not really." April admitted.

"You hungry?" He asked.

"Not really." She said quietly, sitting down at the table.

"You should eat something." Jess said.

"I can't. I just...I can't stomach anything at the moment." She said. She glanced up at him. "Sorry. I didn't realise you were cooking..."

"You don't need to be sorry." He said. He glanced over at her. "I rang your dad yesterday."

"What? Why?" April exclaimed, her eyes widening.

"Because you need him, April." Jess said softly. "I didn't tell him what happened, that's down to you. But you need him."

April blinked back some tears. "He will be so disappointed in me. This was all my fault." She sniffed.

"Hey, this is not your fault." Jess said firmly.

"But I went to his party! I put myself into the situation! I must have made him think I wanted it! I went to the bedrooms upstairs!" April cried.

Jess took a deep breath and went to sit down at the table. "April..." He said softly. "I need you to look at me." He waited until April looked up at him. "What happened yesterday was not your fault. You did nothing wrong. Toby took advantage of you and that was really wrong. None of this was your fault. Ok?" He said.

April blinked away some tears and nodded slowly. "Ok." She said quietly.

Jess nodded, getting up and going back to the cooking. "You should talk to your dad though. And you need to report Toby."

"I can't." April said quietly. "He's like the most popular kid at MIT. No one will believe me. And his parents are really rich. He'd get the best lawyer and I would come out of it a liar."

"Well then we'll get you an even better lawyer." Jess said. "April, you can't just let him get away with this."

"I don't know." April sniffed.

Jess could tell April was getting in a state again so he stopped. "You don't need to make the decision now. Just...think about it. Please." He said.

She nodded slowly. "Ok." She said quietly.

Charlotte returned from taking Jack to school to find Jess sat outside their apartment in the hallway. "What's going on?" She asked.

"Luke's in there with April. I thought I'd give them some privacy." Jess said.

"Oh." She said understanding. "Is she telling him?"

"I'm not sure but..." Jess was saying when they heard Luke's raised voice.

"Why did you go to this party if this Toby guy has been making your life hell? And why didn't you tell me?"

Jess glanced at Charlotte. "Let's go." He said quickly and they both went in to find April crying with Luke pacing around. "Luke..." Jess said carefully.

"Are you that stupid? Why the hell did you go? And why did you go upstairs?" Luke exclaimed.

"Ok you need to calm down." Jess said as Charlotte rushed over to April to comfort her. He watched as Luke exhaled deeply. "This isn't April's fault. Maybe she shouldn't have gone to the party but this wasn't her fault. What happened to her was not her fault." He said slowly, giving him a look. "Right?"

Luke glanced at him and then at his crying daughter and let out a breath. "Of course it wasn't." He said. He glanced at April. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have shouted. I just...None of this is your fault. Of course it wasn't."

"I'm so sorry, dad." April said tremulously.

"Hey come here." Luke said holding out his arms, to which April launched herself at him. "It's ok. It's going to be ok." He said softly.

"Mom..." April cried.

"We'll tell her together." Luke said. "Everything's going to be ok. You're going to report this Toby guy and you're never going to have to worry about him again."

"Dad, I can't..." April sniffed.

"Yes you can." Luke said. "And do you know how I know that? Because you are so strong, April. You're my daughter and I believe you can do this. And I will be there with you every step of the way."

Suddenly there was banging on the door and Charlotte went to answer it. "Jamie?" She said surprised. "How did you know...?"

"April told me she was here. Where is she?" He demanded pushing past her. "Why would you sleep with Toby? After everything we've gone through with him, how could you do that to me?" He exclaimed angrily.

"What?" April said shocked.

"Ok, you need to go." Luke said sternly.

"No! Toby's going round telling everyone you slept together! He took great pleasure in telling me by the way!" Jamie exclaimed. "How could you do that to me?"

"You need to calm down." Jess told him.

"Why? Why should I? I've just found out my girlfriend cheated on me! Why should I calm down?" Jamie said angrily.

"Because it's not what you think." Jess told him.

"Jess..." Charlotte warned.

"What do you mean?" Jamie said.

"Why did you leave her at that party? I thought you were meant to be her boyfriend! You think it's ok to leave her at this creep's house?" Luke said angrily.

Jamie glanced between them on. "Ok what's going on?" He said.

"Well let me tell you...when you left my daughter at that party, Toby found her upstairs and assaulted her." Luke said angrily.

"Dad!" April exclaimed.

"What?" Jamie said shocked. "April, what is he talking about?"

April felt tears run down her face. "I'm so sorry." She cried. "I told him no. I told him I didn't want to do it! But he wasn't listening! I swear I told him no!"

"You're saying Toby...he..." He said shocked.

Charlotte could see the shock on Jamie's face. "April's been through a lot." She said gently. "She could really do with your support."

Jamie glanced at his girlfriend still not being able to get his head round what he had just heard. "Of course." He said quietly. He looked at April. "I'm here for you ok?"

"You don't hate me?" April said quietly.

Jamie sighed and went forward pulling his girlfriend into his arms. "No. Of course I don't hate you. This wasn't your fault. This was Toby." He said. He held her close. "I'm so sorry, April." He said quietly. "Your dad's right. I should never have left you there."

"It's not your fault." April sniffed, finding some sort of comfort in her boyfriend's embrace.

"Well it's not yours either." He said. "You're reporting him right? You're reporting Toby?"

April glanced over at Luke and then at Jess and Charlotte before looking back at Jamie. She took a deep breath and then nodded slowly. "Yeah." She said shakily. "Yeah I am."

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