Our World

Chapter 9

Jade's POV:

"Perrie, is it true? I mean, you were ... raped?" My voice sounds so small I'm not even sure if the words actually made it out of my mouth.

Perrie avoids my gaze and just nods, looking at the ground. "Oh my god." I breathe out. I swear my heart just broke into a thousand pieces. Why would someone hurt Perrie? Who would do something like that?

It also makes me so angry to know that she went through all this pain by herself. She could've told me about it, and I would've been there for her. Why couldn't she tell me?

Danielle is looking at Perrie guiltily. "I'm so sorry, Perrie. If I had known that you hadn't told them, I would have shut my mouth. Fuck, I'm really sorry!"

"How did you even know, Dani? I didn't know you and Perrie were so close?" Danielle looks at me, doubt filling her eyes. She glances at Perrie before she answers me. "She just told me when she was drunk out of her mind." I nod because that makes sense. Perrie has been drunk out of her mind a lot.

Suddenly everything is starting to make sense. The partying and getting drunk, the distance she put between us. The only thing that didn't make any sense to me was why she was sleeping around.

Perrie's weak voice shakes me out of my thoughts. "Don't lie to her." I tilt my head to the side in confusion at her words. If someone doesn't explain what's going on soon, I might actually lose my mind.

"I had a flashback of what happened while I was having sex with Danielle. It was followed by a massive panic attack, so I felt like I owed her an explanation."

Instead of clearing things up, these explanations make me more and more confused and shocked. I look at Leigh-Anne, who had stayed quiet all this time, but she didn't look as shocked as I did.

"You knew too, Leigh?" Was I really the only one left out of this? "I found out yesterday about them being fuckbuddy's, but I didn't know about the uhm... other thing."

"Fuckbuddy's, so no one night stand. Okay, yeah, my best friends were sleeping with each other and didn't feel like they should tell me." After those words leave my lips, I realize that I'm focusing on the wrong part of the story here. The conversation should be about Perrie's incident, not about her fuckbuddy.

"I'm sorry, Pez. Are you alright? Is there anything we can do to make you feel better?" I step closer to her, but she takes a step back.

A sharp pain shoots through my heart at that action. She doesn't want me touching her. "Can everybody please just not touch me right now. Add not talk to me too. I'm going to my bedroom and please, just leave me alone. All of you."

That was all the explanation I got before she turned around and took off.

Perrie's POV:

Three in the morning. It was three in the morning and I hadn't left my bed. I didn't eat, I didn't sleep, I didn't move. I was just lying here staring at my ceiling. My friends had listened to me and left me alone.

I was grateful that they did, but somewhere deep down, I hoped Jade would try and come talk to me. She didn't. Of course, I couldn't blame her for that. I literally asked her not to.

My throat is really dry and feels like sandpaper, so I decide to get myself a glass of water before I try getting some sleep.

When I leave my bedroom, I spot that the lights were still on in the kitchen. Jade probably forgot to turn them off before going to bed.

As I walk into the kitchen, I realize she didn't. She is sitting there at the counter, reading a book.

She looks up immediately when I enter the kitchen. "Hi," I say as I walk past her. She stays quiet for a few moments before speaking up. "Hey."