Alisha
I stare at myself in the mirror, bracing myself for my testimony. Aaron, Derek, Spencer, and JJ came up to support me but I was still terrified.
"Ali..." I hear Olivia say, she walks into the bathroom of the courthouse. "Are you ready?" she asks me, "I think so," I whisper. She walks me out and I see Rafael waiting for me.
We had made up after our fight, he apologized for being judgemental and I apologized for not telling him. "You okay?" Rafael asks I nod. "I'm ready to take the son of a bitch down," I whisper.
Rafael goes into the courtroom, followed by Olivia. "The prosecution would like to call their next witness...Alisha Nicole Miller..." two sheriffs open the doors and I walk in. Aaron gives me a slight nod and I walk up to the officer holding the Bible, I put my right hand on it.
"I swear to tell the truth, nothing but the truth and only the truth, so help me God," I go and sit down, Rafael is the first one to talk to me.
"Good morning Ms. Miller, how are you?" He asks me, "I'm okay, thank you." I say. "Can you tell us what happened on March 19th, 2007..."
"I was having a study session with Mr. Tyland when he raped me..." "11 years ago?" Rafael asks, "Correct." I answer, "And what made you want to come forth now...?" He asks, walking up to the stand.
"Another girl was raped. I felt it was my duty to tell my story as well." I answer, "Can you tell us your story?" I nod, I explain it all over again. The jury was looking at Michael with disgust.
"Thank you." Rafael says, "No further questions." He sits down. Michaels lawyer, Mr. Bucanon, came over to me.
"Ms. Miller, I am deeply sorry for what happened, but are you sure it was rape?" "Objection!" Rafael yells, "Mr. Bucanon..." the judge warns, "Sorry, let me re-state...were you close to Michael?" He asks.
"I was. Before he raped me." "You even admittedly had a romantic interest in him." he continues, "I was 19. He was my friend." "He was also your professor. Who did you disclose to first?" he asks.
"My old boss at the BAU..." I say, "The one you slept with?" Bucanon asks, "Objection your honor, relevance?" "I'll allow, the witness may answer the question."
"Yes, I slept with him, it was a one night stand." "Would you say you have a thing for authority figures?" "No, not really," I answer.
"After 11 years, you come forward about being raped by Mr. Tyland, after another girl, who refuses to testify, said she was raped. Could it be you were just angry he didn't return his feelings? Are you even sure he raped you? Could it have been consensual?" He kept firing questions at me.
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"How does this court know you haven't slept with your D.A?" He ask, "Objection! Badgering!" I didn't know what to say, I just felt tears run down my face. "I didn't want what he did to me." I hiss, "How do you know?" "Objection!" "Sustained, jury will disregard, Mr. Bucanon..." "No further questions your honor..."
"You may step down..." the judge says, as soon as my foot hit the courtroom floor I ran out of there. Tears rushing down my face.
"Ali!" I hear Amanda yell, she and JJ come into the bathroom. "I was not prepared for that." I cry, JJ hugging me tightly. "He's just an ass..." Amanda says.
"He didn't believe I was raped. Noelle came up and testified, but he did the same thing to her. What if they find him not guilty?" "They just went to talk. We'll see in a few hours." Amanda says.
About 45 minutes later, we went back into the courtroom, "Have you found a verdict?" the judge asks, "We have, your honor" the first women says. "What say you?" the judge asks.
"In the charge of rape in the first degree...we find the defendant, Michael Tyland, not guilty..."
I see Rafael's head fall as he sat back down, my heart began beating really fast and I began sobbing. Olivia was holding me, as Michael was high-fiving his buddies. "Court is adjourned."
Rafael came over to me, I couldn't even stand up. "Come on, lets go.," he whispers. Rafael, Derek, and Aaron helped me up and we walk out of the courtroom. I see Michael and he looks at me, smirking slightly.
Rafael took me home, and I just curled up on the bed. "Ali..." he whispers, laying beside me. "Leave me be. Please." I say crying.
He kisses my head, "As you wish..." he leaves the room and I cry myself to sleep.
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Fanfiction"Ali open this door!" I hear Rafael scream, I felt the water rushing over my body as it overfilled the tub. "Alisha!" he yells again, the door burst open as I slowly lose consciousness. Alisha Miller grew up in a broken home, abused as a child she...
