Ashley was listening to her Ipod waiting at the quad for Spencer. She was wearing big sun glasses and a black hoody. They covered the bags under her eyes and the bruises on her body. The only thing she remembers is Aiden ripping her shirt off. She woke up on the couch, naked and she hurt everywhere. She had bruises all over and could barely walk. She couldn’t believe that Aiden had raped and beat her. In fact, she didn’t want to believe it. But, she blamed herself. She deserved it all. Or so she thought.

   "Hey, Ash" Spencer sat down and looked at her best friend. Ashley pulled out her headphones and looked back at the blonde.
   "Hey, Spence."
   "How’d it go yesterday?"
   "I’d rather not talk about it." Ashley turned away. Spencer placed a caring hand on Ashley’s leg. A look of physical pain flashed across Ashley’s features and she moved her leg. Spencer retracted her arm and gave Ashley a concerned look.
   "What’s wrong?"
   "It’s nothing. I just…I bumped into a table yesterday and my leg is now bruised. Yep, numped into a table, that’s it." Disbelief took over concern in Spencer’s features. "You know how clumsly I am. Always bumping into things"
   "If you say so" Spencer gave in because the girl was obviously not ready to tell her.
  
   "Hey everyone."
   "What’s up?" Madison and Ashley walked up to the table. Madison sat on the other side of Spencer and Aiden of Ashley. Madison started gossiping to Spencer. Aiden draped his arm over Ashley’s shoulders and she tensed up. Spencer kept glacing over and noticed her friend’s discomfort. She turned towards them.
   "Ashley, can we go talk? In private?"
   "Sure, of course, Spencer." Ashley hurriedly sat up and walked to a far away, empty table.
   "What was that?"
   "What was what?" Ashley would not look Spencer in the eye.
   "When Aiden touched you, you tensed up and got uncomfortable."
   "I did not." Spencer forcefully grabbed Ashley’s arm.
   "God damn it. Just tell me!" Spencer screamed. Aiden heard her and began to walk towards the girls.
   "Last night…he…he…" Ashley stuttered.
   "Ashley! Let’s go" Aiden called.
   "Hang on, Aiden." Spencer called back to him. "He what, Ashley?" Tears were rolling down the broken brunette’s face.
   "He…he…ra-"
   "Ashley!!" Aidne called again.
   "Damn it Aiden, give us a fucking second!" Spencer glared at him.
   "Ashley, you know I hate getting angry." Aidne was not going to give Ashley a chance to speak. Ashley wiped away the tears and stood up. She walked over to Aiden with her head down. Leaving Spencer at the table pissed, upset, concerned, and confused.

Spencer was in her fourth period class and hasn’t seen Ashley since this morning before school. She was growing increasingly worried. She decided to text her and see if she was okay.

‘hey ash. r u ok? -spence’
‘i wuld appreciate it if u stayed outta mine n ashleys business. its none of ur concern’
‘aiden? wth? y do u have her fone?’
‘to make sure u mind ur own business’
‘ashley is my business. shes my best friend’
‘n shes my girlfriend. n i dnt wnt her 2 hang out w/u n e more. n she will do as i say’
‘does she no this?’
‘she will’

Spencer was sitting at her usual table. She was looking for Ashley. She had to talk to her about Aiden. She finally spotted the brunette and frantically called her over.

   "Hey" Ashley sat down
   "Hey, has Aiden talked to about you anything yet?"
   "No, why?" Ashley’s face hardened.
   "Ashley! Ashley! Come here. I need to talk to you" Aiden called from an empty hallway
   "Be right back Spencer"
   "But…" Ashley was already headed over to the boy. She finally reached him and he led them around a corner.
   "Yeah, baby." Aiden pinned her against a wall.
   "I don’t want you to hang around or talk to Spencer anymore."
   "You can’t tell me who I can or cannot be friends with!!" Aiden raised his hand and slapped her across the face. She fell to the ground and her sunglasses flew around the corner.
   "Bitch! You will listen to me!"

But little did he know someone was watching from around that very corner that they had come from. Someone saw and heard the whole thing.