Everything You Are

1 || Aria Strider

"Oh my God you won't." Ava said, cupping her hand over her mouth in order to hide her laughter.

"Oh yeah?" Aria challenged, laughing at her best friend.

Aria opened the car door and hopped out, earning a squeal of excitement from Ava, and ran into the almost empty intersection. On the opposite side of the street was a truck, and seated in that Chevy were two high school age boys. Aria ran across the intersection and glanced at her phone: midnight. Before approaching the truck, Aria flashed Ava a toothy smile and jogged to the boys, standing in front of the car. She grinned and waved to the boys who were practically in a trance. Aria turned around so that her back was facing the dark green truck. She could barely contain her laughter as she seductively reached down to touch her toes, wiggling her ass at the boys. They squirmed in their seats while they watched the gorgeous girl dance in front of the windshield. Aria stood up straight and slowly unzipped her jean shorts, making sure the two boys couldn't tell what she was doing. Then, in one swift motion, Aria yanked down her pants and underwear, pulled them both back up, and ran back to her car squealing. Ava pulled open the passenger seat door for her best friend, and Aria slammed it closed just as the intersection light turned green.

"Oh my God Aria!" Ava screamed. "I can NOT believe you just did that oh my fucking God!"

The girls' laughter was cut off by a blaring car horn. Ava swerved the car back to the other side of the road, barely missing the semi that almost hit them.

"Jesus Ava! You're gonna get us killed!" Aria laughed.

"Dude," Ava began, smiling at her best friend, "You just mooned two hot ass seniors."

"I sooo did!" Aria screamed, laughing. "How do you know they were seniors?" She asked, smiling.

"Oh my God, someone any younger than that couldn't possibly have those muscles...did you see their muscles?!"

Aria laughed at her friend, "God, Ava you're practically drooling."

Ava lightly punched Aria in the arm as she pulled into the driveway. She parked the car and waved goodbye to Aria as she got out of the car. Aria walked up to the front door and turned to watch her best friend drive out of view. She walked inside quietly, leaving the lights off. She decided to crash on her couch that night; it would be safer. She dropped her keys in the dish by the front door and gently placed her bag down. She took off her boots as well, being careful to not make any noise. Aria tiptoed across the wooden floor to the living room. She took off her socks and curled her toes, taking in the soft carpet. Aria was about to sit down when suddenly her blood went cold.

"Why were you out so late?" Tyler sneered.

Aria was frozen in place. Tyler's words sent chills down her spine.

"I-I...I was just-" Aria began.

"You were just what?!" Tyler screamed, grabbing Aria's arm and spinning her around to face him.

Aria was silent. She opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't force any words out.

"That's what I thought." Tyler whispered, making the hair on Aria's arms stand straight up.

"No Tyler listen I-" Aria was interrupted as a wave of pain shot through her head.

Tyler had slammed her against a wall and pinned her wrists above her head with one hand. Aria's heart was pounding in her chest as she struggled to free herself from his grasp. It was no use. Tyler's 6'1 frame towered above Aria's small 5'5 body. He was older and much stronger too.

"I know where you've been." Tyler spat in her face.

Aria closed her eyes and took a shaky breath.

"Tyler I promise I-"

"Don't you fucking cut me off you bitch!" Tyler pulled Aria off the wall and threw her to the ground.

She screamed as Tyler slowly walked closer. Every step he took seemed to echo through the dark house. Aria stood up frantically and tried to run, but Tyler was quicker. He grabbed a fistful of Aria's hair and dragged her across the floor into the kitchen. Aria wailed and screeched the whole way, trying to pry Tyler's fingers off her brown locks. Tyler threw her down once again.

"Don't you fucking move!" Tyler shouted. "Don't you move or I'll fucking kill you!"

Aria sat completely motionless. He had never said that before. All the things he'd done to her- and never had he threatened her life. Aria was terrified.

Tyler began to pace back and forth around the kitchen. He picked up an empty glass from the table and examined it before placing it back down. Then, he looked at Aria's unmoving body, sitting on the floor. He smirked and approached her slowly. Aria held her breath as he knelt down, his face inches from hers. As he breathed, Aria could smell the alcohol in his breath. He was drunk. Now Aria was stone cold with fear. She recalled what he had done to her sober...she didn't want to know what would happen when he wasn't.

"I know where you've been." Tyler whispered.

Aria didn't dare interrupt. Tyler stood up and began to pace the room again.

"You see," He began. "Everyone knows how much of a fucking whore you are. I mean," He paused, "what kind of fifteen year old loses her virginity?"

Aria gasped and shot straight up. She screamed from across the room, "I was raped, Tyler! I was fucking raped!"

Tyler stormed over to her and threw her against the kitchen table. He wrapped his strong hands around her small neck and began to squeeze.

"No one wants to believe your fucking bullshit rape story. You can't possibly think it's okay to lie about something like that just to try and hide the fact that you're nothing but a little slut."

Aria clawed at Tyler's hands as she choked for air. A tear fell down the side of her face.

"And I thought I told you not to move." He said through his teeth.

Tyler released his grip on Aria's throat and she helplessly crumbled to the floor, gasping for breath. Tyler had his back turned to her as he whispered,

"I'm gonna kill you."

"Wha- Tyler..." Aria trailed off as Tyler turned around. He was holding a knife.

Aria stood. She didn't think twice before turning and running. Tears stained her face as she tried to pull open the front door. It was locked. The key was gone.

"Looking for these?" Tyler held up the keys. He was so close that Aria could feel his breath on her neck. Chills ran down her spine.

Tyler spun her around. He looked her in the eye before striking her as hard as he could across her face. She fell to the floor, unable to scramble back to her feet. More tears fell from her eyes. Tyler threw the knife from his hand across the floor. He forced Aria to stand by grabbing her face and yanking up. He sneered at her before throwing her into a table. Her head slammed into the corner of the wood, causing her to fall to the floor. Her vision began to blur. Before she faded out of consciousness, a tall figure burst through the front door, tackling a now shirtless Tyler who had been in the process of undoing his belt. Aria closed her eyes.