One night. She was finally driven over the edge. No one would know she was gone, no one would even care. Things would be better this way.

Her life was hell. Her parents didn't get along, she didn't get along with them. She was always alone, even in a crowded room. Barely anyone noticed her, she was invisible. All the black she wore blended her in with the shadows. Her mom finally left her with her father, she just walked out. Her father hit her, blaming her for what happened, just like he had blamed her when her brother had run away about half a year ago. She wore the bruises he gave her, and the cuts she gave herself. Her boyfriend had hit her, raped her even.

Ok, maybe we should go back to the beginning. Ever since she was a little girl, she's hated life. Her parents and brother would abuse her, make her life horrible. She had had a boyfriend, not many friends, but that didn't matter to her. The less people she talked to, the less people who could hurt her. Her own boyfriend abused her. Her brother ran away, 6 months ago. Her boyfriend raped her today, then left her there, cried and bleeding. No one could know. When she got home, her parents were yelling, her mom left, and her father rounded on her. She was crying, and finally began to run. Blood ran down her cheek. She would finally do it tonight.

She had thought about suicide before, but never done it. Tonight...tonight was different. It started raining, her tears blending in with the water from the sky. Wet blood ran down the side of her face, water mixing in with it. She got to the edge of the cliff, and Rae stood there, her dark, wet hair wipping about her face. She shook from the cold, her sweatshirt not doing much for her since it was soaked through, neither were her jeans with all the ripps in them. But it was all going to happen on this one night.

Harvey had seen the tracks going off the road and in the moonlight he saw a girl at the edge of the cliff.

"Bloody hell what's she doing out there?"
Quickly he parked his luxury sedan on the side of the road and ran through the soaking wet grass.

"Lady! Don't do it!" he yelled, hoping she could hear him through the rain and thunder. It was pitch dark and he tripped over a rock.

"Please miss, let me try to help you!"

Raven just barely heard someone yelling. She turned, tears still falling from her eyes. She watched the guy coming towards her trip, and turned back to the cliff, but paused. This is what she had wanted for so long, and finally was getting the nerve. That guy wouldn't care. He could call for help and she might have a funeral, but that's all it would come to. She'd just be forgotten after that, it wouldn't matter. But he cared...or at least he seemed to. Rae sank down to the wet floor, on her knees as the rain started coming down a little harder, each drop that hit her skin seemed like a knife, wounding her farther than she already was.

He ran as fast as he could without falling untill he reached her. She sat on her knees and she looked as if a truck hit her. At first he was shocked by her condition but soon regained himself and sat next to her.

"My name is Harvey, Harvey Walker," he said as he handed her a peppermint.

Rae looked over at him...Harvey...before looking back out, taking the peperment with shaking hands and just playing with it. "Why are you here?" She asked him, her voice shaking almost as much as her hands. She wasn't too friendly, but then again she had no reason to be. All people ever did was hurt her, and she wasn't going to set herself up again, especially not after the day she had just had.

He had expected a lot of questions but not this one.

"Well, erm, where I am from it's normal to help people," he said, instantly regretting saying it.
"I mean, I noticed you standing there and my feeling told me to go to you."

He took off his coat and laid it around the girl's neck.

"So.. why are YOU here?"

Listening to him, Rae sighed. Then she felt his coat being put on her and she closed her eyes. "Thanks." She said softly, bringing it close to her body for some warmth or comfort, on arm holding her stomach.

Then he asked why she had been her. "Just...it would just...be better this way." She sighed, looking down, not sure what he would say to that. "I'm Rae by the way." Raven said, looking over at him again.

Upon noticing how gratefully she took his coat he got a little hope.

"Rae, it's never better to end it. We have been given a strong mind from Him," he said looking skywards.
"I know I got easy talking and I have no idea what you have been through. But there are people out there who care Rae. You just have to find them."

He hesitated a bit and stood up.

"You have just found one. Are you going to let yourself be helped? It can not be worse can it? Might as well give me a chance. "

After a small pause he reached for her hand.

"Come to my car, it's warmer than the coat out here."

At first, Raven looked over at Harvey like he was crazy. "Let's see. Just so you know...hmm...my mom just walked out, my brother left a few months ago, everyone in my family has abused me, my boyfriend, or ex by now, raped me today and just left me there...I doubt it could be worse." She sighed, closing her eyes again as more tears fell down.

So, he did care. It actually felt good to hear that. She took the offered hand, having like an internal struggle battling with herself about if she could find it in herself to be able to trust someone again. It wasn't something the girl did often. Pulling herself up, she immediatly let go of his hand. Her head hurt, and her entire body ached on top of that.

Annamaria ran through the rain, the droplets mixing with her tears. She was covered in mud and bruises. She had to find Rae. She still couldn't believe he'd....he'd...violated her that way. Her own brother, a rapist...

She's followed her brother, and she'd heard everything that happened. She was still sick to her stomach. She watched as he just left her there. Then she ran, becuase he'd spotted her. But she wasn't fast enough, he'd grabbed her and thrown her against a wall.
'Do you want to be next, Anne,' he asked. She shook her head sobbing, shrunk against the wall. He'd done it once before and she wouldn't be able to hold out mentally if he did it again. 'Then don't tell a damn soul.' She nodded. He threw her onto the floor and kicked her, then walekd off.

When he was far away was when she screamed.
'You're a rapist! An abuser! I hate you! You're not my brother, you bastard!' Then she ran, she ran so fast she was barely a blur.

Then she'd seen Rae leave her house, blood and tears on her cheek, and she ran after her. But Rae took a car. She just hoped that by the time she reached her, she'd still be okay.

She came upon Raven with a coat around her talking to a man. She ran over and embraced her, gasping for breath, her heart beating in her chest, every breath causing pain to spread through-out her chest.
'I'm so sorry,' she sobbbed. 'I'm sorry he did that to you.'

She sunk to the floor, unable to stand any longer, every inhale, evry exhale, every movement hurting her. 'I'm so, so sorry!'

Raven felt arms around her. She was confused, her head still jumbled and aching. Once she realized it was Anne...HIS sister...she wanted to push the girl away. She didn't need the reminder, and suddenly started feeling sick. But....but she was apologizing. Anne was crying and apologizing and on the floor. She sunk down to the floor, next to one of her only friends. "Hey..Anne, it's not your fault. You didn't make him....you...it's not your fault he did it." Yet even more tears fell down her face. Rae had a flashback of what happened, the pain of it all, the harshness of it. She couldn't bring herself to say it aloud, but it ran over and over in her head, along with her mom leaving and everything. It jumbled, making her sick. "Come on, get up." She said, trying to help the poor girl up.

Anne wiped her nose on her sleeve and stood up, every fibre in her body aching.
'I wish there was something I could do.'
But she knew from expierince that most of the time there was nothign anyone could do. She was suprised at how Rae was taking it. better than I did she thought. Then she took in the surroundng scene, the cliff. or maybe she can mask it Anne herself had been mad for weeks, months. She's been near crazy. That was so long ago, she didn't want to think about it, but she put herself in those shoes to remember how she felt, maybe get some insight to how Rae felt.

She looked up at Rae.
'Where are you going to go tonight? Are you going back home?' Anne asked. She wanted to go with her, to protect her.

"Girl's let talk in my car, this rain is going to make you ill. You can have the keys if you do not trust me."

In all honesty he had no clue what he was doing but he had to get this girls out of the rain and to a more civilized place.

He hesitated again with his words.

"Ehm I can offer you two girls a hotel room. You know in case he comes to your house."

The girls must have thought he was in his 30's or 40's but in reality Harvey was only 25. If anybody saw this girls around him he could be in for some trouble.

"Just let's go into my car," he said again, offering his keys to the newly arrived girl.
"I'm Harvey."

Rae shook her had at Anne. "No, I can't go home. My mom walked out and well, you know how my dad is." She sighed, before turning back to Harvey, slowly struggling to get up again.

She slowly began walking to his car, each step sending more pain up her body. The girl stayed quiet, brushing her soaked hair behind her ear Raven didn't know what to say about the offer for a hotel room. Originally she was probably going to stay in her car, get a job, then try to find a cheap apartment somewhere. Also, she didn't want to be a burden. He had no reason what-so-ever to get them a room.

Getting to the luxury sedan, Rae's mouth dropped open. "This is...your car?" Damn rich guy! She probably looked like crap to him, wet from rain and tears and bloody with clothes all torn.

"Yes it is," he smiled insecure. "It's a man's thing."

He opened the doors by pressing a button on the keys.
"There you go, get in and I'll get the heater on."

Harvey held the doors open to the girls.

"I don't want to mess it up." Raven said, motioning to her sloppy self before scratching her head and wincing. Looking at her hand, she saw the blood and sighed, wipping it off on the front of her sweater. She would feel really bad if she messed up Harvey's car, especially with how nice it was. "Look, mine's just down the road, I can just get to it." Then again, the heat was slightly messed up, but it was better than nothing.

Anne followed Rae. Poor girl. Now her mother was gone. And Anne couldn't even offer her a place to stay.
'Rae, are you going to take his offer?' she asked her out of earshot of Harvey.

"I don't know. I don't really want to trust anyone right now but I have no where else to go. I can't go back home, at least not any time too soon. My mom wasn't too nice but she made sure I stayed alive at least." Rae sighed. This day couldn't get any worse. If her mom left, she had planned to go stay with her boyfriend, but that was obviously out of the question now that she didn't have one after the events of what he did. It took all she had not to just break down crying again, because she didn't like people seeing her cry. The rain began to let up a little, although the wind was still harsh, and her tears started falling again. She was finally 20 today, but everything was horrible. Maybe she should have jumped. Thinking that, Raven looked back out to the cliff, longing in her eyes.

Anne put her hand on Rae's arm.
'I would have missed you,' she whispered. 'I think you should take the offer. If you want I'll stay or if you want I'll go, whatever makes you feel better.'

"That makes one." Raven muttered under her breath, looking back over to Anne. "I don't know. I kinda wanna be alone, but then I don't." She sighed again. This was way too complicated. This day could not get worse, and she hoped it would get better but wasn't sure how it would be able to. "I don't know what to do anymore." Rae always tried dealing with her problems by herself, but she didn't know how anymore.