Helpless And Helpful (A Pippa Soo Fanfic)

Chapter 25; Happy Birthday... Not

Pippa's POV
Today was the day. It was 6am and I had just woken up to call everyone and make sure it was ready for later. They said it was all perfectly fine. Hess woke up around 8, and I gave her a few small things I'd got her, and a few things Jazzy had given me to give her. She loved them all. We had to get going at nine, so we both got changed and I said to her "We're gonna head out to get some breakfast if you want?" She nodded and I grabbed my keys and off we went. When I drove past the food places, I saw her raise an eyebrow. "Pips where are we going?" She asked. "You'll see." I said. I couldn't help but smile. She turned the music up and we sang along until we got to the theatre. "I don't have rehearsal today why are we here?" She asked, puzzled. I didn't say anything and got out the car. She followed me as we walked inside and towards the main stage area. "Pippa." She said, tugging my arm. "Why are we here?" I just smiled at her and pushed open the door. Both the *show* and Hamilton casts jumped up and shouted "Happy Birthday!" as we walked inside. Jess stood, speechless. She looked at me and smiled. "Happy birthday Jess." I said. She ran over to hug me and then went to speak to Henry. Jasmine walked over to me. "Has she asked about Eliza yet?" I shook me head. "But if she does, I'm just gonna say she had to do something with her mom. Hopefully she believes me." Jazzy nodded and walked back over to Anthony. As if she had heard our conversation, Jess ran up to me and said, "Where's Eliza?" she looked around to try and find her. "Oh she's coming in about an hour, her mom wanted her to do something first." She nodded and then went to talk to Jazzy. Thank god she believes me.

Kayla's POV (ooo things about to get different)
"Are you sure it's today?" I asked Samantha over the phone. "Yep. At rehearsal the other day, I overheard Henry talking about it with some people. He said that they were all gonna surprise Jess this morning at the theatre." I smirked to myself. "Okay. Meet me outside the theatre in 10 minutes." I hung up and started grabbing my things. I hated Jess. She took the lead in The Little Mermaid in 8th grade, when it clearly belonged to me. I'm so much more talented than her. (i feel so bad writing mean shit about jess lmao) I don't even care that she tried to kill herself (IM SORRY JESS) I wish it had worked. (kayla you fucking bitch) When I moved to Jess's school, I met Samantha in the first day. I was glad to hear she hated Jess as much as me, because Sam auditioned for the lead in *show* but Jess got it. So, when Sam told me about Phillipa's birthday plan for Jess, I knew we had to crash it somehow.

I got to the theatre and saw Sam standing outside. "Sam." I said waving. She waved back and walked over to me. "Okay you said Eliza's gonna be here in an hour with a dog for Jess right?" I asked. Sam nodded. "Okay we'll stay here until Eliza get's here. When you see her, grab the dog. I'll grab her. Meet me in the bathrooms with the dog, got it?" She nodded. I got out my phone and pressed on the contact named "George". He answered after about 10 seconds and said hi. "Hi George. I'm outside the theatre right now. Meet us here in 10 minutes with Kyle and Harry okay?" He said yes and hung up. (if you can see where this is going... i apologise for writing it imma cry lmao) "The guys are gonna be here in 10." I said walking back up to Sam. "Kayla are you sure this isn't too far?" She said. "You want revenge don't you?" She nodded. "Eliza is the person that Jess loves the most, hurting her will be perfect revenge." I said smirking. Sam smiled and looked away. "If you're not up for this then fucking leave. I can do it myself." I sort of shouted. "No it's fine. I can do it don't worry." She said looking back at me. "Good." I replied sitting in the steps.

TW rape

About 50 minutes later, we saw Eliza walking up the road with a dog. I tapped Sam and the guys and pointed. I stood up and started walking over to her. "Hi Eliza." I said. She rolled her eyes. "What do you want Kayla?" She asked trying to walk past me. I blocked her. "I just wanted to wish your stupid girlfriend a happy birthday." She looked me dead in the eyes. "First of all, she's not stupid. Second, she doesn't want to see you so go home." Just then, Sam dan in between us and grabbed the dog. "Hey S-" She tried to shout but George places his hand over her mouth. "Shut up." He said. He picked her up and pushed her into the theatre. The guys dragged her to the bathroom and I followed, Sam behind me with the stupid dog. They opened the door and I checked to make sure nobody was around before the walked in. I nodded and the pushed her in and locked the door. I heard her try to scream through the door and laughed. "Leave the dog here. Harry said he'll text me when they're done. Let's go." I said to Sam. She somewhat reluctantly put the dog down and we started to walk out. We were almost at the door when Jasmine stood in front of us, Phillipa beside her.

Jazzy's POV

"What are you doing here?" I said. Samantha looked down at her shoes however Kayla stared right at me. "Just coming to say happy birthday to Jess. That's all." I wasn't convinced. I saw Pippa looking out the window to find Eliza, who was supposed to be here 10 minutes ago. "Can you both just leave? Jess doesn't want you here after all you've done to her. And-" I stopped when I heard a scream come from the bathrooms. Kayla and Sam looked at each other, Kayla laughing. "That was Eliza." Pippa sais before we both started running as fast as we could. We could hear Eliza crying and some boys laughing as we got closer. I thought to myself "Please don't be what I think, please don't be what I think." As we got to the door, I saw the dog that Eliza was supposed to be bringing Jess. Pippa grabbed the handle and tried to push the door open but it was locked. "Open the fucking door right now." She shouted. "Pippa?!" Eliza whispered. "Eliza it's Pippa and Jazzy. You're gonna be okay." I said. I could hear boys talking and eventually one if the approached the door. "Unlock the door right now." I said. He whispered something and then opened the door, him and 2 other guys running out. I ran inside followed be Pippa to see Eliza in the corner, tears running down her face. "I'm so sorry." She said quietly. We sat next to her. "You have absolutely nothing to be sorry for." Pippa whispered, putting an arm around her. I wiped her tears with my thumb and asked, "Did they..." She nodded before I could finish. "Oh Eliza. It's okay. We'll call the police. Everything will be okay." All three of us were sobbing by now. We must've sat there for about 10 minutes before we heard Jess. "Jazzy, Pippa? Where are you?" She walked into the bathroom and gasped. "Eliza! Are you okay?" She ran over and I moved so she could sit next to Eliza. Eliza tried to explain but could barely speak to Pippa took over. When she had finished Jess was sobbing. "Jess I'm okay. Please don't cry, it's your birthday." Eliza managed time say. "No Eliza. I'm gonna fucking kill Kayla." She looked up and Pippa and mouthed sorry for swearing. "I don't care that it's my birthday. I love you Eliza and you're more important than my birthday." Jess said. "I feel like I ruined everything." Eliza said, her voice breaking. My heart broke. I reached over and grabbed her hand. "Eliza you didn't ruin anything. Kayla and her stupid friends did, not you. You did nothing wrong, okay?" I said. She nodded but still didn't look convinced. Just then the small dog that was supposed to be a surprise walked in. "What the hell?" Jess said. "That was your surprise." Eliza said. "Jas and Pippa got you a dog because you've been saying you wanted one for ages. I was gonna surprise with it, but on my way here I ran into Kayla and..." She trailed off and stared at the floor. "It's adorable. Is it a boy or a girl?" Jess asked. "Girl." Pippa whispered. "What are you gonna name her?" Eliza asked. "Not important right now." Jess said, pulling the dog into her lap and sitting back next to Eliza. "Yes it is. Plus it will take my mind if things." She said. Eliza smiled slightly and so did Jess. "Okay okay." Jess thought for a second before smiling. "I have the perfect name. Eva. It does sound more like a human name than a dog name, but that doesn't matter. That's my moms name. Even though she hates me, she's still my mom and I wanna remember her even though I ran away." Jess smiled up at me and then at Pippa. "It's perfect." I said. "Welcome to the family Eva." Pippa said, moving forward to stroke her. "Can we... can we move out of here?" Eliza whispered. Without saying a word, we all got up, and Jess helped Eliza up. I carried Eva and we headed out of the bathroom. "Eliza I can take you back to my place if you want?" Pippa asked. "I want to stay for Jess's birthday." Eliza said walking towards the theatre. "Eliza. You can go. What happened to you was incredibly traumatic. When it happened to me, all I wanted was to go home. And I know that's what you're feeling right now. My birthday isn't important, your health, mental and physical, is. I'll be home after I've helped tidy up everything okay. I love you." Jess said before kissing Eliza quickly. Eliza went with Pippa and Jess and I walked towards the theatre. Before we entered, Jess leaned against the wall and began to cry. I didn't say anything, but just pulled her into my arms, which was difficult because I was still holding Eva, and hugged her.

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i cried writing this chapter oml. i just wanted to say that if anyone has been effected by rape or sexual assault etc, IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. you are so loved and didn't deserve anything that happened to you. my insta is pippabby and my dm's are always open if you need someone to talk to. ily all. ALSO 1k READS!? THANK YOU SM <33