Heal my Heart

Chapter 9 - The Party

WARNING This chapter contains mention of Sexual Violence/Rape, beware.

For four years, Luke and Grizz had experimented on those strange healing powers. It seemed that Grizz was able to take the pain of other people as his own, healing completely the wound. It worked on physical and emotional pain but always left Grizz energetically drained and in a great amount of pain depending on the injury.

Luke had confided to Grizz that he also possessed strange powers. Every time he got angry and lost his temper, objects would fly against the walls or break into a thousand pieces. He was basically afraid of this power and had never told his friend because he didn't want to scare him. They both spent a lot of time mastering their power and Luke could finally control it. He could now levitate small objects and learnt to manage his anger so that he always had control over it.

They thought a lot about this power thing, wondering if they was the only ones to have such capacities or if everybody had them. They finally concluded that everybody had them but hid it to some point or that they weren't even aware of it.

Grizz was so happy to be able to help his friends if they were hurt, that he sometimes managed to forget about how fucked up his life was.

Now fifteen, Grizz was slowly falling apart, thanks to his dad. Logan had gotten really bad and threatened him on a daily basis. He could see that his father was falling into a deep depression, always drunk and not even looking for a job anymore. But every time he tried to help him or to get him to do something, Logan just ended up beating him up. Luke told him to just let him be, even if he felt bad about it.

His dad was going to the prostitutes almost every night by now, disrespecting his dead mother. When the girls also began to be sick of his violent self, Logan turned to his son.

As Ellen had suspected at the time, he always had this horrible attraction for the youngest. The first time he had sexually harassed him, Grizz broke down and simply disconnected from the reality. His father was sober that night and had taken a sick pleasure in destroying Grizz's last traces of happiness. After each time came a denial stage that lasted for a short time, only to make him break down a few hours later.

He tried to deal with it, despite the nightmares and fears, so ashamed that he never told Luke. This time it was his own burden to carry. Logan had threaten to target his best friend, saying it would be worth it even if he was reported.

"I don't care about being locked up, if I can hurt you one last time. So if you don't want your friend to take your place, you better go with it." he had told him.

He had to protect him, even if it meant being ripped apart for the rest of his miserable life.

Grizz joined the football team, to avoid his father as much as possible. His heart was still a bit weak but he took heavy medication before practice, anything to prevent him from going home. Luke was delighted and Grizz couldn't bring himself to tell him the real reason he joined. His friend was already so supportive even thought he himself had private problems that he didn't feel like adding the "rape thing" to the list.

The boys became popular thanks to the football team and were often invited to parties. Grizz never really wanted to go. He was not sure he could deal with so many emotions and people gathered together. But this time, it was Sam's birthday. His brother Campbell had organized a little party, much less for Sam than to have a reason to invite friends over. Even if it wasn't Sam's idea, Grizz was really excited to spend time with his deaf friend again. After he quit dance, they had slowly drifted apart, much to Grizz's discontent. "Just for this time, I guess I could go. Even just to spend the evening away from dad, it's worth it." he thought.