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coming out about sexual assault is scary. you think nobody's going to believe your story, say you're playing the victim. thinking nobody will have your back as you are trying to recover. this is how i'm feeling right now. 77 percent of women have experienced verbal sexual harassment, and 51 percent had been sexually touched without their permission. i'm a part of that 51 percent. about a month and half ago, i had broken up with my boyfriend. the day before i had broken up with him and left that toxic relationship. he had sexually abused and raped me. you may be saying i'm playing the victim cause i let him come into my room. no i didn't. my parents were gone for the weekend and sebastian was at a meeting when my 'boyfriend' climbed up the tree in our backyard and opened on my bedroom window that was unlocked. i didn't think anything of it till he had slammed me against the wall violently and ripped my clothes off of me, sexually abusing me. sebastian found me curled up in a little ball on the floor, bruises everywhere and blood dripping down my arm from him slamming me against the sharp corner of my dresser. i was unable to move. if you have had the same experience or have similar ones and haven't spoke up yet, i believe in you. a month and half later, still traumatized but getting slowly getting better. the scars to prove that i'm a survivor of sexual assault, and you are too. please talk to someone you trust about your abuse, whether it was verbal or physical. this is my sexual assault story.

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i'm so proud of you for talking about this, you're so strong and beautiful.

↪︎ i love you so much😭❤️

woah, i would have never known you are always so happy, i'm so sorry for what happened, stay strong!

↪︎ i always try to stay positive, but thank you for your support❤️

love you avi, you are one of the strongest people i know, very proud of you for telling your story, always know i got your back

↪︎ love you more seb, thank you for everything you do❤️

always here for you avi, you are so strong and always so happy through everything that's happened

↪︎ couldn't have done it without my ice cube❤️

i have a similar experience to yours and i have nobody i can talk to that i can trust, who should i go to? i need to talk to someone about this

↪︎ talk to your guidance counselor in school. they'll listen and you can trust them. they may ask if you wanna call the police about it but they were always the people i went to if i never felt comfortable talking to my parents about something. i'm always checking my dms, dm me if you'd like, we can talk, always.

↪︎ thank you so much, and i will xx

very proud of you avi, staying strong as always

↪︎ thank you robert, everything you do for me means so much❤️

i'm so freaking proud of you for telling your story. you are the strongest person i know. you've been through so much in so little time and look at you, you are still the smiling, happy go lucky girl i met back in kindergarten. i love you, the girl who's basically my sister, forever and always❤️

↪︎ you are making me cry lily but you have no idea how much you mean to me, you're the sister i never got because i'm sadly stuck with sebastian:). i love you to the moon and back, my favorite person ever❤️

baby you are so strong. you don't understand how much i wanna find you and hug you❤️

↪︎ wow i love you so much❤️

octavia scrolled through the comments, all positive and people supporting her in her telling her story. there were hundreds of comments, saying they've been abused or assaulted. people were replying on other comments, saying they shared the same experience and wanted to talk to each other. people were starting to come out about their own stories.

she smiled as she looked at lizzie and scarlett who were reading the comments themselves. octavia rested her head against lizzie's shoulder as she sighed.

"we're very proud of you avi. everyone is." said lizzie. octavia smiled as she wiped a tear that fell.

"i'm glad i got it out there." she whispered as scarlett grabbed her hand. the three hugged as octavia whispered something to the two.

"i don't think i would have been this happy if it weren't for you two being by my side through all of this. you two mean everything to me."

"you mean the world to us to avi."