Chapter 17: That Night

 Ignore the 2 little white pictures with x's on them...I don't know how that got there.

I'm sorry the pictures look so square-ish...My graphics card allowed me to use a higher resolution and I didn't know it would look like this on the blog :/

"You know I'm not sure why you want to know about him but I will tell you since you want to know so bad" David said to me as he put the folder down on the floor and pulled his knees up a little closer to his chest. His knee was hitting mine and it made me make a weird face because I felt kind of uncomfortable. "If you don't tell me I'm not singing with you" I told him, I was so desperate and wanted to know why Denver was hated so much.

He stretched his arms out on the floor and sighed. "Ugh fine, hmm let's see where should I start..."

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Note: David's story is supposed to feel incomplete and a little confusing so if it does feel like there's a lot of holes in the story like Swiss cheese lol ...It's fine

 David's Narration:

Denver was a real party guy but he didn't always have tattoos and he actually went to our school so I'm not sure why he told you he was from California but then again he is a liar so that's no surprise...anyways he had a friend named Tyler. They could never be found apart from eachother their girlfriends were even best friends with eachother.

Tyler's girlfriend was named Juliet, she had freckles and brown hair that she almost always wore in a bun of some sort. Juliet was pretty frisky though, she loved flirting and Tyler was always arguing with her about the innapropriate things she said to other guys. People say she was a very lonely girl though, even though she had friends.

Christi was Denver's girlfriend and she was a red head that was obsessed with excercise and health. She was crazy for him and everyone wanted a relationship like theirs but people learned eventually that things aren't always what they appear to be.

Christi was on the soccer team and there was never a day where you wouldn't see her practicing. She was always at the gym working out or kicking a soccerball and praciticing her kicking. The outdoors and the cool breeze from the trees always invigorated her, she didn't like being inside much.

Anyways let me get back to the point, Denver loved to party and Tyler did too and despite the fact that they both were already taken they could always be seen at parties checking girls out and looking for "the one," they just wanted to get laid and it was pretty funny because they actually got away with it.

Denver watched girls while they danced in the middle of the room with the lights dim and the music blasting so loud the floor would rumble beneath your feet. He never really had a 'type' the only thing he really was attracted to was older girls.

Denver loved drinking alcohol even though he was only 16. He drank alot for his age but then again everyone else did too. Once he started drinking he really had a bad habit of being very loose.

There was no stopping him, he was a true Casanova with his smooth words and funny jokes. He did make some girls uncomfortable at first but they always came around once he warmed them up with a little conversation and giggles. At the end of the night he always got what he wanted and he had no shame in flaunting it around in everyone's face, he kept nothing private and everyone knew he was a dirt bag.

 

No one understood why he cheated on Christi. Some of the girls he slept with weren't even as pretty as her but he did it anyways. All he did was use girls like they were objects, he was very at good at manipulating people but soon it would all catch up to him.

People say Christi knew all about his hookups but she still stayed with him even though she was pissed off about it. Time and time again he denied all the accusations of him cheating, he played with her feelings all the time and she was growing tired of it even though she did love him.

Denver kept up with his all of his lies and cheating but once he got his tattoos he was different. He was conceited and a real asshole he distanced himself from Tyler and things were just different. It was like he got with a different girl every night, he hung out at college parties and partied like he was 21.

Things kept going bad between Christi and Denver and she was desperate to try and fix him especially since prom was coming up soon and she didn't want to go with him if he kept up with all his bullshit. She was tired of walking around acting like she had no idea about the things he did. Christi asked Juliet for help, she just wanted Juliet to talk to him and find out why he was acting so differently and show him how embarrassing it would be to go to prom together with everyone knowing their business.

Juliet agreed and followed through with the plan, trying to be a good friend to Christi but little did Juliet know was that her life would be changed forever all because of this little plan that they had made up.

No one is exactly sure what happened that night when Juliet invited him over but it's obvious he took advantage of her. Somehow she stuck around and kept talking to him but she only did that to make Christi happy because when Denver hung out with Juliet he stopped going to parties and hooking up with random girls and Juliet only wanted to keep Christi happy. As every day went on prom was getting closer and closer and once it was the big day people say they saw Denver at Juliet's house all dressed up before prom was about to start in a few hours. She was most likely telling him how everything needed to stop and he needed to confess about what he did, but then again no one was there except them.

Some people believe it was truly Juliet who started everything, but there's no way that could've happened especially with what I'm about to tell you.

The most important thing you need to know about him is what happened during the night of the junior prom. It was the day that every girl dreamed about and the day finally arrived, it was prom and everyone was excited that night except for Juliet, it was obvious something was up. Tyler was dressed up in a suit trying to look like Dracula, he always was pretty random and liked to have fun but Juliet wasn't even laughing. Tyler was holding her and trying to make her smile for their photo but all she could do was cover her face with her hand.

Christi was happy beyond belief, she had her hair down and she was wearing a beautiful blue dress that glowed under the light of the full moon that night. Denver held her in his arms while she leaned back and kicked her legs up in an elegant way and smiled for the camera so they could take their photo.

The night was long and fun and even though everyone was enjoying themselves, emotions were running wild that night. The big announcement of the night was about to be announced and everyone gathered around to hear who would be prom king and prom queen. "Denver Costa and Christi Shers" the annoying teacher said on the microphone. Now to be honest no one was sure how they actually became prom king and prom queen because Denver was such a dick to Christi but apparently everyone liked them as a couple. That night they had their special dance under the stars and they kissed but I honestly think it was all just for show.

It was obvious that night, Christi felt on top of the world. I was watching them from the crowd, laughing inside because everyone including me knew just how much they shouldn't have been prom king and prom queen. People were talking but not in a good way, people were wondering if the votes were rigged. Even though people were talking shit about them in the crowd I knew just about most of them voted for them anyways, so I had no idea why they had the nerve to complain.

Up on the balcony as Denver and Christi were having their dance Juliet was crying and tons of people saw it and figured something was up because she should've been happy that her friend was the prom queen but she wasn't. I ran up there and stood around listening and a few other people joined me.

 Tyler tried to calm her down and find out was wrong with her but she kept pushing him away. "I can't even speak to you right now...Why didn't you protect me?" she said to him while she kept lowering her eyes just so she wouldn't have to look him in the eye. "What's wrong with you? I can't help you if you don't talk to me Jules"

"Oh don't you dare call me that! Are you serious right now?" she shouted out to him. He threw his hands up in the air and tried to keep her quiet "Shh! Quiet down, your causing a scene!" he said which only made her even more infuriated. "I don't fucking care! Let the people listen, let them here how much of a piece of shit boyfriend you are"

Tyler didn't say anything but it was obvious he was embarrassed, his eyes were wide and he kept putting his hands in the air as a way to quiet her down but it wasn't working. "Let the people hear how you let your best friend RAPE your fucking girlfriend!" She shouted out so loud she almost fell to the ground. "Wait, what are you talking about?" Tyler asked her but she didn't say anything back.

Tyler looked confused and he threw his hands up in the air and intertwined his fingers through his hair like he was going to rip it out right from the root. He then threw his hands back down and questioned Juliet. "Why! Why? Why did it take you so fucking long to tell me this?!?!?" He yelled while holding his arms out in the air with his palms facing the sky. "You don't know how I felt, I didn't want to hurt you or Christi, I didn't want to destroy everything but I just can't hold it in anymore. It's not like you would understand anyways- you weren't the one who was thrown on a bed and forcefully rubbed on! You weren't the one who had to lay on your back and feel someone roughly thrust themselves inside of you! You weren't the one Tyl-" She paused for a moment to breathe and continued "I was the one, I was the one that got fucking raped that night!"

After Juliet said that she took off running in her prom dress. She fell on her face and screamed out to the sky but she took her shoes off and threw them in the direction of the moon but of course they fell back down. She got back up and just kept running off into the distance until she slowly faded away.

Denver and Christi were still dancing as all of this stuff was going on. They shared one last kiss under the shimmering stars as the music slowly faded out and that was when shit really hit the fan.

I'm not sure how Tyler got up those stairs so quickly but he did and once that dance was over Denver was down on the ground. "I can't believe you hurt her!" Tyler screamed out to him while he took a few punches at Denver's face while he squirmed around and squinted mumbling under his breath. People were gasping and watching in the crowd and Denver put his hands on Tyler's torso pushing him back. "What the fuck are you talking about? What's gotten into you!" Denver shouted out to him and Tyler punched him one more time. "Don't worry your secret isn't a secret anymore, everyone knows you raped Juliet! You're a fucking psycho and I hope you rot in hell"

"Guys stop fighting! You're making yourselves look bad!" Christi screamed while Tyler kept punching Denver like he never even knew him.

Denver kept rustling around underneath Tyler and eventually managed to push him off. "Why the fuck would you do that?" Christi shouted out to Tyler once he got up. "You and I both know that Denver would NEVER rape someone, I mean yeah sure he gets around but that doesn't mean he would force a girl to have sex with him!" Tyler shook back and forth violently, his anger was about to make him explode like a nuclear bomb. "Christi it's time for you to take the God damn blind fold off your eyes and realize that Denver never even cared about you, you were just his shiny little trophy girlfriend and he was just a selfish prick that took advantage of girls"

After all that was said Christi ran off with black tears falling from her eyes because her makeup was running. She ran in that beautiful dress she spent a fortune on, it was true her night was ruined or should I say her life was ruined. She always felt like everything in her life was right but that night she sure was thinking otherwise.

Denver chased after her and was shouting out to her "Christi! Christi! Stop, wait a second and just listen to me!" She kept running and eventually she stopped and decided to give him a chance even though he really didn't deserve one.

She stood still and tense not even turning around to look at him. "Tell me the truth Denver, it's all out now so you might as well just say it like it is"

Denver stood behind her and didn't start speaking until she broke the silence by saying "You better start fucking talking" He still didn't speak and then he let out a sigh and gave in. "Look you know I really don't even want to be hear tonight- I only came to make you happy okay I don't have time for this bullshit" He told her irritatingly.

"If you think this is bullshit why don't you just leave? Don't waste your time trying to prove yourself because I already know all I need to know...It's not like I can trust you anyways, I never could" she said to him while looking out across the grass and at the ocean. "You know what Christi you are right, you could never trust me but I'm not lying now...You know Juliet was always trying to get a guys attention even though her and Tyler were together and besides you can't act all innocent in this- She told me you put her up to this, you made her invite me over just so she could find out what was 'wrong' with me and guess what? We TALKED yeah can you believe that we actually TALKED...Something you and I never did but anyways yes we talked and we ended up kissing ....One thing led to another and I ended up fucking her...It wasn't just a one time thing either we got together lots of times behind your back...THERE! I told you the truth is that what you wanted to hear Christi? I FUCKED YOUR BEST FRIEND!"

Christi didn't say anything she just stood there silently taking it all in. "She wanted it just as much as I did and you know I actually felt bad about it and told her we needed to stop but you know what she said about you? She said fuck Christi....She never even cared about you but that's not the point, the point is that I didn't rape her I would never do that to a girl....I have way too much pride to do something so low like that"

Christi turned around to face him and she only said one thing. "You know what Denver I'm one in a million but there's a million scummy guys out there just like you and I deserve way better" After she said that Denver said "Fine, you know what fuck this shit I don't need this drama in my life right now I have way more fucked up things on my mind right now" They both parted their ways and Denver went home. The rest of the night at prom was super awkward the only thing people were talking about was Denver and Christi.

There were lots of rumors surrounding that night and the cops got involved. Some people say they saw Christi down at the beach just standing there looking out at the water.

Other people say she was actually in the ocean yelling at the sky while trying to commit suicide by drowning herself but that's all BS. I've seen her around, she didn't kill herself but she is super quiet now. There was a court case and Denver was removed from the roster but now he's back and I have no fucking idea how that happened.

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Melody's POV

David finished telling the story and was standing in the corner of my room with his arms crossed. "NOW do you understand why everyone hates him?" he asked me as he laughed and went on saying "You know I'm not too sure when he got that nose piercing but ummm yeah..He's a loser"

I felt cold and brung my knees a little closer to my chest. "No...He's not a loser" I said which made David laugh even harder. "Stop! I don't believe he raped that girl Julia- or whatever the hell her name is" I said to him as I began to stand up.

"How can you not believe that he raped her?!?!" He said to me while holding his hands out as if he were trying to show me some invisible proof that would make me believe such a silly accusation. "Are you crazy?" .

"No I'm not crazy!" I said as I threw my hands up into the air. "I'm just being honest, no one knows what happened that night except for Denver and that Juliet girl...Everything just sounds like a bunch of he said, she said kind of stuff and that can never be trusted...Besides do you really think they would let him come back to our school is he actually did rape her?"

Just then David laughed and smiled at the ground. "His parent's have connections...I wouldn't be surprised if they bribed someone"

"Are you serious right now David?!?" I couldn't believe he had the nerve to say that even though he was pretty much a spoiled brat himself. "Your no angel...A week ago you were choking some guy out in an alleyway...Do you not remember that? What if you killed him?" I yelped.

David got all defensive and tried to make himself look good. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Calm down I didn't kill that guy....I've done that trick lots of times....It only makes people black out.."

He continued just after he ran his hand through his dark hair. "You know I'm not as spoiled as you think I am....I know I'm not an angel but I'm no demon either....If only I had the time to show you...You would realize..."

Just after he said that I could hear keys jingling and the door shaking back and forth like it was about to open. "Quick! Hide! Go in my bathroom!" I said frantically while looking out the corner of my eye towards the glass window and saw that my uncle had came back home.

I walked out into the living room and greeted him as he walked through the door. "Hey! What are you doing back home?" I questioned him while I felt sweat beads protruding from my pores. Oh God I thought to myself please don't let him stay long. I couldn't even crack a smile, I was paralyzed by my fear.

I watched him walk across the room and pick up his cellphone that was laying on the chess table. "I forgot my phone" he said as he walked back over towards the door to leave. Woo, that was a close one for a minute there I thought he was going to be here longer than that.

My uncle made it passed me and just when I thought everything was good and he didn't realize someone was in the house he proved me wrong when he said "I feel like I'm forgetting something...Oh yeah! Tell that boy he can stop hiding..." he then walked out the door while laughing.

I walked back into the room "You can come out now!" I shouted to David and he came out of the bathroom looking confused. "If you need me to go I can go if you want....Why is there a giant rose on your bathroom wall?" He asked me while rubbing the back of his neck still looking puzzled.

"You know I'm not quite exactly sure why there's a rose in there either....But this is my uncle's house...I'll have to ask him about that?" I paused for a moment and eyed him up and down. "How did you know I was here?" I asked him.

"Your sister told me...She wanted me to check on you and I needed to talk to you anyways.....And I still didn't get to talk to you about what I really wanted to talk about....It's fine though it can wait....Are you okay?"

"Oh she did?" I was shocked she even cared that much but it felt good to know that she did. I looked away from him and said "I'm fine..." What if she told him about the mirror? I was embarrassed and I hope he didn't know about it because the last thing I wanted was for people to think I'm some freak with anger issues. "What did you REALLY want to talk about?" I asked him once I realized I was standing there silently thinking to myself for too long.

David looked a little nervous and said "Well...I wanted to- never mind...I'm just happy you're going to sing with me...We can talk another time" he said while smiling at me. "I should get going...It's getting pretty late, I'll be back tomorrow and I'll give you more details about the competition alright.."

There was an awkward silence after he said that but I just stood there quietly as I felt the butterflies in my stomach flutter their wings. "Umm..Yeah I'm happy too...I'll see you tomorrow I guess" I was standing their awkwardly touching my hair and I heard the front door close.