It's Monday morning and I'm lying in bed trying to find the motivation to get up for school. I had a great weekend I spent Saturday with Marcus and Sunday relaxing with Cleo watching movies and doing face masks.

But today I feel like shit I want to hide under my covers and stay under them forever. Something happened to me a year ago today that I try to forget but lately it's all I think about, my ex boyfriends brother who was 20 at the time and I was 16 sexually assaulted me. I replay the situation in my head thinking if I could have avoided it.

I was staying at Jacob's house who is my ex, he asked me out a few months earlier and I didn't really like him romantically but I felt bad so I said yes. It was about 8pm and I was washing my hands in the bathroom when I hear the door open behind me open and I could smell the alcohol on him it was so strong. "Oh hey" I say but he doesn't reply instead he pulls me into him. "What are you doing? Please stop your drunk" but he doesn't listen to me, he digs his nails into my shoulders and pushes me onto the stone cold bathroom floor.

Then he removes my shirt and my skirt leaving his hand prints on stomach because of how hard he was pressing on me. I start to hyperventilate "Get off me. Please!" I say crying "Shut the fuck up I'm doing you a favor!" he spits back. He removes my bra and turns me around and pulls my underwear down and starts fucking me, once he finished I quickly turn back around and push his face away with my hands and he grabs both my wrists with one hands and slaps me in the face leaving me with a bruise for weeks.

A few days later I finally get the guts to tell Jacob what his brother did to me. He didn't believe me. "Did you do anything to deserve it?" He says, how dare he. "No of course not, why would you say that!?" I say while tears come to my eyes "You were probably leading him on, he is going through a hard time right now and you were wearing a revealing top anyways so it was your fault" he replies in an angry voice. What a fucking cunt. I told him I never liked him and I broke up with him then he says "Everybody loves me and nobody fucking loves you that's why your dad left you just like I'm leaving you now you bitch!" He screams. Yeah he's a bit narcissistic.

"Earth to y/n" Cleo says awakening me from my thoughts "Hurry up and get changed we have to leave in 25 minutes! You are always ready before me, I know it's Monday it sucks but we have a history test today and I can't be late y/n!" Cleo says panicking "Damn okay chill I'm getting up" I say while rolling out of bed.

We both arrive at school and make our way to History class and then I see Jacob, why does the world hate me so much? I have no time or patience to put up with him I will literally explode if he talks to me but he is always saying snarky comments when he sees me, he makes his way over with his friend. "Hey y/n how is your dad?" He says laughing to his friend "Shut up your only amusing yourself" I snark back. "Come on y/n he isn't worth it" Cleo says as she puts her hand on my shoulder, I push her hand off and walk over to Jacob.

"I've had enough of you! just stop talking to me I cant stand the sight of your face leave me alone!" I scream at him "Looks like someone is all worked up over a little comment. Do you still think about me?" he says. I slap him in the face. I feel my heartbeat increasing and my legs start to collapse and he grabs my throat and pushes me into the wall "Let go of her!" Cleo screams as Jacob's friend holds her back.

I spit on his face and I struggle to breath as he tightens his grip I try to remove his hand but fail, I look around and see people gathered around us. He pushes my head back hard into the brick wall and I feel blood trickling down the back of my head. A figure runs over to us and pushes Jacob off me and I put my hands around my neck feeling the mark he left on my neck, the figure was Marcus. "What do you think you are doing?!" Marcus yells at him while he punches Jacob in the face and I gasp putting my hands over my mouth "I was just having some fun. It seems you have replaced me with another hook up" Jacob says winking at me.

Marcus punches him again making his lip bleed, a part of me wanted to stop him but the other part of me was enjoying it. "If you ever touch, talk or even look at her again I will fucking kill you!" Marcus spits at Jacob "Do you understand!?" He says while punching Jacob in the stomach "Ye-yes I do" he says scared scrambling off bumping me in the shoulder then runs away.

My brain just processed what happend and my vision startes to blur and my hearing fades out and I feel a pair of hands grip around my waist catching me as I pass out.

I awaken in my bed my head throbs so bad and my neck aches "Hey how are you feeling?" Marcus says "Um alright I guess. Where is Cleo?" "She is at school talking to the teachers about what happened but she gave me your keys and I took you home but she should be back soon" He said while moving a piece of hair away from my eye, there was a bit of an awkward silence then I say "Thanks about before you can throw a good punch, I better not get on your bad side" I say chuckling "Hm not possible you could never be on my bad side.

"What was that between you and that fucking guy? I asked Cleo but she said I have to ask you" He says curious. I go to talk but hesitate but then he places his hand in mine and i feel safe so I decide to tell him the story.

I finish telling him what happened and he looks furious but sad at the same time "Does the brother still bother you? Do you need me to do anything?" Marcus says "Um no he doesn't I dont see him since he isn't in highschool" I say avoiding eye contact "Shit y/n I'm so sorry that happened to you remember you can always talk to me or ask me to do anything for you right?" He says smiling as he caresses my chin and positions my head so I can look at him I pull him into a hug "Thank you" I say.

He puts his hand on the back of my head under my hair and I melt into him I feel so safe and calm in his arms. I play with one of his curls his hair is so soft and he smells like mint, cinnamon and cigarettes it sounds like a weird combination but it was so comforting. "You give good hugs" He finally says "Thanks, it's one of my good quality's" I say and he chuckles "yeah it is".We have been hugging for almost a minute but we couldn't pull away it was like the tension was holding us together.

Finally I pull away and stare into his alluring brown eyes placing both my hands behind his head and play with his hair, he looks me up and down and puts one hand on my cheek and the other on my thigh and chuckles "You are so fucking beautiful" He says keeping eye contact, my face goes red like usual "So I've heard" I say smiling.

We slowly lean in and our lips collide and our bodies give into the lust. His lips were so soft and he is a great kisser he moves me closer to him and continues to passionately kiss me I put my tongue in his mouth and he does the same and our tongues intertwine. My stomach fills with butterflies as he pushes me onto my back with his chin and our kiss gets heavier.

There was a knock on my door but we both didn't hear it and the door swings open "Ahh omg guys" Cleo says in shock, we both accidentally roll off my bed Marcus falls on top of me while he supports my head so I didn't hit it on the floor he smirks and says "It seems the world does not like us sexually interacting" he says and I playfully hit him off me and he laughs.

"Sorry to interrupt but I have good news, Jacob got suspended" Cleo says proudly. "Good news?!? Ryan will literally kill me! Or his dad you know what their family is like" I say and my breathing quickens "Ryan?" Marcus says confused "Jacob's older brother" I reply and his face tenses "Ryan Hale?" Marcus says concerned "Yeah how do you know?" "Um I've just heard his name on the news before. I gotta go" He says getting up. "Where are you going? I say "I just have errands to run but I'll check in with you later" Marcus says walking out.

"Huh that was weird" Cleo says and I nod in agreement.