Dirty

It has been 2 weeks, Nathan didn't meet nor talk to Rosie. She always avoided him everytime she had the chance. Nathan missed her so much. Her scent, her smile, her laugh and her voice. Nathan tried to reach out to her but failed. She didn't reply any calls and messages.

That made Nathan worried even more about her. He really wanted to talk to her and ask her about her problems if she had problems. Nathan stared at his phones while spacing out about Rosie.

" Hey ! What are you thinking about ? Your beautiful crush ?" Tony suddenly appeared behind the young man.

That got Nathan startled.

" um.. Yeah I am.. So what about it ?" Nathan asked  his friend.

" Aow, don't worry. I'm sure she's fine. She's just don't want you.." Tony teased Nathan with his annoying voice.

Nathan looked at his friend's face with a look of wanting to kill someone. Tony was a bit scared of the stare and he patted Nathan's back while nervously chuckled.

" Sorry man.. I'm just joking.. Relax.. You don't have to be that mad.." Tony tried to cool off his friend.

" Speaking of the devil, there she is.. " Tony looked over at a distance to the young lady.

Nathan turned his head to the direction and saw his crush. He quickly marched his way to the girl. Leaving Tony behind. Rosie noticed Nathan was coming towards her. She turned her direction to the other way to avoid the man. Nathan was fast. He managed to stop Rosie.

" Rosie stop ! Why are you avoiding me ? What did I do wrong ? Tell me .." Nathan begged Rosie to talk to him again.

Rosie sighed. She frowned while stared to the ground. Nathan held both side of her shoulder. Nathan's veiny hands against Rosie's shoulders. Rosie felt the warmness from Nathan's palms. She wanted to tell Nathan about her problem but something was holding her back.

" Nathan.. I'm sorry.. We can't hang out together anymore because.. be.. cause.. er.." Rosie stammered.

" Why Rosie ?" Nathan begged for the answer.

" Let her go. She's mine. That is why. Rosie, come here, " a man suddenly pulled Rosie towards him.

" Jason ! " Rosie said in her shocking tone.

Nathan backed off. He was puzzled by the situation. He remembered that guy was the one who sent Rosie to the university before. Nathan saw Rosie's face was terrified. She didn't look as bright as before. She was obviously not happy.

" Perhaps you can go and stay away from her, " Jason warned Nathan.

Nathan couldn't say much as Rosie had nothing to do with him but a friend. Nathan nodded slowly. He walked backwards slowly then walked away from the couple. He sighed. He knew that he had no right to be with Rosie if she had someone.

" What did I say before ? You can't be with other men ! " Jason barked at Rosie.

Rosie just remained quiet as she was afraid that Jason would hurt her. Jason grabbed her hand and dragged her away. Rosie didn't had any strength to release herself from the man.

- At Rosie's house -

" Have some tea love, " Rosie's mom said to her husband.

" Thank you, " the man replied in a deep voice while he was reading newspaper.

It was quarter past five. The family was having tea time. It was the time for family to share their problems with each other. Rosie's parents and her younger sister, Gloria were sitting at the living room, enjoying the tea time while having some conversations.

Rosie suddenly came from upstairs and went straight to the kitchen. The family noticed her sudden change of behaviour lately. They looked at each other. Talking with their eyes. Gloria got up and went to get her sister.

" Rosie.. Come , join us for the tea time.." Gloria invited.

Gloria was so closed with her sister till a couple weeks ago. Rosie pushed her family away from her after one particular event happened. She was forced to marry with Jason, son of her father's business partner. She denied the request but she what she got back was a hard slap from her father.

Her father didn't like her to go out with a random and mediocre guy like Nathan. From the night Nathan sent her back home and got caught by her father, that was when her father decided to arrange the marriage because he promised his business partner to give his daughter to marry Jason.

" I don't want to.. " Rosie replied her sister.

" Please.. It has been a long time we had tea time together like we always did before.." Gloria begged her sister.

" I said No ! Why can't you hear me ?! UGH !" Rosie shouted.

She felt a burning fire of anger in her heart as she remembered the time her father slapped her. She pushed her sister. She brought a bottle of soda and some snacks with her as she walked back to the living room to the staircase. Right before her first step on the stair, her father said something.

" Rosie , get ready. Jason will pick you up later on for dinner," the man instructed.

Rosie was in her disbelief. She scoffed. She thought she made it very clear that she was not in the mood to go for a date with someone who is a playboy and alcoholic like Jason.

" Dad ! What do you see in Jason that made you think he is the best for me ?!" Rosie fought back.

The man put aside his newspaper aside and stood up. He stared ferociously at Rosie.

" You know nothing ! His dad is my business partner and he wants you two to get marry for the sake of the company !" Rosie's dad shrieked.

" So you chose your company over your daughter's happiness ?" Rosie's voice was trembling.

She walked up the stairs after she said the words. She was mad at her dad for not understanding how much she didn't want Jason as her partner. She had seen Jason with a lot of women before. The man also probably slept with multiple women at once.

" Bam !"

Rosie slammed her bedroom door. She put the snacks on her study table and she sat on her bed. She clenched her hands as she kept on thinking about her father.

Slowly, the door was opened. It was her mother. She love her mother more than anything else. Her mother always listen to her problems. She always complains to her mother about her days.

" Darling.. " a soft and calm voice cooled down the burning anger in Rosie's heart.

" Mom... Why is Dad forcing me to do something I don't like ? " Rosie whimpered to her mother. She hugged her mother who was sitting next to her.

" Maybe he just want to make the company bigger with you two get marry, " Rosie's mother teased her daughter and she giggled.

" Ughh.. Screw the company .. I don't want Jason mom.. " Rosie complained..

Rosie's mother patted Rosie's head slowly. She brushed through her hair slowly with her wrinkled fingers to calm Rosie down.

" Honey.. I understand you don't want.. But please.. just this one dinner with him. If you don't like him, just tell your father about it,"  the mother said slowly.

Rosie released herself from the hug and looked at her mother. Rosie noticed her mother was anticipating for an agree from her. She sighed. She couldn't say no to her mother.

" ugh... Okay.. I will go.. this time only, " Rosie agreed.

" Now , get ready for your date," Rosie's mother got on her feet and walked out of the room.

***

The restaurant was quite fancy. The modern detailing of the restaurant made it looked stunning. The atmosphere was filled with the aroma of lavender which made every customer felt comfortable while enjoying their dinner.

Not for Rosie. She was totally uncomfortable with Jason staring at her with his lusty eyes. Rosie wore a red dress with a touch of sparkles from the beading. Anyone who saw her would be star-strucked. She looked bedazzling from her wavy hair to her classy red stilettos.

Jason couldn't help but to stare at her while eating his dinner. It was awkward for Rosie. She tried to focus on her food than Jason.

" So, what do you want to do after this ? " Jason questioned the lady.

Rosie ignored his question. She was all over the food. She was enjoying the well done steak on her plate.

" Rosie.. ?" Jason touched Rosie's shoulder with his naughty hand.

" Jason ! Stop it ! I'm not those cheap girls you always slept with !" Rosie was displeased by Jason's action.

She got up and stormed off to the toilet. She couldn't stand being around Jason with his sexual behaviour. She looked at herself in the mirror.

" Ugh.. Why did I agree to do this ?" she asked herself.

Her phone suddenly rang and it was Nathan. She smiled and relieved because it was her favourite friend.

" Hello Nathan.. Thank God , you called, " she answered the call.

" What's wrong ?" Nathan was worried. It was clearly shown in his tone.

" First off, let me apologize to you.. I'm sorry if I avoided you these few weeks. I had to.  It's a long story.. But right now I'm having a dinner date with that guy.. My parents forced me and I'm so uncomfortable with him, " Rosie explained briefly about her situation.

" Do you want me to come to fetch you ?" Nathan was anxious when he heard his crush was uncomfortable with a guy.

" Umm.. Better don't. Let me just push this through.. My mom promised me that after this date , I will have the right to reject him.. okay, gotta go bye Nathan !" Rosie ended the call.

Nathan was a bit upset. Now he knew that he obviously going to lose her over someone that is more favor by Rosie's family.

Rosie went back to the table with her mentally ready to push the dinner through. She knew that Jason would be sweet-talking to her so she just needed to know how to handle them.

Jason smirked as soon as he saw Rosie. It was pretty clear that he was thirsty for Rosie. What a playboy. Rosie faked a smile to him and continued her dinner.

" So have you thought of what you want to do after this ?" Jason was persistent to know her answer.

" You know what, how about we go straight home after this ?" Rosie firmly told the man. She sipped her drink. It was iced lemon tea. Truly a refreshing drink.

Jason nodded while grinned and continued his dinner. Weirdly, Rosie thought something was wrong with her eyes. Her vision went blurry. She felt tired all of sudden. Eventually she was blackout.

***

Rosie woke up in the middle of the night. She felt so much pain on her body. Her eyes were hardly opened. She scanned the dim room. It was almost completely dark but the small lights gave her the ability to examine the room.

She was on a bed in an unfamiliar room. She was naked but the comforter covered her body. She started to realize what had happened to her. She saw Jason was shirtless beside her. She panicked. Her breaths started to be fast and short.

This was her nightmare. It turned out to be true. She cried in silence. She slowly got out of the bed. She tried not to wake Jason up. She was afraid that Jason might hurt her. She put on her dress she saw on the floor. Then, she felt a sudden pain at her vagina till she fell to the floor.

" Thud !"

She made a loud noise. It was enough to make Jason woke up.

" Rosie babe,  Where are you going ?" Jason mumbled.

Rosie got up on her feet with every ounce of her energy. She clenched her teeth and grasped her fist behind her back as she stared deathly at Jason.

" What did you do to me ?" Rosie questioned the man.

" Nothing.. We were just doing what a couple normally do," Jason casually said to the lady. His tone was obviously stated that sex is just a normal thing.

" NORMALLY DO ?! ARE YOU LISTENING TO YOURSELF ?!" Rosie screamed on top of her lungs.

" Hey , Babe.. Don't worry.. It's not a big deal.. " Jason sit up and faced Rosie who was trembling in anger.

Jason got out of the bed and walked towards Rosie slowly. He was in his shorts, shirtless. Rosie backed off. What was in her mind at that time was she needs to get out of the room. As Jason was getting closer with his malicious smirk , Rosie aimed her eyes to something.

Before Jason could make another step closer, Rosie kicked him in his balls that made him fell to the floor while holding to the pain. Rosie quickly grabbed her purse and ran to the door. She ran off with wearing any shoes or stilettos she had wore for the date.

She ran away from the hotel to the streets as fast and as far as she could. About 3 minutes of running she stopped at a bus stop. She was catching her breath as she sat on the bench. She burst into tears when she thought of what happened to her.

She felt miserable. Disgusted. Dirty.  She was no longer a virgin. She was sobbing hard. A name clicked in her mind. A friend that she needed the most.

"Trut.. Trutt.. trutt.. "

The sound of the phone call made her more anxious. Her tears were still rolling down her cheeks. The call felt longer than usual. Nathan might be sleeping.

" Come on Nathan.. Pick up the phone.. " sobbed the poor lady.

Just when Rosie wanted to end the wait,

" Hello Rosie ?" Nathan answered with his tired voice. Sounded like he just woke up from his dream land.

" NATHAN ! ca..can.. can you pi.. pick m.. me up ?" Rosie was trembling while she was trembling in fear.

Nathan heard the trembling voice from his crush. He got up from his bed. His heart told himself that there was something wrong with Rosie.

" Where are you ? I'm coming !" Nathan put her on speaker. He put on his black sweater over his sleeveless shirt and also a sweatpants.

Rosie looked around and she was not familiar with place. It was dark and there was no one around. She was gasping for air as she tried to figure out where she was.

" I.. I.. I don't know.. but now I'm at a bus stop.. " Rosie stammered as she continued to sob.

Nathan took his car keys and apartment card key. He rushed to his car downstairs.

" Rosie, Listen to me. Send me your current location through Line. I'll be there !" Nathan instructed the girl.

***

- In Nathan's car -

It was silence in the car. The only sound that could be heard was the car engine. Rosie was hugging herself while looking outside of the window. Nathan was alternately looking at the road and Rosie. He was for sure bothered by Rosie's crying for help.

He saw Rosie was trembling as if she was scarred by a terrible incident. She was traumatized. Nathan took off his sweater carefully and covered Rosie's body with it. He was just wanted to make Rosie warm.

" Thanks .." Rosie said softly. Almost whispered but it was clear.

" Rosie, can you just tell me what happened ?" Nathan was too anxious and he demanded for answer.

It was 2.30 am. If it was not a serious incident, Rosie wouldn't called him earlier. He just wanted to know what was the reason that made her looked terrified. Rosie kept her mouth shut. She didn't want to let Nathan know about it.

She was afraid that Nathan changes his treatment to her after he knew that she had intercourse with a man. She didn't want Nathan to feel disgusted at her and eventually  stop be friends with her.

" It's okay if you don't want to tell me now. You can tell me later on if you are ready. I'm just worried about you," Nathan was truthful with his words. He respects Rosie and he just wanted to take care of Rosie. He held Rosie's hand and smiled at Rosie to make her felt safe. Indeed, Rosie felt safe with Nathan. She trusted Nathan as her best companion.

- At Rosie's House -

Nathan rang the house bell. Rosie was still covering herself with Nathan's warm sweaters. The wait was not too long till the main door was opened. The gate automatically slid open.

" Rosie ! " Gloria shrieked.

She ran towards her sister and hugged her.

" Where have you been ? Mom and Dad were worried... " Gloria asked her beloved sister.

Rosie, once again, burst into tears. Sobbing hard. Nathan stood still outside the gate. He felt bad for Rosie even though he didn't know what incident took place.

"What happened ?" Gloria shot the question to Nathan.

" She called me just now to pick her up.. I don't know what happened to her, " Nathan explained to Gloria with his anxious tone.

" Rosie ! Honey ! " Rosie's mom came out and ran to her daughter.

Slowly, a ferocious man came out in his pajama and walked to the gate. He saw Rosie was crying in fear. He knew something bad happened to her. A splash of anger in his heart got him made and stared at Nathan with his anger look.

" WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY DAUGHTER ?!" the man grabbed Nathan's shirt up while shouted at the  young man.

" I didn't do anything ... I just sent her back to you.." Nathan stammered in fear. The man was scary that Nathan scared for his life.

Rosie heard her father tried to accuse Nathan. She turned to her father and cried out,

" Dad ! He didn't do anything ! Don't blame him ! "

The man pushed Nathan to the ground. He hit his buttock so hard on the ground. He held the pain.

" Dad ! What are you doing ?!" Rosie was in shock. What her father did to Nathan was unnecessary.

" Shut up ! Go inside ! " the family dragged Rosie into the house while she was crying out loud.

Nathan got up on his feet. He gazed to the house with Rosie's cries could be heard from outside. It shown that Rosie was living in a miserable life. Nathan wished he could protect his crush but he has no right to do so. He's just a friend.

In the house, Rosie went straight to her room and locked herself in the room. She felt miserable after her father treated Nathan in such manner without asking what happened.  She got into the shower. Slowly, she turned on the rain shower. Disgusted.

She was trembling and sat down on the shower floor, crying. She couldn't believe that Jason would do her dirty by making her asleep so that he could 'eat' her. Rosie wouldn't tell anyone about this. She knew if her parents know, they will be disappointed.

Typical Asian parents would consider having sex before marriage brings shame to the family. She didn't want that. The more she thought of it, the harder she cried. The thing was she couldn't remember a thing since the dinner up till she woke up beside Jason. Poor girl.