Road Trip

Chapter 3- Lets go shopping

When Nikki stops at a red light, she sighs, " Mel, what happened back there?"

I look at her and Nikki's eyes are sad, filled with panic and sadness.

" Look, remember when Will came beside me?" Nikki nods, driving again, looking at the road, and then me, and back at the road. " Well, when he was fooling around with us, he pulled me under, you know whenever we both went under the water, well, when I was trying to get back on the surf board, Will pulled me back down, and..." I pause, scared of telling her. " and what?" Nikki's eyes are now filled with alert, like a cat on a hunt. " And he kissed me. he touched me, he-" I stop getting chocked up on the words. Nikki pulls to the side of the road, a shocked expression on her face.

" Will!? William, he raped you? Like where'd he touch you at?" I look at, pleading her not to ask again. " Will touched my breasts, and my" I stutter, " my vagina, and he was kissing me while I slapped him away." I say sobbing, I don't mean to break down, it just happens, I can't control it. Nikki wraps her skinny arms around my shoulders, hugging me, I think I heard her crying too.

Nikki pulls away, " Melanie, I want you to promise me something." She takes my hand and cups her's around mine, " Promise me that, if Will ever, and I mean EVER! touches you, even a little, you tell me. Look, I know what your going through okay. I'm here for you Melanie. It's gonna be okay." I look at Nikki, pulling my hands away from her's, " Wait, you know what I'm going through?" I ask concerned, wandering what she's talking about.

" When I was 14 I dated Will, this you don't know of because we wasn't getting along at the time, and we didn't talk to each other for a week or 5. Anyway, I dated Will, and he was abusive, he raped me, and hit me. I would go to school with bruises on my arms, my head pounding all the time. My parent's didn't know about it, because they didn't know I was dating. A stupid mistake I know."

Nikki puts her head down, and I smile. " Let's go shopping" Nikki lifts her head and smiles,

" Okay".

We pull into the Mall parking lot, getting out the cool breeze goes through my long dark hair. We walk to the entrance and enter, a group of guys holding the door open for Nikki and I. " So you wanna hit Starbucks later, It's not in the mall, it's beside the mall. Or do you wanna get one now?" Nikki asks, I smile, pointing ahead of us. We walk to a store called Rue 21. One of my favorites, they're having a sale where everything in the store is 60% off.

" Omg! Nikki look at this dress, it's fucking adorable!" I squeal, hopping it's not expensive. I check the price and there's nothing, hmm I think. I loo on top and find that the whole rack is $10. Yes, I grab the white laced dress, with a brown leather belt and walk towards Nikki.

" So, what do you think? Should I get it? It'll go really cute with cowboy/cowgirl boots, and if it's chilly, a jean jacket will be adorable with it." I smile, " Oh yeah, it's uh,coolish. Yeah, you should get you." I look at Nikki and I know she's lying.

" Oh come on, it's cute, why, you don't like it?" Nikki smiles and walks towards the skirts, " What about this skirt?" she asks me, I look at it, a short tight looking skirt, pink with black flowers.

" Eh, it's okay I guess" Nikki walks over to the shoes, grabbing a pair of combat boots with spikes on the heels,

" These combat boots with this skirt would be so fetch" Nikki says, I turn around, " What's fetch?" Nikki laughs and grabs me by the shoulder, we head towards the clothes and look some more.

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At Starbucks

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" Hey, I'm just saying the guy was hot!" I say to Nikki, as we stand in line, " He wasn't that cute Mel." I grin, and look around, my sunglasses covering my eyes. " Why do you have sunglasses on right now?" Nikki asks, handing me my Orange Mango smoothie. I take it out of her hand and ignore the question, we look around for a spot to sit at, " Wanna sit outside?" I ask, Nikki nods and we go outside, siting at a metal wired table with chairs and a umbrella.

I look over at a guy and quickly look away, knowing exactly who he is. " Nikki" I whisper,

" What?" I turn her head towards the guy and she gasps. " We gotta get outta here" I say. She nods and turns away, Will stands ups and walks towards us.

Nikki and I walk towards the exit, ignoring him. We walk towards Nikki's truck and stop, looking behind us, Will is right there. " Hey, um, Melanie, can I talk to you? Private?" I look over at Nikki and she shakes her head. " Sure" I say, handing my smoothie to Nikki, " It'll just be a minute" I whisper.

Will and I walk to the side walk by Starbucks and stop, " Look, Mel-" I cut him off, " Don't ever call me Mel." I say demanding. My arms crossed across my chest. Will stands there with his hands in his pockets, shirtless, and hot.

" Fine, Melanie, I'm sorry about what happened. Will you forgive me?" I look at him in disgust, seriously, this all he wants, is for me to say it's fine and be friends again? What is he thinking? " No, see what happened to me, isn't something that's easy to forget. And I won't forgive you. Not until I'm ready." I start to walk away and he grabs my arm, " Melanie plea-. I turn around, pulling my arm away from his grip.

" Let Go Of Me!" I yell, " HEY! Get your fucking hands away from her!" I hear Nikki say, coming up behind me. Will let's go of me and walks away, pointing his finger at me, " I will get an apology from you, and you will like me." I don't smile, I look at my arm, red and in pain from Will's grip.

" Let's get outta here" Nikki says, putting her arm around my neck. We walk towards the truck and get in. " Thanks Nikki" I say sighing, rubbing my arm.

" It's fine, I would love to kick his ass though." Nikki says, taking a sip of her drink. I grab mine and we head our way towards Nikki's place.