Who Will Win My Heart?

Chapter 17

Louis and I walk into the small exam room with the nurse. I sit on the small exam bed and Louis sits on the chair beside me.

"May I ask you who this gentleman is? Is he your brother?" The nurse asks me and I shake my head.

"No, my brother couldn't make it. He is one of my very close friends." I tell her and she flickers her eyes to him then to me.

"Will you be comfortable talking about... things in front of him?" She asks me and I nod.

"Yes." I tell her and she gives me a polite smile.

"The doctor has ordered a series of tests for you to get done before he sees you. We are going to take blood to check for STIs and STDs, then a pregnancy test. We then will pull you aside so another doctor can check you down there to make sure you aren't damaged in anyway and to look at your bruises, and also they will do a MRI of your whole body to make are you didn't get a concussion or any internal damage. Then your doctor will come in a speak to you." She tells me making me sick in my stomach, then she hands me a gown.

"I won't be pregnant." I inform her and she nods.

"Sorry, its required. Please remove all your clothing besides your bra and panties then put this on. Open the door when you are finished." She instructs me as she leaves, shutting the door.

I take a deep breath as I jump off the small bed, pulling my t-shirt over my head and sliding the sweatpants down my legs. Louis's scan my body as he looks at each deep bruise that is imprinted into my skin. I put on the gown then I turn to face Louis.

"Can you tie the back of my gown?" I ask him.

He gives me a nod as he stands up and walks over to me. He carefully ties my back, making sure nothing is exposed from my backside. I turn to face him and tears immediately fall from my eyes, unable to hold them back. He wraps his arms around me and pulls me into his chest.

"Everything will be okay, you are okay. I won't leave your side, I promise you. After this it will be all over, you can forget about it." He whispers to me and I nod, looking up to him.

He wipes my tears away with him thumb and I stand on my tippy toes, connecting my lips to his. His kiss in gentle, loving, and caring; I could never get enough of them. He slowly pulls away and kisses my forehead as he squeezes me gently. I look up at him and he gives me a small smile, telling me it's time. I give him a nod and we head for the door, his hand giving me a light push on my lower back. I open the door and the nurse is standing in front of it.

"Ready?" She asks me and I give her a nod.

"Sir please stay here." She asks Louis to stay in the room.

"No. He's coming with me." I say to her in a stern voice and she nods.

"Please follow me." She says to us, heading down the hallway for the first test.

First I get blood taken, a lot of blood taken. The whole time I keep my face buried in Louis shoulder, knowing if I look at the needle or blood that I will pass out.

The second test consists of me peeing in a cup for my pregnancy test, so it wasn't anything exciting.

Next, I go to the doctor who is suppose to check me out down there and my bruises. May I say it wasn't as awkward as I expected it to be with Louis, he just sat beside me and keep a conversation going on with me while the doctor was doing his job.

Lastly, I had to get my MRI done. They ended up putting contrast in me to get a better picture of my body. It lasted an hour, so I took a nap and Louis sat right outside the door.

By the time we finished with all my tests, I'm ten times more exhausted then I was before and I was hungry. After my MRI, Louis and I head back to the room to wait for the doctor. After twenty more minutes of waiting, the doctor finally comes in.

"Leah Payne?" He asks, verifying its me as we walks in the door. I give him a nod and he extends his hand to shake mine.

"Hello there. My name is Dr. Price, nice to meet you." He says as he shakes my hand.

"Who is this?" He asks me, looking at Louis.

"This is my really good friend Louis Tomlinson." I introduce him and Dr. Price shakes his hand.

"So you are the famous Louis from One Direction? My daughter is a big fan." He tells Louis and Louis gives him a polite smile.

"Okay so Leah, I talked to your brother over the phone and he said that your father has been doing this to you for a while." He says.

"Three years." I correct him.

"So why don't you tell me everything that has happened." He says and I give him a nod as I start.

I begin by telling him about my mom passing away and Liam moving away. I told him about how me and my father were always close, and I was a daddy's girl when I was little. Then I tell him about the night after Liam left, the first time he raped me. I told him I was fourteen when this all began. I came home from a friends house and he was drunk. My father forced me to get a shower with him, and how he did unspeakable things to me. And afterwards he told me we were going to play a game in him room, well I knew how it was going to end. Then he told me after that night that he didn't want to use a condom on me again so he put me on birth control. Then he started rapping me to the point I could barely move, but I always fought back. I then fill him in on some of the acts of violence that have occurred in the last year, leaving me bleeding badly and defenseless. I give him most of the details of what happened on Sunday night, how he left me in so much pain that I couldn't move a muscle and how he never stopped no matter how much I begged him. The night I gave up, letting him win.

I tell him the reason I've never told anyone was because out of fear. Fear that he could hurt me more and worse.

I never thought it could this hard to tell someone about everything that has happened to me, when I never had anyone. I end up crying most of the time, but the doctor doesn't speak a word as I told him my story. I even caught him tearing up, and Louis kept his hand on my knee letting me know he was there as he was fighting back his tears. Once I finish, I close my eyes and we sit in silence for a few minutes until Dr. Price speaks.

"I'm so sorry. That was a horrible thing for a fourteen year old to go through. I could only imagine how many times he..." Before he could finish, I cut him off.

"Sixty-three." I say and he face becomes puzzled.

"Sixty-three times he has violated me in the last three years." I tell him, his mouth falling wide open. And he comes the tears falling from my face again.

He grabs a box of tissues and hand them to me. I blow my nose and I wipe my tears away.

"Okay so onto the tests." He says as he sits down, looking at the computer.

"So you for very lucky. Most of your tests came out good. No STIs, STDs, negative for you pregnancy test, and the other doctor said everything looks good. Also, your MRI cam back good. No concussion, but you do have some tissue damage from the bruises. But eventually it will all heal. So it looks like you are all good. Now for you still being sore, just take it easy for the next couple days and take a hot bath." Dr. Price informs us. Relief runs through my body.

"I need to know if you would like to press charges for rape. If so, I'll give you a copy of the results and everything." He offers.

"Does it have everything I told you about?" I ask him and he nods.

"Um then no. I'm not pressing charges, well not now at least. But could I have the results of my tests so I can give them to my brother?" I ask and he nods as he prints them out then hands them to me. I really don't want Liam knowing everything.

After we say our goodbyes, he leaves me to change. Louis unties me, staying silent. When I finish changing, we head to the car. It's already 6 at night, gosh we spent all day at the stupid doctors.

"Would you like to stop to get something to eat? I know this small diner not to far from here." He offers.

"That would be wonderful, if you don't mind." I say and he smiles.

"It's no problem." He says, resting his hand on top of mine.

The ride to the diner is short and the waiter seats us as soon as we walk through the door. After we order, Louis and I make small talk but we don't get into a deep conversation. The food then arrives and we dig in, obviously he's just as hungry as I am. About halfway through our meal, I feel a light tap on my shoulder and I turn around to find Emma behind me.

"Leah!" She says with a big smile on her face and she hugs me.

"Hey Emma." I say as she pulls away from me. The smile on her face is replaced with a worried expression as her eyes go to my cheek.

"Leah oh my god what happened?" She asks.

"It's nothing. I just fell." I say but I'm a horrible liar.

"Such a liar. Is that why you haven't been at school? The squad has been worried and we got competition this weekend, we need you." She says to me.

"Shit." I mutter. It doesn't even feel like Wednesday, I have three days. How can I cheer if I can barely walk?

"So will you be there tomorrow?" She asks me and I shrug.

"Yeah I'll come tomorrow." She gives me a hug then we say our goodbyes.

"How are you going to be able to cheer Leah?" Louis asks me and I shake my head.

"Well I guess I have to." I say then we finish eating.

After we finish, we head back to the flat. We stay quiet most of the way, not sure yet. By the time we pull into the driveway, it's nine at night. Louis parks the car beside Liam's and shuts it off. I turn to face him and he stares at the floor.

"Louis what's wrong?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"I couldn't never imagine how much pain you were going through for three years Leah. It breaks my heart." He says as his voice cracks. I reach my hand over to cup his face and to turn it to me.

"I'm okay now. It's all over." I tell him and he gives me a small nod.

I lean over and I gently connect my lips with his, stealing a kiss from him once again. I pull away and he kisses my forehead, then we get out of the car.

We walk to the front door and Louis grabs my hand, squeezing it lightly making me smile. He lets go of my hand as we walk in the house, and all of the boys' eyes go to me. I scan the room and Anna isn't in sight. Liam gets up and walks over to me, hugging.

"Did he take good care of my little sister?" Liam asks me and I give him a nod.

"Here are the results, everything came out good." I hand him the results and he gives me a nod as he folds it up and puts in his pocket. I look at the boys and they are all puzzled, but they direct their attention away from me.

Liam and Louis sits down on the small couch and I sit between Niall and Harry, they look relieved that I did.

"So who's room are you sleeping in?" Liam asks me, everyone's eyes are now on me.