Trigger Warning: sexual assault (not rape but almost), abuse, abuse mentions, and panic attack.
"The zipper is stuck!," "Well I know that, that is why I brought you in here!" Chuckled Brooke as Chloe yanked on the zipper furiously.
Brooke and Chloe had been dating for a few months now. They, alongside Rich and Jake, were the power-couple of the school. One day, the two had gone shopping. They ended up in one of the many popular stores, filled front to back with bright clothing. Chloe had been picking out crop tops, skirts, dresses, and t-shirts. She tried them all on, gaining her own and Brooke's approval on everything. She decided that Brooke needed some new dresses. She knew that Brooke could be insecure, especially about her tall height, usually worried about if her legs look weirdly long. When Brooke was feeling this way, Chloe would either assure her, or Brooke would change into jeans. So, Chloe decided to take it upon herself to buy Brooke new dresses. Out of all the dresses, Brooke's favorite was the only one with a crappy zipper that wouldn't unzip. She had called Chloe in to try and help her pull it down, but to no avail. After about 15 minutes of struggling, they had to call in an employee. A man walked into the dressing room wearing the stores uniform, his name tag had the name 'Charles' written out in black ink. Brooke looked up to see the employee, only to come face to face with her ex. "Oh, hello Brooke" he spoke coldly, staring at her with his bright green eyes. "H-hey, Charles" Brooke tried to look at his face, but found her eyes glued to the ground. His gaze flickered from Brooke to Chloe. "So, who's this?" Chloe scoffed, "I'm Chloe, her girlfriend," Charles glared at her for a moment, before turning back to Brooke. "What is it you need?" His tone was getting harsher by the second, making Brooke flinch slightly. Chloe noticed, and gently rubbed her back. "I just needed help with this zipper..." Brooke spoke delicately, as though he would snap if she was to loud, with slight fear coming through. Chloe spoke up once more, "this tag got stuck, and I can't pull it out." Charles chuckled a cold, dark laugh. Brooke shivered slightly. He came up behind Brooke, who immediately grabbed her girlfriend's hand in a death grip, and began pulling out the tag. He got the zipper free, and as Brooke and Chloe turned to leave, blocked the dressing room door. "So, Brooke I see you're still into girls," he spoke with a harshness and a smug look on his face. "It's a shame, you were always so pretty." He grabbed her face, while Brooke tried to hold back tears Chloe tried to remove his grip. This just ended in him opening the dressing room door and throwing Chloe out and to the ground. As Chloe fell, she tried to protect her head from the rack of clothes outside. After narrowly avoiding the rack, she spotted Jeremy. She Quickly ran up to him.
As he relocked the door he turned back towards Brooke. He pulled her close, and kissed her roughly. As Brooke tried to pull away, and push him off, he backed up, grabbing her face again, and slapped her hard. As Brooke began to sob and her mouth opened to let out a cry of pain, he covered her mouth. Brooke, already lightheaded from the amount of crying she had been doing and now the hand covering her mouth and part of her nose, began to sway. Charles pushed her onto the padded seating in the dressing room, and began to kiss her once more, when Brooke tried to stand and run, he put a hand over her neck so that if she lifted her head she would choke. He sat up, still holding a hand to her neck, "are you still a f** now? Do you want to know why I cheated on you?" Brooke tried to shake her head, but his hand kept it in place. "It's because you told me you were bi. I couldn't be with a disgusting human being like you." He spit out his words like poison darts piercing Brooke's heart. She tried to escape once again, "I really didn't want to have to knock you out, but if you're gonna struggle this much..." Brooke tried to escape as his grip on her neck tightened, as her vision began to fade, she saw the faint image of Chloe, Jeremy and some police burst through the door.
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Chloe sat in Brooke's hospital room. She waited patiently for Brooke to wake up. Brooke opened her eyes slightly, then shut them once again. She opened her eyes once more staring at Chloe. "I'm sorry" we're the first words Brooke said upon waking up. Chloe shot up out of her chair, squeezing Brooke tightly yet gently in a bear hug. "I love you, and don't be sorry" Chloe murmured in between each kiss she gave Brooke. Chloe sat down in the bed next to Brooke, hugging her side and letting Brooke cuddle into her as best she could being taller. The two fell asleep, dreaming of nothing but each other.
Hi! So this was originally gonna be fluff, but then it wasn't. Sorry! I did manage to fit in some fluff at the end tho. Welp, hope you enjoyed. If you want to request anything, leave a comment saying ship, musical, and whatever you want the story to be about. Bye!
~Ev
