"What...what did he...did he...do this?" he asked me
I stared at him and then past him. I sat there, traumatized. We heard the doorbell ring. He went to the door and opened. It was his friend I'm assuming. His friend was tall as well. I saw him walk around the table as Harry mumble things to him.
"Bloody hell" he whispered, "Hi...I'm Dr. Pay-...you can just call me Liam. Can you hear me okay?" he asked kneeling down in front of me.
He rummaged into his bag and took out the little click pen that had the light at the end.
"Can you look at my ear and then past it for me? Follow the light okay?" he touched my chin, I flinched and tried to calm down, "I'm not going to hurt you"
"Louis's" voice rang through my head and my body flinched again
"I'm here to help" he changed his words, assuming he realized those were trigger words, "Can you tell me your name?"
"P-P-P-Pia" I stuttered
"Okay Pia, you're in a safe place right now. What you're feeling is PTSD, okay? You're going to get through this. I promise. I'm here to make sure you're okay" he told me before pulling out a stethoscope.
He pressed it against my chest and listened.
"I need you to take deep breathes for me"
I tried but couldn't calm down.
"It's okay. Just breathe" he told me
I did just that, even if it was jagged and staggered.
"Can you lift your head up for me? I need to look at your throat"
I did as he instructed
"Shit" he pressed softly
I winced.
"This is sore, yes?"
I nodded
"Okay. I need to spray this in your throat okay? I have to see if your pipes are crushed or dented"
"Okay" I said quietly
"Open" he said
I opened my mouth and he sprayed a weird tasting liquid. He took a tongue depressor and asked if I could feel it.
"Tap once if you can, twice if you can't" he instructed
I tapped twice. He nodded and looked down my throat with a small camera.
"Okay...good...great" he pulled it out and smiled at me, "Nothing is crushed. Just bruised and swollen. Your other bruises will disappear in two to three weeks"
"Two to three?" I asked
"You're American?" he looked at me
I nodded.
"I'm sorry this happened to you" he looked down
"I need these to go away now or at least a week" I begged him
"That's not how the body works. Bruises are capillaries and blood vessels that bursted underneath the skin. The blood pools just under the surface leaving the bruise"
"I...I have to go to work. I can't..."
"Are you his friend?" Harry asked
"What?" I looked at him, "No...we met at a club and when he got me back home I realized I fucked up"
I started to cry.
"Okay you can't cry" Liam told me
"What?"
"Your vocal chords are a little distressed along with your trachea. So crying will only make the swelling worse"
"Fuck" I mumbled, trying not to cry
"Did he do all of this to you?" Liam asked
"Yeah" I told him
"May I?" he asked
I nodded. He lifted the robe and saw more.
"You're bleeding. Let me clean this" he told me
I nodded, and allowed him to do so. I didn't even take the time to see what was bleeding.
"Wait...it's not..." he stopped talking and looked up at me
"Oh my god" I realized where it was coming from
I stood up and felt it drip down my leg.
"Did he-" Harry started to ask
"I don't remember that. I don't remember that" I tried not to cry but couldn't control it
"Okay turn around" Liam instructed
"I'm so sorry" I apologized for bleeding on the floor
"Stop, don't. I don't care. I just want you to be okay"
"You don't even know me" I spoke as I faced the doors and Liam checked out the area
"It's anal bleeding. I can give you something and if you don't mind"
"Go ahead" I sobbed
I felt his gloved fingers and then nothing. The pain had stopped.
"You'll be okay now. I mean it'll stop now" Liam told me
I turned around and thanked him.
"Here come upstairs" Harry suggested
I didn't move.
"To shower. I have some clothes you can wear."
"We need to call the police" Liam suggested
"No" I shook my head looking at both of them, "Please no"
"What? No! Louis needs to be in jail"
"Who is Louis?" Liam asked taking his gloves off after he wiped the blood from the floor
"The guy who did this to me" I hung my head
"Wait...Louis...wait...didn't we all have a BBQ and he came over?" Liam stood up
Harry nodded. Liam stood there quiet, with an angry face.
"He needs to go to jail"
"No. Please" I begged them
It was silent. I suddenly felt dizzy and went to grab onto something but it fell just out of my reach, which is when everything went black.
