Only the better half of it

2 - I'll see you soon Australia

TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ This chapter contains some talk about rape, if you're not comfortable with this, please do not read⚠️ The story will get better I promise.

Hope you'll still be able to enjoy the story!

~J

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Lily's POV

"Do you want to talk about what happened honey?" my mum's voice startled me, making me come out of my thoughts. I slowly shook my head, trying to think about something else as the tears threatened to fall. A sigh left her mouth when we finally arrived at home, mum parking the car in the driveway.

I stumbled out of the car, and hurried to my room. I locked the door before falling to the ground, completely numb. Why did this happened to me? I never did anything to anyone to deserve this. I should have dumped his arse before he could even lay a hand on me. Unfortunately for me, my mental state didn't allow me to. I felt so vulnerable when I was arround him that I couldn't even imagine what would happen if I tried to talk back. Well I definitly saw what that lead me to.

I stuggled to find any motivation to move to my bed, but when I finally did, my palms where swetty and my mind couldn't stop replaying what happened. It's like I could feel every single thing he did to me, all over again. I felt his hands roaming all over my body, wraping them arround my neck to make me look at him in the eyes, which made the situation worse. I felt his mouth on me, where I certainly didn't want it to be. I actually thanked the night, because my mum somehow didn't notice the bruises on my neck. I lightly touched them, whincig at the rush of pain in my whole neck.

I was too tired to even change in pyjamas and just took off my pants, along with my jewelries, and crowled in my bed, my black sheets engulfing my body. I felt bad but fell asleep soon as I was exhausted, physically of course, but even more mentally. I fell asleep, an uneasy feeling in my whole body.

He is here. He keeps touching me. He's screaming in my face, hitting me. The first punch in my stomach, the second one in my throat. I choack out a few times. He keeps getting closer, forcing me to lay down and he starts to-

My eyes shot open, my mum is by my side saying something but I can only concentrate on my breathing. I put my right hand on my chest, feeling each inhalation. My left hand rise to my neck, rubbing over the bruises. There didn't hurt anymore, but there certainly were visible because as soon as I stopped my violent rubs over them, mum looked at my neck, her eyes widening as an expression of complete horror spread across her face. "Oh my god, Lily! What the hell happened to your neck? And why are your sheets stained with blood? You already had your period ten days ago..." When she finished putting everything together, her eyes widened so much I really thought her eyes would fall out, and she looked at me. My eyes were still on my sheets, rememoring evrything once again. "Please, my baby, tell me what happened there?" Her breath was uneven and she started to panick all over again. I sighed and numbly said it. "Reese raped me." Her cries got louder as the time passed and soon after, John, my step dad, bursted into my room, worry all over his face. When he saw mum in this state, he immediatly crowled next to her, trying to calm her down.
I stayed in the same position, completly numb, my eyes only looking at the red stain under my bum. "We need to go to the hospital now! John please, we need to bring her to the hospital!" My mum's voice ranged through my entire room, making shivers run through my whole body. "What happen-" my mum cut him off by crying even more, reaching for my hand. John helped me out of bed, noticing the red stain. He looked me in the eyes, trying to understand but didn't push me to talk when I turned my gaze back to the ground. He searched around my room for some comfortable pants, finding one on my desk chair, and gave it to me. I struggled to put it on and when I finished, John swipped me off my feet, carrying me bridal style to the car. "Cameron, baby, stay here with Kayla. I will keep you informed of everything that happens. We'll be back soon. I love you." She kissed him, running her hand through my hair in a soothing way and kissed my hand, entering the house after. I couldn't stay awake any longer, and driffted into a short nap.