Behind closed doors (Completed)

Chapter Six

The next morning when I woke up on the floor, I felt like I was wet. Looking down, there was blood all over the floor. "Dammit," I swore when I saw my period started. I looked in the cabinet and surprisingly there were some feminine items.

I grabbed a rag and soap and took a shower. After I finished in the bathroom, I went to see about Tucker. As much as it hurt, I was gonna have to tell him. Its not like I'm being selfish wanting to leave, I mean who wants to live in a house where their being abused.

From the noise coming from Tucker's room, I could tell he was awake on his game. When I walked in Tucker and Sebastian were playing Call of Duty and were fixated on the screen. Apparently, they didn't even notice I was in the room. They both jumped after defeat showed up on the screen. "You wanna have a turn?" Sebastian asked nonchalantly as if nothing happened last night. "No Thanks, Is Rochelle here?" I asked. "Nope, she should be off in half and hour, why?" He looked at me as if to say Try me.

"Gimme a minute Tuck," I heard Sebastian say as I closed my door and locked it. "Knock, Knock !" I should've expected that, I thought. I got up and unlocked the door to let the bastard in. "What?" I looked at him with no expression present. "You do remember what I said, if you as much as breathe a word to Rochelle, I will put you in so much you will wish you were dead," he threatened. I didn't say a word, because I had lost all respect for him. "Do I make myself clear?" He asked "Yea" I mumbled. "We don't lock doors around here, if you need privacy get ya own house," he said and walked out the door.

Taking a seat on the bed, my stomach begin to hurt. Someone opened and closed the door, so I assumed Rochelle was home. Honestly, I wanted to tell her, but I didn't want her to hate me or even worse not believe me. So, this is just one of those things that I have to take to the grave. It is what it it, life isn't meant to be fair.

"I'm home," Rochelle echoed throughout the house. I didn't wanna go greet her, but I also didn't want her to think something was wrong. So, I decided to go see her, besides it sounds like I heard bags. Taking a deep breath, I relaxed and put on a smile. "Hey, what you got there?" I asked peeking in the bags. "Let's just say were gonna be eating good, tonight." "Do you want me to help cook," I asked suggestively. "No, I got it, but you can set the table in the table in the dining room. There is a tablecloth in the hall closet and the silverware is in those drawers," she said pointing to the drawers to the left of us.

Thank God for Kendrick, at least I could watch TV at his house. Enough to know how to set a table properly. After ten minutes of setting the table, I walked in Tucker's room just as Sebastian was coming into the kitchen. "Hey," Tucker greeted as I came in. "Sebastian is so cool, we have been playing games for hours and he even taught me a few thing, I don't know what I would do if I ever left here," I forced a smile. "What's wrong, I know that look," Tucker asked looked at my with questioning eyes.

"I'm so sorry, I don't wanna ruin your fun b- Tucker cut me off. "Please, just one thing. Please tell me your not about to say what I'm thinking. I looked at the floor and tears welled up in my eyes. "Why do we have to leave?" Tucker whined. "You know what I think it's you, your afraid to let people in and instead of connecting with someone you rather push them away before you make any kind of connection," he rambled on. "He raped me," I said low but just enough for him to hear me.

"No, no he's not that kind of guy," Tucker said shaking his head. It hurt even more that my own brother didn't believe me, but I had to prove it to him. "Look this is gonna be weird, but I need to ask you in order to prove to you what happened. Have you ever jacked off?" I asked examining his face. Tucker's face turn as red as a granny smith apple and looked embarrassed. "What kind of question is that?" He asked looking everywhere but at me. "Don't be embarrassed just answer me," I said "Yea" . "Come with me," I tugged at his hand to come into my room.

After closing the door , I walked around the bed and we sat next to each other. "Look in the trashcan ! " I pointed down beside the bed. Tucker walked over to the trashcan and looked in it. "Where is he?" Tucker boomed. "No, you can't do anything its ok," I shushed him. "Are you serious, he rapes you and I'm just suppose to sit around twiddle my thumbs, and act like nothing ever happened?" He said with a vein bulging in his neck.

"No, we're leaving," I whisper yelled. "Really Monique. We can't just leave every time things get rough, we have to face the situation and get through together," he said. I knew he was right, and looked at him with a smile wondering when did he get so smart. "I know, but only this time." "Ok, well when are we leaving and how we gone get out of here without anybody noticing were gone?" He asked. "We'll talk about all that later, let's just put smiles on our faces and pretend everything is fine," I smiled and we walked out together.

The smell of the food was extravagant and dancing around in my nostrils. "Mm, it smells good in here," I smiled at Rochelle who was setting the last of the food on the dining room table. Rochelle threw down and didn't go half ass on nothing. Set before us was Fried chicken, cabbage greens, hot water cornbread, rice and gravy, and some candy yams. "The food Ready Sebastian," Rochelle yelled.

We all took a seat at the large round table. Making conversation with Rochelle was easy, because she was so down to earth. Eating, Laughing and talking we finished up. "Y'all wanna watch a movie in the family room?" Sebastian asked looking at us with a spark in his eyes.

"No," Tucker and I both said a bit too quickly. "Am I missing something, is everything ok?" Rochelle asked looking between Tucker and I. "No, their probably just tired you know how CHILDREN can be," he said emphasizing the word children. "Ok, well if your tired, you can go to bed."

Rochelle gave us both a kiss and sent us off to bed.

"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite," she added laughing. "Stay up, I'll come get you," I whispered to Tucker and we went to our separate rooms. I decided to take another shower and then get in the comfortable. I don't know where were gonna lay our heads tonight, I thought. I should've known they were too good to be true, Rochelle is genuinely a sweet person, but that Sebastian is screwed up in the head.