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Aaron Carters

Aaron Carters: 18 years old: Hobbies include football, partying, and heavy metal music.

Goosebumps covered my skin at the image of him. Ever since that night, I always got goosebumps looking at him, he terrified me. He was sitting with a group of kids with one of the counselors that the school provided. There were maybe 6 kids seated in a circle in the cafeteria, far enough away from another group of kids with a counselor so that they couldn’t hear them. “Why do you think Adelaide wanted to do this?” the lady had a monotonous voice, which almost made me not like her.

“I think because people are shitty, and I loved her it’s not fair,” Aaron spoke confidently. I’m sorry..? You what Aaron? Hah. Yeah okay that’s why you did all those things. A scrawny boy who I did not recognize looked at him in shock.

“Yeah that’s why you abused her,” he mumbled quietly. Aaron shot him a glare. How did he know about that? I didn’t even tell Sadie or Taylor.

“Okay good, good. How does her not being here make you feel?” some girl said it made her sad because she had thought I was really pretty and wanted to become friends with me but she had been to shy. That is so cute. The boy sat up straighter and said, “It makes me confused. But maybe she is happier now. Like nobody will torture her now, no one will treat her badly,” he was looking right at Aaron.

“I hate that she’s gone. I was going to talk out how our relationship ended with her and then take her out for dinner. I was going to marry her one day. She was so beautiful, and now I don’t know what to do without her. She was my other half,” I was gagging at how pathetic he was being. Was he looking for people to take pity on him? He knew they would, because at the end of the day he is still a jock with a reputation, and a secret life only I knew. A secret life where he was always drinking or doing some type of drug, only to come over and attack me physically and verbally.

“How was your relationship with her? How long were you two together?” she asked Aaron. He took a deep breath and looked down at his hands.

“We were together for two years. They were the best two years of my life. She was more than amazing to me, I didn’t deserve her. She, Adelaide was the most caring person I have ever had in my life. Like I could always count on her to listen to my problems or help me study for school. Even though I felt so stupid asking her for help, she never acted as if it was a dumb question. She would have made such a great mother and now she doesn’t have the chance I just don’t understand why she decided to do this,” he was crying. He broke down and cried like a child who lost their blanket. All eyes were on him, he just sat their and wept, the other groups were beginning to stare. Let’s just say he’s not the quietest crier.

I almost felt bad, I half wanted to comfort him and half wanted to look at him and say ‘hah! Now you know how I feel!’ but I could do neither, just watch. Then he was excusing himself, which I found odd. “I am sorry I need to go home,” he explained and abruptly left, with everyone watching him. Once he got into his car he slammed his fist against the steering wheel, making the horn sound. “Fuck! This is my entire fucking fault,” he burst. Let me tell you, that was the last thing I had been expecting to come out of his mouth. After wiping his eyes, he started the car and drove back to his house.

His house had been the scene of the crime after I had been raped. The police had to go their and take the sheets that were on the bed to use as evidence to be sure that it was in fact him who raped me. The whole investigation thing didn’t really make sense to me; I was sort of out of it while it was going on. But I do remember that the school had been trying to fight the charges against Aaron because they didn’t want him kicked off the football team. He was their precious team player. He couldn’t loose his scholarships but I could loose my virginity, my sanity and they didn’t care. That’s life sadly.