the reason | 13rw

f o r t y - s e v e n

"hey guys, sorry i'm late." i said as i entered the room where chloe would be getting the abortion. "getting monty off my back about last night was a bitch." 

"you doctor is running late too." jess rolled her eyes. 

i looked to chloe. 

"hey," i said. "how are you feeling?" 

"she hasn't answered any of us." piper said. "she's been fozen like that since we arrived."

"chloe?" i asked as she looked into my eyes. i saw the hurt, the pain. "it's going to be okay." 

"i still think this is a terrible idea." jessica said. 

"it's not your choice." i said. 

the door flew open and we all looked over, seeing the doctor. 

"do you have the money?" he asked. 

"fifteen hundred," i said as i pulled the envelope from my bag. 

"i need you girls to step out during the operation." he told us. 

"chloe, is that okay?" i asked. 

"i just want this damn thing out of me." she said. 

i squeezed her hand, "we'll be right outside." 

we all walked out, shutting the door behind us. 

"this is so wrong." hannah said. "bryce should go to jail. he raped her and sexually assaulted you on multiple occasions." 

"which is how i understand that she wants no one to know." i said. "my parents still know what bryce did to me." 

"you never told them?" hannah asked. 

"no and i made elliot promise not to either. it's over with." 

"is it though?" piper asked. "you're still afraid of him." 

"i'm not afraid if him." 

"yes you are," hannah said. "you can't even look at him.

"can you?" i asked. 

"nicolette has a point, we're all afraid of bryce." jessica said. 

"i'm not," piper said. "he's a coward." 

the door flew open and was all looked over again, seeing chloe. 

"i can't do it," she shook her head. "i can't do it without my mom." 

"i took two hundred for the waste of time." the doctor said, handing me the envelope. 

"come on chlo, let's go home." piper said. 

"wait," i stopped them. "does that mean you're telling your mom the truth?" 

"yeah," she nodded. "i have to." 

i looked over  to the girls. 

"i think we might actually be able to get this bastard put away." jessica smiled slightly. 

"i sure hope so." i replied. 

....

"elliot?" i yelled through the house as i entered. "dad?"

"kitchen!" i heard my mom's voice. 

i walked in, seeing my parents, elliot, monty and another person dressed in a suit. 

"what's this?" i asked. 

"chloe's parents called." my mom said. "they told us about the situation with her and bryce. after pressuring your brother and boyfriend, we found something out and i think you need to spill."