Animals (sequel out)

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"Nice work hope" Alaric smiles while looking on at the road.
I smile to myself. I feel gross and violated but I also feel this strange pride so I try to ignore the other feelings. I try to shove it far down and forget what just happened.

"Do you want something to eat?" He looks over grinning.

"Yes" I look over.

He pulls into a McDonald's and orders us drinks and fries and for a minute it was like nothing ever happened. Like I had made up the last hour in my head. Like I was lucky because so many others had it worse all I had to do was help why am I so sensitive. I'm just using my gift nothing more nothing less.

He drives across the street to a motel and he gets out to check in like he's done a thousand times before. He comes back to the car and grabs his backpack and I grab our leftovers and we walk up to our room.  It might seem inappropriate that we share the same room when we go on these missions but I swear it's not .

When we get up to the room Alaric walks straight to the bathroom to take a shower and I hop on the bed and turn on the TV sitting crisscross on top of the comforter finishing my Dr. Pepper.  It's almost a ritual at this point I watch cartoons while he gets ready for bed. When he finishes his shower he comes over and sits next to me with a bottle of bourbon. I've gotten drunk with him quite a few times but I wasn't in the mood to throw up in the morning.

"I'm good" I tilt the bottle back towards him and he shrugs and pours himself shot after shot while watching cartoons with me.  I start to get sleepy and I lay back with my head still slightly tilted towards the screen.

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He places his hand on my thigh it makes me cringe hard but I don't want to make things weird we've been having such a good night. He's been so nice I just have to put up with this tiny thing.

Then suddenly it's like he springs on me like a tiger pouncing. It scared the shit out of me . Everything was moving so slow yet so fast. He yanks off my shirt and
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(Alaric is weird af and makes Hope uncomfortable af and tries to get handsy)

I shove him off of me as hard as I can and I run into the bathroom I lock the door behind me and I check it at least a dozen times to make sure it's locked.  I start to hyperventilate and pace around the bathroom. Alaric slams on the door and slurs "I'm sorry please come outt let's just go to bed."

I start to cry and hyperventilate. I press my bare back to the wall and I claw at my arms. He knocks the door again and then he starts pounding.

I  bury myself in the corner and I start pulling at my ears and clawing at my neck. I want to be unconscious, I want to be unconscious, I want to be unconscious.

I start choking on air and I lay down on the cold dirty bathroom floor getting dizzier and dizzier by the second.  I shut my eyes tight and hold myself tight and I dream that it's my mother holding me and protecting me.