It was late that night, rather, early that morning, by the time the guys got back. AJ came into my room to say good night, and check on me. I was woken up by his voice in my ear, and a soft touch on my face. I squinted my eyes toward the light, and moaned a greeting.
"Well hello there, babe. Just thought I'd pop in to see how you were..." he was obviously worried.
"I'm fine, Summer and I had a great chat. What time is it?" I asked, my voice rough from sleep.
"Uh, 2ish?" he answered. "Late. We just got in from the show."
"Oh, that's right. I wish I could have gone. How was it?" I asked. I hated to miss their first show on this tour.
"It was ok, not nearly as good as it could have been. We were all worried about you!" He smiled and kissed my forehead.
"I'm fine, really. Don't worry. Thanks though." I smiled up at him and kissed him lightly.
He had settled onto the edge of the bed, and held me in his arms. I could have stayed like that forever, and I think we fell asleep. We awoke soon after when Summer came in, and walked quietly into the bathroom.
"I should go." AJ said softly. "See you at 6am tomorrow! Oh, I guess, today..." He kissed me again.
"That early? Ew... " I groaned as he chuckled and left the room. I laid my head back down on the pillow and was asleep by the time Summer came out of the bathroom.
The next morning I was awakened by the harsh ring of the phone. My head hurt and I was groggy as I picked up. I'm not a morning person, so my greeting was less than friendly. "Whatta ya want?"
"Well, good morning to you too sunshine!" AJ mocked over the phone. "Just thought I'd wake you up and let you know that you've got half an hour to be packed and meet me downstairs. Oh, and d0on't shower. Doctor's orders." He made a kissy noise and hung up his end. I rolled out of bed and headed towards the bathroom, which was locked. I could hear Summer singing to herself in the shower.
"I guess it's good that I can't shower then..." I mumbled and began to pack.
AJ met us in the lobby, along with Nick and Kevin. We all climbed into a limo and headed down the quiet streets to the hospital, which was surprisingly busy for this time of the morning. We were directed to the offices and private examination rooms of the building, and settled down in the lounge area to wait.
I had just started to drift off when a nurse with a harsh voice called out my name. "Cassandra Aspen. Miss Aspen?" She croaked. I stood up, careful not to wake the sleepers around me, and followed her into an examination room. "Put this on." She directed as she shoved a paper gown in my face. She slammed the door behind her.
I mumbled to myself as I put the ugly green thing on. "And I thought I wasn't a morning person... coulda been nicer...." My thoughts were interrupted my a female doctor who entered the room. I"m sure she said her name, but I really don't remember it.
The exam was as impresonal as it gets, she treated me as if I was an animal. Bend this way. Lift your leg. Lay on your stomach. She poked and prodded, took swabs from my inner thigh and inside me, drew blood. When she was done she took her gloves off with a snap. "Get dressed, wait out there. Results in an hour." and left.
I honestly think that was more violating than the actual rape itself, as it was mechanical, impersonal. I got dressed and went back to the lounge to sit in front of AJ, who had woken up. He rubbed my shoulders, kneeding the knots that had formed. "So... was it horrible?" he asked.
"I don't think horrible would be the word. Humiliating is more like it." I answered, leaning my head against his knee.
"Poor baby..." he crooned softly to me as he played with my hair. I drifted off like that and was once again woken by the same voice.
"Cassandra Aspen." I stood up slowly, squeezing AJ's hand as I did. I followed to nurse into the office, and sat down infront of the doctor's huge oak desk, in a small leather chair. She rotated in her huge plush leather seat to face me.
"I have the results back. You are not preganant as far as we can tell, do not have any STD's. You do have internal scarring that will make further intercourse painful, but will heal. Take this file to the RCMP office and they will handle it from there." she stated simply. I nodded, took the file, and stood up. "Oh, and Miss Aspen?" she got my attention, so I turned back to face her. "If this situation gives you any more stress or problems, please do not hesitate to seek counsil. That will be all." she spun back around in her chair, as I left her office.
I relayed the news to everone, and left the hospital, walking into the fresh air and hopefully leaving the smell of the hospital behind for a while. We got into the limo again and headed to the RCMP station, where we were met by the constable on duty and the tour security officers that had taken Jord in. He was in custody, and as soon as he could be positively identifiedby AJ and I, and his sperm sample taken to the hospital to be matched with my records, he would be held until a trisl date could be set. We waited around the station for an hour, until the samples were matched. He constable then asked me if I wanted to talk to him before they took Jord to the county station.
The problem was, that I didn't know if I wanted to talk to him or not. I really never wanted to see him again, but I needed the closure of letting him know how wrong he was. And it was intirely up to me.
