The Lies We Tell (Lesbian Story)

Chapter 17: 3 years later

Life is great now! I'm in my second year at St. John's University and Heaven is in her third. We're both single and definitely mingling. I have my eyes on a girl, who is a junior by the way and Heaven, well she's been seeing a senior for about four months now.

I still keep in touch with Lani and Alex about once a week. They're doing great. Alex is older and more wiser now. She's on tour at the moment and Lani has landed herself a deal with the same record label as Alex. I'm so proud of my best friends. They're following their dreams and so am I.

9:30am

I have one class for the day and I'm so grateful. Wednesday's are my shortest days. It's been raining all week so I decided to pull my hair up in a messy bun and throw on some sweatpants and a hoodie. I was meeting Heaven and her boo afterward for lunch.

As I walked into my psychology class I saw my friend Emily sitting in her usual seat. She looked different though. No makeup, her hair was wild and freezy, and she wasn't dressed up as normal. I blamed it on the rain and no sleep.

"Hey Em" I said sitting next to her. She didn't say anything just remained silent. I leaned forward and she looked as if she was in a trance. I slid her hair out of her face and she was just staring at nothing in particular. I was very concerned. I made it my duty to figure out what was going on after class.

The professor came in and she began teaching right away. We went over last weeks notes and she gave us a pop quiz which lasted about 20 minutes. After the last person handed theirs in she passed them back out for peer grading. The person I had got 98/100 points. She was very smart. She helped tutor me my freshman year in Spanish. I was failing bad but with the help of her I passed.

10:15am

Class was over and Emily stayed seated. She didn't move at all. I tried to help her up and she just screamed. To the top of her lungs actually. Professor Grant looked on with confusion and closed her door. She had another class at 10:30 but that had to wait.

I slid back from her and she was crying, tears running down her face uncontrollably. "Em what's wrong?" I asked. Still she said nothing. I looked at professor Grant and she gave me that look. I knew she wanted me to use what I had learned in class on Em.

I took a few more steps back and sat there for about two minutes. She looked up at me and said "I was raped. I feel dirty and weak. Like I have no control over my body or life" Professor Grant was shocked. She began to cry as well. I couldn't believe my friend had to endure something like that.

"Who is he Emily?" I asked trying to sound as calm as possible. My voice was shaking and my hands were trembling with anger.

"I don't know who he is. I've never seen him before and he looked to be in his mid to late twenties. He was tall, white, with a brown beard and brown curly hair. I did get a glimpse of a shooting star tattoo wrapped around his neck."

She was trembling and looked terrified. I asked her if I could walk her to her room and she said yes. I took ahold her book bag and we headed out the door. Before walking out Professor Grant told me she needed to talk to me before the day was over.

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When we got to Emily's room her roommate was laying across her bed listening to music. She looked up at me and smiled. I went straight to their bathroom and ran her a hot shower. She walked in and got undressed.

"Where did Em go last night? Was she alone?" I asked her roommate with a serious tone to my voice.

She sat up and looked at me becoming concerned. "Um I think she went to the movies by herself. She really wanted to see Ted 2 but I was at dinner with my mom. Why do you ask?"

I wasn't sure if I should tell her or not so I shrugged it off and went to check on Em. She was getting out and about to dry off. Once she was dressed I tucked her in the bed and kissed her on the forehead. She curled up in a ball and fell right asleep.

By this time it was almost 11 and I was meeting Heaven in the cafe for lunch. I stopped by our room to drop my bag off and use the bathroom. I prayed the whole way to my dorm that Em was the first and last female student to be raped or sexually assaulted.

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I opened the door and saw Heaven and Niko sitting on the bed. Niko had an expression on his face that I couldn't shake. "What's wrong?" I asked hesitantly. Niko stood up and said "Heaven was attacked by some white guy on campus today. If it wasn't for the people who heard her scream he would have raped her" Niko said near tears. I wrapped my arms around Heaven and held her tight. This guy had to be caught. First Emily now Heaven. He's messed with the wrong girls.