Thin lines between love and hate

Chapter 23

Dominique's POV:
I was pacing back and forth, wondering what I was going to tell Ray, but what if he already knows. I was snapped out of my thoughts when I heard a knock at my door "hey" I said to Ray as I let him into my room "hey" he said turning around facing me "you wanted to tell me about didn't you" he said, I was kinda shocked "how did you know that" I said crossing my arms "I ran into her last week" he said "you could have at least told me" I said back to him "yeah I know but I didn't want to make such a big fuss about it and besides, she not the same person she used to be" he said and he was right, I knew something was different about her "you think I should talk to her" I asked him "If you feel like she needs someone to talk then I think you should" he said "thanks" I said running up to him and giving him a hug, quickly grabbing my things "wait your leaving right now" he asked "yes, now come on let's go" I replied back to him "you want me to go with you" he asked "no I want to get out" I said "don't think this the wrong way, I still love you" I said taking his hand and pushing him out the door "rude much" he replied back me as was heading to my car "I'll call you later" I said right before he disappeared around the corner.

Jessica's POV:
I sat in silence on my bed for a while then I heard a knock at my door and to be honest, I didn't feel like speaking to anyone, but I got up and answered the door anyway. "Dominique wha...what are you doing here" I asked wondering why she was standing at my door "I came to talk, if you don't t mind" she told me. She looked serious, like she really wanted to talk "o...ok that's fine, you can come in" I said to her letting her in "so what do you want to talk about" I said in a nervous tone "well when I bumped into you earlier, I noticed that something was different about you, your personality is different" she said "is that a bad thing" I said taking a seat at the table as she followed "no not at all, I just feel like something's bothering you, is something bothering you" she asked sounding concerned "well yeah but it it doesn't matter and besides, you wouldn't understand" I told her looking away feeling like I was about to cry "look Jessica, I know that we aren't friends, but that can change. So whatever your going through or went through, I'm here for you" she told me as my eyes got watery "you mean that" I asked unsure "absolutely" she told me. It made me feel much better that I had someone to talk to besides my mother "listen, if now isn't the right time to talk then I can always come back later, if that's ok with you" she told me, but I needed to let this go now "no, I need to let this go" I said taking a deep breath "This all happened when I 16. I was coming home from school when I noticed a car in the drive way, but it wasn't my mothers so I figured it may have been one of his friends or his brother. So when I got in the house I noticed he wasn't in the living room where he usually was so I went up the their bedroom and when I did I opened the door and I saw him having sex with another woman. I couldn't stand what I was seeing and so I ran to the park and cried. I paused and took another breath "The next day I was walking bath in forth in my room thinking of what I would tell my mother and then he comes into my room and he locks the door, something that he has never before and I panicked and he kept telling me to take my clothes but I refused and he slapped me and I didn't want that to happen again so I started to remove my clothes very slowly and that's when my mother walked in. I paused again "she comforted me and told my father she would do anything he wanted her to do as long as he let me go and he did. Long story short I ran to the park and called 9-1-1. When they got there they asked me questions and then offered to take me home and when I got home I found my mom and she had bruises everywhere and I asked her where dad was and she said he escaped. He left her for dead but I thank God she still here because I wouldn't know what I would would do without her" it felt good to talk to someone about this "wow, so all of this had an affect on you in high school, is that why I you wanted to ruin me and Ray's relationship" she asks me "yeah and now that I think about it was only because my parents relationship got ruined I wanted yours to ruin too and to be honest I didn't realize what I was doing was exactly wrong until I payed attention to it later on in my life" I told feeling tears run down my face as she kindly handed me a tissue "thanks" I said taking the tissue and wiping my eyes "well now that you have talked out it how do you feel" she asked " I feel s little better" I said "just take it one day at at a time, that's all you got to do" she told me "just promise me you won't tell any of this to Ray" I replied to her "don't worry, I won't and now that this is over I think we should put our problems aside and try to become friends" she said getting up from the table "totally" I said back to her as she left. Those really were words of encouragement.