Longing For You

Day One

Jazmine POV

As I opened my eyes, I saw Cheryl, Betty, and Kevin all talking quietly in front of me. Confused, I slowly sat up in my bed, attracting the attention of the three.

Cheryl came rushing to me and asked if I was okay and other questions. Kevin calmed her down and I rubbed my head, wanting to know what's going on. "What happened" I asked them.

"You fainted, remember?" Betty said to me and I knitted my eyebrows, still confused. They all looked at me and then I remembered everything that happened. I gasped and got out of bed, quickly running to the nearest bathroom.

I bent over the toilet and practically emptied my guts out. I felt someone hold my hair back, making sure I didn't mess it up with my puke. I sat there on the floor for about 5 minutes or more, throwing up and gagging continuously.

After I felt like I was done, Cheryl helped me up and helped me to the sink. I washed out my mouth to get rid of the taste the best I could and started to exit the bathroom.

"Jazmine, let me help you" Cheryl said. As I was about to protest, I felt myself being picked up.

Sighing, I wrapped my arms around her neck and let her carry me wherever. When I felt her stop moving, I looked up and realized we were in the living room now.

I saw Archie looking our way and hid my face in Cheryl's neck again. When she tried letting me down, I shook my head and held onto her tighter. "Archie wants to talk to you" Cheryl whispered in my ear.

Shaking my head no, she sighed and sat down, with me laying across her lap. For a few minutes, I was recovering from throwing up, while the others were asking if I was okay and stuff relating to my well being.

Seeing it was about 12 am and it was a tiring day, everyone started to head to their beds. Everyone told me goodnight and wished me well for tomorrow morning hoping I'd feel better.

Cheryl and Archie were now the only ones left in the room with me and you could feel the awkward tension in the room.

"So...." Archie said to break the silence. "So explain why you said that disrespectful shit outside" Cheryl spoke, making me lower my head.

"I-". Archie sighed before trying to speak again. "I'm really sorry for the way I acted out there and what I said. That wasn't me out there, I just felt really angry and said anything I could to make you feel the same hurt I felt".

I looked up and now he was the one with his head held down. I saw Cheryl about to say something but I touched her arm softly, letting her know that this was my turn to say something.

"Even if you felt that hurt, you should have been more private about it. We could have worked the situation out together quietly in our rooms. Even if not quietly, still in our rooms where much questions wouldn't be asked from the others".

"But if that happened, you wouldn't have told me that you were raped" Archie cut in. I fidgeted with my hands and quietly said "Can you not use that word please. It makes me uncomfortable and ashamed, so just say assaulted".

I felt Cheryl squeeze my arm, making me look at her. "Going through something like that is very hard to deal with and is very traumatizing. You shouldn't feel ashamed because you didn't do anything".

"But I let it happen to me. I-If I just tried harder to get him off-" "Jazmine, no. whoever the person was is just a sick bastard who's going to get what's coming for him. You shouldn't blame yourself for what happened, you should only be blaming that sicko that did that to you".

Tears running down slowly, Cheryl wiped them away and brought me into her warm embrace. Just being in her arms reminded me of our past relationship.