Breathe (Anthony Trujillo)

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Song: Everyday- A$AP Rocky ft. Rod Stewart, Miguel, Mark Ronson

"T-Tish is it really you?" I wipe my tears nodding to myself.

"Yes Anthony. I'm free." I hear him shuffling around. "Hold on," I can hear him stomping down the stairs. I can't help but smile to myself, that I'm going to see them.

"Guys, it's her." I hear him say to who I'm guessing is the rest of them. I hear a chorus of-

Oh my god.

Is it really her?

For real?

"It's Tish." Anthony confirms. Anthony puts me on speaker as they all run over.

"Tish, are you okay? Where are you?" I hear Tessa's strained voice, tears come from my eyes again, from hearing her broken voice.

"I'm okay now, I'm in Virginia at the Hillsville police department." I say after looking around for a sign.

"Okay, stay there, we are coming right now." I hear her walk away from the phone.

"I'll see you there babe." Anthony says.

"I love you." I say happily.

"I love you too." With that he hangs up. I set the phone down on the base.

"Are they coming?" I hear from beside me. Looking over at the woman I nod.

"But it's going to take at least a day, so what do I do until then?" I ask, playing with my fingers.

"We can give you a cell for now, to make sure you are safe." She suggests, I nod. She motions for me to follow her, she opens the holding cell and lets me walk in.

"This wont be locked, so if you need anything, you can find someone." I nod and she walks away. I sit on the hard bed with a sigh. I can't wait to be in my own bed. I finally lay down and roll over facing the wall, attempting to sleep, but I know I'm not going to fall asleep.

With how quiet the cells are, I start to think about everything.

What if he did rape me? Would I have made it out? Will this trauma hurt me for the rest of my life, will I be able to be my old self again? I tightly squeeze my eyes shut, annoyed with myself. Maybe I am worthless, maybe all my friends just take pity on me.

"Ugh, shut up Tish, you're so delusional." I say to myself sitting up and leaning against the wall. I lay my head against the wall and stare at the ceiling.

Please go by fast.

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6 long hours later, the woman comes back to my cell.

"They're here." She pulls the door open and lets me out. I take off at a sprint out of the cell and into the main lobby. I spot the large group at the door. My heart flutters knowing they all came for me. Tessa spots me and starts sprinting at me, I sprint towards her, out bodies slam together as we tumble to the floor wrapped in each others arms.

I start sobbing into her shoulder, as she cries into mine.

"You're so bony now." She cries, I nod thinking of the long month the didn't feed me and how horrible it was. We stand dusting ourselves off, Tessa holds my face inspecting it.

"Your beautiful hair," She strokes my head, "Those monsters are going to be somebodies bitch in prison." I laugh at her comment sniffling. I give her one last tight hug before turning back to the large group.

Jake, Erika, Chance, Colby, Corey, Elton, Anthony, Chance, Kian and Jc, were all standing there staring at me, most with tears in their eyes. I look at Anthony, he has tears streaming down his face. I start running to him, he opens his arms as I jump on him and hold onto him like it's my last time seeing him.