Chapter 16: He hurt you, didn’t he?
A few weeks later
Nick’s POV:
I’m at school, and right now in the bathroom, I don’t actually have to go, but a girl texted me, and I want to talk to her without getting caught in class. Her names Samantha, and someone told me she liked me, I don’t really know if I like her yet or not, but she is really nice. I heard some arguing outside of the bathroom door, so I quickly shut myself into a stall, and I locked it and I climbed up and stood on the toilet, just because the guy sounded kind of mean, and I didn’t want to have to deal with a bully or something. The door to the bathroom opened and there was some loud shuffling, and then a loud bang, and a pained cry sound.
Guy: “why are you acting like such a bitch?! If anybody finds out….”
Joe: “n-nobody is going to find out” Joey? I started to get down, but I froze when I heard him get shoved again.
Guy: “you told, didn’t you?”
Joe: “ouch… Matt! You are h-hurting meee” he cried out. Matt? Like Danny’s brother?
Matt: “shut the fuck up”
Joe: “I didn’t tell anybody! I will never tell anyone”
Matt: “Good. Because if you do, I’m coming for Nick” what does he mean by that??
Joe: “no! you can’t! leave him alone, you can’t do this to him!”
Matt: “oh I can’t? I did it to you, didn’t I?”
Joe: “it… you raped me” my jaw dropped. And I heard a loud slap sound. “Ahh!” I heard another loud noise and then Joe fell to the floor, and his hand came under my door. Oh my god. I don’t know what to do! I don’t know how to help him! I literally can’t move.
Matt: “I didn’t rape you! Never say that again!”
Joe: “but you… you-”
Matt: “SHUT UP!” he yelled, kicking Joey. Joe let out a sob. “if you say a fucking word to ANYONE I will make what I did to you seem like a walk in the park compared to what I will do to Nick. And I’ll make you watch, and then I’ll kill you both…. Am I making myself clear?” He said kicking Joe again. Joey gasped and nodded.
Joe: “yesss! I won’t t-tell! Don’t hurt him! I’ll never say anything!”
Matt: “you better fucking not” He said turning and walking out of the bathroom. Joe sat up and he packed himself up against the stall I’m hiding in and he started shaking and sobbing. I stayed completely still and quiet, unsure what to do. After a little bit, Joe calmed himself down and he put his hands on the floor and he pushed himself up, and he went over to one of the sinks and I heard him washing his hands, and probably his face.
Joe: “he is going to hurt me again…” I heard him whisper. I felt myself start to cry… that guy hurt Joey really bad, and he wants to hurt me too… rape? I need Taylor! I need to tell somebody! Joe took some deep shaky breaths to try to calm himself down, and then he left the bathroom. I just stood there in shock for a few minutes. I should have tried to help him, but I couldn’t…. but maybe it’s good that I didn’t, so now I can tell and help him. I climbed down off of the toilet and I paced back and forth for a few minutes. I really don’t know what to do. I waited so long that the bathroom started filling with kids, because they were let out of their classes. I left the bathroom and I quickly tried to find Taylor, or Kevin or somebody! I turned the corner and I saw Drake and Taylor, and I ran over to them.
Nick: “something bad happened!”
Drake: “what do you mean?”
Nick: “I overheard-“ I stopped talking when I saw Kev, Joe, Demi and Selena all walking towards us. “I can’t tell you yet! it’s about Joe and he is coming” they turned to see everybody else walking over to us, and then Taylor turned back to me.
Taylor: “okay, Demi and I are spending the night, so we will talk later” I nodded, and I focused my attention on Joey. He is walking really close to Kevin, and he is looking around nervously, like he is afraid he is going to run into Matt, and he looks tired and sad, and you can tell he has been crying a lot, he isn’t hiding it very well at all. I can’t even imagine how scared he is.
Drake: “you okay Joe?” Drake asked pulling him into a hug as they got over to us.
Joe: “I just want to go home”
Taylor: “we just got to go get our stuff, and then we will leave buddy” Joe nodded, and he wouldn’t let Drake go as we got our stuff and walked out. “so one of you are going to have to share a seatbelt in the back”
Drake: “well, since Joe seems to be glued to my hip, we will share a seatbelt” Taylor nodded and Drake and Joe got in the back, and I sat next to Joe, and then Kevin sat on the other side of me, we buckled up and the girls sat in front with Taylor and we went home. I’m so glad Taylor is coming to our house, because I’m too scared to tell my mom and dad. I want to talk to my brothers about it, so that they can tell our parents and help Joey.
Nick: “Joey?” I asked softly.
Joe: “hm?” he asked looking over at me.
Nick: “I love you” he smiled
Joe: “I love you too” I leaned my head on his shoulder and I closed my eyes and I stayed like that for the rest of the ride home. When we got home, I waited until Joe went and took a shower before I walked in Kevin’s room where the other boys are.
Taylor: “hey Nick, come here” he said patting his knee. I walked over and climbed up on his lap.
“what did you want to tell us about?”
Nick: “something bad happened, really bad, and I’m scared”
Taylor: “what are you scared about? Getting in trouble?” I shook my head no.
Nick: “promise that you won’t let anyone hurt Joe, or me?” I asked looking at him with wide eyes.
Taylor: “Nick? What do you mean? I’ll always protect you guys… you know that” I nodded.
Kevin: “what’s going on?”
Nick: ”it’s about Joey… today I wanted to text, so I left class and I was in the bathroom texting when-“
Taylor: “Nicholas! the only reason you have that phone is so that you can get ahold of your parents or someone if there’s an emergency! You aren’t supposed to text people instead of being in class! That’s naughty!”
Nick: “Tayyy, don’t be mad yet, I have to tell you something” I whined. He rolled his eyes, and he tipped me forward and he smacked my bottom hard a couple times in front of everyone, and then he straightened me up on.
Nick: “Ow, Taylor!” I whined
Taylor: “Do not do that, you are at school to learn! Not text your friends” I pouted and nodded.
Nick: “sorry” I mumbled. he sighed and kissed the top of my head.
Taylor: “just don’t do that anymore, if your parents found out about that, they would take your phone away, and probably spank you a lot harder then that”
Nick: “I won’t do it anymore…. But someone hurt Joe, and it’s really good that I was in the bathroom… we need to help him” I said honestly.
Drake: “what do you mean somebody hurt Joe?”
Nick: “I heard someone, and they sounded mean, so I went and hid in one of the stalls, and Joe came in with Danny’s other brother”
Taylor: “Matt?”
Nick: “yes! and um…. can I swear?”
Taylor: “no” he said shaking his head.
Nick: “ughh... okay so he pushed Joe up against the wall really hard, and he asked Joe why he was acting like such a B word”
Taylor: “what the heck? Matt shoved Joe up against the locker the other day, and I thought it was an accident, so I basically told Joe to get over it. Ughh I feel like the biggest jerk”
Drake: ”you didn’t know Taylor”
Kevin: “do you think that’s why Joe’s been acting weird, and why he doesn’t want to talk to Danny anymore? Because his brother was mean to Joey while he was there?”
Nick: “Matt Kept on telling Joe that he better not tell anybody, and joe kept on saying that he wouldn’t tell anybody, and Matt swore at him, and hit him and pushed him down to the floor, and kicked him and everything. and then Matt told Joe that if he told anyone, Matt was going to come for me”
Taylor: “oh no he isn’t, I will beat the hell out of him if he even tries”
Nick: “Joe said that Matt raped him” all three of their jaws dropped, and all three of them froze. That’s the same exact reaction I had too. “I didn’t know what to do! I was still in the bathroom, and I couldn’t move, or help him! and Matt told him if he says a word to anyone, he will make what he did to Joe seem like a walk in the park compared to what he will do to me… and then he will kill us both… Joe promised him that he would never tell anyone. But I know that He needs help, and that you guys will protect us.”
Taylor: “He raped him?” Taylor said in shock. I nodded
Nick: “I think so…” I said starting to tear up.
Kevin: “oh my god…”
Taylor: “I feel like I’m going to throw up” he said pushing me off of his lap so that he could stand up and pace back and forth. “I literally feel sick to my stomach…. I can’t b-believe this” Taylor looks like he is going to cry, which made me want to cry even more.
Nick: “w-we got to help him” all three of them nodded. Joe walked in with kind of wet hair and his pajamas.
Joe: “do you guys have homework?” when nobody said anything, he looked at all of us confused… “um… guys? what’s wrong?”
Taylor: “Joseph… I’m going to ask you something, and you better NOT lie to me” Joe looked at him confused and he took a step back.
Joe: “am I in trouble?” he asked confused. “I know I missed most of my last class today, b-but I can explain!” he said nervously.
Kevin: “this isn’t about that Joey” Kevin said grabbing his hand and pulling him over to his bed, Kevin Sat down and he pulled Joey down onto lap and he wrapped his arms around him and held him close. Taylor walked over and he kneeled in front of both of them, and he grabbed both of Joey’s hands.
Taylor: “you aren’t in trouble, we just want you to be honest with us, okay?” Joey nodded. “did Matt…. Hurt y-you” Taylor asked softly. Joey’s eyes went wide, and he quickly shook his head no.
Taylor: “Joey, we won’t let anything bad happen to you, you are safe now, please tell us” Taylor pleaded. Joe shook his head no, and he pulled his hands out of Taylor’s, and then he stood up and started walking away, but Taylor grabbed him, and he wrapped his strong arms around Joey’s waist, and they both fell backwards onto the floor, Joe landing in Taylors lap. Joey tried to get away, but Taylor wouldn’t let him.
Joe: ”Taylorr! let me go!!“ He whined, kicking and struggling to try to get away from us, but Taylor wouldn’t let him.
Taylor: “Joey… I’m way stronger than you, you know that. I’m not letting you go until you talk to us. I will sit here with you all night, I don’t care. But you need to tell us the truth”
Joe: “noo! Taylor! there’s nothing to tell! Let me go! Please?”
Taylor: “you are lying! I’m not letting you go”
Kevin: “Joey, we love you so much, and we want to help you… we can help you, and we can figure how how to keep you safe, we can keep Nick safe too, but we can’t help you if you won’t let us…”
Joe: “I don’t need help”
Drake: “Joey…” Drake said walking over and sitting in front of them on the floor. “My biological dad beat me, and I wasn’t allowed to say anything either, I kept it a secret, just like he wanted, so he kept on hurting me, and it kept on getting worse and worse! It was really scary…. But as soon as my secret was finally out, I got to come home, and I haven’t seen my dad since… he hasn’t hurt me since, I’ve felt safe ever since…. I know it’s scary, but I promise you that we can help you” Joe looked down.
Taylor: “Joe… I love you too much to let you go through this by yourself, do I need to flip you over my lap and spank you until you tell me the truth?” Taylor threatened. Joe shook his head no and he turned in Taylor’s lap and he hid his face in Taylor’s shirt.
Joe: “you guys are gonna hate me” he mumbled.
Nick: “joey… we could never hate you”
Taylor: “we will not hate you…. not even a little bit. Matt hurt you, didn’t he?” Joe reluctantly nodded his head.
Joe: “I can’t do this… I can’t tell you” he said starting to cry.
Taylor: “did h-he…. did he rape you, Joey?” Taylor asked softly... Joe’s body went visibly tense, and he like stopped breathing kind of. Taylor pulled him back and made him look at him. “He did, didn’t he?”
Joe: “I was s-sleeping, and... and h-he picked me up and he carried me into his room a-and I thought…. I.. I am used to getting moved in my sleep, s-so I thought it was you Tay….” He said as tears ran down his face. My heart felt like it was breaking. “I f-fell back to s-sleep, and when I w-woke up… we- I was…” he squeezed his eyes shut. “we were both naked, and… it hurt Taylor, It hurt so bad” he cried out. “he wouldn’t stop! He laughed when I b-begged him to stop… it st-still hurts, I can’t… I can’t go to the bathroom without it hu-hurting… I… I bled a lot” Taylor pulled him close again, and he hugged him, and everyone of us started crying as Joey sobbed in his arms.
Nick: “oh my gosh” I said covering my mouth… I can’t believe anyone would hurt Joey like that.
Joe: “w-was that sex? I di-didn’t want it, I didn’t! I like girls, I’m-“
Taylor: “it wasn’t sex Joey, it was rape baby, it wasn’t your fault, I’m so so soooo sorry that happened to you! I don’t even know what to say…”
Joe: “it hurt Tayy… I can’t even tell you how much it hurt” he cried clinging onto Taylor
Taylor: “baby, I’m so sorry!”
Joe: “I’m not gay, I don’t like him, h-he made me, I’m sorry I didn’t keep my promise, I tr-tried”
Kevin: “Noo! No joey! You didn’t do anything wrong, you didn’t break any promises! I’m so sorry that he hurt you like this…. Tayy.. I need to hug him” Kevin cried, getting down on the floor so he could pull Joey out of Taylors arms. Kevin wrapped his arms around him and hugged him.
Taylor: “I can’t believe he fucking did this!”
Joe: “h-he said n-nobody would b-believe me”
Taylor: “Joey, I didn’t mean that… I promise that I believe you, I’m just really heartbroken that you were h-hurt like this”
Joe: “I’m scared… I been wanting to b-be with you guys a lot because he knows where we leave a-and I don’t want him to do that to me again!”
Taylor: “He is never going to ever touch you again baby brother. I promise” my brothers and I all have purity rings that we each got when we turned 13, they are special to us, and we don’t really ever take them off. but I noticed that Joey isn’t wearing his anymore, because he thinks he broke his promise…
Nick: “Joey… where’s your ring?”
Joe: “it’s on my dresser”
Taylor: “Joey, you don’t need to take that off, this changes nothing, you didn’t break your promise”
Joe: “b-but we… he… I’m not a virgin a-anymore”
Drake: “Joey, you were forced, you didn’t have sex, Taylor’s right buddy, you need to put that back on”
Nick: “I’ll go get it for you” I ran out of the room, and I moved some of the stuff on his dresser, and I found his ring and I took it back and handed it to him. He just kind of looked at it for a minute. Kevin took it from him.
Kevin: “when you love somebody, your virginity is yours to give, nobody can take this away from you” he said slipping the ring back onto Joey’s finger. Joey nodded.
Joe: “thanks Kevy… I know this is a lot to ask… but p-please don’t tell anyone, I don’t want anybody to know, it’s embarrassing and it. I don’t want mom and dad to know, you guys are s-sad, and I know they will be too…. I don’t want people to look at me differently”
Taylor: “nobody will look at your differently baby… but we have to tell” Joe shook his head no.
Joe: “no! please don’t!”
Drake: “we have to Joey… you need to see a doctor”
Joe: “no I don’t!”
Taylor: “you told us that you bled a lot when it happened, and you told us that it still hurts when you go to the bathroom… that’s not okay buddy, you have to get checked out”
Joe: “No! I don’t want to! please don’t tell! I don’t want to see a doctor! And I don’t want Matt to know that I told! He will hurt me again, and he will hurt Nicky! Pleaseeee don’t tell! You need to promise!” he begged.
Drake: “he won’t hurt nobody again”
Joe: “you don’t understand how strong he is… he will”
Taylor: “we are telling Joseph. And He won’t... we will all make sure that he doesn’t hurt you again, and we will make sure that he never hurts Nicky”
Joe: “Tayyy, noooo, you can’t tell!!!!! You can’t! you are supposed to promise!!!” He said kicking and hitting.
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Kevin’s POV:
I just held Joey close to me as he had a total meltdown. I don’t even blame him; I can’t even imagine how scared he is. Eventually he finally tired himself out and he stopped kicking and hitting, and now he is just sobbing hard, and Drake, Taylor and I are crying too, and Nick’s sitting there looking sad and scared. How could he do this to my baby brother? I’m so angry! We sat there for awhile in a circle sort of on the floor, and Joe sobbed himself to sleep.
Kevin: “Taylor… w-we dropped him off over there… we left him there” I said quietly, trying not to wake Joey.
Taylor: “we can’t blame ourselves… we didn’t know, there’s no way we could have known that this would happen to him…. man, I feel horrible”
Kevin: “me too…”
Drake: “we need to tell his parents…” Drake said biting his lip… “Like now…” we nodded. “I’m going to go get them” he said getting up and leaving the room. the rest of us kind of just sat in silence until they came up.
Drake: “your mom isn’t home, but your dads going to come up in a minute” Taylor nodded, and Drake came and sat down with us. This is so scary. I don’t even know what to do to help him… when he was describing what happened to him, I was terrified. I know that Joey doesn’t want us to tell, but we have too because we don’t know what to do. Dad walked in a few minutes later and he immediately knew that something was wrong, just by the looks on our faces.
Paul: “what’s wrong?”
Taylor: “um… Joey doesn’t want us to tell you this, but we have to…”
Paul: “is he sleeping?” I nodded.
Kevin: “He cried himself to sleep”
Paul: “is he alright?”
Kevin: “well… do you remember when he stayed the night at Danny’s?” Dad nodded. “his brother hurt him… dad” I said looking down. I can’t even talk about this.
Paul: “what do you mean? what happened?”
Taylor: “Matt he.. um… he r-raped him.. he.. Joe said he bled a lot, and that he can’t go to the bathroom without pain still” Dad gasped. I looked up at him and he looks so broken.
Paul: “w-h..-“ tears filled my dad’s eyes. We all jumped when he punched the wall hard, causing dry wall to go flying, leaving a big hole. I’ve never seen him do that before. Joe woke up and he sat up looking around confused. “WHAT???? HE FUCKING HURT MY KID??!!!?!” Dad yelled. Taylor stood up and he went and hugged him, to try to calm him down a little, I think. My dad doesn’t swear like that. and I’ve never seen him this angry before, ever!
Joe: “you guys tollllldd!!!” he cried… “You weren’t supposed to tell!” he started sobbing again.
Taylor: “I’m mad too… b-but calm down, he needs you” my dad nodded, and Taylor let go of him, and dad walked over and he leaned down and he grabbed Joseph, and he picked him up out of my arms.
Paul: “b-baby boy… I’m so sorry this happened to you” he said holding him close and crying into Joe’s shoulder. Joey wrapped his arms and legs around him. Dad sat on my bed, and he held joey and they both cried, hard. this is horrible. Later when my mom got home, she was devastated! Taylor told Demi and Selena what happened, and they called their parents, and they all came over. Mom and Dad took Joseph into their room, and they’ve been in there for hours talking to him. the rest of us are all in the living room, and none of us are really talking, we are all just trying to comfort each other. This is a nightmare! But I’m so glad that Dan’s here, because he is holding me right now, and I need this.
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Paul’s POV:
Denise and I talked to Joseph, and it took a long time, but we were finally able to get him to tell us what exactly happened, and It was sooo heartbreaking… Joey is so young, he didn’t even know what this Matt guy was doing to him. I knew something was wrong! Joe’s been acting so weird lately and now it all makes sense! There were so many signs! He is terrified to be alone, he was crying a lot, he was scared to go to the bathroom, he was crying on the toilet being unable to go, he was acting like he was in a lot of pain the first few days he was home, he called from Danny’s house crying, begging me to help him. and after all of that, I STILL had no idea that this has happened to him! I know something seemed off… I should have known. He cried about going back to school, and I made him, every day. and at school he was being tormented by the memories of what happened, and the fear of seeing Matt.
Denise: “we need to take him to the hospital” Denise said pulling me out of my thoughts.
Paul: “we need to call the police” Joe shook his head no in my arms, but he didn’t say anything. he knows that he can’t change our minds on this, he has been trying for the last couple hours, and now he is just kind of exhausted from trying to fight us on this.
Denise: “we can go and call them when we get there” I nodded and I held him with one arm, and I reached in my pocket, and I grabbed my phone and I texted Dan, asking him if he could babysit. A few seconds later our bedroom door opened, and Dan walked in. “oh, I didn’t know you were here”
Dan: “I’ve been here for a couple hours.” He said walking over and running his fingers through Joey’s hair. “Demi told me what happened…” he said sadly.
Paul: “he is embarrassed”
Dan: “Joey baby, you don’t need to be embarrassed, it’s n-not your fault” Joey kept his face buried in my shirt, but he reached up and grabbed dan’s hand. Dan’s eyes filled with tears.
Denise: “w-we need to take him to the hospital”
Dan: “is he… have you checked him?” he is asking me if he is ripped down there…
Paul: “I’m sc-scared to check” I said looking down at my baby boy. “but… I’m guessing he is”
Dan: “h-have you called the police?”
Paul: “we are going to do that at the hospital… um… I don’t think the kids should be there, can you stay with them, please?”
Dan: “of course Paul. I’m so sorry this has happened”
Paul: “thank you for being there for us, and our children”
Dan: “always” he said kissing the top of my head. I smiled sadly.
Joe: “daddy” Joe whispered.
Paul: “yes baby?”
Joe: “I’m so so s-scared”
Paul: “I’m scared too baby boy… something horribly traumatic has happened to you, and I don’t know how to help you through this… but your family is here for you baby, and we are going to do the best we can to help you, and it’s going to be okay. I promise that we are all going to work together to keep you safe” he nodded. and Dan hugged him, and then Denise and I drove to the hospital, and I sat in the waiting room with him, while she signed us in. we decided to come to the hospital because we didn’t want to wait for a doctor’s appointment.
Joe: “daaad… are they going to hurt me?”
Paul: “I’m not sure exactly what they are going to do, but I know that they are going to need to check your bottom” Joe shook his head no.
Joe: “I don’t want them too!” he whined.
Paul: “it’s important baby…” I said running my fingers through his hair.
Denise: “they are contacting the police for us” I nodded, and she sat next to us and started filling out paperwork for him. when we finally went back, two police officers came back with us, we told them all the details we knew, and the date it happened, Matt’s address, everything. the police were really good at making Joey feel comfortable enough to talk to them. Denise and I both ended up crying pretty hard at hearing some of the details. It makes me so sad. And it makes me sad that he stayed up all night bathroom after it happened severely hurt, confused, bleeding and terrified and all alone… I can’t even stand to think about it. the doctor came in and the police stepped outside. The doctor asked even more questions and I can tell that Joseph is getting kind of overwhelmed.
Paul: “he has been having trouble going to the bathroom, we didn’t know… we thought he was just constipated, we’ve been giving him over the counter medicine to help him go, but he still… cries and stuff.” I said looking down. I should have brought him sooner; I feel like the worst parent in the world.
Doctor: “he probably is constipated, because he was probably scared to go because of the pain… so I think you were on the right track, I’m going to proscribe him some medication that will make sure he will be able to go, because constipation could delay healing.” I nodded. “Joseph, did you have any bleeding when the assault occurred?” Joe nodded. “how much?”
Joe: “i-it was r-running down my legs, I had to cl-clean the bathtub, b-because there was blood in there after my shower” Denise let out a sob, and quickly left the room. because she either couldn’t handle hearing anymore, or because she didn’t want to upset Joey… I tried to stay quiet, but I couldn’t help but to gasp loudly. The doctor frowned and nodded, and he started writing stuff down.
Doctor: “are you still experiencing any pain?” Joe nodded. “all the time?”
Joe: “if I have to go to the bathroom, it hurts so bad, and then… my butt usually stings and throbs for a few days”
Doctor: “how often are you going to the bathroom?”
Joe: “only when I h-have too…” he mumbled
Doctor: “are you holding it for a long time?” Joey nodded.
Joe: “it hurts too much, I’m always try, but I get too scared and I cant…”
Doctor: “do you mind if I take a look?”
Joe: “I don’t want you to look”
Paul: “joey… I know you don’t want him to look, but he needs to so that he can help you get better”
Doctor: “sometimes when things like this happen, and it’s…” the doctor paused… I can tell he is struggling to figure out what exactly to say. “if you are ripped badly on the inside, and it goes untreated, it could be very very dangerous for you”
Paul: “can speak to you outside of the room for a second?” the doctor nodded.
Joe: “daddy, don’t go!” he whined.
Paul: “I’m just stepping right outside the door for just a second Joey… I won’t go far, I’ll leave the door open so you can see me, and I’ll be right back… okay?” Joey pouted and nodded. and I followed the doctor out, and I stayed right by the door, like I told Joey I would. “are you planning on doing an exam on him?” I asked in a low voice, so that Joe couldn’t hear. The doctor nodded.
Doctor: “I’m concerned with how small and young he is, and the amount of bleeding he described… I’m worried that he may need stitches, and doing an exam is the only way we are going to find that out” I took a deep shaky breath, and I pinched the bridge of my nose. I am heartbroken over this.
Paul: “I’m scared… doctor” I said honestly.
Doctor: “I know, I’m so sorry…”
Paul: “what are you going to do to him?”
Doctor: “I’m going look and see, it all depends on how bad it is…”
Paul: “I don’t want you to hurt him”
Doctor: “I’m going to numb it really good with cream, and shots if I need to. I’ll make sure he is as comfortable as possible”
Paul: “if he needs stitches… will you do that?” he nodded.
Doctor: “yes, I’ll do it all here.”
Paul: “he won’t feel anything right? Because he has been through enough, I don’t want to put him through more”
Doctor: “it might be a little uncomfortable, but… it needs to be done sir” I nodded.
Paul: “are you going to check him for sexual transmitted diseases?” He nodded.
Doctor: “we will check him for everything, and give you and the police a full report, so that you can use it in court.” I nodded.
Paul: “okay.. please just be careful with my baby…” I said starting to tear up. “I don’t think I can be in there…” I said looking bad towards Joe… he is laying on the bed with a pout on his face.
Doctor: “sir, I know this is hard for you, but he is scared, I think it will be more traumatic for him, if you aren’t there” I bit my lip and nodded… he is right. “I’m going to get my assistant, and then we will come and get this done.”
Paul: “okay…” I went back into the room and I walked over to the bed, and Joey grabbed my hand.
Joe: “is mommy mad at me?”
Paul: “no baby, she’s just sad about what happened to you” far too soon the doctor came back with his assistant, and we had Joey change into a gown, and then he laid on his side, with his knees up by his chest. And he has a blush on his face, and he is shaking in fear. They took pictures of him, for evidence and stuff, which really embarrassed Joe even more. UGH! I hate this! I leaned over the bed and hugged him and tried to talk him through it. as soon as they touched him though, he screamed. And he kept screaming through the whole thing. He did need a few stitches. I held him tightly and cried harder than I ever had before. they ended up giving him some pretty strong medicine that eventually knocked him out. even though he was asleep, I still held him and cried. They drew his blood and did everything they needed to do while he slept, and I stood there holding him.
Doctor: “Mr. Jonas” he said tapping on my back. I reluctantly let go of him, and I stood up and I tried to wipe my tears away, but more kept falling. “it was pretty bad, he is going to be sore for a while unfortunately… I think it’s going to heal okay though, I am giving you HEAVY laxatives, and stool softeners to give him, you need to make sure he takes them everyday… if he is having trouble going, or if there’s any bleeding in his stool, I want you to bring him back. I’m going to give him something for pain, and a numbing cream, I want him to apply it before and after he goes to the bathroom, and whenever he is experiencing discomfort. He can also maybe apply some ice packs or something to help with pain, maybe you should stop by the store and get him a donut pillow to sit on until he is healed. I think that would help him at school… Also, you might want to help him wipe, he is going to need to be very gentle, he might even want to just shower clean” I nodded.
Paul: “o-ookay, thank y-you”
Doctor: “no problem, I’m so sorry again that this has happened, and I really wish you the best. Take your boy home and help him feel better”
Paul: “c-can we take him home?” the doctor nodded.
Doctor: “I’m going to write up his prescriptions, and then I’ll get you guys out of here” I nodded, and everybody left the room, and a little bit later Denise came back in. she quickly walked over and hugged me.
Denise: “I’m s-sorry, I couldn’t handle it” she whispered.
Paul: “it’s okay baby… they are discharging us soon” she nodded.
Denise: “I heard him sc-screaming… is he… okay?”
Paul: “it was bad honey… really bad, h-he needed stitches on the inside, and on the outside... But that’s done and he is going to be okay”
Denise: “how could this happen to our baby?”
Paul: “I don’t know… I feel horrible. I want to kill this Matt guy for what he did to our baby”
Denise: “they put a warrant out for his arrest, and they sent officers out to his house”
Paul: “good, I hope he rots in prison” we pulled apart and she looked down at Joey and she nodded.
Denise: “I hope he does too” I went over everything the doctor told me with Denise, and it took them like an hour and a half to discharge us, and Joseph slept the whole time thankfully. Once they did, Denise helped me dress him back into his pajamas, and then I carried him out to the car and buckled him in. and then we dropped off his prescriptions, and I waited out in the car with him while Denise got that pillow for him to sit on. She came back out with a couple bags of stuff. “I got him a pillow, and I found a water bottle thingy, that you usually use after you give birth when you have stitches down there, He will be able to put water in it and use it after he goes to the bathroom to help him clean himself less painfully… I got a few other things that might help him too… but we might as well go home, because his prescriptions are going to take about an hour”
Paul: “okay, maybe Daniel will come get them for us when he leaves”
Denise: “I’m sure he will”
Paul: “I can’t believe this is happening… I’m never going to let our kids stay anywhere ever again, except for with people we fully trust… I’m serious, this is destroying me… I don’t understand how someone could do something so awful to a child like this”
Denise: “I don’t understand it either”
Paul: “Joe told me that Danny’s parents went to the bar that night, so they went to the bar and fucking left our child there alone with that monster! I’m so angry” I said hitting the steering wheel.
Denise: “they probably didn’t know this was going to happen”
Paul: “I don’t care. They should have been there” I heard a little whimper, and I looked back our son. He is wiggling around a little, but he still has his eyes closed. “are you awake baby?” I asked softly, reaching back to touch his knee. He didn’t respond though, so I think he is still out.
Denise: “we need to get him home” I nodded, and I moved my hand off of him, and I buckled my seat belt, and we sat in silence while I drove home. We got out and Denise grabbed the bag and I opened the back door.
Paul: “should I wake him up?” I asked looking at Denise
Denise: “he is going to be... sore honey, I think we should try to just let him sleep”
Paul: “the medicine is probably wearing off, and… I don’t want to scare him”
Denise: “just talk to him, if it wakes him up, he will hear your voice” I nodded, and I leaned down and unbuckled his seatbelt,
Paul: “Joey, I’m going to take you inside now, baby boy” I said softly as I picked him up. he wiggled around a little bit as I carried him up to the house “it’s okay Joey” I kept saying. Denise shut the car door, and then she walked up to the house and she opened the front door so I could carry him inside. Everyone is still here, which warmed my heart a little, they all care about us so much.
Paul: “Daniel, I need you” I mumbled, he nodded, and Kevin got off his lap, and he got up and followed me to Denise and I’s bedroom. Dan pulled the blankets down, and he put one of the pillows in the middle. I leaned over the bed and laid him in the middle of it, and Dan pulled the blankets up over him.
Dan: “is he… did… um…” Dan looked down at him and frowned. “I’m sorry, I don’t know what to say… how is he?”
Paul: “it’s okay… I’m at a loss for words too” I said sighing and running my fingers through my hair. “that was the hardest thing I’ve ever went through in my life… he was ripped on the inside and outside, and they had to s-stitch him up, and-“ Dan’s eyes widened and he gasped. “He was sc-screaming and I couldn’t…. It-“ I started sobbing again. Dan quickly pulled me into a hug. I leaned closer and cried into his neck, hard. I don’t cry often, but this is too much. Dan didn’t say anything, he just let me cry it out, which is what I needed. After a little bit, I pulled away and wiped my tears. Dan is crying too.
Dan: “did the police get called?” he asked clinching his fists.
Paul: “t-they came, Joe was r-really strong, and he told them everything… I’m so proud of him for being able to do that, h-he… it was… traumatic. T-they put a warrant out for that fucking monster… I’m h-hoping he is in jail right now”
Dan: “I hope he is too”
Paul: “ugh… I feel so bad”
Dan: “I do too… I am in shock”
Paul: “me too… can you go to the store and pick up his prescriptions… please? Denise and I don’t want to leave him.”
Dan: “yes, of course! I’ll do anything you need me to do Paul”
Paul: “thank you”
Dan: “do you want me to take the kids tonight?”
Paul: “we already told you that we would take them all tonight, you and Deb wanted to go to that-“ he shook his head no.
Dan: “we don’t want to go to that anymore, we want to be here for you guys in whatever way we can be…. Actually… c-can we stay… all of us?”
Paul: “you want to stay the night?” he nodded.
Dan: “that monster knows where you live and… I know he wouldn’t dare come here, hopefully he is in jail… but I still want to be here… and I want Joseph to feel safe, and I.. I.. I just want to be here.. and I don’t think the kids will want to leave either”
Paul: “I want you to be here too… thank you so much” He nodded and hugged me again.
Dan: “I’m going to go get some clothes and stuff, and then I’ll get his proscriptions, and then I’ll be right back”
Paul: “okay” I pulled away again and I reached into my pocket and I took out my wallet and I handed it to him. “my insurance card is in the pocket behind my license, and use my blue debit card, to pay for the proscriptions” he nodded
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Taylor’s POV:
It’s been a really rough and sad couple of weeks… it’s been so heartbreaking seeing Joe be in so much freaking pain. I’ve been over there a couple times when Joe’s been in the bathroom crying his eyes out for hours because he was hurting too bad to go. It was AWFUL. He locked everyone out and wouldn’t let nobody go in there to try to help him, which I guess is understandable, I wouldn’t want anybody coming in when I’m trying to go to the bathroom either. But we could hear him crying, and it was sooo heartbreaking! we all felt so helpless, and I teared up myself a few times. I’m so angry that this has happened to him. I was kind of already overprotective of my little brothers before, but now I’m REALLY overprotective of them. Yesterday I saw Kevin talking to a guy at school that I didn’t know, so I walked over and grabbed his arm and I told him I needed to talk to him. Kevin apologized to the dude as I was pulling him away from him. I dragged Kevin over to an area where not too many people were and then I pushed him up against the wall and I questioned the hell out of him. I wanted to know who that guy was, and why he was talking to him, and I was pretty mean about it… Kevin was really mad at me for being that way, He told me that I can’t keep him from making friends for his whole life. And He is right… I can’t, and I shouldn’t. This whole thing with Joey has just really scared me. today when we got to school though, I did apologize to Kevin. Kevin quickly forgave me, as always. I think he understands why I’m kind of being a little too protective. Joe has been back in school for the last couple days, he is finally starting to heal physically. Mentally though, he is really struggling, He is having nightmares every night, he doesn’t like to sleep, so he is always tired. He gets scared easily, especially at school, and he cries a lot at school too. it’s really sad and I wish I knew how to help him. Matt got arrested the night that Joe went to the hospital, which was such a freaking relief to Joseph... he had a court thing a few days later, and thankfully Joey didn’t have to go yet, which is really good, because I don’t think he would have handled it very good. My parents went with Paul and Denise though, and all of us kids stayed at Paul’s house and Ken and Emily, Drake and Selena came over so we could hangout with them and try not to think about it too much. We all wanted Matt to get no bail, but the judge set his bail at nine thousand, which is really scary, because it means that somebody can pay that much money and let him get out until the case goes to trial, which is like a month away. we all hope that that doesn’t happen though, that’s a lot of money, we are hoping its high enough to where nobody will be able to get him out. Paul was really mad about it, when they all go home, he stormed into his office and he slammed the door and he was in there for hours and hours, until Joey finally went in and talked to him. we knew that Joe’s the only one who could get him to come out, and we were right, Paul came out and spent time with us after that. Today Joseph did not want to come to school at all, he was freaking out this morning, and we finally got him to tell us that it was because Danny kept trying to talk to him yesterday… Paul and Denise made Joey come today though. I argued with them a little bit about it because it feels really mean to make him come when he is so scared! But Paul pulled me aside and he told me that he didn’t want Joe to go either, but they can’t let Joe fall behind and he said that a victims advocate person that they talked to told them that Joe needs to face his fears about school, otherwise it will get worse. It makes sense, but it’s still sad. So we decided that both Joe and Nick are going to stay in their classes with their teachers until one of us come to get them, it will make things a little harder, but that way we will be able to walk them to all of their classes and Joe and Nick won’t have to be alone at all, hopefully that will help him AND the rest of us feel better. The teachers are probably going to be kind of confused, but so far they haven’t said anything. I was actually on my way to go get Nick when I saw Danny. I stopped him.
Taylor: “hey got a second?”
Danny: “I… I..” he backed up a little, looking a me with wide eyes.
Taylor: “I’m not going to hurt you or anything… I just need to talk you” He nodded. “I know you tried to talk to Joseph a lot yesterday”
Danny: “I just-“
Taylor: “don’t talk to him again”
Danny: “but he is my friend”
Taylor: “Not anymore”
Danny: “But”
Taylor: “you know what your brother did to him… if you care about him at all, you will back off” I said crossing my arms.
Danny: “I do care I just-“ I shook my head no.
Taylor: “stay away from him then, please” he nodded.
Danny: “okay… I’m sorry, for what happened”
Taylor: “it’s not okay” I said turning and walking away. I think he is scared of me, so I hope he listens to me and leaves Joe alone. I went to Nicks class and I got him, and I apologized to him for making him wait for me. the rest of the day Danny avoided all of us.
Drake: “what the fuck!” drake said as we were walking through the halls. I looked over at him confused.
Taylor: “what the heck Drake?” He pointed his finger, and I looked down the hallway and I gasped when I saw him… “YOU’VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING MEE!” I yelled. Matt’s here? how the fuck is he here?? A bunch of kids looked at us. I stormed over and I shoved him up against his locker as hard as I fucking could.
Matt: “OUCH! What the hell!?”
Taylor: “what the fuck are you doing here? You fucking rapist!” He laughed.
Matt: “I’m getting my shit, do you mind?”
Taylor: “You should be in jail! I can’t believe someone bailed you out. you are going to rot in prison!” he rolled his eyes.
Matt: “don’t be so dramatic. he liked it… maybe it runs in the family, you seem to be awfully touchy” he said smirking at me. I glared at him and let him go. He grabbed me and kissed me. I shoved him back, and he winced as his head slammed into the locker “Kinky” he mumbled, with that ugly smirk still on his face.
Taylor: “what’s wrong with you?.. you are fucking disgusting” He shrugged his shoulders. “I can’t even believe you had the balls to show up here… Get your shit and go.” I said walking away from him.
Matt: “whatever, tell the kid that he was a good fuck” he said laughing. That made me so angry! My body went hot from head to toe, and I stopped in my tracks and I turned around and I glared at him with all the hatred I felt for him. “what? he was. He felt so good, and I think he will come back for more, like the little slut he is.”
Taylor: “STAY AWAAAY FROM HIM!!!” I shouted. That got everyone’s attention, people started kind of surrounding us. “OR ELSE!” I threatened.
Matt: “No way, he is just too cute, his cute little face, hopefully I can use his mouth next time, and his cute little bottom, and that-“ I drew my fist back..
Drake: “Taylor don’t, its-“ I ignored drake and punched Matt in the face as hard as I fucking could. Matt fell to the floor, and I had to shake the pain out of my hand, it hurt but it feels good to have his blood on my fist! I hate him for what he has done. He ruined Joey’s life, Joey will never be the same, and Matt isn’t even sorry about it! Drake grabbed me and tried to pull me away from him. “we are going to get in trouble, we-“
Matt: “I fucked him hard, and I’m going to fuck Nick next!” he said laughing. He has blood in his teeth. kids around us gasped. There goes Joe’s secret. He didn’t want anybody to know. Drake let go of me and we both lunged at him, and we both started beating the hell out of him. Matt got drake real good in the nose. And that just pissed me off even more. I got on top of him and I was about to knock him the fuck out, but as I drew my fist back, my arm was grabbed tightly.
Mr. White: “LAUTNER! STOP!” he yelled. I glared down at Matt. He is so fucking lucky that Mr. White caught us. Mr. white yanked me off of Matt. “LAUTNER, DAWSON! MY OFFICE! NOW! MILLER COME WITH ME TO SEE THE NURSE!” he shouted, letting go of me.
Taylor: “HE… HE HURT MY BROTHER!”
Mr. White: “MY OFFICE!!!!” he shouted, getting in my face. Drake grabbed my arm and pulled me away from them.
Taylor: “HE DESERVED EVERY FUCKING PUNCH!” I screamed as I let Drake pull me away. I’m freaking pissed. “WHY IS THE SCHOOL OKAY WITH HIM BEING HERE?” I yelled.
Drake: “I don’t know… Calm down please… Joe is going to freak out if you get suspended or expelled” I took a deep breath. I really hope that doesn’t happen. I need to be here to protect him.
Taylor: “okay okay.. your right” I said taking another deep breath, I’m still letting him lead me through the halls. “are you alright? Your nose is bleeding” He nodded.
Drake: “I’m fine”
Selena: “Drake! what the heck?” Demi, Selena, and Joe came running over to us.
Demi: “what the heck happened to your face?”
Drake: “Taylor and I got into a fight” Joe gasped.
Selena: “Taylor did that to you??” she said shocked.
Taylor: “do you really think I would do that to him?” I said feeling kind of offended.
Joe: “who?” he asked quietly. Drake and I looked at each other… I don’t want him to know that Matt’s out! Damn it! I looked back at them and I sighed.
Taylor: “it doesn’t matter.. we um-“
Joe: “is it… is he…” he bit his lip, and his eyes filled with tears. “M-Matt?” he whispered. Ugh. We can’t lie to him, he is going to find out, especially if he sees him.
Taylor: “yeah… it was him” I said stepping closer to him. Joe’s eyes went wide, and he froze. “Joey, it’s going to be okay” I said pulling him into a protective hug.
Demi: “are you fucking kidding? He is here?” I looked at her and nodded.
Joe: “he is going to hurt nick” he finally sobbed. He is shaking in my arms so bad. I shook my head no.
Taylor: “we aren’t going to let that happen”
Joe: “I don’t w-want him to hurt me again”
Taylor: “I promise that’s never going to happen again”
Drake: “we need to go to the office” he reminded me. I nodded, and I picked Joey up, and he wrapped his legs around me and he clung to me so tightly.
Taylor: “come with us” I said looking at Selena and Demi, they nodded. I carried Joe through the halls, and people were staring, but I don’t care right now. we went to the office.
Mr. Davis: “Hey guys, is that Joseph? Is he alright?” Mr. Davis is a teacher that we have all had when we were younger, I loved him sooo much when he was my teacher. He is still my favorite teacher. “are you alright?” he asked looking at Drake
Drake: “we got into a fight…”
Mr. Davis: “uh oh… all of you?”
Taylor: “just Drake and I…”
Mr. Davis: “I’m guessing that is why you are here” we nodded. he sighed and opened the door, “Take a seat, somebody else is in there right now” we nodded, and we walked in and sat down.
Joe: “I’m s-scared” he whispered.
Taylor: “I’m sorry Joey, I love you, and I’m not going to let anybody hurt you again” he nodded, and I kissed the top of his head. Mr. Davis came back, and he brought some stuff to clean up Drakes face with.
Drake: “thank you”
Taylor: “Mr. Davis, can you please somehow get Nick and Kevin? I don’t feel like they are safe, they need to be with us” he looked at me confused.
Mr. Davis: “what do you mean? I saw the Matt kid, he is in trouble too, he-“
Demi: “Tay, cover Joey’s ears” I nodded, and I moved my hands and I cupped them over Joey’s ears.
Mr. Davis: “what’s going on guys?”
Demi: “Joey stayed the night with Matt’s brother, and Matt raped Joey” she said quietly. Mr. Davis eyes widened
Mr. Davis: “no… no that… that’s a-awful” he looked at Joey who is still crying and shaking in my lap. and he frowned and his eyes teared up a little “I’m so sorry”
Demi: “he needs Kevin and Nick here…” Mr. Davis nodded.
Mr. Davis: “I’ll have them call them to the office” we nodded, and I removed my hands from Joey’s ears, and Mr. Davis went and did that. Drake and I were called into the office though. Ugh...
Demi: “I’ll take him” I nodded, and I passed Joey over to Demi.
Joe: “Tayyy” he whined, grabbing my hand.
Taylor: “Joey, I have to go talk to him…. I’m sorry” I said pulling away from him. “don’t go to class, stay here” I said sternly, as I walked out of the room. I couldn’t look back to see Joe’s face, because I knew that it would break my heart. We walked into the principal’s office and we sat down in front of his desk.
Mr. White: “why are those children out there?”
Taylor: “You know what happened to my brother Joseph right? Matt’s the one who did it… why would you allow him to step foot in this school?” I said trying not to get angry.
Mr. White: “we were notified that there was a problem, but Matt’s parents said that it was a misunderstanding”
Taylor: “He raped my brother! that’s not a fucking misunderstanding!”
Mr. White: “Hey! watch your language”
Taylor: “sorry” I mumbled. “my brother is sitting out there so scared that he is shaking…. Did you know that Joe was so hurt that he had to get stitches on the INSIDE of his body? and the outside...” Mr. White visibly winced. “today Matt told me he was going to do it to him again, he threatened to do it to Nick too... I couldn’t just stand there and let him talk about my brothers that way… do you have any brothers? You have to understand”
Mr. White: “I do have younger brothers”
Taylor: “then you can’t tell me you would have done the same”
Mr. White: “violence still isn’t the answer”
Taylor: “I’m really sorry about that… but it’s his fault, I was trying to walk away, and he kept saying disgusting things about my family”
Mr. White: “I’m going to call your parents… you two can wait out there” we nodded and got up and we went back out there. Kevin and Nick walked in at the same time, and they both looked nervous. I walked over and sat back in my spot and Joe immediately got up, and he sat back in my lap. I wrapped my arms around him.
Taylor: “are you okay buddy?” he shook his head no.
Joe: “I want my dad”
Taylor: “I’ll text him” he nodded. and I got my phone out of my pocket
(Text Conversation)
Taylor: “Hey, I got into a fight… I’m probably going to be sent home, Mr. White is calling my dad… but Joe wants you to come too -tAyLor”
Paul: “Taylor Daniel Lautner! another fight?” He immediately texted back. I rolled my eyes.
Taylor: “Matt’s here. -tAyLoR”
Paul: “WHAT?? does Joe know?”
Taylor: “yes -tAyLoR”
Paul: “leaving now”
(End Of Text Conversation)
Taylor: “your daddy is on his way Joey” I said running my fingers through his hair. Joey nodded.
Kevin: “so… what’s going on? Am I in trouble?”
Taylor: “what do you think?”
Kevin: “Ughh.. okay so I know I was passing notes in class, but Kari started it, and I really didn’t think our teacher saw us!”
Nick: “but I got called too, and I didn’t do nothing” I sighed.
Taylor: “your grounded for a week Kev”
Kevin: “tayyylorr! You can’t do that!” he whined.
Taylor: “looks like I just did” Kevin pouted.
Drake: “wow, that was sneaky, Taylor” I laughed and nodded.
Taylor: “I know right? My dad does that to me all the time”
Kevin: “wait… what?” he asked confused.
Taylor: “you just told on yourself Kevin, the reason you are here has nothing to do with you and Kari passing notes”
Kevin: “are you serious? that’s not fair” Matt walked in with an ice pack on his face, and he walked over and sat across the room from us, and he glared at Joe. I turned Joe in my lap, so that he was facing me instead, because he hasn’t noticed him yet, because he had his eyes closed, and I don’t want him to notice him. I wrapped my arms around him, and I glared back at Matt. Ken and My dad walked in.
Dan: “all seven of you? really?” Demi got up and she went over to him and she stood up on her tippy toes, and she whispered something in his ear. Dad looked over at Matt and glared at him, and then he walked over and stood in front of me, blocking Matt from being able to look at Joey. Matt’s dad came in and he sat next to him.
Ken: “are you alright kid?” he asked siting next to drake.
Drake: “yeah dad, I’m good”
Ken: “your face just cleared up, and now you are already getting a black eye again” he said sitting next to him. “was somebody bullying you or something?” Drake shook his head no, and then he leaned over to whisper to him. everybody is being quiet, because we are just trying not to upset Joey.
Ken: “you fucking kidding?” that’s exactly what I said. Ken crossed his arms and he sat back in his chair and he glared over at Matt. I would glare at him too, if my dad wasn’t standing in between us. He is standing there crossing his arms looking really pissed.
Taylor: “are you mad, dad?” I asked nervously.
Dan: “will talk about it later, Taylor” I nodded. he is totally mad. ugh. Paul came in, and he immediately walked over.
Paul: “Joey” Joe sat up, and he immediately reached his arms out to his dad. Paul picked him up. “Joe, your safe, I promise”
Joe: “dadd, he-“
Paul: “shh.. sh! He is in here, will talk about it when we get home” Joe let out a little sob and Paul frowned and carried him out of the room, so that he could calm him down. Mr. White called Ken and my dad, me and drake in first and we told them exactly what happened and what was said, and everything. I know that my dad wasn’t happy about the things I said. he also wasn’t happy because I got suspended for 3 days for starting the fight, because I’m the one who shoved him into the locker first. After that he had Paul and Joe come in, and then we got to leave by time it was Matt’s turn to go in. they did tell us though that he was already expelled and that today he was just here to get his stuff, and that’s it. he won’t be coming back. our parents pulled the rest of the kids out of school. We went outside and Paul’s kids got in his car and then he stopped me when I tried to get into my truck… “what happened?” Paul asked nervously.
Taylor: “dad told me we are coming to your house to talk about it”
Paul: “I know… but nothing happened to him… right? Please tell me nothing happened?” he said with wide scared eyes.
Taylor: “Paul, no. nothing happened” he let out a breath of relief. “I’m pretty sure that Joe didn’t even see him today, we saw him first, and when Matt came into the office, I turned Joe in my lap so that he couldn’t see anything, he didn’t even know Matt was in there until you told him he was”
Paul: “you are certain?”
Taylor: “yes, nothing happened, I promise” Paul nodded, and he pulled me into a quick hug, and then he went and got into his car.
Dan: “Taylor, go straight to Paul’s house” he said sternly. I pouted.
Taylor: “yes sir” I got into my truck and I pulled out and I drove to Paul’s house alone. I was the first one to get there, so I got out and went inside.
Denise: “Taylor, where’s Joey?” she asked rushing over to me.
Taylor: “he is in your car with Paul, I think they are on the way”
Denise: “is he alright?”
Taylor: “yes, he didn’t see Matt, he was just scared because he knew that Matt was there”
Denise: “ugh. My poor baby… I can’t believe Matt got out”
Taylor: “I know… he got expelled though, he was there getting his stuff… I guess” we sat down and waited for everybody else to get here. Drake and Ken got here first, so Drake sat next to me. when everybody else got there, Denise took Kevin, Joe, Nick, Selena and Demi all upstairs.
Paul: “we have a no contact order in place against matt, so he isn’t allowed to speak to Joseph. I think I’m going to see about getting a restraining order on top of that, because I think that will make it so he can’t even come near him.”
Dan: “yes, I was doing research on this yesterday, and I was going to bring it up to you. I think you should definitely do that”
Paul: “I was hoping that he wouldn’t get out, so that we would have no reason to do that” he said running his fingers through his hair. “I couldn’t even look at him… I can’t believe he was sitting in the same room with you guys when I got there”
Dan: “I didn’t like the way he was looking at Joe, so I tried to stand in between them”
Paul: “thank you, for doing that” dad nodded and then he turned his attention on me.
Dan: “Taylor Lautner… I know you were trying to stand up for your brother, but you are 18 years old! You can’t continue going around beating people up, do you want to go to Jail?”
Taylor: “I don’t care dad! he-“
Dan: “WE CARE” he yelled.
Taylor: “if you would have heard what Matt said, you would have done the same thing” I mumbled, crossing my arms.
Dan: “No, I wouldn’t have done the same thing, I would have called the police, or recorded him or something”
Taylor: “I didn’t think about recording him…”
Dan: “you didn’t think at all!”
Paul: “Matt is dangerous, he obviously isn’t right in his mind”
Taylor: “dude, I’m way stronger than him, his ass hit the floor” I blurted out. my dad shook his head, and he walked over, and he grabbed my arm.
Dan: “stand up”
Taylor: “daaadddyy! No, I meant to say butt! I’m sorry”
Dan: “it wasn’t a question, stand up!” I pouted and reluctantly stood up; dad turned me “bend over”
Taylor: “but dad—”
Dan: “Taylor Lautner! Now!” Ugh! I blushed bright red, and then I bent over and put my hands down on the couch next to Drake. SMACK! SMACK! SMACKK! SMACKKK! SMACK!! I winced. I should have kept my mouth shut! SMACK SMACK SMACKK! SMACK! SMACK!
Taylor: “ouchhh… dad, I’m sorry!!” I whined. He landed a smack to my sit spot that was so hard that I almost fell forward. “OW!” SMACKK! SMACKKK! SMACK! SMACK! He pulled me up and then he turned me and pushed me back, forcing me to sit. I yelped and looked up at him with a pout on my face.
Dan: “Taylor Lautner! He could have had a freaking weapon!”
Taylor: “he didn’t”
Dan: “I’m really glad he didn’t. but he could have, you need to start thinking before you act”
Taylor: “Dad… He said that Joe liked it, and that he was a good… f.u.c.k” I spelled out. “I tried to walk away, but he kept talking about how good if felt for him, and I lost it! he said he was going to do it to him again, and next time he was going to use his mouth... he kept saying how cute Joe is… and how he wanted Nick too… It made me so angry! He ruined Joey’s life, and then he is acting like it’s the funniest thing in the world… what did you expect me to do? I couldn’t just walk away, I tried… and I know you are mad, but... I would do it again, I would do it a thousand times again” all three of them just stared at me, looking disgusted.
Drake: “I don’t regret it either… he is a horrible person and he deserved it”
Dan: “Honestly I agree, he needed the shit beat out of him…. BUT I don’t care about him, I care about you two…”
Taylor: “dad… were fine”
Dan: “look at drake! he has a black eye! And it could’ve been worse!”
Taylor: “but it wasn’t worse” I mumbled, looking down. dad bent down in front of me and he took hold of both of my hands
Dan: “look at me” I looked up at him and he sighed… “Taylor, I love that you are protective of your brothers, and Demi, you are such a good big brother when you want to be, you make sure they are safe when they are with you, you stand up for them, I’m so proud of you for that… But you don’t think before you act sometimes. What if Matt would have seriously hurt you and Drake? we don’t know him; we don’t know what he is capable of…. What if he would have tried to sexually assault you too? it’s okay to be protective, but you need to be safe about it, you need to protect yourself too. and getting into fights at school is NOT the answer.”
Drake: “he kind of did sexually assault him… technically” dad let go of my hands and he looked at drake with wide eyes.
Dan: “WHAT?”
Drake: “he um… kissed Taylor” Drake mumbled. Dad shook his head.
Dan: “you should have contacted us instead of confronting him Taylor” he said sternly as he stood up straight again
Taylor: “… I don’t regret it” I mumbled. “I’m sorry you are disappointed in me, but I’m not sorry that I did it” I said looking back down.
Paul: “your fathers right Taylor, what you did was wrong…”
Taylor: “you would have done the same thing, if you heard him say those things”
Paul: “what he said makes me sick to my stomach, I can’t even believe people that disgusting live in our world, I’m pissed! I’m so mad at him for what he has done to my child, it would be a relief to me If he died. I’ve never felt this way about another person, I’m pissed! Your right, I wouldn’t have been able to stand there and let him say those things. I probably would have beat the shit out of him! and guess where I would be now?”
Dan: “he’d be in jail”
Paul: “exactly, Joe needs me. If I went to Jail right now, he would be devastated… and I wouldn’t be here to protect him, I wouldn’t be here to help him through this. YOU Are 18 years old now, both of you are, so BOTH of you could have went to jail for this. JOE needs you. Taylor you are suspended from school for 3 days! How do you think Joe’s going to feel going to school without you there?” that made me start to tear up…
Taylor: “he is going to be s-scared” Paul nodded.
Paul: “I understand why you wanted to hurt Matt, I feel the exact same way, but we can’t think about what we want to do, we have to think about what Joe needs us to do. Joe needs us to be here for him”
Taylor: “your right… I’m… I’m sorry”
Dan: “this whole thing has been really hard on our whole family… so I’m not going to spank you for this, just this once… because I can’t spank you for something, I probably would have done myself… But DO NOT do this again” I let out a breath of relief.
Taylor: “Thank you so much daddy”
Dan: “BUT you are grounded”
Ken: “you are grounded too, Drake”
Drake: “ugh! Dad! No! that’s not fair” Drake whined.
Taylor: “but I have a date with Kayla tomorrow”
Paul: “you both can come into my office and I can paddle your behinds, if you want to argue” we both looked at each other with wide eyes. Drake has never even been spanked before, and I haven’t got the paddle yet. I don’t think Paul would actually do that, but I’m not chancing it.
Taylor: “no sir…”
Drake: “getting grounded suddenly feels fair” Paul chuckled and nodded.
Dan: “two weeks kid” he said pointing at me. I nodded. two weeks is fair, last time I got into a fight at school, I got the worst butt beating ever, and then I was grounded for a mouth for it… so dad’s definitely letting me off easy this time.
Ken: “two weeks for you too Drake”
Drake: “okay” Dad pulled me up again, and He slapped my bottom again, hard.
Taylor: “Ugh! Daaaad, I thought you weren’t going to do that!”
Dan: “that was a reminder to you” he said pulling Drake up, he turned him, and he went to slap his bottom too, but Drake pulled away.
Drake: “NOO!!! OUCHHH!” Dan Laughed
Dan: “I haven’t even touched you yet!”
Drake: “yeah but… I know it’s going to hurt! Daaaad! Help meee” he whined, trying to get away from my dad.
Ken: “sorry son, you got yourself into this”
Drake: “But-“ SLAP! SLAP! “OWW!!!!” Drake gasped and my dad let go of him, and Drake reached his hands back to rub his butt, and his face turned red. “Oh my gosh! I can’t believe you just spankeddd me!!”
Ken: “that wasn’t a spanking kid, that was a slap to the behind”
Drake: “But why did I get twoo smacks? Taylor didn’t get two!” He whined. Dad shrugged
Dan: “because you were being annoying, Taylor wasn’t” I couldn’t help but laugh.
Paul: “stop pouting Drake, go upstairs, I need to talk to your fathers. Joe probably wants to see you both anyway” we both nodded, and we went upstairs.
Drake: “I can NOT believe your dad spanked me!” he said as we were walking upstairs.
Taylor: “welcome to my life” I mumbled.
Drake: “but I don’t get spanked!”
Taylor: “looks like you do now”
Drake: “ugh, that better not start being a thing in my life”
Taylor: “dude, you only got two, I got a lot more than that tonight”
Drake: “but your used to it!”
Taylor: “heck no I’m not! It hurts just as much every time”