The Help

Ch. 14

Taylor

Me and Shawn pulled apart, after it seemed like 2 minutes of hugging, and crying in his arms. I wiped my eyes as I walked towards the couch and sat down. Shawn sat beside me, looking at me. His facial expression had 'worry' all over. He sighed before he began to speak

"What happened? Did that son of a bitch hurt you?!" She said angrily

"No" I shook my head "Don't call him that, he did nothing bad to me" I sniffed

"Then why are you here by yourself? And why are you crying? You better tell me everything, I'm not afraid to beat his ass Tay"

"I'm serious Shawn. He didn't do anything, he didn't hurt me or anything, I just...I ran into some old friends just to catch up and hang out, but Raven said somethings that really got to me and-" I stopped as I felt my tears coming back "I just don't want to go through this, I can't"

"What did Raven say?"

"She said that I was a liar and that he didn't rape me. She said I was just saying that for attention and that we really had sex"

"Why would she say something like that?" He said getting fustrated as he shook his head in disbelief

"Because all this time she liked him Shawn. She always liked him, so she called me a bad friend for getting with him, but Shawn...I didn't I was really raped" I said when a tear fell from my eye

"I believe you Taylor, you know that. Obviously, she doesn't and that doesn't matter. Besides her, everyone believed you and that's what matters. Okay?" He said as he placed his hand on my shoulder. I nodded "Now go to your room and go rest. I know you missed sleeping in there" he slightly smiled

I got up and walked to my bedroom. It still looked the same, how I left it. I sat on my bed and sighed. I looked at the picture frame I had on my nightstand of me, my dad, and Shawn. It was the day we went to DisneyWorld in Florida for me and Shawn's 4th birthday. It was 5 months before my dad was called into war, and before he died. I miss him, dearly. I took off my shoes and laid back on my bed. I instantly drifted off too sleep

Tremaine

I got home 2 hours ago, and I haven't heard from Taylor at all. She was supposed to meet her friends at a park on Jefferson St. but when I drive by, the park was empty. She wasn't even answering her phone. I'm kinda worried if you ask me, because she is alone out there somewhere, and she is pregnant. I hope she's safe. I sat on the couch, as I turned on the tv. I skipped through the channels, seeing what I should watch. Sadly, there was nothing on I wanted to watch.

I grabbed my keys and jacket and decided I was gone drive around and look for her. Like I said...I hope she's safe.

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Taylor

I woke up from my well needed nap, which I can honestly say, felt good. I rose up from the bed and I smelt food cooking. Shawn can cook now? I opened my bedroom door, and walked out to the kitchen where I smelt the food coming from. When I walked into the kitchen, I saw my mom cooking over the stove. I shyly stood there, not knowing what to do or say. I watched as she turned the stove off and turned around and faced me. She looked surprised. Her eyes met mine as I quickly looked down at the ground.

"What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to come back home" I said softly "Mom, I'm sorry...for not getting an abortion, I am. I just thought that what you said wasn't fair. This baby is a human being and I know that this is a child of a rapist, but, this is life inside of me, and I wanted to keep it. I can except the fact that you hate me, but mom if you hate me that much then I don't want this baby. I just want to come home" I said as I began to cry "I already lost daddy and I definitely didn't want to loose you either. I wanted you to be there for me, to be in my corner" I cried "Mom I need you, please? Please let me come home!"