Heart

Chapter 13

― Chapter 13: ONE YEAR AGO ―

― Dair ―

“I love you so much.”  Faye gushed, rubbing her nose against Tom’s, her boyfriend.

“I love you more.”  Tom reciprocated her actions.

I smiled and looked down.  I was at a family function of Faye’s; Faye and I had always been so close, almost like sisters.  Her parents knew me well and were like my second family.

Faye and Tom had been together for six months and were going strong.  I admit that I myself felt a little lonely, I never seemed to have much luck with men, but I was happy for Faye she deserved to be happy with someone who treated her well.  And even though she had a boyfriend she always made time for me, she wasn’t one of those people who forgot about her friends once she got a boyfriend.

“Dair, aren’t you gonna eat?”  Faye asked.

I looked down at the hot dog sitting in a bun on my plate.  “Oh…yeah…I just wanted to put some ketchup on it first.”

I grabbed the ketchup bottle in front of me and squeezed it lightly, nothing came out.  I gave it a harder squeeze resulting in it pouring out instantly, accidentally squirting some on my hand.

“Ahhh.”  I stood up causing Faye and Tom to look up at me.  “I’m going to go wash this off.  I’ll be right back.”

I scurried off to the bathroom, finding myself completely alone as I washed off the ketchup from my hand.  I had just dried my hands off when I heard the door opening.

“Tom.”  I said, surprised.  “What are you doing in here?  This is the ladies bathroom.”

Tom’s face was expressionless as he remained silent and took a few steps towards me.

“I-Is something wrong with Faye?”  I started to back up slowly as he continued to come closer.

“Tom, you’re scaring me.”

I yelped as he lunged at me, grabbing me by the arms and roughly shoving me against the wall.  He clasped a hand firmly over my mouth, muffling my screams and making it hard to breathe.

I squirmed in desperation against his hold and he started to aggressively tear off my dress.  Tears ran down my cheeks as I continued to struggle, but I couldn’t break free.

Tom pulled the hem of my dress up and roughly grinded his hips against mine.  My fear rose as I met his gaze and saw his malicious grin.  I continued to kick and thrash, trying to get away.  I was so scared.

“HEY!”  The familiar voice of Faye shouted.

In an instant, her fist collided with Tom’s jaw, sending him stumbling backwards and making him let go of me.  I slumped down onto the floor, shaking from fear and anxiety.

“Are you okay?!  Are you alright?!”  Faye’s arms wrapped around me tightly.

She turned her attention to Tom when he had started walking towards us again and immediately started to holler at him.

“You.  You get the hell out of here.  Stay away from Dair and stay the hell away from me!  Don’t you ever come near either one of us again or I will fucking report you for attempted rape!”

“Oh come on, Faye.  We were just having a little fun.  Dair practically begged me to fuck her.”  He laughed.

I was mostly out of it, shaking uncontrollably in Faye’s arms but I saw her glare at him.  I had never seen her look so angry since I had known her.