In My Recovery (Daniel Seavey)

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(A/N: Mature content below. Mentions of suicide, bullying, rape, murder etc. If you don't want to read you don't have to)

Everyone opened their presents and everyone was laughing and singing and having a good time. Logan, Eben, Christina, Team 10 and the WDW boys and I were all celebrating. It was finally time to tell my story. I set up the camera and hit the record button. "Could I please have everyone's attention? I think it is time to tell you all my story."

"So it started when I was 15 year old, I was in a relationship with a girl named Taylor. We had been dating for 8 months and most people in school bullied us cause we were together. They called me and Taylor horrible names like slut, whore, fake, ugly, fat and so on.

"There was this one boy named Justin, he had this humongous crush on me and basically he was obsessed with me, but once he found out that I was dating Taylor, he flipped out because he was stuck on having me as his girlfriend. About 2 months into our relationship, Justin did something horrible to me. Taylor, her family and I went out to celebrate her birthday which is coincidentally January 1st. We all were finishing our dinner before it was time to head out to go back to their house. We had walked to the restaurant from their house so we had to walk back. As we were walking back yo their house I was kidnapped..........by Justin. He took he back to his house because his parents were out of the country for the holiday. They were in Paris at the moment.

"So, Justin had taken me to his room. He taped my mouth shut and handcuffed me to his bed. H-He started t-to literally r-rip my c-clothes off of m-me. Eventually I was n-naked and he soon w-was too. He then r-r-raped me. He t-took my virginity away t-that I w-was saving to be t-taken away for a-after I was married. A-after he was done raping me, he un-handcuffed me and t-took the tape off of m-my mouth. He made me d-dress into one of his s-shirts and boxers. He t-then grabbed me and and threw me d-down his stairs and t-told me to l-leave. I ran o-out the house and back to Taylor's house. A-as I arrived at her h-house, I r-ran into there and I s-saw h-her and h-her parents c-crying and pacing around. Once they s-saw me back, t-they ran u-up to me and hugged me do tight. They saw I was I-in different c-clothes and asked me a b-bunch of questions. I was s-still in shock a-and fear from what just happened. I told them all what happened. Taylor gave me some of her clothes to wear and t-then we went to the p-police station. I had to re-tell the story.

"They went to his house and asked him questions about raping me. He told them all lies and they let him go cause it was the holiday. A-all if us were in shock that they let Justin go. We went back to their house and just sat in silence, everything was awkward from there on. I was extremely depressed and was diagnosed with severe depression, anxiety and PTSD and I was prescribed medication to help, but they didn't.

"About 3 weeks after Justin raped me, I started to throw up. My parents were concerned and so was Taylor and her family. I had to tell my parents what happened on January 1st and they broke down in tears. They even went back to the police to tell them to do something about Justin, but they didn't. They said they couldn't do anything unless there was evidence that I was raped by Justin. Another two weeks passed and I was still throwing up. My mom; Iris and Taylor's mom; Whitney both agreeded on something. My mom went out to the story one day and brought me back three pregnancy tests. She told me to take them, so I did.

"Those were the longest 5 minutes of my life. A-after the f-five minutes were u-up, it w-was time to look at the results. I t-told my mom to look first and I heard her gasp. I remember those 11 words she told me. She said, "Oh my god, I am so sorry, but you're pregnant!" Those words changed my life forever. I b-broke down in tears. My mom called Whitney to tell her to come over with Taylor and Taylor's dad; Hunter. They arrived shortly after.