Misery

The Incident

*THERE IS MENTIONS OF RAPE IN THIS CHAPTER IF THIS TRIGGERS YOU PLEASE SKIP THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS CHAPTER*

Emma: "Okay. Uhmm well I'm bisexual and two months ago I was on a date with this girl, Jessica, and we went to dinner at this nice place and then to the arcade afterwards. When we left the arcade she drove me home, she didn't even get out of the car, we hugged I thanked her for an awesome time and told her I'd see her later. I started walking towards the front door as she was driving off, but when I got to the front door I decided I didn't want to sit at home alone yet, mom was on call that night, so I decided to take a walk, and I uhh walked to the sidewalk and turned to go left and started walking. But uhh some guy was walking towards me, I'd seen him last year at school before he graduated. He is 19 now, anyways I saw him walking towards me and he got right beside me and then he started flirting with me, I politely told him I wasn't interested and then I started walking again. He apparently didn't like that because the next thing I know he came up behind me and covered my mouth with his hand and held a knife to my throat with the other. He took me to our backyard by a tree, my favorite tree, and he told me he was gonna... that he was gonna slash my throat and let me bleed out and die if I screamed when he took his hand off my mouth.. and I was so scared that he would actually do it so I agreed that I wouldn't scream and when he took his hand off my mouth he then.. Uhh he uhh started to rape me. And then when he was done I went in the house, showered and I went straight to bed to sleep the rest of the night away. And every night since then I've been having nightmares of it and so I don't sleep well anymore."

Derek: "Come here honey. I'm so sorry that that happened to you."

*He hugs her tight and it helps her feel somewhat safe to know her dad is gonna be there to protect her.*

Emma: "I just... I feel so different in a weird way."

Derek: "It's okay. You said your mom doesn't know about any of that."

Emma: "Yeah she doesn't know any of that yet. I guess I feel too ashamed and embarrassed about it to talk to her about it."

Derek: "It's okay. I'm glad you told me. You shouldn't have to keep carrying that around with you. I just wish you would have told somebody before now. What about Jessica?"

Emma: "What about Jessica?"

Derek: "Well have you talked to her or seen her since then?"

Emma: "Yeah we talk all the time and we have gone on a few more dates since then."

*She puts her head down in shame. Derek notices this.*

Derek: "Sweetheart what's wrong? Why did you look down at the ground when you said that?"

Emma: "I guess I'm afraid of how you feel with the way I am. And you're my dad so I don't want to see you feel ashamed, or disappointed, or upset with me."

Derek: "Sweetheart what are you talking about? The way you are?"

Emma: "Because I'm bisexual and I've been going on dates with a girl. I don't want to see you being upset, or ashamed of me because of it. I just want my dad to be proud of me you know."

Derek: "Honey look at me." She keeps looking down at the ground. "LOOK. AT. ME."

*He gently uses his hand to lift her head up by her chin. She looks around at the wall behind him and then finally she gets the courage to look him in the eyes.*