The Broken Ones

Chapter Thirty-Two

"I went to see my grandmother," Alesia told Johnny. It was Monday morning, and the two were seated together in the library. They had somehow managed to find to free computers that were right next to each other.

"How was it?' Johnny asked curiously.

Alesia struggled. "It was alright, I guess," she told him. "I'm not sure why I was so scared to go see her."

"She raised your mother," Johnny answered blankly.

"Still she is my family," Alesia said as she looked up from the computer. "Look who it is," she told Johnny.

Johnny looked up as well to see Elliot enter the library.

"We can leave if you want to," Alesia told him.

"No, I have to face him eventually," Johnny replied as he looked back at his computer screen. "I can't keep hiding forever."

It didn't take Elliot long to notice the two. "Jonathon!" he yelled out. The people around them gave Elliot dirty looks for being so loud. "Sorry," Elliot replied as he walked to Alesia and Johnny. "How have you been?" He asked as he placed his left hand on Johnny's shoulder, causing the boy to visually cringe.

"Fine," Johnny mumbled as Alesia walked on in silence.

"Have you got lucky yet?" Elliot asked with a grin.

"What?' Johnny whimpered.

"You know what I'm talking about you dog," Elliot told him. "Any of the professors here like you."

"You make me sick," Alesia told him harshly.

"Why?" Elliot asked her, confused.

"Do you have any idea what it feels like to have been abused?" Alesia asked harshly. She kept her voice down as not to get the attention of the other people around them.

"No," Elliot replied. "And I don't understand what that has to do with anything?"

"Johnny was sexually abused," Alesia pointed out. "His school teacher took advantage of him and her position as an authority figure. Yet somehow you are acting like what happened to him it is fantastic."

"But-" Elliot started.

"No, she's right," Johnny interrupted. "I still have nightmares about what happened to me. It was nothing to be proud of. It made me feel worthless and weak."

"You are a despicable person and leave Johnny alone," Alesia commanded. "He has already gone through enough."

Elliot started blankly at the two before turning around and walking away from them.

"Thank you," Johnny told Alesia. "That's probably one of the best things anyone has done for me."

"Someone should have done it sooner," Alesia answered.

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"It's the final week of the essay writing contest," Valeriana told Alesia. The two were seated at one of the couches in the library

"Already," Alesia commented.

"We did miss the first two weeks," Valeriana pointed out.

"I know that I just expected it to be a while before the end," Alesia told her.

"I have already checked what it is," Valeriana told Alesia. "You can write about anything you want."

"Do you know what you are going to write about?" Alesia asked.

Valeriana shook her head. "No."

"Me neither," Alesia replied

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A/N: I'm so sorry I took so long to update. I wrote this chapter over a week ago but I wasn't happy with it. I still not really happy with it but I decided just to post it so I can move on with the story.