"Oh my God!... Jeff.. he.. did he.." Annabelle stuttered her blue eyes like giant saucers in her face.
I nodded slowly, and immediately she enfolded me in a warm hug. Abandoning all pretences of bravery i sobbed into her silk clad shoulder. After a few moments.. I pulled back from her frantically wiping my eyes.
"I never told anyone what he did to me.. the worst thing about date rape, is that even though you can't remeber  who did it.. or what exactly happened.. there's no doubt it happened. you know?" I whispered sadly. She nodded mutely her eyes brimming with tears.

"The worst part was that a few days later after going over the events of that night over and over again.. trying to figure out exactly when Jeff slipped whatever he did into my drink.. and then it hit me.. I passed out right after gulping down Gabrielle's drink.. which meant.."

"It was meant for Gabrielle!" she gasped her eyes - if it was possible - widening in shock.. "but i thought you said they were dating.." She asked her fine brows knotting in confusion.

"I did.. see Gabrielle had a bad rep - which she tottally encouraged - but only I knew the truth.. contrary to what everyone thought.. she was tottaly innocent.. infact, she was saving herself for marraige!...  or her 21st birthday.. whichever came first!.."
I smiled hollowly remebering when, aged 11 we'd swore to each other we wouldn't go all the way... till we had a rock the size of mount olympus on our finger.

"Jeff definitely wasn't the type to wait for marraige.." I sighed, rolling my eyes 
" I never told Gabrielle.. she never gave me a chance.. and honestly, even if she did, I wouldn't have said anything.. that would've killed her!" I whispered brokenly and In one swift motion, Annabelle pulled me into another comforting hug..

"Oh, you poor baby!.. so what happened, what did you tell her?" she asked slowly,
I inhaled deeply before replying ..
"nothing..  I just stood there while she hurled insults at me, then I ran out of the hotel sobbing. I didn't leave the house for about a week.. when I got back to school it was everywhere.. but the version going around was very different from the truth.. According to them I had fucked my best freind's boyfreind on her birthday!..
and Jeff was milking it for all it was worth, saying he was drunk and I was literally flinging myself at him, so he decided to give me what I was litterally begging for.. he's a guy, so he got high - fives and ass slaps for it.. I got shunned and insulted. For a few weeks I endured being the most hated person at Preston Morris High.. but after a while it was just too unbearable so I moved schools, I never saw Gabrielle after that, she completely cut me out of her life.. it was like we'd never know each other.."

Annabelle looked thoughtful for a few moments then said, "I think you should go talk to her.. and tell her the truth.."
Now it was my turn to widen my eyes in shock.. "no!.. why on earth would I tell her now after all these years.. it would just open up old wounds and cause unnecesary trouble. " I shrieked, aghast at the suggestion.

"Think about it hun.. I mean what if she starts stirring up trouble for you here.. It'll be even worse here, 'cause you're living with everyone.. I mean it's not like you get to go home after the day.. you'll be stuck with these people 24/7.. being the most hated person at Crystal Heights Prep won't be as easy as it was in your old school." She pleaded earnestly.
I got up without a word and headed towards the en-suite bathroom...
"Ok, just think about it.. " she called after me as I shut the solid oak bathroom door.