Riding the Twister by Jane C (beautiful books to read .txt) 📕

Wednesday morning came quickly. I must've been exhausted! I quickly got ready for school, left with Michael, and arrived at school. I was hoping that today would be an easier day. I was wondering if Maggie would talk to me. She had ignored my text from the night before. I didn't know if she didn't respond because she was busy, or if she purposefully ignored me because she found out I was lesbian and despised me. I hope it is that she was just busy last night, but I had this suspicious feeling that she did not want to have her best friend be a lesbian. I wondered if I could somehow make her understand and fix the situation.

However, one incident happened that day that shattered and hurt me beyond belief. I had to go to the bathroom during Honors English. As I was coming out of the restroom, there were two guys whose names were Justin and Ray. I had never talked with them before, but I had heard of them. They were talking to each other as they sauntered down the hallway, until one of them spotted me and nudged the other. I decided to try to ignore them and walked as quickly as I could past them and back to the classroom.

As I was walking passed them, Ray said to me, "Hey, lesbo. How is your girlfriend, Haley?" I tried to ignore him and walked past.

I heard Justin say to Ray, "You aren't going to let a dike insult you by ignoring you, are you?"

"Hell, no", Ray said.

BEGINNING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SCENE

I tried to quicken my steps, but Ray swung his hand out, caught me by my arm and slammed me into the lockers. Justin laughed as he watched me struggle against Ray.

Ray said to me, "You know how rude it was to ignore us, don't you? We asked you a question. We seriously wanted to know how your girlfriend is. Is she good in bed? If you are with Haley, you probably have never had a real man before, have you? Don't worry, now is your chance."

Ray moved in closer, trying to kiss me. I struggled underneath his grasp, and could feel his mouth on mine. I tried to push him away, but he was too strong. I could feel his one hand quickly feeling me as he used his other to hold me against the lockers. I took a chance and kneed him. Ray immediately let go falling to the ground and howling in pain.

Justin moved immediately in on me, ignoring his friend. I could see this mean look on his face, and I tried to slip away from him as well. He grabbed my arm and pulled me into the men's bathroom. He yelled at Ray to follow and he pushed me against the wall, using one hand to hold both of mine above my head.

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END OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SCENE

Chris reached for my hand and we walked out of the bathroom, not looking back as we heard Jeff's muttering to himself as he stood up. As the door sung shut behind us, the bell rang, and I slowly started walking away from Chris, not caring to talk about,what just happened.

Chris, however, had other plans. He gently took hold of my shoulders and steered me into a now empty classroom. I protested, somewhat feebly, that we had to get to class. Although, by that point, I hadn't intention of going to my class. I needed to get out of that school.

My eyes looked anywhere but at Chris. He put his fingers underneath my chin, and moved my face up until my eyes were looking into his. Chris scanned my face, and I saw how much he really cared as he looked at me. His kind eyes showed traces of anger and sadness.Chris started to speak.

"You know, you really should report them, Jessica. They deserve to be held responsible. They hurt you. They would have done worse had I not stopped them. They might try to do this again."

I shook my head, silent. I could feel the tears continuing to run down my face. "I can't really talk about this right now, Chris. I can't take the chance of going to anyone, they will just do it again. Thank you for being there to help me, but I'm okay. Just don't tell anyone, including my brother. And listen, can you give Michael a ride home today if I don't come back in time for the end of the day? I need the car, I have to get out of here."

"If you need to go, I want to go with you, Jess. I don't think you should be alone right now." Chris softly stated. "Please, Chris. Just let me be. Just take Mike home for me."

Chris sighed,and reluctantly said, "I will bring Michael home. But, where are you going?" asked Chris.

"Anywhere but here," I answered.

Chris asked for my cell phone. I took my cell out of my use and handed it to him. He put his own cell number in my contacts and gave me back my phone. Call me if you need me, I am here for you" he stated. I took my cell back and I ran down the hallway and pushed open the exit door. I got to the car, and opened my car door. I got into the car and I breathed a sigh if relief. I needed to get out of here. I turned up the radio, and drove out of the parking lot.

I drove to the nearest church from the school, which happened to be a New Life Christian Church. I just wanted to sit and reflect and ask my God to help me. I figured even if I hadn't been very religious in the past, maybe I would now if I could just feel Him and get through this day.

I went inside the church and sat in one of the pews. I was the only one by myself. It was at that point that I allowed myself to break down and cry. All that had been going on the past few days had been too much.

Suddenly, I felt another presence in the church and startled, I looked up. The Priest came down and sat next to me. I just had to know if my mother was right so, I asked him, an outsider who did not know me, "If I am lesbian, am I going to Hell?"

The Priest looked at me, and asked, "Do you want to change?" I thought about that question, and a sad look came over the Priests face the more time I took.

I looked the Priest in the eyes, and said, "No. I have a wonderful girlfriend. Even though some classmates hurt me today, I don't think I could change even if I wanted to."

"Then, the answer is yes." The Priest looked at me, saying "Continue to pray. There is always hope that you will want to change your sinful ways. It is only then that I as well as God will accept you with open arms."

I stared at the Priest in disbelief, and shook my head. I got up and walked out of the church, not allowing the Priest to see how upset I really was. In my car I broke down again. I didn't understand what the big deal was about me being lesbian. I drove the car back to the school and went inside to get my things from my locker. When I got back to my locker, I spotted Chris talking with my brother across the hallway. There was a stormy look on my brother's face. I hoped that they were not talking about what had happened earlier that day, but I had a gut feeling that they were.

Mike's POV

I closed the door and paced around my room. I was still boiling with anger and confusement over with what happened to Jessica. Once again I found myself on the phone with Chris. I wanted the exact details of what happened to Jessica from him, not just a quick sketch that he had painted. I wanted to get all the details. Chris refused to tell me, saying he promised Jess he wouldnt say anything.This time, I was on the phone for almost an hour, ranting and raving just like Haley had done in the car earlier. Chris was sympathetic towards me, but I didn't want sympathy.I wanted to make sure that Jess would be okay, and would be safe with guys like Justin and Ray in the school. I tried to get Chris to tell me what happened to Jess, but he just said to try talking to her one more time before he would give in and tell me.

Jess's POV

Even though I had just talked with Haley, I had remembered that I needed to ask her a question about homework so I gave her a quick call. Somehow, our conversation turned back to what happened to me that afternoon at school. Her tone became one of a serious nature. "Jessica, I know you are strong, but I also know that Ray and Justin really hurt you. Please tell me exactly what happened."

In a mono-tone voice I told her about how the two guys had started asking me questions as I was coming back from the bathroom to class. I told her how I had tried to ignore them, only initiating their anger even more. I told her how Ray had been the first to put my arms over my head and push me up against the locker, kissing me. I told her how I had fought him off, only to have Jeff drag me into they guy's locker room. I told her that they did it because I was lesbian, and that they