My One and Only Geek

Chapter 4

"OMG!" I screamed when I heard the unbelievable news. "Who raped you?! I'm gonna kick their ass!"

Suddenly I started crying. Zoe did it with me. I hugged her.

"I'm so sorry," I whispered. She just sobbed.

"So... I was trapped. I went to a club to pass the time, alone-"

"Zoe! You should've called me," I coughed in between a sobs.

"It's ok... I know. I should've. But I was at the bar, having a little too much to drink, I guess. I met this boy... But I was a little too hazy to see him. I can't remember much. But... His voice was soft..." She coughed and sobbed harder. "I think... He blindfolded me... And took me somewhere. I was so dizzy... But he forced me into a corner and... And... Did everything you could imagine." She started balling.

"Zoe! Oh my god. What did he look like?!" Tears streaked down my cheeks as I hugged her.

"Um... Well he had short blonde hair. Um... I remember his eyes were really shiny... And his small nose drew me in. I think he was a little taller than me. His voice didn't sound very old, he was probably around our age. But... I mean, I was drunk." she coughed hysterically.

My heart sank with every next word. Could it be...?

No. I won't say his name.

I don't know what Zoe was thinking, but I experienced a knife to the heart.

I was so angry, all I wanted was to get revenge on that jackass.

• • •

The next day at school my face was still splotchy and red from sobbing with Zoe all night. I didn't eat breakfast. I didn't brush my teeth, nor do my hair. I looked like a hot mess, I'm sure.

Zoe and I were hot messes together.

Of all the weeks I tried to see Trevor in the halls and failed, today was my unlucky day. I saw him turn the corner. Zoe didn't seem to understand, but I couldn't stand to look at him.

He was whispering to his friend, and when he saw us, he stopped.

I gave him an evil gaze. His face started contorting into a confused expression, but I started speed walking in another direction before he could do anything else.

For some reason I couldn't handle staying this way. Tears started streaking down my face as I rushed to the bathroom to be alone. My mind overwhelmed with thoughts of my best friend being raped by my one and only crush, my cute little geek.

Only he wasn't my crush anymore. He is so evil.

I felt the warm water still flowing on my cheeks when I thought about it more. My heart throbbed when I thought about him.

I still liked him.

• • •

Zoe and I came off her bus and walked to her house. We glumly slumped while trudging inside, all the way upstairs to her room.

"So I'm working up the courage to tell my parents..." she mumbled.

"What?! You didn't tell them?" I cried. "Zoe, this is a crime. You need to work it out and send that asshole to jail!"

I got a lump in my throat as I pictured Trevor in court, fighting against what could've been true. I don't want to believe it... But what could I believe? The way she described him, and the way he's been acting lately, I can't think much else.

But my heart is trying to fight back.