Forever You and Me//Janthony

Chapter 13

Jasmine pov

When the cast makes our way outside, we all split up. I go down the steps and go to the people in front of me. I'm keeping my head down unless asked for a picture and everyone is saying such nice thinks like "Great job!" or "Your voice is amazing." Everything kind of blended together, but there was one thing that stood out to me. As I reached for the next Playbill, a man's voice says "Great job tonight, baby." I stopped dead in my tracks and raised my head very slowly.

I was met with an older man's face which consisted of dark eyes and the smell of alcohol on his breath. He must've been drinking during the show.

"Get away from me" I manage to say, shakily. None of the other cast members have seemed to notice what was happening, and the crowd was too caught up with Lin to notice what was happening, either.

"Never" he says, and before I knew it, he had grabbed me, pulled my upper body over the guard rail, and began kissing me. I tried to get away from him but he was too strong for me. What happened next was what would scar me for a long time. The old man began touching me in places that I haven't ever let a man touch me before.

I finally got my mouth away from his and began screaming and crying frantically. Daveed noticed what was happening first and started to make his way over to me, but Renee got to me first. "Get your hands off of her!" I heard her yell. By now, I was on the ground because the old man had pushed me down, in an attempt to muffle my screams. "What kind of a disgusting human being are you?" Now Renee was pissed. As she continued to yell at the man, security had come over to see what was happening and told Renee to leave and they would handle it. Everything else happened really fast. Daveed and Anthony lifted me off the ground and brought me inside. Once they settled me in a chair backstage, everyone was really quiet.

"I'm just gonna get a cab for us and take her home" I heard Anthony say to Lin. "Sounds good. Let me know when you guys are safe, ok?" Safe. Ha. I didn't feel safe.

When Anthony and I went back outside a few minutes later, everyone was gone except for security and the taxi waiting to take me home. Anthony and I climbed in the cab and I was silent the whole ride home. Anthony didn't push it and try to make me talk, which I was thankful for.

After what felt like hours, we finally arrived at my apartment. I unlocked the door and made my way inside, Anthony following close behind. And that's when I lost it. I collapsed on the ground and began sobbing, my body shaking with each scream I let out. I felt violated, dirty, disgusting, and used. Anthony wrapped his arms around me protectively and laid on the floor and cried with me. He cried for the pain I felt and for me having to go through that. He knows how protective I am of my body, so he must've known I felt used and violated.

"He touched me!" I cried to Anthony. "I know he did. And he had no right to do that to you" Anthony responds. After a few minutes, when Anthony and I had stopped crying, we both stood up.

"I'm gonna go take a shower. Would you mind ordering dinner from the Chinese place down the street for us?" "Of course I don't mind, Jazzy. Go take your shower, i'll let you know when the food is here." Anthony is so good to me. "Ok, thanks."

I turn and leave the room without another word and without giving Anthony a kiss, which I know has to hurt, but I can't wait to get in the shower right now.

When I get in, I feel numb to everything around me. The water's so hot, it's burning me. I scrub too hard trying to get the disgust I feel off of me, I crack my skin and start to bleed. When I get out of the shower, I look at myself in the mirror and see a sad, broken-down, beat-up, and taken advantage of girl who just wants to feel whole again.

But I know that that's not going to happen for a while.

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