I bid goodnight to the guys and headed out. My intent being to go back to the dorms and do laundry before school in the morning. Half way to the mustang, Caleb was letting me borrow it. I feel someone grab me from behind. I can tell by the size hand over my mouth it's a guy.
"Very funny Reid." I mumble into my captors' palm.
"Wrong answer." is all he says but I recognize the voice. I haven't seen Aaron Abbot's face yet but I know his voice well enough to know it's him and he's very drunk. Drunk and pissed since I turned him down last week when he asked me out. I told him I'd rather date a skunk and Caleb shooed him away before he could do more then sputter. The perks of having almost every class with at least two Sons. In that particular class I sit by Caleb Danvers while Reid Garwin is one the other side of the room. A rag appears in Aaron's other hand and before I can understand what happened everything goes black.
………… Reid's POV…………
I watched Liv leave Nicky's to go back to the dorms. I offered to go with her but she told me to stay. Finish my game of pool and she'd start my laundry since she had to do hers' too. I love having her for a room mate, she spoils me. Of course normally girls only room with other girls on different floors then the guys but she got stuck with me since she transferred in at the half year mark and I had space due to Baby Boy's parents making him move home. The last month and a half have been interesting to say the least. She's become a good friend to me and the other guys treat her like a sister. I am gathering the courage to ask her out, something I'm unsure of only due to the fact that the last girl I really liked screwed me over real bad. For the first time in years I am considering giving a relationship a try, she and I have talked enough since she has a sleeping problem and often times is up all night despite how hard she tries to fall asleep. I know she is a virgin and would not consider a one night stand. She had heard about my reputation with the girls around school. So one night we talked about it and I confessed to her things I haven't even told Baby Boy. She knows all about Kirsten and how she screwed me over. A few nights ago she'd had a bad episode and when I managed to wake her, she was pretty shaken so I scooted her over and spent the rest of the night holding her.
"Reid, hey dude come back to earth." Tyler slapped my shoulder effectively pulling my head out of my thoughts.
"I'm gonna head out Olivia was going to do laundry, and I got homework to finish. I'll see you boys later." I say as they look at me funny. Well I guess it is kind of odd that I leave Nicky's early but it is a Sunday night and we have school tomorrow.
------------Olivia's POV------------
I wake up in a strange room and in pain. I can tell I am in a Spencer dorm room but I don't know whose room it is. I try to sit up and immediately gasp in pain. Sharp shooting pain radiates through my stomach and between my legs. I bite my fingers to keep from crying out, water is running in the bathroom and I would rather not alert my captor to the fact I'm awake. The digital clock beside the strange bed reads 2:13 am. Memory comes flooding back, oh my God, Reid. I can remember leaving Nicky's to go back to the dorms', a hand over my mouth, I thought Reid was pulling a joke. But the voice I know the voice it was Aaron. He put a rag over my nose and I blacked out. Speak of the devil, Aaron chooses that moment to come out of the bathroom. Clad in only his boxers, he wears an evil smirk. He looks over me appraisingly, his expression reminds me of someone looking over a car they might buy. A dreadful feeling washes over me as he comes ever closer to the bed. I put the pieces together quickly, the pain in my lower body tells me what I missed.
"What do you want? Why are you doing this to me? What did I ever do to you?" I ask in one quick breath trying to keep him from coming any closer. He laughs and the sound reminds me of an evil movie villain.
"Well for one.." He starts still laughing.
"I already got what I wanted. You never really did anything to me personally except turn me down." He pauses, and I recall what he is talking about. The day in Amer. Lit he had asked me out and I having heard not so nice things about him turned him down. Caleb hurriedly shooed him away before he had the chance to retort. But he of course took it personally, and he was now out for revenge.
"This is more for your boyfriend since I can't fight him without his gang getting involved I figured I'd hurt something he cares about." he still has that malicious glint in his lust filled eyes.
"What boyfriend?" I ask playing stupid even though I know exactly who he means. He sneers as he looks at me, then answers,
"Reid Garwin." The proverbial light bulb clicks. So he did this not really because I'd refused to go out with him, but because he knew hurting me would hurt Reid. I wondered if he saw the flaw in this logic. The flaw of course being; Caleb, Pogue Parry and Tyler 'Baby Boy' Simms. I couldn't help my next statement,
"You do realize that you forgot something, though I commend your logic cause your right, this will upset Reid, but what about Caleb, Baby Boy, and Pogue? You know they aren't going to be too happy either." He frowned for a minute.
"Oh well." was all he said as he shrugged his shoulders, resuming his approach to the bed.
"I'll consider it an added bonus."
I scoot away, but he pounces. He's on top of me before I can react as his landing knocked the wind out of me. I gasp for breath and try to fight him off, a combination that's not working so well. He backhands me and for a moment I see stars. My mouth fills with blood from where my teeth must have cut my cheek, I spit it at him. I grew up in foster care so I know how to fight, I know he'll overpower me eventually but I'm going to fight back as best I can, I won't just let him rape me. He did that already, I could tell, while I was out from whatever he had on that cloth. I glance at the clock it's now 3 am. I wonder briefly if Reid's worried about me. My thoughts are cut short as Aaron, now with a clean face, grabs me by the throat and pins me down.
"You little bitch." he growls flipping me over still holding my throat. His hand cracks my ass, hard and I can't scream as I am quickly running out of air. He moves up enough that I get my legs under me in a semi kneeling position. Stars and black spots are clouding my vision so I know I have to do this quick, I really don't want to be at his mercy again. When he gets behind me again after removing his boxers I kick out with all the strength I can muster. It's not much but I connect with his knees sending him flying back and getting him to let me go. Taking deep gulping breaths I hurry to get up, in an attempt to get out I bolt for the door but he recovers faster then I'd thought and grabs my wrist, using it to twist my body around and slam me into the wall face first. He has both my arms trapped between my back and his front. I do the only thing left. I scream. Scream and twist in his grip trying any way possible to break free. But of course he's taller then me by at least four inches and outweighs me by at least 70 pounds. A swift smack to the back of my head stuns me just long enough for him to force himself inside me. It hurts so much my eyes water. I start to scream again only to get smacked again.
"Shut up!" He growls as he picks up the pace of his thrusts. I whimper in sheer agony. I can tell he's big and I can feel the burning pain as he forces my unprepared body to take him. Finally his pace falters, a few short thrusts later he comes, and I can feel his hot seed fill me. I want to puke and cry at the same time. He pulls out and let's me go. Walking back to the bathroom to clean himself off. My legs decide they don't want to hold me anymore and I collapse to the floor, tears of defeat and humiliation blur my eyes. But I refuse to cry, I will not let him see that he's broken me. Reid's face swims in my mind's eye. Cruelly replaying last night's memories like a movie. Me and Reid on his bed in our dorm, kissing passionately, as our hands roam each others bodies'. He's clad in his boxers and I only in my panties. Vainly I'm trying to remember why I didn't give myself to him then, let him make love to me when we'd had the chance. I bite my fingers again as my thoughts taunt me with the fact that Reid won't love me anymore. I'm dirty and broken, he can do better then me. My cruel thoughts continue in this vein till Aaron kicks me.
"Get up, bitch I'm not done with you yet." He says with a harsh sneer on his face. I manage to get to my knees but it's too slow for his liking so he grabs my arm and hauls me up tossing me roughly onto the bed. He's on top of me again, and moving inside my raw body before I can form any protest. I can't help the tears now. I don't even try to hide them, he wanted to break me and he did. Maybe now he'll let me go. It seemed fate had decided to pity me at last, with a final thrust Aaron came again and as soon as he was up he threw my clothes at me.
"Get dressed and get out of here." I dress quickly and flee before he can change his mind. But he stops me with a hand on the door,
"And make sure you tell the Provost that Garwin did this to you. I'd say blame Danvers too but he's.."
I just nod and run not waiting for him to finish that thought. I know however that I won't be blaming Reid for this, that's for damn sure. Walking as fast as I can I climb the stairs cursing the out of order elevators. I reach the room and open the door, Reid's sleeping but fitfully, tossing and turning. I'm too ashamed to wake him so I grab my shower stuff and a clean uniform, to head for the showers, its 6 am so they will still be empty. No student is ever out of bed before 7 on a Monday morning. Once in the bathroom, I strip and toss the dirty clothes aside, turning the hot water on full and step in. I scrub and cry trying to get clean but it's no use. I'll never be clean again, giving up I turn the water off and dress in my school uniform. Checking over my reflection, I sigh and head back to the room, Reid should be up by now. I walked into the dorm room in a daze. I'd showered for over an hour and I still didn't feel clean. Glancing around the room I heard the water running in the small bathroom, which told me where Reid was. The door opened swiftly and I jumped what felt like 10 feet. Caleb walked in then and upon seeing me sitting there exclaimed,
"There you are, you had us very worried." Reid chose that moment to come walking out of the bathroom.
"Olivia!" was all he said more like shouted. He tried to get closer and I kept scooting away. Not seeing him coming near but Aaron with the evil grin he'd worn all night as he raped me over and over again. After falling off the edge of the bed I scooted till my back hit the other wall, which put me closer to Caleb. And that didn't help my panic any. I just began to cry. He knelt in front of me and all though I knew Caleb, my sweet wonderful Caleb wouldn't hurt me nor would Reid but my traumatized brain wasn't being logical. Caleb backed away then as I started whimpering in both pain and humiliation. I hated this feeling because these guys are my best friends. I should never have to be afraid of them.
"Hey Ty, you here yet?" I can hear Reid on the phone that he grabbed out of Caleb's hand. I can't hear Tyler's answer.
"Pogue round you somewhere?" Tyler must be in the dorm lobby where he normally waits for me and Reid before class starts.
" Does he have Kate glued to his hip? Olivia came home but she's freaking out, won't let Reid or I near her. Starts to scream anytime we get in arms length of her. So we need Kate up here." Caleb is on the phone now having wrestled it from Reid, who is pacing. Reid kneels in front of me like Caleb had earlier and I manage to not flinch away. It takes more willpower then I'll admit to let Reid this close but I have to keep repeating to myself that he isn't going to hurt me. In fact he can help me, now that I think of it.
"Can you tell me what happened, please I want to help you. I was so worried when I got here last night and you weren't here." whatever he was going to say gets cut off by the arrival of Baby Boy, Pogue and Kate. The boys hang back as Kate nudges Reid aside. She doesn't give me time to protest as she pulls me up and sits me on the closest bed. Reid's bed I notice by the unmade state of it but I don't care presently as I am tempted to crawl under the covers and not come out. Maybe later.
"ok Liv out with it what happened?" She asks in her normal blunt fashion. Well here goes,
"I..I was raped." All four boys immediately start talking and swearing, but Kate silences them with a glare.
"Do you know who did it?" are the first words out of Caleb's mouth when he regains control of his temper. I nod to answer his question.
"Who, can we have his name, we have to go to the Provost to report this." This from Baby Boy, and I lose it, crying and shaking. I do and I don't want to report this because I know the first person the provost will look at will be Reid, since he is my room mate.
"Can we go to class? I'll tell you then but when we report this you do realize that you four will be suspected." Still crying as I am now terrified, I don't want my boys to be dragged into this, but I know that this is what Aaron wanted to have happen. He told me to go to the Provost and say Reid raped me but he should have known better. It will be a cold day in hell before I ever let Reid or any of my boys take the fall for this. They didn't rape me, he did and I intend to see him suffer for it. He took something from me, something I will never get back but that's okay cause he will pay.
"But you know that we didn't. We'd never hurt you." These are the first word's Pogue spoken since he got here. I know he's right. I let Kate and Reid help me off the bed, smoothing down my uniform.
"Let's go before we are late." They look at me funny but I need something else to focus on before I go insane.
"Please, guys I need something near normal before I have to repeat the nights' events." They nod in agreement and we head to our first class which is Amer. Lit for me, Reid and Caleb. Reid goes to his seat on the far side of the room while Caleb and I take ours just as the bell rings. I was doing okay till Aaron walked in. I watched him scan the room, I knew he saw Reid and looked over and saw me in my seat with Caleb in his beside me. He just smiled at me. I put my head down on the rail. The theater seating doesn't allow desks. A fine shaking starts in my arms, I put a hand on Caleb's knee and started squeezing. It helps for a minute till I feel Aaron behind me as he leans over to whisper in my ear,
"Last night was fun, we should do it again sometime." I recoil and try to control my shaking as his breath tickles my neck.
"Take a hike Abbot." Caleb hissed when he saw how upset I was getting. I had turned white and was now shaking uncontrollably. Aaron walked away with a muttered,
"Fuck you Danvers." But Caleb was not listening as I had a death grip on his leg. He took hold of my hand before I could pop his kneecap. He has to lean over me to hear me speak.
"Please get me out of here, Caleb. I need to leave." I whispered to him just as the teacher walked in.
"Mr. Danvers, is there a problem? Give Miss. Benson room to breathe."
"Can I take Olivia to the nurse she's not feeling well?" He asked ignoring the teachers question. The teacher looked at me and noticed I was crying.
"Ok Mr. Danvers, feel better Miss. Benson." The teacher said as Caleb and I walked by him.
"Wait my stuff!" I realized to late as we were almost to the infirmary.
"Reid will get it, and mine too." he told me as we arrived at the nurses office.
"I am going to get the Provost, I'll be back. Am I correct in assuming Aaron is the one that raped you?" I nod and with that he's gone. I sit and wait for the nurse.
…………… Caleb's POV……………
Never in my life have I wanted to kill someone as much as Aaron Abbot. I am almost to the Provost's office and I know he'll think this is Reid's doing and that by default we are all involved but I don't care. She knows and we know who really did this. And trust me when I say I will not rein Reid in when he goes postal. He really cares for her as do the rest of us, but Reid is just bout in love with her which is new for him cause relationships have never been his thing. Aaron's gonna regret this, I can't believe he let his jealousy get this out of hand. Aaron has always been jealous of us, the Sons of Ipswich, since we were kids. But to rape Olivia, just because she is Reid's room mate or any other petty reason, knowing Aaron there are probably several, just goes beyond anything.
"The Provost will see you now." the secretary informs me. I walk into the office, Provost Higgins' is sitting behind his desk.
He looks up at me,
"What can I do for you this morning, Caleb?"
"We have a problem sir, Reid Garwin's room mate.." I pause, unsure how to continue.
"What about Miss. Benson?" Dread evident on his face.
"She was raped last night." The word rape leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I watch Higgins face turn red in anger and I need to say something before he accuses Reid.
"We already know who did it, she's in the nurses' office laying down. I came to get you, so she could tell you."
"Well then, let's go talk to her." And with that he stands and motions me to follow him.
"Kourtney, send passes to Mr. Parry, Mr. Simms and Mr. Garwin. I need to see them." He tells the student aid as we walk out of the office. We reach the infirmary in a tense silence. Olivia is being checked by the doctor. So we have to wait but when the nurse sees me she comes out.
"Miss. Bensons' been asking for you, Mr. Danvers." with a nod of acknowledgement to the Provost I follow the nurse in. She grabs my hand when I reach her side.
"Caleb."
"Can I start now?" The doctor asks. I'm confused until the doctor explains,
"Miss. Benson said she was raped so I need to do a rape kit and examine her for any injuries that might need treatment. She however said that you were going to get the Provost and she wanted to wait, says you're her friend, and that she wanted you here for the support." She's laying on the bed, her feet up in the stirrups with a sheet over her lower body. I just nod it's all I can do since my thought process seems to have vanished. She grips my hand for all she's worth as the doctor starts his exam. Twenty minutes go by before he's done and she's got her face hidden in the sleeve of my uniform blazer by the time he is. I can tell she's crying and in pain. He had to put stitches in a few of the lacerations inside her, he had explained everything he was doing as he did it. To reassure her I think, since I doubt it was for my benefit. Fresh anger washes through me, she flinches away slightly as I realize I scared her. I could tell she was waiting for me to strike her by the way she held herself.
"I'll be right back with some pain medicine." and the doctor walks away. She rolls away from me and curls up into a tight ball. It takes me a minute to understand what she's saying.
"Don't hit me, please I'll do anything just don't hurt me." I have never in my life laid a hand on a woman in anger. Walking round to the other side of the bed I sit in the chair so I can be eye level with her,
"Olivia," I whisper her name to gain her attention. She looks at me with a haunted look in her green eyes, and it breaks my heart.
"Sweetheart, I am not now nor will I ever hit you. It goes against every moral I was raised with to put violent hands on a woman." I can tell she's listening even though she's not looking at me anymore.
"But your angry, I saw it in your eyes." she says finally looking at me, the haunted look still in her eyes.
"Yes I am angry but.." I pause as she moves away.
"Not with you, I'm angry at Aaron." She really cringes then and I want badly to touch her, to comfort her. Lifting the hand she's resumed holding I trace my fingers down her cheek, lightly giving her the option to stop me, but she doesn't.
"And I'm angry at myself, I shouldn't have let you go alone, I could have protected you." The doctor returns with her medication and a morning after pill to ensure she doesn't conceive his child. The Provost walks in a moment later,
"Do you feel up to talking Miss. Benson?" She nods slowly and rises to get out of bed. She gets her feet on the floor but her legs won't hold her, I catch her and steady her. I can see she's struggling at my close proximity. She recoils from the feel of my hands on her waist holding her steady, and flinches violently when our bodies brush. I can see the visible battle she's having with herself as she tries not to panic at my touch.
"Can you walk? Or should Mr. Danvers carry you?" Higgins asks seeing her sway on her feet. I know she won't be able to walk but I can tell she doesn't want to be carried. A look of fear crosses her face, but she gathers her strength.
"Can you carry me, Caleb?" She asks so softly I almost don't hear her. I can tell she doesn't want to be that close to my body but she knows as I do that she is not strong enough to walk.
"Of course I'll carry you, just hold on tight, I won't hurt you."
"Today kids." Provost Higgins cuts in before I can say more. He's getting impatient.
"Sir, she was just brutally raped, naturally she is afraid of me. You can't just expect her to let me touch her after what she's been through.""But you didn't do this to her so why would she fear you?" confusion evident in his tone, this is new territory for him as no student has ever been raped on school grounds before.
"Because I am a man, and all though she knows me, she's traumatized enough that her brain sees me as a threat, another possible abuser." He says rubbing a hand over his face, a tired gesture but at least now he might understand. This will be new ground for all of us, as I have never seen or dealt with a real life rape victim before, but have seen enough SVU episodes to have a small clue as to how she'll behave around men for a while.
"Ok while the others' are in my office I suggest we get there." And with that he turns on his heel and walks out.
"Ok you ready?" I wanted to make sure she'd be able to handle being so close to my body. She trembled partly in pain and part in fear, but nodded.
"I'm not going to hurt you. Put your arms around my neck and just hold on." The fear in her eyes as she did as I asked was not lost on me. Once she put her arms up and fastened them like I'd said, I picked her up bridal style. She squeaked and clung tighter, burying her face in my chest. The walk was short since the Provosts' office was right next to the infirmary. Pogue, Reid and Tyler were already there. Reid stood up when we entered the room and offered her his chair but she once on her feet, launched herself into his arms' with enough force to almost knock him over. He smiled at me over her head, silent thanks for taking care of her, when he couldn't. The Provost cleared his throat. She stiffened and hissed as she sat in Reid's vacant seat. He stood behind her, hands on the back of the chair.
"Now Miss Benson, the boys have filled me in on somewhat of the nights' events, I'd like it however if you could clarify a few things for me."
"Ok."
"First since this is probably the most important, did Aaron Abbott rape you?" She flinched and turned tear filled eyes to the floor.
"Yes, sir he did. He grabbed me as I left Nicky's. At first when he grabbed me I thought it was Reid playing a joke. He put his hand over my mouth so I couldn't scream. When I said 'very funny Reid.' I heard him reply 'wrong answer.' that was how I knew it was him. I recognized his voice. Then he put a cloth over my nose and I passed out. When I woke I was in his bed naked and bleeding with no idea how I'd gotten there. I could tell he'd already raped me while I was out cause everything hurt." She went on explaining but I was no longer listening.
~~~~~~~~Reid's POV~~~~~~~~
How dare he do this. That motherfucker is dead. He raped her just to get at me. And to top it off he wanted me blamed for it. Arrogant son of a bitch. I snap my attention to Provost Higgins when he asks Kourtney to send for the prick.
"Mr. Parry. Mr. Simms. And Mr. Danvers you three gentlemen are free to go back to the dorm since I have already talked to you and you are clear of any wrong doing against Miss. Benson. Mr. Garwin however you have some questions to answer." he finishes with a nod to dismiss the others'. They leave quietly but I know they are all pissed that Aaron did this to her out of his jealousy and spite for us. As soon as the door closes Olivia explodes,
"Why are you questioning Reid? I told you he didn't do this, he'd never hurt me like that." Anguish is clear in her tone and posture.
"But still I have to consider him a possibility. The rape kit turned up traces of semen." I freeze as he says this, suddenly glad that we didn't have sex the other night cause then she'd have mine in her too. Which would make it hard to prove that I didn't take advantage of her as well. Asshole I know I can be but I have never, would never hold a woman in my bed against her will. I don't believe in beating a woman either, for any reason. My musings are cut into when Aaron arrives in the office. Olivia who had been sitting in the chair I gave her when Caleb brought her in, jumps at the door closing. She stands on wobbly legs and moves to my side when Aaron sinks into Caleb's empty chair. I don't hesitate to pull her into my arms and am surprised when she lets me. She wraps her arms around my waist and hides her face against my chest.
"Mr. Abbot I assume you know why you are here?" The prick nods.
"She's blaming me for her boyfriend raping her." he states so calmly I almost believe him.
"Well that's funny I have here a statement from Mr. Danvers, he heard you tell Miss. Benson in your first period class that 'last night was fun we should do it again sometime.' he also says she had a grip so hard on his knee that she almost dislocated it. All four boys and Miss Tunney attest to her frightened and emotional state when she returned to the dorm she shares with Mr. Garwin. I myself saw how she reacted in the infirmary when Mr. Danvers tried to assist her. She flinched from his touch even though he meant her no harm. Mr. Garwin has also stated that she jumped away from him this morning when he tried to touch her. According to Mr. Simms she was not in the dorm when they got there an hour later nor did she return till dawn." He paused and Aaron turned to glare at me. I ignored him as she had started to violently shake in fear.
"They seem pretty cozy now." He sneered, eyeing how close to myself I held her while she tried to hide her tears.
"They also state that Mr. Danvers' car keys are missing." The abrupt change in subject startled me out of the glaring contest with Aaron. Higgins was trying to derail the brewing fight.
"He told me he'd loaned her the car to bring back here with the intent of picking it up later but when they left Nicky's the Mustang was still there, the keys nowhere to be found. Care to explain that, Mr. Abbot?" The Provost asked. Olivia let out an anguished cry as memory apparently dawned.
~~~~~~~~Olivia's POV~~~~~~~~
Oh my god I lost Caleb's car keys! I had had a nagging feeling I was forgetting something, but till that moment I'd no clue. I couldn't stop the cry that escaped me as realization hit.