Gonna Be OK

Chapter Seven

TW: There will be discussion of abuse in this chapter.

This chapter will also alternate between the four boys in their therapy sessions.

Enjoy!

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DONNIE'S SESSION

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"How are we today, Donatello?" Dr. Wallcot asked.

"I'm alright. Tired, midterms are coming up and so many things have been going on at home......."

"What's been going on at home?"

"Our foster mother, Amelia, she's helping our dad get custody of us. They've been preparing for the hearing with the judge."

"Well, I hope all goes well with that. You boys deserve to be with your father." Wallcot smiled.

"Thanks." Donnie responded.

"But, what I'd like to discuss is what we started talking about last week, before our time was over. Do you remember what that was?"

"I can't forget." Donnie sighed.

"I know it is hard. But today.....I'd like to know what you saw. Tell me everything you saw, everything you felt during that year." The man smiled. Donnie sighed and looked at the floor.

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MIKEY'S SESSION

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"He didn't start off mean. He wasn't nasty when we first moved in. He had a girlfriend. She was nice. He would take us out to baseball games and we would go to the movies all the time."

"And what happened that caused him to drink?"

"His girlfriend, Katie. She left him, I dunno why but she did. He loved her so much. Then......poof."

"Poof?" Dr. Wallcot asked.

"It was like a puff of smoke. He just shape shifted into this......this awful, awful man. We didn't even see it coming."

"Michelangelo, did Saki ever lay a hand on you?"

"No. He tried once, he did. Raph......he punched him in the face. Then they had it out. Saki ended up pulling a knife. Raph.........He grabbed the knife with his hands. He's gotta scar now. He covers it up though." Mikey explained.

"And other than that one time, he never tried to hurt you?"

"They'd hide me. Put me in a closet or something. That way I was out of the line of fire."

"I see. But tell me what would happen when you would see him harm your brothers, or the aftermath. How would you feel about that?"

"I'd feel weak."

"Weak?"

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LEO'S SESSION

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"Like I couldn't help. He'd drag Raphael down those stairs and I would be helpless. I'm his older brother. When Saki would.......when he would rape Raph, my room was right next to Saki's I could hear Raph's weak pleads. He would say he wouldn't tell anyone and that he promised it would stay between them. If it hurt, Saki would cover his mouth because he would scream. And he'd scream the same thing every time. 'Leo'."