Over yet? •Dallas Winston•

Chapter 18

Two-bits Pov
It was early in the morning when the phone rang. Mom shook me awake telling me some girl was asking for me. I put the phone to my ear hazy and half asleep. "Hello?" " Hi two-bit... em it's Cali" " Ah ye hey gorgeous what's up?" I said with a smile. " uh you left your number on a napkin" "ye what about it?" " I don't know. Not sure why I called actually." Confusion creased my forehead, she sounded really hesitant. " Ya know what you sound like you got a lot on your mind. How about I walk to your place. You were real off the other day, wanna talk?." My question was met with silence. " Ye actually.. if your not busy" " Baby if you think I'm busy you don't know me and we gotta change that today" her chuckle met my ear " ok well don't come to mine. I'll meet you somewhere." "Alright how about that lot where you met Johnny? You remember where that is?" " ye it's not to far from me" " cool I'll meet you in there in 20 is that ok?" "Ok...see you then." The line went dead and I stood there with the phone still held up. "You ok hun?" My mom asked from the kitchen. " ye I gotta meet someone" shoving on my shoes and grabbing my jacket off the chair. " Be back to watch your sister ok?" I nodded and shut the front door.

Cali had made it to the lot before I did. She stood staring at her feet, crushing gravel and swaying. " Hey baby, how've ya been?" All she did was look at me with pained eyes. Her lip was freshly split in a different place and had prominent bruises on her jaw and cheek bone, a gash ran sideways down her head starting at her temple and ending beside her eye. "What the fuck happened to your face?" My body froze. "Don't worry about it. Dallas already told you most of it." Disgust made her nose scrunch.
"No he didn't actually. Why would dally know what happened. What the fuck happened cali?. Was it dally? I know you two don't get along but he surely didn't do this." She scoffed " No that shit head didn't do this. It's fine, seriously." " ok then why'd you call me?" "Because you left your number. I thought you might wanna hang out." All I could do was stare. My mind was too blank to find words. She sniffled and squeezed her eyes closed for a second and opened them again. She looked like she was forcing back tears. I stepped forward and gave her a bear hug, holding her tightly. She didn't move for a good half a minute and I was ready to let go until she laid her head in n my shoulder and slowly gripped my jacket.
"Cali, please. What. Happened." Sobs sobbed broke through the silence and her body wracked.
" I had no one else" she whispered through tears. I stepped back and looked at her not understanding. " I had no one else. To call. No one cares." "Cares about what?" She breathed in deeply and bit her lip "about me" if I wasn't giving her my full attention I would've missed what she said. We sat down on a bench and I tried to force myself to say something. " They pulled me into the car." She mumbled no longer crying but stared off into the distance. "Who?" " I don't know." She shrugged. I have never been so confused. " there were like six guys. They were drunk. I was waking home and they drove by me. He got out and I... I tried running but he grabbed me." Her chin and lips wobbled and she put her head in her knees. I felt dizzy. I felt sick. " what happened Cali." I was praying she wouldn't tell me what I was thinking happened. She lifted her head from her knees and turned it to me, she shook her head and broke into sobs again, silently answering my question.

I thought I was going to black out, then and there. Tears filled my eyes and pain filled my body and heart. " No" I shook my head, voice cracking. "You have to believe me please."
That. Those words right there broke me on the spot. She thought my no was me not believing her. Why would I not believe her?. " I believe you Cali, Cali look at me please I swear I believe you."

" they cut me. On my stomach and my head and... my..my thighs. I don't remember who they are. Only one or two maybe." I rubbed my hands over my face. " I'll find them Cali. I swear I'll find them n kill em." Anger flooded me and I stood up. Then I remembered. " why would dally tell us this?" " he found me. They dumped me out of the car and I walked. He almost ran me over, again. I don't remember anything else but I woke up in his place and he tried to help but got mad that I wouldn't tell him what happened and started yelling and stormed off." Now I was pissed at Dally the impatient, nosey bastard he is. " I don't know what to do" she said defeated " I didn't mean to pour this on you" she sniffled. " Nah Cali, listen we are gonna get these guys." " no I just want to forget it" " ok but what about the other girls they could try this on? Or have already tried and succeeded before you?" She now looked determined " ye... ok for the other girls".

We walked to my house to get out of the cold. She met my mom, who thankfully could tell she shouldn't ask and didn't. We watched tv all day and night babysitting my sister and fell asleep on the couch.