Diane's pov
It's been a week since I've been in the hospital, and I'm getting discharged today, the past few days. The girls looked like they were walking on eggshells around me they were hiding something from me. I knew it, and I was getting sick of it
"Spill it," I said. The girls stopped what they were doing and looked at me like they didn't know what I was talking about
"Don't pretend, spill it, it's very obvious you're hiding something from me," I said, folding my hands
Mia walked up to me, and the girls face looked worried
"I think you shouldn't come to school for the time being. You need to be emot__." I cut her off
"I am emotionally stable, and if that's what you're worried about, don't worry. I am going to school, and that's it, " I said firmly, not planning on hearing any persuasion or disagreement. An akward silence fell over the room. They carried on helping me pack some stuff when they were done. They bid me farewell and left, leaving me bored.
I picked up my phone it was cold I hadn't touched the phone since the incident so it was out of battery, I looked for a charger and charged it while waiting for it I decided to watch TV, I put on a telenovela series, they always made me cringe but at this pont it was all I had and surprisingly I'm enjoying it, the lady got married to her childhood crush and the man likes another woman, she tries to make him fall for her.
My mom walked in with a white plastic bag in her hand. I believe it's drugs that were inside
"Get up, let's go," she said without even giving me a glance she grabbed my bags, and we left the room. Her car was parked in front of the hospital, I entered the backseat while she put the bags in the boot, and then later she joined me in the car. The drive was really long, and the silence in the car was deafening, making me feel on edge.
I took a deep breath and broke the silence. "Mom, are you mad at me?" I don't know where the boldness came from
She looked at me and paused, then looked away. I could see the pain in her eyes
"I don't know, sweetie, i'm still trying to process everything, " her voice breaking
"I'm sorry, mom, I shouldn't have gone to the party," I said tearfully
She turned to face me, her eyes red-rimmed, "it's all my fault. I am a bad mom. That's why you grew up spoilt. " she started sobbing she parked the car and cried for about two minutes, blaming herself. After she calmed down, she arranged herself, started the car, and drove home this time I dare not break the silence.
We finally arrived home I jumped out of the car and carried some luggage I could carry. After I had arranged the clothes I used in the hospital, I layed down on the bed and took out my phone from my pocket, I switched it on and notifications kept coming up
34 missed calls, 47 messages, 3 notifs from Zepeto, 4357 from tiktok and 21 from Snapchat. Damn.
I opened my message app and started reading each messages. From the girls groupchat: Diane, where are you? From Zoey
I scrolled down and the last chat was from mia saying she had found me.
My head started throbbing and my eyes started aching I figured it was the screen light, I offed my phone and went back to sleep
"Help! help!, please don't do this to me, please" I said sobbing uncontrollably as the men in black overalls with a black mask grabbed and began undressing me
I was being raped again.
"HELP ME!!"
"Diane, don't worry you're okay, mom is here" my mom patting me on my back as I slowly opened my eyes
It was all a dream, thank God
"Diane you're awake?, are you okay?" My mom rushed with the questions
"Mom I'm okay don't worry"
"How will I not worry Diane? You were literally shouting help me and please constantly in your sleep" she broke down in tears collapsing on me, I had put her through enough already. I let her cry on my lap for some time for I knew that nothing I say could lift her mood, it was hopeless I knew deep down she blame herself for giving me too much freedom. By the time she was done crying it was already midnight, she tucked me in and kissed me on my forehead then left. I glance at the door to see it wasn't shut, as usual, she never closes the door, I stood up and closed then returned to bed but stubbed my toe on the wooden surface of the bed which made me wince in pain
The sunlight seeped through the curtains making me wake up. I was going to school today and the thought of it made me happy. When others used to say they wanted school to end immediately so they could go home I could never relate, school was my happy place everyone liked me, I had a loving boyfriend everyone crushes on, I had an amazing friend group and I was doing averagely well in my studies so school life was really great for me
I rushed to the bathroom and had my bath, brushed then chose my outfit for the day
It was a brown leather trouser with a white long sleeved blouse that had a v- neckline i carried my notes for the day and put in my backpack and was ready to go
Usually Kirsten should be around by this time horning outside but there was no one outside I waited for about 10 minutes and she still wasn't here, if I wait any longer I would be late. I would have asked my mom to drop me but she she had already gone for work
I searched my pocket for my phone and called Kirsten it rang but she didn't pick, I called mia she still didn't pick and one by one I called all the girls, none picked. What was happening? Are they really planning on making me not come to school today?
What are they hiding? What do they not want me to see? Or is it hear?