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" You said he wasn't in, you bitch," I said sitting back down at my desk. " He was the last person i wanted to talk to today."

" He wasn't. He must have just come back from downstairs. What'd he say?" Rachel asked chewing n her pen cap.

" Nothing important. Just that Marc's been calling here all morning-"

" He has.To be honest he was starting to get on my nerves" She sighed. " What happened between you too?"

I can't talk about it right now. I'll tell you at lunch okay? Right now i just want to get to work,"

***

" Heather, you can;t keep this a secret. He raped you-"

" He was drunk, Rachel. I hardly think he even remembers. I thik it might just be better if i just put this all behind me and move on-"

" Move on? Move on?! How are you ging to do that? Just pretend it never happened? You can't ignore this. No one can. He violated you Heath-"

" Rachel, this is Marcus we're talking about. He's never layed a hand on me. He's never done anything to hurt me-"

" Until last night. And if you don't report the bastard i will,"

" I'm gonna have to find an apartment, which means i'm gonna have to go into my savings-"

" Hell no! You are staying with me. There's no way you;re staying by yourself right now.. not while he's out there. You can get you r ouwn apartment once he's in jail,"

" Rachel, i don;t want that. He didn;t intentionally hurt me. He just went a little too far; and i'm probably overreacting. I mean most women my age aren;t virgins anyway-"

You can;t possibly be serious. I can't believe your gonna let him get away with this," She yelled, causing several people to turn and look at us.

" Rachel, Keep your voice down," I said quielty. " I never should have told you-"

" Your damned right, cause next time i see him, I'm cutting his dick off,"

" Thanks for lunch, Rach." I said standing up and grabbing my pepsi. " I'm going back to work,"

The rest of the day was practilly a blur, Rachel hounding me about going to the police, Nick hounding me about work. Rachel gave me an extra set of keys to her apartment and said that she and Nick had to 'work late' on a project and said that i should go on and make myself comfortable. On my way out to my car, i saw an all to familiar figure coming towards me. " Heather, I've been worried about you," He said enveloping me in a hug." Where have you been?"

" I was at a hotel last night, Marcus." I said stepping away from him.

" So then you're done for the day? You ready to go home?"

" Uh... I'm nt going home with you Marc. I'm staying at a friends tonight,"

The wind picked up a little, causing my hair to dance lighty around my face. I quickly pushed it back, and looked up at him. " I'll be staying there until i get my own place,"

" What? Why?" He asked stepping forward. I quickly stepped abck and looked away. " If this is about last night, I'm sorry. I never meant for it to go that far-"

" I have to go. Can we just talk about his later. I really have to go," I said walking around him.

Marcus reached fir me gently grbaaing my arm. I quickly yanked it away. " Marcus-"

" Heather, wait a minute. I know what i did was wrong, but i really do love you and i didn;t mean to hurt you,"

" I know," I sais quietly. " good night, Marcus,"

" Good night," He said quietly.

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