LILY
I sat down on my bed, getting home at 7. My dad wasn't home, so I picked up my phone and scrolled TikTok. Legend, or Ledge, I love it! I hope I can work with them. Oh it's 7, I need to call Harrison. I had put his contact in my phone at the cafe that afternoon, so I dialed him. And he picked up.
"Hi, Harrison, this is Lily." I said cautiously, "oh hey mate. What's up?" He replied. I grinned, "so, do you have a plan to get me a job there?" I asked. "Oh, yea, I talked to hoppo already, and I have an application, I'll give it to you next time I see you." He said, excitedly. "Are you working tomorrow?" I asked, "Aw, no I'm not." He said, sadly. "Oh, that's okay, you wanna hang at bondi tomorrow?" I replied. I heard him chuckle, "aw, yea, how did I not think of that?" I giggled, "I don't know, how about we meet at 10? My dad has a day off too, so we could try and convince him to let me work with you." I asked. "Oh, yea, of course, I'll see you at ten, Legend." He chuckled. "Aw, yea, see you tomorrow Harrison." I smiled, hanging up.
I smiled to myself, and grabbed my water bottle, taking a small sip of water. I heard the door open, I put my water bottle back on the dresser. "Dad, you here?" I called. I didn't hear a reply, I wandered out of my room curiously, I came face to face with a large man. "Why hello, darling," he sneered. My heart dropped, I hadn't changed out of my bikini and I was told I was gorgeous by a few men earlier. I inched away, and he pulled me closer. "This is a nice surprise, I didn't expect to come face to face with a pretty girl." He said, smirking and putting his hand in my waist. "No, don't touch me, I don't want you to touch me." I whispered. He kissed me, and I started to cry. "No let me go." I whispered. He pushed me back and started touching my waist. I pushed him off, and he glared at me, and continued. I reached for my phone, and reached it. I didn't want to call dad, or the police, so I called Harrison's phone. He picked up, and I sobbed harder. "No, please stop, please." I begged the man, he was engrossed, and didn't notice Harrison's voice. "What's going on?" He asked me. I turned my phone down, so the man couldn't hear I him. "I don't know you, stop touching me," I begged. "Where are you Legend?" Harrison asked. "194, building 4, Bondi Avenue." I breathed. The man was kissing my neck and touching me inappropriately. "Keys in the mail box." I breathed, and hung up. "No please stop!" I begged harder.
The man was pushed to the ground, I was sobbing. A pair of arms grabbed me and lead me out of the apartment. "Legend, you're safe, okay?" I heard. I nodded, wiping my tears. "I'm so sorry." I whispered. Harrison wrapped his arms around my neck and hugged me. I buried my face in his shirt. "Legend, where's your dad?" Harrison asked. "I don't know he never came home, sometimes he just doesn't come home, it's only about three days a week he's here." I sobbed. "Okay, and will he answer his phone?" He asked me. I shook my head, "he never does, he's been worse since my mum was put on hospice," I whispered. "Okay, Legend, I'm going to call police, and we're going to my apartment tonight." He told me. I nodded, letting go of him. "Yes, Lily, Mouse's coming out of your apartment, he was dealing with that man. Go to him, okay?" Harrison said, walking away to call the police. I nodded, and walked over to Mouse. "Legend, sweetheart, come here." Mouse whispered. I nodded, and walked to him. "He just came in, I couldn't stop him, he wouldn't leave me alone" I whimpered. He wrapped his arms around me, and lead me to his and Harrison's apartment. He sat me down on the couch, I burst into tears, and curled up on his lap when he sat down. He wrapped his arms around me, and rubbed circles on my back. "I'm so scared, and so tired," I sobbed, he nodded. "Legend, it's okay, we're here for you." Mouse said. I nodded, "you barely know me, thank you." I whimpered. "You are already one of our favorite girls ever sweetheart, Legend, we'll help you whenever you need it, and you're going to be our teammate soon, so we might as well just get to know each other." Mouse said soothingly. I buried my face in his shirt, "thank you Mouse." I whispered.
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7:00 AM
"Legend, you awake?" I heard, I looked over groggily. "Yea? Why am I here?" I asked. I blinked, Mouse and Harrison were sitting next to me. "Aw, yeah, I remember," I said, looking around their living room. I stood up and smiled, giving both of them a quick hug. "Lily, the police need to talk to you at 9 today, about the man, so we need to get you cleaned up, okay?" Harrison said. I nodded, "I need to go home, but I don't want to be there alone." I said. Mouse stood up next to me and squeezed my hand, "I'll come with you, and keep an eye on the house for you." He said. I smiled and blushed catching Harrison's eye. "Yea, that's okay with me." I said. "Okay, Legend, d'you want to go now?" Mouse replied, I nodded, and we left the apartment. He opened the passenger seat door and I climbed in. We drove to my apartment, 5 minutes away, silently. I got out of the car, "Mouse, will you go in first?" I asked, he nodded, grabbing my key, and opening the door. "Legend, it's clear, okay?" He said, I nodded, and walked in. He followed me in, and shut the door. I went to my room to grab some clothes. I went to the bathroom and stripped my bikini off. I inspected my skin, I had a few bruises and I could use those as evidence because they weren't there before. I washed my hair and body and got out, and grabbed my shirt, a coral pink crop top, and my light denim shorts. I got dressed and tied my hair into a high messy bun. I headed out of the bathroom, and hugged Mouse. "Thank you Mouse, you're so sweet to help." I whispered in his ear. He smiled and hugged me back, "okay, Ledge, you wanna go to the police department, I'll drop you off, Harrison will be there okay." He asked me. I nodded, "you're already probably going to be late to work, so let's go." I said.
"See you Mouse and thanks again, I'll visit you tomorrow." I said waving, and he pulled away. I took a deep breath and walked in. Harrison was sitting in a seat in the lobby area. "Legend, hey sweetheart, Officer Blake here is going to ask you some questions about the man, okay?" I nodded, "can you come with me Harrison?" I asked, he looked at the officer who nodded. "Yea, sweetheart, I'll come too." He said, and grabbed my hand, as Officer Blake lead us into a room.
"Okay, and your name is?" He asked, "Lily Edwards." I said quietly, "ok, and your age?" He asked, "just turned 18." I responded. "And what exactly happened?" He asked, I looked at Harrison who squeezed my hand and nodded, "so I went home, and sat down, I hadn't changed out of my outfit, and I heard the front door open, I thought it was my dad, but it wasn't, it was the guy. He leered at me, and backed me into a wall, put his hands on me and repeatedly kissed me. I begged for him to stop but he didn't. He was stronger than me, and ignored me, so I couldn't fight him off. My phone was in reach so I called Harrison because my dad never answers the phone..." I blubbered. Harrison squeezed my hand, "a-a-and, then I told him where I was, and where the key was. And he and Mouse came to help..." I sobbed, and leaned over to hug Harrison, who hugged me back, tightly. "Okay, and what did he look like?" Officer Blake asked me. "He had dark brown hair, and a sharp jawline, he had brown eyes, and a goatee, he was slightly taller than me, and he had a few tattoos. Short hair, like in a fade cut." I whispered. "Okay, and Harrison, what's your point of view?" He asked, "so I got a call from Legend. I heard her begging and pleading, I asked her where she was and she gave me her address, and where the spare key was. Mouse and I bolted over, and we opened the door. Ledge was crying, and he was messy with her body and kissing her neck and shoulder. Mouse tackled him over, and I pulled Legend out of the apartment, and onto the sidewalk. I asked her a few questions and when Mouse came out of the house, I directed her to him and they went over to my and Mouse's apartment, then I called you guys and asked to meet here." He explained, looking angry. I looked at him and leaned into his chest. He put a protective arm around me and Officer Blake was writing things down. "Okay, and can we get Mouse here?" He asked. Harrison nodded, "yea, I'll call him." And he dialed Mouse's number. "Mouse, we need you at the police station." Mouse agreed to come and arrived with 10 minutes. Officer Blake went to get him, and when they got in, I offered Mouse my seat. "Legend, you can keep your seat," he chuckled. I shook my head, and sat down on Harrison's lap. "Ok, Mouse, what's your real name?" Officer Blake asked, "Michael Jenkinson." He replied. "Okay, Mouse, and what happened?" He asked. Mouse glared thinking about it. "So Harrison got a call from Ledge, and he answered hearing her begging and pleading for someone to stop touching her. He asked her questions about where she was and we bolted over. Harrison got in and I tackled the man who was kissing and touching her. Harrison lead her out, and I pinned him down, I screamed at him and told him never to touch her or any other woman ever again, and called him a sick bastard. I came out and after watching the man bolt out of her house, and I grabbed her and lead her back to our apartment, where I calmed her down, and she fell asleep." He explained. I looked at him, and smiled to myself, he really did all that for me and we met that day, I love him so much. "Okay, so think we know who that is, we've arrested him before for sexual assault allegations and other crimes. He'll probably go to jail for a while due to all of these together. Thank you three so much." Officer Blake explained, I nodded and Harrison thanked him, and the three of us left.
"Legend, d'you still want to hang out at bondi today?" Harrison asked me. I nodded, excitedly. "Okay, I'll take you there." He said. And we drove over to bondi. We met Mouse while he was on the rhino at north Bondi, and I smiled at him, his face lit up and I blushed. I walked up and hugged him. Harrison chuckled, "okay, Legend, you want to meet some of the other guys?" He asked. I nodded, and he lead me up to the tower. "Hey guys, so this is Legend, whippet, and Jesse, you know her." He said, entering the tower. "Legend, this is Harries, and oh- Hello Hoppo." He said. "Hello, Legend." Hoppo said. I smiled, "hi," i looked at Harrison, a little uneasy. "Aw, Ledge, it's okay." He comforted me, hugging me tightly. I buried my face in his shirt, they look a tiny bit like the man. I thought. Hoppo looked at me, concerned, "you okay?" He asked, I nodded. "So, Hop, this is the girl I needed an application for, she's lifeguarded before in Miami." Harrison said excitedly. I grinned, squeezing Harrison's hand. "Oh, cool Legend, make sure to give that application soon, we need another lifeguard." Hoppo said, I nodded. "Yea, of course, Harrison just needs to give it to me," I caught Harrison's eye, and he grinned, "yea, I'll give it to you at home." I nodded. "And, you're harries?" I asked another guy, he nodded. "Yea, nice to meet you, Legend, also is that your real name?" He asked. I shook my head, "no, my name is Lily, but Mouse decided to call me Legend yesterday, because of my surfing, haha." I explained. "Wait so you've only known Harrison and Mouse since yesterday?" He asked, disbelieving. "Yea, that's right, but we're already really close," I giggled. "How did you manage to do that?" He chuckled. I looked at Harrison, my smile fading. "It's kind of a long story." I said quietly. The boys looked at me, confused as to how my facial expressions had changed so quickly. "It was a pretty traumatic experience," I whispered. "My dad still isn't home either." They looked at me, and Harrison hugged me, pulling me onto his lap. "We had to get her out of her own apartment, her dad was gone and a man broke in and assaulted her..." Harrison said. I nodded, wiping a tear from my eyes. "Oh, god, that's awful." Jesse said, and Whippet nodded. "Yea, it really sucks." I said quietly. "Harrison, can we go over to your apartment again?" I asked. He nodded, "guys, Legend wants to go, and I don't blame her, so can we see you guys tomorrow?" He asked. The guys nodded. "Okay, see you." Hoppo said, and we headed out.
"Harrison, I don't think my dad is coming back, and my mom can't have any visitors, can I stay with you and Mouse?" I asked. "Yes, of course. I'd hate for anything to happen again as well." He said. "Thank you." I whispered, as we got out of the car. Harrison took me inside and made me a cup of coffee, I took it gratefully, "thanks Harrison." I said quietly, sitting down on the couch. "So Ledge, you should fill out that application." Harrison said, handing it to me. I nodded, and filled it out, "I give it to hoppo tomorrow." I said, happily, putting it down. "Good job, that's really good, you have a resume?" Harrison asked, looking at it, I nodded. "Harrison, can we get my stuff from my apartment?" I asked, he nodded, "what do we need to pick up?" He asked. "I need my hygiene products and my clothes, maybe my vanity." I said. He nodded, "we can go now." He offered. I nodded, "yes, please, let's go." I said. He chuckled and we headed to the car.