"Oh come on! I"m dying to hear all the juicy details!" Halina shouted as she quickly changed into her pajamas. "We can treat it as a sleep over! We even brought back snacks." Halina said as Edlyn pulled out white paper bags and held them up for Ariana to see. "We have been sleeping in the same room for almost a week and now you want a sleep over?" Ariana asked suspiciously. "We weren"t as close as we are now." Edlyn pointed out as she placed the paper bags on her bed."Look there is no harm in talking to your friends." Talisha said as she changed. "Friends?" Ariana asked as she raised an eyebrow. "Oh don"t give me that c.r.a.p! You know we are friends now I said so earlier. Besides I actually mean it now since we all stuck up for Edlyn, danced and laughed." Talisha said bashfully. Her round cheeks turned pink and her eyes sparkled with an innocent hope, Ariana could help but think that she was adorable.
"I thought we were friends way before that." Halina said with a pout. "I"ve been your friend since our first date." Edlyn chimed in with a humpf. Ariana looked around and couldn"t help but swell with happiness. "Yes, I"ll admit it. I thought of you as my friends too."
"Good! Now spill!" Halina shouted as she jumped onto Ariana"s bed. "What no! We need to do this properly. Let"s set up the snacks! I wish we had a mini fridge then we could always have cold drinks anytime." Ariana said as she made s.p.a.ce on her bed. "A mini fridge?" Talisha asked as she walked to Ariana"s bed. "A tiny version of a refrigerator for the room." Edlyn quickly answered. "Oh that would be amazing!" Halina squealed as she looked around the room. "We would have to figure out where to put it though." Halina said as she tapped an index finger against her cheek.
"I"ll grab some drinks, I"ll be right back." Talisha said as she watched Ariana suspiciously. "I promise we won"t start talking until you get back." Ariana said as she broke out into a cold sweat. "Better not." Talisha said as she reached for the door.
It didn"t take long for Talisha to come back with four gla.s.ses and a pitcher of juice. "Fantastic." Halina said as she grabbed the gla.s.ses from Talisha and pa.s.sed them around. Talisha poured everyone a gla.s.s and put the half empty pitcher on a shelf in Ariana"s cubby. "Before I get into it, honestly it wasn"t what you think. I want to know what happened at the party." Ariana said as she grabbed a date square. "Xander asked Edlyn to dance! Repeatedly! She wasn"t allowed to be with anyone else." Halina said as a wide grin stretched from ear to ear. Ariana looked at Edlyn and waited with great antic.i.p.ation.
"We are not together if that"s what you want to know." Edlyn said as she blushed. "But you want to be." Ariana teased. "I-I-I." Edlyn stuttered as she turned a crimson red. "Oh and Flint came to talk to us." Halina said with a raised eyebrow. "You are a little heartbreaker! I need to get some, hey... you okay?" Halina said as she placed a gentle hand onto Ariana"s knee. "What did he say to you?" Ariana asked. Her face had turned deathly pale and her eyes were wide with horror. "Uh, um... Hr just asked about your relationship with Cayden." Halina said as she turned to Talisha. "Said it wasn"t any of his business." Talisha answered.
"You okay though?" Halina asked as she caught sight of Edlyn who had gone eerily quiet. "No." Ariana answered truthfully. "Hey you know you can talk to us." Halina said in a gentle voice. Ariana eyes started to water, she quickly looked at her date square as she tried to calm down. "Mrs. Dabney said I should talk about it more... that the more I do the less power it will have over me." Ariana said as tears dropped down onto the hand that was holding the square.
"What are you talking about?" Halina said awkwardly while Talisha and Edlyn stayed quiet. "I am not the one at fault... I am a victim." Ariana said in a shaky voice. "No you"re not a victim." Talisha said. Ariana brought up her gaze and looked at Talisha with hurt and confusion. "You"re a survivor. You are strong, you fought, you won and you"re here now. So you are a survivor." Talisha said in a calm voice.
"How"d you know?" Ariana whispered. Talisha sighed as she rubbed the back of her neck. "I didn"t snoop or eavesdrop if that"s what you want to know." Talisha said awkwardly. Ariana waited patiently, staring at Talisha. "Look, I"ll be honest with ya.... I"ve seen it happen once or twice with some of my girls and again with some of their family members. The bruising, the fear and the aversion. It"s all common... so I kinda guessed but I never knew it was that sc.u.m bag! I would have popped him one if I did." Talisha said seriously. "Girls? Bruising? Fear? What happened?" Halina asked as she looked at Talisha then Ariana.
"I wasn"t r*ped." Ariana said slowly as she dried her tears with her pajama sleeves. Halina"s jaw dropped. "Cayden saved me before he could but... but he hurt me. He hurt me so bad." Ariana said as she blinked away her tears. "You"re still a survivor, regardless of what happened. Look, he put his hands on you... and you said no that is the truth." Talisha said with a sigh of relief. "R*pe... almost rape. So you were molested?" Halina asked cautiously. Ariana looked at Halina and took one shake breath in. "Yes." She answered truthfully.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
"Sh*t.... So Flint did that to you..." Halina said then quickly turned to Ophelia. She was surprised that her familiar said nothing and just laid in her bed. Halina smiled at Ophelia then turned to face Ariana, her smile was instantly replaced with worry. "Yes... then he tried to get the Headmaster to force me to sign an official engagement contract." Ariana said as she recalled the horrible memory. "No f*cking way!" Talisha shouted angrily. "I found out later that Cayden beat him senseless in the Headmaster"s office and was detained afterwards."