"Stay With Me"

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Your 6:00 am clock for rehearsal went off. You wanted to be excited but after everything that has happened, you're not really looking forward to anything.
You pulled yourself up and out of bed still sore just at least you can manage. You looked down and noticed a bag of clothes.
'Aw he bought me clothes'
You looked in the bag and put together a cute outfit.
You picked out a dark green tank top with jean shorts.
'Wow he has a good taste of clothes'
You proceeded to get in the shower and wash your hair then dried it.
You wore your hair down and put sunglasses on top of your head and grabbed your purse.
You walked down the stairs to see Leslie humming 'Dear Theodosia' and cooking eggs and bacon.
"Good morning" you said kind of moody like.
"Hey! Are you feeling alright?" He said the first part happy like but then remembered what happened.
You felt the hickey on your neck that felt like a bruise.
"Yeah, I guess"
He was saddened at your answer.
"Are you sure you don't want to skip rehearsal?" He asked looking deep into your eyes.
"Yeah, I've been looking forward to it forever so I'm not going to change plans now"
He handed you a plate and sat down.
You began to eat and drank your coffee.
"Y/N" he said your name in a deep concerned voice but it sent tingles down your spine.
"Hm?" You hummed back looking at him.
"After breakfast do you want to talk about what happened? It might make you feel better" you got frustrated at the topic but you knew it would feel better to get the topic off of your chest.
"...yeah" you said in a weak voice.
It seems like every time you showed a hint of sadness Leslie would get angered at himself.
You both finished your breakfast and went to the couch.
"Well 1 year ago I broke up with my ex, Daniel, he was really abusive and used to sell my body to his friends just so he can get a couple hundreds. If I didn't obey him or his friends I would get hit or even stabbed..." I proceeded to lift up my tank top to show my stomach that has scars on it.
He stood there listening very close to every word and getting more and more angry the more you would explain.
"I knew if I did not get away from him I wouldn't survive so I got a job as a marching band choreographer and got enough money to move away from him. I thought I was safe when I left him in Kentucky but apparently not. I went to go get chapstick and lip gloss and from Target, since Target wasn't far from here I chose to walk and then I bumped into him. He started whistling at me and cat calling me until he grabbed my wrists and held my mouth and pushed me into his van thing or whatever..."
As he was getting angry I was getting angry to, I was getting so angry that I started to tear up.
"I started to defend myself and punch him in the mouth and he started to bleed but then he reached up into the front of the car and grabbed a beer bottle and knocked me out with it. I woke up tied to a bed frame and I was naked. He got back into the room and I could smell alcohol on his breath. He started to...r-rape me..." at this point you were sobbing.
"If I tried to squirm away..." you paused from crying. "I would get hurt"
Leslie grabbed you into a hug and you cried into his chest.
"I'm so sorry, Y/N, I promise for the rest of my days on this Earth, I will protect you, even if that risks my life."
I stopped crying and pulled out my phone to check the time while Leslie was staring at me.
6:57
"Les, we're gonna be late"
"It's okay if Lin gets mad at us I will explain that you're going through something right now." He stated.
"Okay but we probably need to head out now doofus" you giggled.
You got in the passenger seat of Leslie's car and pulled down the mirror so you can put on your makeup. Leslie started the car glancing at you ever so often. You acted like you didn't notice. You finished putting on your mascara and lip gloss and put the mirror back up. Then you got a message from Lin.
Lin
Where are you? your late.
You
Sorry Lin were on are way right now.

"Who was that?" Leslie asked.
You always wondered why he asked that when you got a message.
"Just Lin asking where we were" I stated
"Are you sure you want to go?" He asked concerned.
"Yesss" you said sarcastically
"I'm excited to play in the orchestra"
You said smiling.
Leslie smiled at you.
After crying with Leslie you felt a lot better.
"I'm glad" Leslie smiled and looked at you.
You looked back at him and smiled back.
You arrived at the theater 15 minutes late.
Everyone was basically talking while Lin was talking to Tommy Kail.

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