Surviving the Nicholson Boys (Re-write)

thirty-four : tag, you're it

Song/title of the chapter: Tag, You're It by Melanie Martinez

"Grabbed my hair, pushed me down, took the words right out of my mouth."

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Jeremy and Gregory looked at me, eyes wide, anger appearing in their faces.

"He did what?" Jeremy growled.

I started crying even harder and he squeezed my hand. "He tried to rape me. I just...he gave me something to drink and..."

I couldn't finish. I felt sick.

"Tell us what happened from the beginning." Gregory said gently. "Take as much time you need to tell it."

I took a deep breath. I couldn't bring myself to look at Jeremy. He looked so angry and distraught. I sighed and looked up anyway, beginning to tell the story.

[ A FEW HOURS EARLIER ]

Jeremy had come padding down the stairs and sat back in his seat from before.

"You okay?" I asked.

He nodded. "I'm fine."

He didn't look fine, but I didn't press on the subject. I got up and walked over to the table where the beer pong game continued.

"You playing again?" Haiden asked.

I shook my head. "I'll just watch."

He nodded and continued to play. I felt a hand on my shoulder and thinking it was Jeremy, I placed my hand right on top of it.

"Hi, darling." But the voice that whispered in my ear didn't belong to Jeremy. I turned around and was face to face with Elias.

I stepped back and placed a hand over my heart. "Jeez, Elias. You scared me for a second."

He shrugged sheepishly. "Sorry. Would you like a drink?"

I nodded. "Yeah, sure."

Elias gave the 'wait' finger before disappearing. He came back after a few moments and held out a red solo cup towards me. We clinked cups and I downed my drink. Pauly had told me not to take little sips.

Once I set the cup down, I suddenly felt really dizzy. I held on to Elias for support. His eyebrows furrowed. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, just a bit dizzy." I said. " I need to lie down. Is there anywhere quiet?"

"My room would be the only place, if that's okay." Elias suggested and I nodded. He held on to my hand as he guided me out of the kitchen and up the stairs. We walked down a long hallway before reaching the very last door. Elias swung it open and we both entered.

I kicked off my heels and lied down on his bed gently. He stood beside me, looking down at me. "Comfy?"

I nodded. "Yes, thank you."

"No worries." Elias gave me a small smile. He was about to leave when he turned around and knelt down beside the bed. "You're taken, correct?"

"I am." I confirmed.

"What a shame," Elias sighed as he stood up and sat on the bed. He began caressing my leg gently. "Because I feel like we could've had a lot of fun."

I moved my leg away. "Elias, what are you doing?"

He only moved closer. By now he was fully on top of the bed and was inching closer. I sat up and moved away. "Oh, come on, Aria. You haven't ever done something a little dirty? A little bad?"

"I have no reason to." I tried to swing my body off the bed, but Elias caught me by the bottom of my dress and dragged me towards him.

He pulled my head up by my hair and chuckled. "And where do you think you're going?"

He climbed on top of me and felt around for my zipper. "Poor, poor child. You haven't had any fun, then?"

"Elias, get off." I demanded and pushed against his chest. He found my zipper and zipped my dress all the way down. Elias was able to take it off down to my waist, just before my underwear could be seen.

His eyes scanned my chest and I slapped him. Anger flared in his eyes and he put his hand over my mouth. I screamed and bit him, kicking and flailing my arms.

"Stop moving and shut up," he hissed quietly, "stop moving or I will kill your little boyfriend and his stupid brothers."

"You wouldn't dare!" I cried out. Tears were streaming down the sides of my face as I continued to try and push him off.

Elias was about to say something else when there was a knock at the door. We both exchanged quick glances and I screamed so loud, I probably damaged Elias' eardrums.

The door busted open and Nicky stood on the other side. Elias quickly climbed off me and I sat up, pulling up my dress and zipping it halfway.

"What the fuck is going on here?" Nicky asked, his eyes flashing from me to Elias.

"She tried to come on to me!" Elias exclaimed. "I told her no and reminded her that she had a boyfriend but she wouldn't listen."

"Really?" Nicky scoffed. "Then why the fuck did she scream bloody murder?"

"He tried to rape me." I whispered just loud enough for him to hear.

Nicky's head whipped back in Elias's direction and he charged. He tackled Elias to the ground and began beating his face.

I struggled to get my shoes on because of my shaking figure and blurry vision due to tears.

The both of them stood again. Elias and Nicky struggled until they were out of the room. Elias shoved Nicky into the wall and he hit his head on a picture frame, breaking the glass from the impact and sliding to the floor unconscious.

I ran past Elias and skipped stairs until I reached the bottom. I looked around for my boyfriend. I headed into the kitchen and when he wasn't there, I went outside.

There Jeremy was, sitting on the front lawn with Gregory.

[ PRESENT TIME ]

"That's what happened." I finished explaining the story.

Jeremy and Gregory were baffled. I didn't think either of them knew exactly what to say. Hell, at this point, I didn't know what to say either.