It was now Halloween...a week after the funeral. I had moved all my things into Brody's apartment. His apartment was a small 2 bedroom with a kitchen, 1 bathroom, and a living room. It was on the 3rd floor in a building in the middle of town. I didn't mind. It was big enough for the two of us.

Brody was getting ready to go to work. He looked sexy in his uniform. We hadn't mentioned the kiss since the day it happened. I was confuzzeled (Confused+puzzled) by it. Did he mean to kiss me? Or was it just a one time thing? I guess I'll never know. But I had gotten to know Brody a bit more over the past week. He was 27 years old, a graduate of John Jay college majoring in criminal justice, his favorite color was blue, his parents lived in Florida, he has an older brother and a younger sister...both married with kids, he loves dogs especially Golden retrievers, and he's been a cop for 6 years. I've also observed him as a sweet, caring, kind, intelligent, strong, rugged, and very unhealthy. He works out three times a week, but eats a ton of junk food. I don't know how he maintains his weight and keeps his muscles, but I guess it's because he's a guy.

"Autumn, I'm leaving for work now. The candy for trick-or-treaters in by the door...but I don't think there's going to be many trick-or-treaters...they don't usually go around apartment building. I'll call to check up on you later and there's food in the fridge, so help yourself to anything. I should be home by midnight, so don't wait up for me. Remember, you're going back to school tomorrow,so you need your rest. Alright?" He rambled.

"Yes officer." I said sarcastically.

"It's lieutenant." He said while laughing. I rolled my eyes at him. "Ok, so are you sure you're going to be alright here?"

"Yeah, you've left me here alone before."

"But not at night....or on Halloween. Call me if you need anything or get scared. I'll be back here in a flash...and if you don't answer your phone when I call, I'm coming back home to investigate."

"Don;t worry, Brody. I'll be fine."

"Alright. I'm leaving. See you later."

"Bye" I yelled back.

"And no wild parties!" He called back.

I shook my head and continued watching tv. The doorbell rang a couple times...trick-or-treaters. It calmed down by 7:00. I'm guessing everyone was back at home since it was already dark, and freezing out. But the doorbell rang again. I got off the couch and grabbed the bowl of candy. I opened the door, but before I could look at the people, I was pushed back inside, forcefully. I screamed, but one of them put there hand over my mouth. I struggled to get away, but they were too strong. I managed to turn my head a little so they were in my view. There were 2 men. Both overly muscular, big, and looked like they were bikers or criminals. They had ripped jean vests and black tshirts and blue jeans and sneakers. They're eyes were filled with lust and control. I started struggling even more, but one of them threw me over their shoulder and carried me down the hall into the my room. The threw me hard down onto my bed. I backed away from him him, but bumped into something behind me. I look back and it was the other man.

"Ok Dan. I can take it from here." The man in font of me said to the man (Dan) behind me. Dan walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him.

"What do you want?" I cried.

"You."

He jumped on my bed and grabbed me, pinning me down onto the bed. He tore away all my clothes and ignored my pleading cried for him to stop. He plunged himself into me without warning, thrusting harder and harder each time. I screamed in pain.

Then my cell phone started ringing, then it stopped. Then rang again, and again and again. It annoyed the man raping me, so he answered it and yelled into the phone "She's busy!" and threw my phone hard against the wall, breaking it into a million pieces.

He continued raping me for some time, but then the door burst open and he was ripped off of me. I quickly scrambled to get under the sheets to cover myself up. I looked at Brody and a few other officers wrestle him to the floor, handcuffing him and reading him his rights. Brody finally looked over at me and stopped what he was doing to come over and comfort me. I was crying and rocking back and forth, traumatized by what happened. Brody hugged me and rubbed my arm, comforting me. "Autumn I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have left you all alone. Everythings going to be fine. I won't let anything else happen to you ever again." He cooed.

I continued crying as I watched the other officers take away the man who raped me. I then cried on Brody's shoulder, thankful he kept his word of coming back home incase I didn't answer his call. I knew I could trust him. Brody let go of me to go find me some clothes to wear. He came back with my pajama pants and a tanktop. He left the room so I could change and told me to come out o the living room when I finished.

I threw on the clothes and slowly made my way to the living room, where 2 cops and Brody were sitting.

"Autumn, I need you to tell these officers exactly what happened, from the very beginning, to the point where we came." Brody explained.

I nodded, and proceeded to tell them exactly what happened. They wrote everything down and left. Brody stayed with me. He said he got permission to take off the rest of the night and tomorrow. Brody also told me that I didn;t have to go to school tomorrow. I wasn;t planning on going to school anyway, after what happened.

It was now 11:00 pm and I was tired. I was half asleep on the couch, so Brody picked me up and carried me into my room.

"Brody?"

"Yes?"

"Please don't make me sleep in here tonight. I just cant stay in here." I pleaded.

"Alright Autumn, you can sleep in my room tonight." He carried me across the hall into his room and laid me down on the bed. He started to walk away, but I grabbed his sleeve, pulling him back.

"I'm afraid."

He looked into my eyes. "I won't leave you. I'll be right back. I just have to change into my pajamas."

He walked into the bathroom and came back out 5 minutes later in his pajamas...A white v-neck and checkered pants. He got under the covers and laid down next to me, on his side facing me.

"Goodnight Autumn."

"Goodnight Brody." I replied.

I started srifting off into a deep sleep when I heard Brody whisper "I love you".

Then I was out like a light.