The Butterfly Project (Student/Teacher)

Chapter 14

“He raped…you?”

            “I was raped in the park the night of Naomi’s birthday party and a drunken guy followed me home…I thought I could get away but…” I few tears shed down my cheeks.

            “Baby…” He gave me a hug.

            “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you, but I can’t believe it’s your brother…”

            “Me either…suddenly I hate him so much more, I’m glad he’s in jail for a while.”

            “Is this going to make it awkward for you making out with me knowing that?”

            “No, I don’t even think about him, I feel absolutely horrible but I love you too much to let anything get in the way of my love.” I leaned forward and kissed him. He picked me back up, still kissing him, and brought me back to the bed and we lay down and went to sleep. The next noise we heard was a knock on the door.

            “Babe, someone’s at the door.”

            “On it.” He groaned and stretched and got up to get the door, “Jake, what are you doing here so early?”

            “Bro, its noon. Get your lazy asses up and come swimming with all of us.”

            “We will soon, let us get up and eat something man.”

            “Alright, catch yah later bro.” I heard the door close again and Drew came back in and plopped on the bed stomach down.

            “Do we have to go?” I moaned.

            “We can later. They will be there all day.” He groaned back. He must’ve felt a slight fuse of energy to be able to move back up to where he was before Jake appeared at the door. I snuggled back close to him but we couldn’t manage to fall back asleep so we just got up. I ate an apple for breakfast and so did Drew. We both took a shower and got ready, it was kind of stupid to take a shower if we were going swimming but we did anyways. We grabbed our towels and met up with the crew we had the bonfire with a while back. Drew and I sat on the dock that went out a small ways into the lake. Suddenly Drew stood and picked me up in his arms and started running to the end of the dock. I covered my eyes until the water hit us.

            “You ass!” I laughed as we let our heads bob above the water. I was shaking slightly because it was kind of cold but we got back up to the beach and laid our towels out and dried in the sun. I loved the fact that even in November you can enjoy yourself in the beach. I lay on my stomach and rested my head on my arms and looked at Drew who was on his back with his head facing me I closed my eyes and rested in the sun. It felt good to relax and not think about anything. I had thought about last summer all night but I didn’t want to now, so I didn’t. I enjoyed today but I was ready to call it a day. All I wanted to do was sleep.

            “Drew, can we go back now?” I opened my eyes to look at him.

            “Sure, I’m beat.” He laughed. He helped me up and we said goodbye to the guys and called it a day. We got back and went for a small walk with Toby. We figured we would bring him to the beach tomorrow. When we got back to camp we started a fire and sat on the hammock together. I think being out in the sun all day can tire you out.

            “Did you have a good day?” he asked.

            “Yeah, did you?”

            “Yes ma’am especially with my favorite person in this world.” He smirked and kissed me. We leaned back and relaxed like we were all day. I just had an odd feeling I was taking up all of his time, well he would have a little while until I most likely came back but I had to go home after this weekend, I simply had to. I must’ve fallen asleep because the next time I woke up I was in bed cuddled up with Drew. It was only the middle of the night but I was awake, I was having a nightmare about being raped. I snuck out of bed and walked in the bathroom and stared at myself in the mirror. I had that horrible and depressive feeling again. I got anxious and frantically started looking for something sharp, I knew I would regret this but when I found a razor I ripped the blade out and sent it through my legs. I felt like a horrible person. I leaned against the wall and closed my eyes letting myself feel the relief. I must’ve fallen asleep like that because when I woke up I was on the bed and Drew was in the bathroom taking a shower. I looked down at my legs and he had bandages wrapped around both of the top of my knees. I pulled the covers back over me and reclosed my eyes. Then the sound of Drew getting out of the shower made me pull my eyes opens again. He walked out with a towel around his waist.