Claire falls in and out of consciousness which the paramedics and doctors are ok with after checking that there isn’t a serious head injury, Claire’s unconscious state makes it easier for them to examine her genitals which need some surgery to stop her from bleeding. The doctors are satisfied with their work but they are sickened by their tasks as they have to go about collecting samples that will point the finger at the person who had done this to Claire.
“Hey there beautiful.” The first words that Claire hears when she finally fully regains consciousness in the hospital hours later are like a balm to her emotions especially as they are spoken by Eve.
“Hi.” Claire croaks in a hoarse and weak sounding voice caused by her screams earlier today and the fact that she hasn’t had a drink in the past few hours.
“You scared the shit out of me.” Eve says softly with her voice breaking as she blinks away tears when her mind replays her idea of what could have happened if she hadn’t found Claire when she had.
“Sorry.” Claire says softly as Eve hands her a plastic cup of water that she drinks greedily even though it stings her throat.
“Don’t apologise, just please don’t do it again, I don’t know what I’d do without you.” Eve tells Claire punctuating her words with a quick kiss on Claire’s forehead.
“You really do care.” Claire says feeling tears in her own eyes because the words of the police and Kelly had convinced her that Eve doesn’t care for her.
“I’ve already told you I do.” Eve says a little annoyed that Claire obviously hadn’t believed her but she decides to say it again only this time in a way Claire cant deny, “Claire I love you, please don’t do something like that again, I don’t think I could live without you.”
“Every one was saying you didn’t, that you were using me because I was easy to manipulate.” Claire tells her as she starts to cry.
“Hey, don’t cry.” Eve speaks softly as she gently wipes the tears from Claire’s face, “I thought that would make you happy not make you cry.”
“Sorry.” Claire says as she tries to get her emotions under control, Eve is about to tell her that she doesn’t need to apologise so much when Claire speaks, “I’ve just never had anyone say that to me before.”
“Not even your parents?” Eve asks feeling her heartbreak a little for Claire as she shakes her head letting Eve know that no one has told Claire that they love her.
“Well now you have me and I’ll tell you I love you every day, if you’ll be my girlfriend?” Eve’s words are soft but make Claire cry up again because she had thought that after what had happened today no one would ever love her especially not some one who know what had happened.
“I understand if you don’t want to.” Eve says feeling her heart drop when Claire spends a long feeling minute silent with tears rolling down her cheeks.
“I want to, I just didn’t think anyone could love me after today.” Claire says making Eve tear up and start to cry so both of them are there crying.
Claire lies in the hospital bed crying because she had truly believed that she would never be loved yet here Eve was declaring her love and asking her to be her girlfriend. Eve sits in the chair next to Claire’s bed crying because of what this kind, beautiful and funny girl that she cares for so much has been through because of Kelly, the fact that she has never been told that she is loved, not even by her own parents, and although she is crying Eve is also happy because the girl she loves cares about her too enough to agree to being her girlfriend.
The police enter the room shortly after both Claire and Eve have finally stopped crying, they say they need to talk to each of them separately and give them enough time to indulge in a small kiss that Eve is surprised to find Claire return before Eve has to leave the room. The police tell Claire and Eve that having looked through the girls phones and they are being taken as evidence because the police plan on bringing in both Kelly and Marcus for questioning with the hope that the evidence on their phones and samples taken from Claire they will be able to bring up charges against them.
Eve is a little bit annoyed that the police cant promise her that they will do something about Marcus and Kelly but she understands why they wont promise anything, what really angers Eve though is the fact that Claire has been in the hospital for hours now yet her parents haven’t shown up yet. Eve considers telling Claire’s parents to leave when they finally show up because she is sure that they are going to upset Claire further but Eve is worried that if she does that then it may drive a wedge between her and Claire which is the last thing she wants to happen, so she bites her tongue and doesn’t say anything as Claire’s parents start ranting.
Eve feels nauseated and extremely angry as she listens to Claire’s parents rant about how it will look for them that Claire did this, always referring to Claire’s rape as ‘this’ or ‘that’ while making it out to be something Claire chose to do. Eve has tried her hardest not to say anything as Claire’s parents rant at Claire making her cry and making out that her rape was just a cry for attention that wont work, they continue to rant including Eve and calling their relationship bullshit and throwing personal insults at Eve which is when she finally breaks.
Eve loses her temper with Claire’s parents telling them that they are idiot to think that Claire had faked being raped and even cites Claire’s injuries and the fact that the doctors had to perform surgery on her just to stop her from bleeding because of what happened. Eve doesn’t stop and continues to go off at Claire’s parents telling them that is she was trying to get attention it’s because they’ve neglected her and never even told her that they love her. Eve finishes her rant by telling Claire’s parents that she loves Claire, she doesn’t care what they think and she thinks that if they cant accept their own daughters sexuality and her being in a relationship with someone who loves her then that’s on them and they shouldn’t make Claire feel bad or guilty about it.
“I’ll see you later beautiful.” Eve says louder than she usually would before she kisses Claire purposefully making a show out of it and quietly thanking Claire after because she had only planned a quick kiss yet Claire had deepened the kiss.
“If you don’t see me tomorrow, then come save me.” Claire says jokingly with a little laugh but Eve is feeling protective and plans to see Claire tomorrow even if it means having to break down the front door to her house.
“I love you.” Eve tells Claire emphasising the word ‘love’ and blowing her a kiss as she walks towards the door of the hospital room without care for the ugly expressions on the graves of Claire’s parents.
“I love you too.” Claire replies as Eve walks out of the room leaving her alone with her parents who start ranting at her again only for Claire to block then out and instead focus on the words Eve had said and how they had made her feel.
Claire hadn’t been expecting to see Eve the next day but she does even if the setting isn’t exactly ideal because she saw her leaving the police station just as Claire was entering, they share a quick smile and a hug before Claire is practically dragged away by her parents. Claire’s interview with the police had been both good and bad at the same time, good because they were planning on pressing charges against both Kelly and Marcus for what they had done but bad because they wanted her to testify in court. Claire knew that testifying in court would be very hard for her but she thought that she would be able to do it if it meant that Kelly and Marcus would be punished, she also knew that having Eve to comfort her afterwards would help her find the strength to go through with it.
Claire wasn’t surprised to find Eve at her doorstep later that evening, Claire’s parents tried to force her to send Eve away but she didn’t listen and instead invited Eve inside telling her parents that she wasn’t going to stop seeing Eve and that they should get used to it. Eve was impressed by Claire’s strength when Claire had ranted at her parents about her not staying away from Eve, Eve actually felt herself getting turned on by Claire’s obvious show of affection but Eve wasn’t about to try anything sexual so soon after Claire had experienced something so traumatic.
Claire and Eve spend hours talking and watching TV, enjoying each others company with Claire taking Eve by surprise when she cuddles up to her resting her head on Eve’s shoulder as Eve loosely wraps an arm around Claire. Claire’s frequent yawns let Eve know that she is tired and Eve plans to leave soon so Claire can sleep but when she mentions this to her Claire wraps her arms around Eve and pulls her almost painfully tight against her.
“Please don’t.” Claire says sounding small and afraid and making that protectiveness in Eve rear its head, “I’d feel safer with you here.”
Eve cant believe Claire’s words and while part of her is angry that enough has happened to Claire to make her feel unsafe in her own home another part of Eve is happy that Claire has asked her to spend the night with her. Eve has to use the landline phone to call her parents and explain to then what is happening and they surprise Eve by agreeing and letting her spend the night at Claire’s, Eve is so surprised that she starts to argue her case until she realises that they had actually given her permission, upon realising what her parents had said Eve cant stop thanking them.
Claire is fully dressed and curled up on one half of the bed facing towards the door of her bedroom looking small and fragile making Eve angry that someone so amazing had been put through enough to make her scared in what is supposed to be a safe place. Eve makes sure that Claire is aware of her taking off her jeans and climbing into the bed with her, Claire stiffens and panic crosses her face as Eve pulls off her jeans but after a moment of explanation Claire visibly relaxes a bit and let’s Eve into the bed with her. Eve doesn’t urge Claire to take off her own jeans which she knows from experience aren’t comfortable to wear in bed but instead softly speaks comforting and loving words to her as Claire pulls one of Eve’s arms over her and let’s it rest on her stomach, that is how they fall asleep with Claire feeling safe within Eve’s arms.
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