Helping Her - The Rookie

Chapter Two

A few weeks later.

Tamara had been living with Tim and Lucy, she had helped out by going shopping and preparing dinner for them.

Saturday

Tamara has been working over the last few weeks without anyone knowing, she just wants to give back to Lucy and Tim for letting her crash in their apartment.

She has been struggling through, she had been getting flashbacks from her past and they scare her. She cries herself to sleep every night because of them.

Tim still hates having her around, but does kinda find it helpful at the same time.

Tonight Lucy has gone to work the night shift, while Tim and Tamara were at home. They went their separate ways. They both went to sleep early.

Tamara started tossing and turning, getting another flashback. This one was way worse than the others, she screamed. Tim heard this and ran to her room.

When he got in there, he saw the state that she was in. He quickly called Lucy.

Tim: "Babe, what do I do? Tamara just screamed, she is tossing and turning. Please help."

Lucy: "Okay, she either having a flashback or a nightmare. Go on to her and gently try to wake her up, I'm on my way now. Stay on the phone."

Tim approached Tamara's bed, gently placing his hands on her arm. Gently shook her.

Tim (softly): "Hey Tamara, wake up. I need you to wake up." After a few more shakes, she jolts awake. Frantically looking around the room, she sees Tim next to her.

Tim: "It's okay, Lucy will be here soon. You can talk to her." Tamara was shaking and crying, she put her head down, then slightly lifted it to see Tim.

Tim: "I don't know what's going on but your safe okay. Nothing will happen." He extends his arm to wipe her tears but she launches at him. Hugging him tight, then realises what she was doing.

Tamara: "Sorry, I'm so a-s-sorry." As she went to pull away, Tim wrapped his arms around her.

Tim: "It's okay, you don't have to move. If you want a hug then I'm happy to give you a hug. I'm the one that is sorry, for being so rude to you."

Tamara: "I get it, it's okay." Tim shook his head.

Tim: "It's not okay, I'm going to work on being nicer to you." Just then Lucy rushed in.

Lucy: "I'm here!"

Tim: "I'll let you two talk." Tamara was enjoying the warmth so she hugged him tighter not wanting him to leave.

Tamara: "Can you stay? It's okay if you don't, I know how much you don't like me." Seeing this side of Tamara, Tim couldn't leave her and she was holding onto him tightly.

Tim: "I'm not going anywhere." Lucy saw the shift in Tim, she was happy to see him this way.

Lucy: "Tamara, what happened?"

Tamara: "I had a flashback from my past." She was crying on Tim, he didn't care and just held her there. 

Lucy: "If you want to tell us you can. There is no pressure though." Tamara took a deep breathe.

Tamara: "Living on the streets, you do what you can to survive. People would use cliptok to find hook ups, in return you would get a warm meal and a place to stay. One of the hook ups I went on, didn't go to plan. He ended up abusing me then raped me, I tried to fight time but was unsuccessful. I also have OD a few times, never my doing. Always other people, so I don't know what they have done to me." Tim and Lucy were both shocked.

Tim: "Now I feel terrible for the way I have been treating you. I'm sorry this happened to you." Lucy gently place her hand on Tamara's shoulder.

Lucy: "Your safe now, if you can remember any names then we can look into it. But there isn't really much that we can do. We're sorry we can't do more."

Tamara: "You have already done enough for me. I having been working at a diner to get money together so I can move out, then you guys can have the apartment to yourself."

Tim: "Tamara ...

Author's Note: Sorry that this part is short, having been able to write a longer part.