All That I Need

Episode 35

Klarissa’s POV

“How is it?” I asked Lily when she came to school on Monday after spending her first two nights at her foster parent’s house.

“Great so far. They’re so nice. It’s awesome having a proper house for the first time in my life, but it’s sad that it’s without mum,” she said, frowning.

“Your mum would be so happy that you like them, and that you have a safe place to live,” I said. She nodded, and I slid my hand into hers. She smiled at my touch.

“Let’s go find the others,” I said, leading her towards the bench we always sat at.

There we found Paris and Adam, attached as usual, Steve quietly writing in the corner, and Alice and Emily chatting to Paris and Adam.

They looked up, smiling at us when we sat down.

“We’re so sorry about your mum,” Adam said sadly.

Lily shrugged, “I knew it was coming,”

“That doesn’t change anything,” Alice said, twirling her red hair around her finger.

“She was still your mum, and you still loved her,”

“It’s okay. I don’t really want to talk about it,” Lily said. I could see the sadness on her face from remembering her precious mum.

“We understand. But we’ll always be here for you if you need to talk,” Paris said, smiling. The rest of them nodded

“What’s happening with Daryl? Have you handed in the footage to the police yet?” I asked Steve.

He nodded. “I handed it in a few days ago, and told them everything I knew about the situation. They said they needed to analyse it, and that it would help if some victims of his abuse would talk to them. I’ve already tracked down a few girls willing to talk. It would help if you talked to them too, Lily,”

Lily looked hesitant. “I- I don’t know,”

“You don’t have to, we know it’s hard,” Emily said.

“But it would help,”

“I’ll think about it,” she said quietly.

Suddenly, we saw a tall figure walking towards our table.

It was Daryl.

“Which one of you fuckers touched the camera in my van? I know it was one of you,” He was mad. Very mad. Mad that he had been caught.

“What are you talking about, you dog?” Adam asked.

“My fucking camera. You are the only group of people who don’t like me, so I know it was one of you. You better give the SD card back right now before I hurt you,”

“Your SD card is with the police,” Steve said without hesitation.

Daryl looked at him, shocked that he had spoken.

“What do you mean?” Daryl asked, getting closer to Steve.

“You’re about to get what you deserve. They now know all about your little pleasure act for the Internet. Raping people is a disgusting crime. So you’re about to finally get punished,” Steve explained.

“You toad,” Daryl said, then slapped Steve across the face.

Adam stood up, pushing Daryl away.

“I hope they take you and lock you up,” he screamed, as he continued to push him.

“You deserve it,”

“I will murder every single one of you before they can punish me,” Daryl snarled.

“Adam! Stop, it’s not worth it.” Paris yelled, pulling Adam away from Daryl.

I finally turned my attention back to Steve.

His face was red, and I saw tears rolling down his cheeks.

“Steve,” I said.

Daryl eyed us one last time, then left.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah- Yeah, I’ll be alright,” he said. But I could see that he was trying his best not to cry. He was a sensitive guy.

“Maybe all this wasn’t worth it,” He said sadly, wiping his eyes. His long hair fell over his eyes and he looked sad and shy again. Like the first time I had seen him.

“It will be worth it when they lock him up. With the video footage and victims they will have enough evidence to punish him,” Adam said, still red-faced from fighting Daryl.

“Do you want us to take you to sick bay to get an ice pack or something?” Emily asked Steve gently.

“I’ll be alright,”

“Are you sure?” Paris asked.

He nodded.

“You don’t look very good,” Paris stated.

“I’m just shocked,” he said, wiping his eyes.

“It’s alright,” Lily said, wrapping her arm around his back. My girlfriend was the sweetest.