Saving The Nerd *SLOW UPDATES*

Chapter 14

(This chapter may be sensitive to some people. You have been warned.)

I don't know what kept me going, besides the fact that Corey was dragging me by my wrist down the hall to leave the school. My wrist really hurt but I didn't care at this moment. Everything was numb to me. Every time I blink the whole scene replays in my head. 

I can still taste him in my mouth and it makes me want to vomit. He was so harsh with his kissing. My lips hurt. It wasn't soft or gentle like Corey's. Not anything like it.

"Once we leave this school, we're going straight to the police and telling them about this bastard." Corey tells me. I don't say anything as I continue to stare at the ground.

Why did this have to happen again...

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Corey decided to drive while I sat in the passenger seat, even though he didn't have a license, though I don't think that was the first thing on his mind. All I could do was stare out the window blankly. At one point I looked down at my wrists to big bruises around my thin wrists. The sight almost made me burst into tears again but I held it in.

Once we arrived to the nearest police station, we entered and Corey sat me down while he went to talk to the police. I could hear bits and pieces of the conversation. All I know is that someone was going to the school to arrest Mr.Marks.

"Zelda?"

I look up to see Corey and an officer in front of me.

"He wants to ask you some questions. Is that fine with you?" Corey asks softly, sitting down next to me. I  nod my head feebly.

"Hello Miss Hamilton," the officer greets me with a rough voice. "I'm going to need you to tell me what happened as best as you can. This man," he points to Corey, "has already stated what happened. We just need your side of the story. Can you do that for me?" His voice softens, and I look him in the eyes to see sympathy.

"Yes," I respond weakly. I didn't know I sounded so weak. As I told the story and my personal information, I had to keep my tears back and my voice from cracking with pain. The entire time Corey rubbed my back gently to comfort me. After I finished telling the story the officer thanked us and we were allowed to leave.

"Wait, sir-"

"You can call me Officer James," he interrupts, a small smile on his face.

"Officer James," Corey restarts. "Will he be arrested for sure?"

"No doubt about it. Take care you two."

At this point Corey and I leave the station. He drives us back to my house and he parks in my driveway with ease. He helps me into the house and we go straight for my room. We both sit down on my bed, and I continue to stare down at the ground. 

After minutes of silence, Corey speaks.

"Zelda... Talk to me." 

"Why did he do it?" I speak, my voice sounding broken.

"I don't know Zelda. I can't answer that." He answers sincerely.

I look at him, his eyes slightly filled with tears, but I could tell he was holding them back.

"This isn't the first time this happened." I state, looking at the ground again.

"I can say the same thing." I snap my head and look at him to staring at the ground.

"What... What happened?" I ask, moving closer to him.

"My dad... He was drunk the one day when I was about 12 years old. He barged into my room and pinned me down on my own bed and started to unbuckle my pants. He was too strong to push off. My mom came in just in time to somehow get him off of me. I cried all night, feeling ashamed that my own father wanted to do that to me. The next day he called me a faggot for letting him almost having his way with me. I told him that I wasn't gay and that I tried to push him off of me and he slapped me across the face, calling me a faggot once again."  A tear started to roll down his cheek and I inched closer to him and started to rub his back.

"What happened with you?" He asks, wiping his tear away.

"In freshman year I had a boyfriend named Chad. We had gone out for about four months, and at that point he wanted to have sex, but I refused. So he pinned me down and tried to rape me. I wasn't able to push him off so I started to scream for my parents and actually punched me in the face. My dad came upstairs and tore him off of me. I had to keep him from beating Chad to a pulp but he still gave him a couple bruises. His parents wanted to sue us but we were going to sue them for having his son almost raping me so they decided to drop all charges. We still got a restraining order against him and he was forced to transfer schools. After that my parents were always worried about me meeting new men." I finish, feeling new tears stream down my face.

"That would explain why your mother acted the way she did." He states and I nod my head in response. I then heard him sniffle and I pulled him for a hug and he started to cry. 

"Why did Lola do that to me? I feel so disgusted with myself." He says through his tears.

"Im so sorry Corey... I never wanted her to hurt you." I tell him, feeling my face scrunch in pain as I started to cry as well.

"I know how you feel Corey... I really do."

"I'm sorry Zelda. I should have known that Mr.Marks would do something like that." He starts to sob and I do as well. Both of us sob in each other's arms for who knows how long. We finally calm down and I shakily stand up and grab tissues so we could blow our noses and wipe our tears. After we clean up ourselves, we sit in silence, holding each other.

"Zelda?" I hear Corey say. We both look at each other, gazing into each others eyes. I then see him start to lean closer to my face, and I do the same. We're inches from each other's lips before I hear my parents storm into my house screaming my name, and we break apart.

"I'm up here!" I yell and I hear two sets of feet racing up the stairs. Both my parents barge into my room, looking shocked and frantic.

"Are you ok?!" My mom almost screeches, running over to my bed and pulling my into a tight hug.

"What happened?!" My dad yells, also giving me a hug.

"My teacher almost raped me." I state, feeling the numbness return. My dad stands up and puts a hand to his forehead, looking completely stunned. I hear my mom start to sniffle and I pet her hair.

"I'm going to kill that son of a bitch!" My dad screams, his face turning red and I flinch. My mom starts to cry even harder.

"Dad they probably arrested him by now. They might say something about it on the news. Plus, I think you should thank someone for saving me from worse damage." I tell him.

"Who? Who helped you?" He pesters, his eyes bulging out of his head. I turn my head and look at Corey, looking at the ground once more. My dad takes a step towards him, then grabbing him and pulling him up from the bed, then giving him a hug.

"Thank you... Thank you Corey for helping my daughter. I will always be grateful." My dad's voice sounding weak. Corey's arms wrap around my dad's waist.

"You're welcome Mr.Hamilton. I would do anything for your daughter." 

Hearing him say that, I smile to myself.

What does he mean by that?

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