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WARNING: the following chapter contains claims of rape and physical abuse and cursing. 

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She was petrified down to her core. Y/N suddenly couldn’t feel her extremities. The grip on her mechanical pencil tightened as she thought of ways to defend herself if needed so. She couldn’t understand how going to the library had turned into a nightmare.

Brian pulled out the chair beside her and sat down, incredibly close to her. He could smell her lavender shampoo and her vanilla lotion.

“Brian” she started saying, but was quickly cut off by his rough, demanding voice.

“Shut up, Y/N” He ran his fingers through his brown hair as he leaned closer to her ear. Brian knew there were plenty of people in the library that could interrupt them or worst hear their conversation. Therefore, if he needed to whisper, so the rest couldn’t find out his business he would do so. “I am so fucking done with your silent treatment. Who the fuck do you think you are?” His tone is stern, harsh, and cold enough to make her skin crawl.

She doesn’t say anything but just turned to stare back at him.

“You treat me like shit, and then I find out, that you have a boyfriend? Who is it?” Brian never considered himself to be a bad boyfriend. He knew he had his defects but like everyone else and Y/N hadn’t given him. A chance to redeem himself. “I heard that is the kid that you were speaking to in that fucking party you had, and I really hope it’s not him. He is a fucking nobody”. He was jealous but would never admit it.

“Don’t talk about him that way!” She wasn’t going to respond to him. Y/N had no plan to engage in the conversation but bringing Harry into it had made her blood boil like never before. She had never been the type of woman to hold grudges. Her grandmother had taught from very little the virtue of forgive and forget, but what Brian had done that night was unforgivable.

“I can say whatever I please. You are seriously telling me that you prefer him over me? Firstly, why did you leave me?” The veins popped from his neck as his cheeks turned red. His hands ached to touch her and force an answer out of her, but he couldn’t with so many people around them. So, he gripped her jaw and forced her closer to him.

“Are you fucking kidding me?” She hissed, pulling her face out of grip even if it hurt her skin. “The party? Where not only did you hit me, but you tried to force me into having sex with you?” She whispered as her eyes drifted to the other people in the library.

“Force you to have sex with me? You are mistaken. I don’t remember ever having difficulty in getting you into bed. You were always so willing to open your legs to everyone.” Y/N rolled her eyes, knowing that he would continue to deny it.

“Fuck you” She cursed as she reached out and started packing her things back into her tote bag.

“He is a nobody. Your parents will never approve” He laughed, remembering the day that she had introduced him to her parents. He had shown off that night. Brian also came from an affluent family, but nowhere close to Y/N’s. “You are a fucking princess, and he will never fulfill the role that I left”.

“You think I’m a princess?” She reiterated, “Then why would you hit me? You busted my lip and eyebrow and broke my nose that night”.

She could still remember the darkness of the room where he held her for almost three hours while the party continued downstairs. If it hadn’t been for her friends, who had grown weary about her whereabouts that night, he would have raped her. Y/N owned everything to James and Sebastian. They moved in with her for the rest of winter break until her nightmares finally stopped tormenting her at night. She eventually healed, but only physically because she would never forget the darkness of that room.

Brian looked away from her and stared off into the distance. He couldn’t look at her in the eyes because deep down inside he felt guilty.

He remembered how he woke up in only boxers in his friend’s master bedroom. Everything on his body hurt and ached. His knuckles were bruised and at first, he had assumed that he had gotten into another silly fight with some random person. So, he called and texted Y/N, but she never answered, and it wasn’t until he looked at himself in a mirror that he saw his busted and bruised face. James had almost killed him that night.

“He might not be popular or as rich as you, but I know that Harry wouldn’t be capable of laying a finger on me without my permission,” She said proudly, “I am not entertaining this conversation. It is clearly a fucking waste of time. For a minute, I thought you were going to apologize to me. Silly me, huh? Always trying to justify your actions, but I am done. You crossed a line that night. I suggest you get another girl to torment. You wouldn’t like for the entire university to find out what happened that night, right?” She retorts as she rose to her feet, but before she would walk away, he gripped her forearm.

“Are you threatening me?” Brian growled as he stood up from his seat. She abruptly yanked her arm and took a step away from him.

“Don’t touch me again” She hissed and sped walked out of the library from that building.

Y/N felt drained as she walked out of the building and across campus to find a quiet place to settle down. She found a small, secluded area that had a small sofa and cushions. It looked like a small living room, so she settled on the couch and pulled out her iPad to watch something before her next class and meeting up with Harry.

“Doll” he whispered as he caressed the top of her head. Y/N had fallen asleep while watching another episode of her favorite show. James looked down at his best friend with a big smile, amused at her ability to fall asleep everywhere. “Did you sleep well?” He chuckled as he pushed some hair away from her face as she fluttered her eyes and tried to come back to reality.

“What time is it!”

“Class is already over” James sat beside her on the couch. He had just gotten out of his Torts class when he found her. Sebastian had actually sent him the photo too after he walked past her on his way to his statistics class.

“I got to get my ass to Mansueto” She groaned as she looked over the multiple texts that Harry had sent her.

“I am actually headed that way too. I’ll drop you off on the way to the gym” Y/N quickly texted Harry back as she scrambled to pick up everything and head that way.

    On my way. Fell asleep. Sorry

“How was your day? Besides falling asleep and missing your class” James asked her as they walked towards the parking lots. She giggled but was quickly reminded about her encounter with Brian.

“It was fine” She can’t tell him. She knows that he would go looking for him and pick a fight with him on campus that could get him expelled.

“Are you sure?” James knew her too well, not to notice her weird behavior and sudden change of tone. They had grown up together. Their mothers had been friends from high school and had married within the same social circle, keeping their friendship alive for many years. Inherently, Y/N and James had gone to the same pre-k, primary school, middle school, and high school.

“Yes,” she smiled as she jumped into his Ranger Rover. They drove only for a few minutes, and he pulled up to the dome library on 57th Street. “Thanks, bubs! See you tomorrow” She smiled as she got out of the car and waved.

“Let me know, and I’ll pick you up!” James said to her before she walked into the building.

“Hi!” Y/N smiled as she walked up to Harry, Sarah, and Mitch. “I am so sorry that I am late” she apologized. “Hi, guys!” She waved to his friends, then pecked his lips. “I fell asleep on a couch and missed my last class”. Harry chuckled and pulled her chair closer to his.

“I thought you weren’t coming” He confessed. Harry had actually become worried that something had happened to her on the way.

“I am sorry to worry you” She whispered noticing that his friends had dived into their work. “I was only tired and forgot to text you, but I wasn’t going to stand you up. Plus, I’ve got lots of work to do too”.

Harry smiled and gave her a soft kiss to let her know that he wasn’t upset and that he understood.