[✓]secret − p. curtis

eighteen.

"THERE REMAINS WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN IMPENETRABLE WALL OF SILENCE AROUND VIOLENCE AND WE MUST PLAY A ROLE IN BREAKING THIS SILENCE."
REECE WITHERSPOON

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this chapter deals with topics related to sexual harassment and rape. please be cautious.
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in the corner of the room, Pony could see a girl shivering.
there were two boys flaunting her and pushing her around.
he recognized her hair as Georgia's.
"Georgia?" Pony asked.
she turned around, nothing on her body except sheets that were tied around her.
"what the hell are you doing here?" one of the boys asked.
"Georgia please come over here." Pony said and she tried to walk over, but the boys stopped her.
"hey, man. i don't wanna have to beat the hell out of you guys, but i will if i have to. so let the girl go and tell us what the hell happened." Dally snapped.
Georgia eventually walked over and collapsed in Pony's arms.
"they raped me." she whispered in a deathly tone.
"what?" his voice cracked.
"you heard me." she said back.
he handed her over to Dally gently and ran at the two guys.
his body was like a fireball in a forest of dead trees.
every move he made was nothing they could stop, it was enough to kill.
"which one of you sick bastards did it?" Pony said, his mouth not moving.
"the names Carl." one of the guys smiled.
Pony lunged onto him and punched him with every ounce of anger in his body.
the other boy ripped him off but Pony kicked him into the wall, creating a large thud and a dent.
he was knocked out cold, so Pony got back to Carl.
he kicked him so hard his foot might've broke, but Pony didn't care at all.
they had hurt his girl.
bad.
the boys were both unconscious, Carl was barely breathing.
Pony looked over to Dally, who was holding a sobbing Georgia.
"no, no, no, no, no." Pony rushed over to them and took Georgia from Dally.
Dal motioned for the boy who opened the front door to get Carl and his friend to a hospital.
"shh.. i've got you now. they're gone. they're gone." he whispered and she couldn't keep her sobs in.
Pony told Dal to go the gang, and then helped Georgia get some clothes on.
the gang came rushing in and Steve just about tackled Georgia.
"oh, baby doll. what'd they do to you?" he whispered so gently it sounded like a different person.
"they raped me." she repeated.
the whole gangs facial expressions fell.
their hearts broke for her.
that was not the Georgia they knew.
"i'll take care of the police reports, they're on their way to take care of those boys." Darry said bluntly, walking out.
Darry could never handle this type of stuff.
it made him sick to his stomach.
Georgia continued crying until she had nothing left to cry, so she just sat there.
"Georgia you are the strongest person i know, you can get through this." Johnny said and rubbed her back calmly.
"I'M GONNA KILL THOSE BASTARDS!" Soda suddenly yelled and kicked a random spinny chair.
he sat down on the floor and Dally sat next to them. not even Dallas Winston knew what to think.
"Pony." she whispered.
he quickly sat down next to her and looked to her for any words.
"i wanna tell you what happened." she said.
he nodded and told the gang to leave.
they did so, but Pony knew they would listen from outside the door.
"i was sleeping with you, but i had to pee. so i got up to pee and saw some lights outside. i saw it was about 3AM. i carefully went and peaked out there and.." she paused and looked down.
"it's okay, you can say it if you want." Pony wrapped his arms around her.
"and it was that boy. he grabbed me and stuffed me in that car. i tried yelling your name but they covered my mouth. we arrived at this house. it smelled like the bad drugs. and they..oh Pony.." her eyes became glossy and his heart ached, literally.
"they raped you?" he guessed and she nodded and broke down again.
he held her tight and she listened to the steady beat of his heart.
it wasn't near steady, though. it was slow, but quick at the same time.
"how many times?" he asked.
"they only did it once, their parents got home so they stuffed me in that damn closet. they must've fell asleep because i sat there and cried the whole night. i think i fell asleep at some point. if you wouldn't of came though.." she said between shaky breaths.
"i know, baby. i know." his voice was so calming to her.
"about what Johnny said. i'm gonna be strong for you guys. i'll get through this. as long as he goes to jail and you give me daily cuddles." it was the first joke she had made.
Pony knew the Georgia he knew the night before was still there, but hurt.
he wasn't going to let anybody hurt her like that ever again.