| Part Four |
The next morning, Rachel and i went into work toegther, with Rachel regaling me in the previous nighs happenings. " So then Nick starts writing dow everything i say, like it's really that important. I was so disapointed. He really wanted to work," " Well what did you expect Rachel?" " I don't know," She shrugged. " Sweet love on the copy machine maybe?" " You need help," I laughed lightly. " I know," She said as we approached the office building, both of us slowig down. Marcus was sitting on a nearby bench. He quickly stood when he saw us. " Heather, hi," He said softly. " What the hell are you doing here?" Rachel expolded. " Do you hae any idea what you've done-" " Rachel," I sighed, not wanting to make a scene. " Heather, I need to talk to you, He said steppig forward, ignoring Rachel's outburst. " NO! You stay away from her! Get out of here Marcus-" " Marcus," I sighed. " I can't talk to you right now. I can't be late, and i'm already on my bosses bad side and i really-" " Just for a minute. Please," " Who do youthink you are? Coming here and harrasing her like this? Don;t you think you've done enough?-" " Rachel," I inturrupted. " I appreciate what you're trying to do, but i can handle this on my own. Just give me a few minutes ok?" " Heather-" " I 'll be up in a few. If Nick asks where i am, tell him i stopped off for a soda or something," " Fine," She mumbled, glaring at Marcus. " If you're not upstairs in five minutes i'm calling the police," " Okay. Thank you, Rachel," " Yeah, Thank you Rachel," Marcus said sarcsatically. I watched as Rachel waked into the building before turning my attention abck to Marcus. " What do you want?" " Come home, Heather," " No," I said flatly. " I'm sorry if i did anything to hurt you-" " If?! If?! You did hurt me Marcus! I can't believe you don't see that! How can you not aee what you did to me! You... you..." " Raped you?" He nodded slowly. " Is that what you think.... that i raped you?" Swallowing the lump i felt forming in my throat i spoke," I just think we need to spend some time apart-" " Do you think i raped you?" He asked again, stepping closer to me. " I told you no, and you didn;t listen to me-" " So then i did. And now you're afraid of me? Two years. Two fucking years, and because of one mistake now you're afraid of me-" " A mistake! You think this was a mistake! Buying the wrong food at the grocery store is a mistake. Calling the wrong house is a mistake. What you did to me was not a mistake! You violated me-" " I'm sorry!" He yelled. I was drunk!" " You weren;t that drunk, you remembered it. You didn;t draw a balnk as to why i was gone in the morning. If you were so drunk, you wouldn't remember, but just showing me that you remember means you could have stopped- but you didn't. I said, tears welling in my eyes. " Heather-" " You raped me Marcus," I said quitely, the tears spilling over. " And the reason you're not in jail right now, is because for some strange reason, i still care about you. So just leave me alone. When i'm ready to talk to you I will," " Heather, just listen-" " Goodbye Marc," I siad walking around him, but immediately stopping when i saw Nick standing there.I quickly looked away, wiping my tears. " Is everything okay here?" He asked, looking in between me and Marc. " Everything's fine Nick, sorry about the delay," I said quitely. " You sure you're okay?" " She said everything was fine didn't she? Who are you anyway?" Marc snapped. Nick stared at Marcus, sizing him up and down. He shifted his weight and crossed his arms over his chest. " You the boyfriend?" He asked. " Yeah, and if you don't mind we were in the middle of a conversation-" " Well it looked to me like HEather was done talking to you," He said. " Nick, listen. Everything's fine and Marcus was just leaving," " Heather, I'm not-" " Didn't she say you were just leaving Marcus?" Nick asked. Marcus looked from Nick to me several times before turnig and walking away. " Thank you," I said quietly. " I'm sorry about that. I didn't know he'd be here-" " Don;t apologize for that asshole. I'm just glad i could help.If i'm prying, just tellme and i'll back off, but did her really rape you?" " You heard that? Oh no. Nick, before you think anything, i just... just-" " Heather. I wasn;t eavesdropping or anything. I was on my way to my car and i overheard you two talking; and i heard what you said. I was going to just walk away but you saw me before i could. I'm not going to tell anyone.." " I really don;t want to talk about this right now, but can this just stay between you and me? " Absolutely. But if you ever want to talk about anything-" " Thank you," I said. " For saving what's left of my sanity," " Only to take it away later," He smiled. " I'll see you upstairs. Part Five Home Back To Nick Stories |