admire - jiara love story - obx fanfic

20. best friend

jj pov:

it's been a few weeks since me and kie got back together and things have been going great. we're all really happy. well at least we were. today is a not so good day. it's rafe's court hearing and we all have to go to testify against him. me, sarah, kie, john b, pope and cleo are all testifying against him. we were the only ones there too so there's not really anyone on rafe's side. but that's a good thing.

we all get out of the twinkie and go up to the court. we go through security and everything, then get in and sit where they show us. they bring rafe in and he looks awful. he looks like he hasn't slept in days. he's handcuffed and they take him to the witness stand. he looks over at us and i feel kie tense up next to me. i take her hand in mine. "it's okay. he can't hurt you" i say. she nods.

sarah goes first. she tells them about how rafe approached her and kie, and grabbed their wrists and dragged them through the house and to the deck where me, john b, pope and cleo were. they ask her what they think rafe wanted to talk about and sarah looks at kiara. kie nods and sarah tells them what happened, all those years ago, and what he did, and then she tells them that he was gonna try to kill kie, until i got involved. then she tells them how he pulled the gun out and tried to shoot me, then she stepped in the way.

the defence lawyers for rafe ask her a few questions, but they can't really go against her story as there's no way to defend rafe here. he's clearly in the wrong. he shot his sister. no matter how much money ward pays to get a good lawyer there's no way out of that.

sarah and ward had a massive argument about what happened and she moved in with john b. he tried to get sarah to change her story but sarah refused. that's all i really know.

i get questioned and i say the same as sarah, expect for rafe approaching sarah and kie because i didn't see that. then kie goes up and the defence give her such a hard time.

"miss carrera, would you say you have a bad history with mr cameron?"
"yes, i would"
"why would you say this?"
"because he tried to rape me? and kill me?"
"is it possible that this history between the two of you could influence you to feel some hatred, or anger towards mr cameron?"
"um, yes?"
"so this could have influenced you to change your story?"
"what?"
"you clearly dislike mr cameron, you said it yourself. so is it possible you would want him in jail? and maybe this story you and your friends are telling us is made up? planned? to get mr cameron in jail, as revenge for what he did to you?"
"what!? no! he shot sarah! why would we make that up?"
"to get back at mr cameron. you could've planned it and with your friends, being your friends they would go along with it"
"you think sarah would lie about her own brother shooting her?"
"miss carrera, did you plan all of this?"
"no! how would i plan it all? how would i plan rafe coming up and assaulting me and sarah and then him shooting sarah? how would i plan that!?"
"that's what i'm asking you"
"well i don't have an answer because i didn't. we're all telling the truth. rafe shot sarah"
"miss carrera, did mr cameron really try to rape and kill you? or did you make that up?"
"what!? i would never make something like that up!"
"why have you waited all this time to mention mr cameron's alleged attempted rape?"
"alleged!?"
"why did you wait?"
"because he didn't actually get far enough to rape me, and you know that it's hard for victims to speak up?"
"so why are you speaking up now?"
"because it's part of this case?"
"how does it have anything to do with mr cameron shooting miss cameron?"
"because he was trying to talk to me and sarah before he shot her?"
"and you think mr cameron was going to talk to you about the alleged attempted rape and killing?"
"yes, and stop saying alleged! it did happen!"
"i have no further questions"

kiara takes a deep breathe as she blinks the tears out of her eyes.

"i think we're gonna take a break" the judge says.

kiara stands down from the witness box and walks out of the court room. sarah gets up and runs after her.

"that guy is a dick" pope says. "i know" i say.

kiara pov:

i storm into the ladies restroom and fall to the floor with my back against the wall. tears uncontrollably drop out of my eyes and i'm not even trying it stop them. the flashbacks come flooding back.

"i'm not that drunk" he says, putting his hand on my thigh, just under my short dress.
"rafe!" i say, pushing him off again but he gets more forceful. he slides his hand up my leg and underneath my dress.
he pushes me back until he's on top of me on the floor. "rafe! i said stop!"
i close my eyes as a tear rolls down my face, this is it. i'm gonna get raped by my own boyfriend.
he moves forwards and he's about to thrust inside of me when someone bursts through the door.
"that's it. we're done!" i shout at him.
"don't be dramatic you know you wanted me" he says.

"get out of my head!" i shout, cupping my ears with my hands as i shake my head, trying to shake the flashbacks away. my breathes start to get shorter and i feel myself shaking. i've only had panic attacks a few times but when i did have them, they were bad.

"kiara". "kie". "kie it's me! it's okay!". "kiara it's me! i'm real!". i look up and see sarah sitting in front of me. she takes my hands in hers. "it's not real, he's not here. you're okay kie. i'm here" she says. i look around, i'm not in that bathroom. rafe's not here. i'm fine. "kiara, deep breathes" sarah says. "breathe with me okay, look" she says, taking a deep breathe. "in, and out. focus on my breathing kie. copy it" she says. she breathes in and i do too. "in" i hold it for a few seconds. "and out" she says, exhaling. "in" we both inhale. "and out" we both exhale. we repeat this until my breathing is steady again. "it's okay kie" she says, pulling me into a hug. i cry onto her shoulder as she rubs my back. "you're okay" she says. she's right, i am okay. i pull back after a few seconds and look at her. "sorry" i say. "don't you dare. don't you dare apologise you hear me?" she says. "it's not your fault. the things that lawyer said to you were awful. don't apologise kiara. i'm just glad you're okay" she says. "thankyou" i say. "of course, i'll always be here for you kie" she says.

we sit in there for a few more minutes until it's not so noticeable that i've been crying, then we go back into the corridor. jj, john b and pope walk over as me and sarah leave the bathroom. "kie are you okay?" jj says, throwing his arms around me. "i am now" i say. "that was messed up. don't take any notice kie" john b says. "where's cleo?" sarah says. "in the court arguing with someone about what the defence lawyer said to kie" pope says. i let out a small laugh. "of course she is" i say. "you guys were in there for ages" john b says. "i had a panic attack" i say. "what!?" jj says. "are you okay!?" pope says. i nod. "i'm fine, sarah calmed me down. she knew how to since she's been there for me when i've had them before" i say. "you've had them before?" jj says. "only a few times" i say. jj wraps his arm around me and kisses me on the top of my head.

i'm just glad sarah was there, because with panic attacks it's always harder and takes longer to get myself out of them. it's always better when sarah is there. she's the only person who knows how to get me out of them because rafe used to have them when they were younger. and she's helped me in the past. sarah is always there for me and i don't know what i'd do without her. she's my best friend and my other half. she's definitely my platonic soulmate. i love her so much, and i'm so grateful to have her as my best friend.