Green Eyes Ch.5-The Past

Emerick spent the next few hours just hanging around Owens house and learning more about him. She found out he was adopted, and that his mom was the only parent he ever had, and she was all he needed. She adopted him when he was five. His mother left him on the steps in front of an apartment building while she went to score an ounce, but it was a set up, and she was busted. Leighanne was at her friends house for the weekend and saw this beautiful little boy being told by a social worker his mommy had to go away for awhile. The next two weeks she searched the system until she found him, talked to his mother, and then later adopted him. He said since then he gets cards from jail on his birthday and Christmas form Paige, whom he doesn't even refer to as "mom" or even "real mom" because that's what Leighanne is to him... His real mom. Emerick told him about her parents and how she was never wanted. She said her mother started drinking when she was 2 months old, so she never had a memory of her being sober. Her father at least pretended to care, but it wasn't much of a show. She gave up on calling mom and dad, and how she always felt that she'd never had any parents at all. While they talked, all she could look at were his eyes... his green eyes... They put her in a trance and made her feel like she could tell him anything and everything. She just feel in love with them. It was that feeling that convinced her to tell him her darkest secret.1

Emerick took a breathe and let out something she had yet to tell anyone for almost 4 years. She told him about why her family had moved to this sleepy little town in Nebraska, about the rape, and the fight. At the age of 11, Emerick entered the Sixth grade at her middle school in California. Her attitude was spunky and cheerful, and she had a ton of friends. Over Christmas break, her, Brittany and her boyfriend Chris went to a party that one of the wrestlers from the high school were throwing. While she was there, Harris, the one throwing the party, gave her something to drink, and she took it. The next thing she knew, she was in a dark room with something in her mouth gagging her, and Harris on top of her... That's when she felt the pain. It was as if she was being stabbed with a knife over and over. She tried to scream but it was nothing more then a muffled cry that escaped from her. Tears leaked form her eyes because of the pain. She had never been more scared in her whole life. She tired to leave her body and the pain behind, and just be somewhere else...  but it was no use, the more she wined and cried out the more Harris seemed to enjoy it. "Stupid whore, stupid whore," he kept saying. Emerick tired to convince herself that this wasn't happening and that this was not where she was loosing her virginity. After what seemed like hours he stopped. He took the cloth out of her mouth and shoved his tongue down her throat. She gagged on him and spit in his face. Harris hit her three times before leaving her half naked and still tied to the bed. She screamed and screamed for help, but no one came... She looked at the clock. It was exactly 12:34. She focused on the fact that it said 1-2-3-4 for a long time... even after the minute changed. Then some girl stumbled in the room and puked on the floor. Emerick found her voice and whimpered "help" and the girl looked up startled, but that quickly changed to fear and she ran to her and began to untie her. After a few attempts to rip the rope she said she had to go get a knife and she'd be right back, but Emerick was so scared, she begged her not to leave, so the girl looked some drawers then found a pocket knife and cut her lose. She noted in her mind exactly where the knife was found. She put her cloths on and the girl called 9-1-1 on her cell phone. Emerick looked around the room, and saw that this was clearly his parents room. She took in details, things like pictures, how it was arranged, and a phone bill for $243 on the nightstand. By the time Whitney, the girl that saved her, got her to talk, it was almost 2 am. She called her father but there was no answer. The cops showed up and took her to the hospital and confirmed she had been raped. Harris was arrested, and charged, and the date of the trial was set. For the next two mouths, Emerick endured taunts and ridicule from those she thought were her friends. When the trial was over, and Harris was in jail, her parents moved them here, and since shes never been the same. 2

Owen was speechless, and told her he didn't know what to say. She said there was nothing he could, so not to worry about it. He nodded and asked her what she wanted to do. 3

"I think I'm gonna go home and take a shower. Do you have any plans?"4

"Nope, wanna make some?"5

"Yeah. You can hang out at my house while I freshen up. I won't take long, and no one is there, so you won't have to talk to the rents, and then after, we do whatever we want."6

"Sounds great."7

They hopped into his car, but right before he started it he looked at her and said, "Emerick, what that guy did to you was horrid, and I want you to know I'll never hurt you, and if I ever make you feel uncomfortable, let me know and I'll back off right away." She kind of smiled for a minute then said, alright, and as they were driving off, he reached over and held her hand, making her feel part of something, and important.8