Fira
*looks innocent*
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The blow stunned her as she went sprawling. And while it had quieted her incessant denials of her situation, it did nothing to actually calm her. Anne quickly curled into a fetal position, her sobs silent even as they tore through her body.
“Useless cunt.” The derogatory name spun through her head, repeated over and over. No one had ever called her such names. In all honesty, no one ever really called her anything. She was the girl that your eyes slid over in a brief instant, quickly forgetting the face seconds later. The girl that was always on the edge of whatever was going on. She was a good student in school, but even her teachers tended to forget what her name was, looking puzzled for long moments after she would pass them in the hall and murmur a soft “hello”. The world slipped past Anne on a daily basis, as if it had forgotten that she might find something to enjoy in it if it would only slow down long enough to allow her to grab hold. Only her closest friends knew the true girl beneath the surface, and there really weren’t very many of them. Most had gone off to other colleges, to pursue their own dreams.
She tried to think if Maddie would wonder what had happened to her, and decided she wouldn’t.
They had planned to meet during spring break and make the week a memorable one, and they had done just that. The two girls had gotten together and partied long into the soft spring nights on the beach, and Anne had loved every minute of it. They had gone into clubs that they normally wouldn’t have had the courage to attempt, wearing cute little outfits that they had seen other girls wear. They kept to themselves for the most part, but on about the third night, Maddie had met some guy on the dance floor and they had started spending a lot of time together. Anne, as shy as she was around people she didn’t know, clammed up and just watched her friend enjoying herself. Once again relegated to the sidelines while everyone around her let loose and had fun. That’s when Michael had shown up.
Almost as if he had been waiting for an opportunity to approach her, it seemed. One minute she was sitting by herself in the booth, watching Maddie dancing with her new guy friend, and the next, this handsome man is asking if she minded him joining her. She looked rather lonely, he had said, would she mind some company. Unable to articulate a coherent sentence around a complete stranger, let alone a man that exuded such refinement and confidence, all Anne could do was nod her head. Somehow, he managed to drag her a little way out of her shell, whether it was the man himself or the alcohol he plied on her, she wasn’t entirely sure. But she found herself opening up and talking to him before long. He was very comfortable and easy to be around, and she found herself enjoying his company more and more.
They had sat and talked throughout the evening, and she was quite surprised that he was satisfied with just that. She found herself looking for him the next night, and the next, and he didn’t fail to disappoint her. As soon as Maddie was off in her own little world, Michael would show up and keep her company. It wasn’t long and Anne was open and teasingly fun with him as she was with her friends of many years, and she marveled on that fact, wondering just what it was about him that allowed her to be so at ease and relaxed around him.
Anne was suddenly pulled back into the present once again, the cold cement of the floor a rude reminder to the flesh heated by memory. She let the woman pull her head around to her lap, afraid that if she struggled she would be struck again. She tensed for a moment when Demi began to speak. Anne was having a difficult time reconciling the words the woman spoke now with her actions of a few moments ago and the blow to the side of her face. All the talk of Masters and Sisters was confusing enough, but the mention of being trained as a slave caused her to draw back, her head beginning to shake in denial again. Visions of every type swam through her head. From scrubbing floors in rags with chains keeping her in place, to working in fields til her hands bled, to…but she wouldn’t let her mind go there. She had grown up hearing horror stories about the sex slave trade that some young women found themselves a part of. She would just as soon be offered as a virgin sacrifice to some devil worship cult than be forced into sexual acts!
It was too much for her to take in at one time. Senses reeling from the blow, her head spinning and stomach churning from the hangover, the pain, fear, and uncertainty of her situation, it all finally got the better of her. Without warning, the alcohol and food that remained on her stomach from the night before came up in a torrent, completely covering the front of the woman just as she asked if Anne had any questions.
“Useless cunt.” The derogatory name spun through her head, repeated over and over. No one had ever called her such names. In all honesty, no one ever really called her anything. She was the girl that your eyes slid over in a brief instant, quickly forgetting the face seconds later. The girl that was always on the edge of whatever was going on. She was a good student in school, but even her teachers tended to forget what her name was, looking puzzled for long moments after she would pass them in the hall and murmur a soft “hello”. The world slipped past Anne on a daily basis, as if it had forgotten that she might find something to enjoy in it if it would only slow down long enough to allow her to grab hold. Only her closest friends knew the true girl beneath the surface, and there really weren’t very many of them. Most had gone off to other colleges, to pursue their own dreams.
She tried to think if Maddie would wonder what had happened to her, and decided she wouldn’t.
They had planned to meet during spring break and make the week a memorable one, and they had done just that. The two girls had gotten together and partied long into the soft spring nights on the beach, and Anne had loved every minute of it. They had gone into clubs that they normally wouldn’t have had the courage to attempt, wearing cute little outfits that they had seen other girls wear. They kept to themselves for the most part, but on about the third night, Maddie had met some guy on the dance floor and they had started spending a lot of time together. Anne, as shy as she was around people she didn’t know, clammed up and just watched her friend enjoying herself. Once again relegated to the sidelines while everyone around her let loose and had fun. That’s when Michael had shown up.
Almost as if he had been waiting for an opportunity to approach her, it seemed. One minute she was sitting by herself in the booth, watching Maddie dancing with her new guy friend, and the next, this handsome man is asking if she minded him joining her. She looked rather lonely, he had said, would she mind some company. Unable to articulate a coherent sentence around a complete stranger, let alone a man that exuded such refinement and confidence, all Anne could do was nod her head. Somehow, he managed to drag her a little way out of her shell, whether it was the man himself or the alcohol he plied on her, she wasn’t entirely sure. But she found herself opening up and talking to him before long. He was very comfortable and easy to be around, and she found herself enjoying his company more and more.
They had sat and talked throughout the evening, and she was quite surprised that he was satisfied with just that. She found herself looking for him the next night, and the next, and he didn’t fail to disappoint her. As soon as Maddie was off in her own little world, Michael would show up and keep her company. It wasn’t long and Anne was open and teasingly fun with him as she was with her friends of many years, and she marveled on that fact, wondering just what it was about him that allowed her to be so at ease and relaxed around him.
Anne was suddenly pulled back into the present once again, the cold cement of the floor a rude reminder to the flesh heated by memory. She let the woman pull her head around to her lap, afraid that if she struggled she would be struck again. She tensed for a moment when Demi began to speak. Anne was having a difficult time reconciling the words the woman spoke now with her actions of a few moments ago and the blow to the side of her face. All the talk of Masters and Sisters was confusing enough, but the mention of being trained as a slave caused her to draw back, her head beginning to shake in denial again. Visions of every type swam through her head. From scrubbing floors in rags with chains keeping her in place, to working in fields til her hands bled, to…but she wouldn’t let her mind go there. She had grown up hearing horror stories about the sex slave trade that some young women found themselves a part of. She would just as soon be offered as a virgin sacrifice to some devil worship cult than be forced into sexual acts!
It was too much for her to take in at one time. Senses reeling from the blow, her head spinning and stomach churning from the hangover, the pain, fear, and uncertainty of her situation, it all finally got the better of her. Without warning, the alcohol and food that remained on her stomach from the night before came up in a torrent, completely covering the front of the woman just as she asked if Anne had any questions.