the one and only?

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                               the bad lie

previously:

"Willow Madelene Blake!" My mom shouted with my shirt from yesterday in her hands.

"What in the living world is this? And what exactly happened yesterday?!"

Willow

I gulped loudly and put on a fake smile while I tried to come up with a good lie.

"Uhh..."

Oh, who am I even kidding? I'm not good with lies, I've never been.

"So?" my mom continued while she tapped her foot on the floor impatiently. "Uhh, I just uhm, tripped?" my voice was wobbly and my moms eyebrows furrowed together. "You tripped?" She asked slowly and I nodded hastily. "Yes I uh, tripped over my o-own feet, nothing serious, uh- okay bye now" I rushed past her while I stuttered out the words and she just stood there with a flabbergasted expression. "And whose shirt is that!?" she yelled after me when I was half up the stairs. "Just a friends!" I shouted back as I made a beeline, straight to my door.

After awhile, I heard a soft knock on my door and soon after, It opened and my moms head popped in. "Please talk to me honey, I know you lied to me.." She murmured and she slowly sat down on the bed, beside me.

I put down my sketchbook and turned to face her with a blank expression. "Everything's fine mom, don't worry" I said in a monotone voice and her eyes filled with tears. "Oh my sweet angel!" she suddenly sobbed and she quickly pulled me into a warm hug. "I'm so sorry, it's all my fault. We can move again okay? We can start over somewhere else" she continued and I could feel how her tears soaked into the fabric of the hoodie.

"What are you talking about mom?" I whispered, afraid of the answer even though I knew she figured it out. She's not stupid. "Please mom, calm down" I continued in a soft voice when I heard how she struggled to breath. "I-I know wh-what happened to you hon-honey, I should have known, why didn't you tell me honey? Why didn't you tell me that you got raped?!" She sobbed and I froze.

Yesterday's events flew trough my head like an broken radio and my eyes welled with tears and that's when I realized it, that I- Willow Madelene Blake, got raped. I actually got raped.

In my whole life i've always heard or seen on the news when other people got their lives destroyed by greedy, filthy human beings but I never thought that it would, literally happen to me. I guess you never think that until it actually happens and then you're just sitting there with your heart in pieces and your sobbing mom in your arms while your whole body is shaking and tears is streaming down your face because that's how i'm sitting now.

Both my mom and I poured our hearts out while we hugged each other tightly. "You should have told me sunshine, you can tell me everything. I'm your mom and i'm never going to leave you alone, never. You hear me? I love you! I love you, so, so much.." she rubbed my back and hummed softly in my ear. "I'm going to call the police right away, okay honey?" I nodded heavily and she leaved my room while I fell down on my bed. My eyelids were heavy and the darkness quickly took over my body.