Chapter 2

                                    

                                          
 Chapter 2
                          
Alexa POV
later that night Jennifer had knocked on my door, I yelled come in, she walked in and sat down next to me "i see you've already set your phone up and gotten into some of your clothes, I know you've only been here for a few hours but is everything going okay so far?" Jennifer said "Okay? YES everything's gone okay, EVERYTHING HAS GONE MORE THAN OK! i haven't had a day this good in so long, this is the best day of my life, thank you SO much Jennifer" I said as I leaned in and gave her a hug! 
She just giggled and said that its her pleasure and she's happy to have me.
"Hey, can I ask, how did you end up in the system? I'm interested to hear your story, but only if you're willing to talk about it" when Jennifer asked that I didn't know whether to lie or to open up and trust her with my life. I hadn't really spoken about my life with anyone before, everyone thinks I'm just happy. Maybe it would be good for me to open up to someone now. I start telling Jennifer about my life..
"Well I used to live at home with my biological parents, until I was around 12, I was still in school, and after school I had gone out with a couple of my friends, after a couple hours I walked home. When I got home my dad was in one of his angry moods again, he was angry ALOT. Him and mum were fighting, it was really bad and it got to the point where my dad pulled out a gun, he shot and killed my mum right in front of me and......"
I stopped I couldn't continue without crying, Jennifer put her hand on top of mine and gave my hand a little squeeze before saying "it's okay to let it out don't be ashamed of how you feel right now okay, I know it's a touchy subject, feel free to stop talking about it if you need" Jennifer made me feel safe and I was so comfortable with telling her everything so I continued, "I'm sorry I want to tell you and I'll try my hardest. So after he shot my uh mum he then shot himself.. I ran away, I didn't know what to do I couldn't be in that house with my dead parents, I couldn't believe my dad would put me through this, I couldn't believe he would kill my mum."
                          
Jennifer POV
I really feel for Alexa, she didn't deserve to be put through any of this and the fact that she's talking about it with me now proves how strong she really is.
She continued to tell me what happened.
"When I ran away it was getting dark and I was walking down a street, it was pretty empty, an older man came up behind me and he grabbed me from behind and he shoved me in his black van. He took me somewhere, I'm not sure where but it was like an old abandoned warehouse, there were 4 other men there as well, they tied chains to my wrist and I was stuck there, i just wanted to die" 
Alexa stopped talking for a moment, there were tears streaming down her face, she looked terrified, I was still squeezing her hand, I pulled her into a tight hug telling her everything was okay now, she was shaking so much, I told her she didn't have to continue and that we could talk about it another time but she insisted on telling me the rest.
"They did some really bad stuff to me, they tortured me, electrocuted me, water boarded me, beat me and each of them all had a go at um raping me"
I had tears forming in my eyes, I really felt Alexa's pain, I can't believe she'd have to go through something like this I was still holding her tight and she was crying in my arms, in the time that I was holding her she had fallen asleep, I picked her up and tucked her into her bed giving her a small kiss on her forehead, I whispered good night, I left the room and shut the door quietly.
I really want to change this girls life, she's been through hell and she deserved much better! I decided tomorrow If Alexa was feeling up to it we could bake some cookies and some cupcakes and sit down together and just watch a heap of movies.
                          
Mikes POV
Jennifer had finally entered the bedroom after hours of being in Alexa's room.
"What were you two girls talking bout for this long hey" I said as Jennifer started to tuck herself into our bed next to me,
"She was telling me about her life and how she ended up here, it's not fair that such a beautiful young girl has to go through so much pain and she's only 14! I just wish I could make her happy again" Jennifer said with a small tear rolling out of her eye.
We can make her happy again, we've brought her in to this home, we are going to take care of her, be here for her and do our best to raise her, she is going to go through hard times and all she needs is for us to be here for her, I told Jennifer, she smiled at me "you know I love you mike, good night" she said before flicking the light off and slowly nodding off to sleep.