Why'd You Leave Me?[ A Bensler FanFic]

Chapter 17

Olivia came to down when Ethan had contacted my parents to tell them that depending on what was happening, we were probably staying and not coming home for the long weekend

Lena sat in an interview room, while I sat with Lena's mother, Elle, waiting for my turn.

"Harper!" Olivia called, and I stood up slowly and walked to her. She pulled me into her arms and then once we parted, she looked me over.

"Are you hurt?"

"No, this is Lena's blood." I sighed.

"Can you go back to your dorm?" She asked, and I shook my head.

"I haven't given my statement yet, and I want to make sure that Lena is okay." I breathed.

"Okay. Elle, I'm going to go get coffee. Do you want some? I can also get Lena some." Olivia spoke, and Elle nodded.

"Thanks, Olivia. I don't want to impose, but Lena-" Elle started, and my mother smiled.

"Tea. It's not an imposition. I can get her some." Olivia smiled, before kissing my forehead and leaving.

"Your mother is amazing." Elle admitted, and I smiled.

"I'm pretty lucky." I smiled.

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After giving my statement, Olivia drove me back to my dorm. Lena was staying with her mother, and since it was so late, Olivia was just gonna stay with me at the dorm.

"Are you alright?" Olivia asked, as I gathered some blankets and a pillow for myself.

"No. I told her and Abbi not to go." I sighed, as she followed me out to the couch. I started to make up the couch so I could sleep on it tonight.

"I'm sorry, love."

"If I went, I could've protected her." I breathed, as the tears finally ran down my cheeks.

"Babes, it isn't your fault." Olivia replied, and she pulled me into her arms. She cradled my head, and my body shook from sobs.

She held me close, and whispered that it wasn't my fault over and over again, but I felt like shit. I shouldn't have let my friend go without someone to watch over her.

I frowned deeply as we parted, and I swallowed hard.

"Mom, I'm tired."

"Okay. Come on, lay down. I can sit out here if you want."

"I'm not even the one who got raped, but I'm in so much pain because Lena has become one of my best friends."

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Abbi and I waited impatiently for Lena's mother to call and tell her that she wanted to come back to the dorm.

She hadn't came to classes, and we were getting worried, since we haven't talked to her in four months, since the rape.

"Abbi, I'm going over to check on Lena." I spoke, as I walked out of Lena's room, with some of her stuff.

"Are you sure it's a good idea?" Abbi asked, and I nodded.

"It is. I talked to Elle, and she said that Lena misses us. She doesn't know if she is going to come back."

"Oh. Tell her I miss her." Abbi replied, and I nodded.

I took Lena's stuff out to my car, and then drove towards Lena's childhood house.

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"Hey Lena." I smiled, as I walked into the living room. Lena was sitting under a blanket, watching crime shows.

"Hey!" She smiled, and I sighed.

"Really? Why are you watching these?" I teased, and she shrugged.

"Nothing else to do." She replied. I pulled off my backpack and pulled out her laptop and handed it to her.

"You are amazing." She smiled, and I sat down by her feet and sighed.

"Don't tell me something I already know."

We sat and talked for a bit, before Elle came in with some medicine of sorts and tea for Lena.

"You've gotta take these, this time." Elle spoke, and Lena frowned.

"It is so big." Lena complained, and I looked between them.

"Why do you have to take it?" I asked, and Lena swallowed hard.

"Um, something happened." She lied, and I knew she was lying. I looked at Elle, but she wouldn't make eye contact with me.

"Lena, what's wrong? Did something else happen after the rape?" I asked, and she shifted out from underneath the blanket and walked away from me.

"Nothing happened, Harper! I'm completely fine." She laughed, and I walked over and grabbed her arm, pulling her around towards me, and tears stung my eyes as I looked at her.

"Lena, I'm so sorry."

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"Harper, what's wrong?" Olivia asked as we talked that night.

"I went to see Lena today."

"How is she doing?" Olivia asked, and I bit my lip.

"Her rapist got her pregnant, Mom."

Olivia went completely silent.

"Mom, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." I whimpered, before running my hand through my hair.

"No. It's fine. Why don't I come up and talk to her." Olivia spoke and I swallowed hard.

"Call Elle. I can text you her number. I'm just scared that Lena won't follow her dreams because she is having her rapist's baby."

"Adoption." Olivia replied.

"Maybe she wants to keep it. Maybe she will be like Grandma."

"Not everyone is as freaking stubborn as your Grandmother." Olivia stated, and I sighed.

"But if she hadn't been, this conversation wouldn't even be happening. I wouldn't be alive."

"You never know, Harper. But just let me talk to her. If I can help her work through her emotions, she'll be back to school in no time."

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When Olivia came up to talk to Lena, Lena wanted me there with them.

We sat in the kitchen on Elle's house, and Elle and I sat quietly, acting as if we weren't really there.

"Have you decided if you want to keep the baby yet?" Olivia asked, and Lena shrugged.

"I don't know. I'm only 18. I can't take care of a baby."

"Yes, but if could, would you?"

"I think so." Lena whispered.

"I know how you feel, Lena." Olivia spoke, and Lena shook her head, but I interrupted her before she could say that Olivia was lying.

"When I was three, Olivia was raped and ended up pregnant. She gave my brother up." I spoke, and Lena shut her mouth, and looked at my mother.

"How aren't you destroyed?" Lena asked.

"Because I've recovered. I faced it all head on, and now I have four beautiful children, a husband, and a life. I'm working to stop this from happening to other people."

"What if I can't be a good mother, because I know how the child is conceived?" Lena asked, and Olivia grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently.

"If you love your child, you will be a good mother no matter what. It doesn't matter where they come from. It matters where they are going, and how you are going to help them get there."

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