Living With Animals

Chapter 47

Jacob's P.O.V.

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"Are you okay," Stephanie asks, as we walk to my room.

"Yes."

"I didn't know you were dating someone else."

"I'm not. I wasn't. I knew she didn't want to be with me anymore. I knew it the moment she told me to "fuck off" about a week ago. Claira is sarcastic, and stubborn, and can be a bitch, but it's usually only to people she doesn't like. She's very...'feisty' if that's how you want to put it."

"Still, I wouldn't have went out with you if I knew she was dating you."

"It's okay. I knew she was gonna break up with me, and I really l started to like you after I met you at school. So, I asked you out."

"Oh," she says, blushing a bit.

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Claira's P.O.V.

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Fucking bullshit. What an ass-hat. 

My phone buzzes, snapping me out of my daze, and transferring attention to the phone. When I pick it up, it's a random number. the text reads:

hey claire. it's cooper. are you okay? you haven't been at school at all. i had to practically beg Tanner to give my our number so I could check on you.

hi cooper! yes, this is Claire. it's a long story, as to why i haven't been to school.

but i'm pretty okay. thanks for asking.

okay well meet at the park later and wear something nice.

I'm taking you to a party.

fine.

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"Cooper?" I ask. I have a flashlight on, and notice him as he walks up.

"Right here. I can drive. Come on. My friends are with me too, and some of their friends or girlfriends."

"Oh, okay."

I get into the car, and find Tanner? sitting there, in a pair of jeans and a purple croptop. two other girls sit next to her.

"Tanner?" I ask. "Why are you here?"

"Because. he's my brother," she says pointing at Cooper.

"Step. Step-brother, Tanner. There's a difference," he says.

"Oh."

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"Alright, your turn Cooper. Spin the bottle to see who you play 7 minutes in heaven with."

He spins the bottle. It rattles as it comes to a stop, about to land on Raelyn, but Cooper bumps the table and it lands on me. Shit.

"Come on, Claire." He smiles at me, and I take his hand that he's holding out.

We walk up the stairs and into the bedroom.

Once he shuts and locks the door, I speak up.  "We don't actually have to do anything right?" He looks at me like im crazy.

"What do you mean? It's 7 minutes in heaven. Of course." 

TW: RAPE/ TALKING OF RAPE

Before I know what's happening, he has my hands pinned to the wall with one hand, causing pain in my wrists, and the other hand covers my mouth. When I try to scream, he digs his fingernails into my skin.

"Shut up and do what I say."

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Knocking on the door concludes 7 minutes, and I could never be more thankful in my life. My wrists are all bloody, and tears stream down my eyes. Cooper doesn't stop smirking, as I put my clothes back on, still crying.

He grabs my hair and pulls me towards him. "Shut the fuck up. You're fine."

I wipe my eyes, and straighten my hair as he opens the door.

"That was 15 minutes, not 7," Ant, Cooper's friend, claims.

"I know," he says. We walk down the stairs and I'm still shaking. Crying. Feeling like I can't breathe.

I want to go home. I want to see Jacob even if he's an ass. I want him to comfort me, say I'll be okay, help me. It doesn't , mean I want to get back together. I just means I need him.