Chapter 2 -- Learning to Apologize
Sunday had been a pretty relaxing, but studious day for Heather. She slept in and pretty much stayed in her room for most of the afternoon, only venturing out during meal times. She did have one sort of fun exchange with one of Kristen's friends in the hallway.
It just so happened to be Tina, a girl Heather had seduced within the first two weeks of the school year. Tina had seen Heather and Kristen leave the party together the night before, so she exchanged a very knowing smile with Heather as they walked by each other in the hall. No words were even needed, and Heather knew that Tina had already pictured all that had happened the night before in her mind. Of course, she'd have no idea that Heather had forced, maybe even raped Kristen during that process, but obviously that was what Heather loved about the situation. She knew that she'd never have to worry about any consequences and could simply enjoy the amazing time that it was for her.
The rest of Heather's day was spent reading. She spent the afternoon before dinner in her room, trying to catch up with her reading for classes. Then after dinner was over, she headed to the library to do some research for a big paper she would have due at the end of the next week. She got really intense with her studying to the point where she ended up staying at the library until past midnight.
Kelly, her roommate, texted her around 7 to announce she had arrived back from her weekend away. Heather just figured she'd give her the report on the weekend on Monday. When Heather did head back to the room after midnight, Kelly was already asleep.
The next morning, Heather was able to once again sleep a little later since her first class wasn't until 11. Kelly was already gone to her early morning classes. Heather liked not having to worry about getting up early for classes, but the negative was she would be gone until 3 P.M. She had really been looking to chatting with Kelly, but it would just have to wait.
By the time Heather finally did make her way back to her room, she was feeling pretty worn out from sitting through so many lectures. She found Kelly reading on her bed. Heather smiled at her, dropped her bag on the floor and collapsed on her own bed.
Kelly put her book down and laughed. "That bad huh?" she asked.
Heather just looked at her with the side of her head on her pillow. "Yea," she replied, "I hate Mondays."
"Aww," Kelly teased, "And I thought seeing me after a weekend away would make it all better."
Heather just laughed. "It is good to see you Kel," she said. "How was the fam this weekend?"
"The usual," Kelly replied. "I was really happy to come back. Although if I knew what had awaited me by coming back, I would have been absolutely ecstatic about coming back."
Heather figured Kelly was being sarcastic about Heather being at the library all evening long the previous night. "Yea, sorry I wasn't here," she apologized. "I was just in a groove." Heather gave a small chuckle.
Kelly just had a funny smile on her face. "Oh, I wasn't talking about you not being here," Kelly explained. "I was actually serious about something I discovered when I got back."
Now Heather was a bit confused and definitely curious. She smiled in response to the look on Kelly's face. It had a mischievous look that Heather had seen before. "What are you talking about?" she asked. "What was so exciting that you discovered."
Kelly was now sitting up, looking at Heather laying on her bed. Suddenly, she stood up and walked over to her computer. But instead of turning the screen on, she merely put her hands on her little webcam that she had. With her back to Heather, she finally answered, "I discovered I had accidentally left my webcam on when I left Saturday morning."
There was a pause while Heather tried to think about what this meant. Suddenly, a small amount of nervousness began to spread inside her as she sat up now.
Before she could even voice her fears, Kelly was speaking again. "I shut it off as soon as I got back. I mean, shit, the file it created took up over half of my hard drive, so I was about to delete it right away. When suddenly, I had a thought." Heather could almost hear the smile in Kelly's voice as she explained all this. "I remembered that you were going out Saturday night, and I knew that if you had succeeded I might find something pretty entertaining on the video." As Kelly finished saying this, she pushed the power button to her monitor.
Even as Heather was standing up, she saw the darkened image come into focus. She could see the darkened shapes of her own body on top of Kristen's. "Kelly!," snapped Heather, although she stayed by her bed rather than doing what part of her wanted and charge at the computer to remove the image. "That was private! You...you had no right."
"I had no right to watch you rape Kristen you mean?" Kelly questioned as she finally turned to face Heather. There was no smile on Kelly's face. Instead, her expression was quite serious and instantly made Heather even more uncomfortable. "Yea, the video quality sucks because of the lighting, but every word is clearly heard." Kelly emphasized the last part of what she said, making it clear to Heather that she had listened to the dialogue that had transpired.
"I...I didn't rape her," Heather began slowly, trying to search for the words to explain away the guilt she was feeling from Kelly's cold stare. "I mean...honestly, she came to the room willingly. You had to have seen that. She just got nervous and was voicing nerves. She...she enjoyed it in the end. I mean, if you heard everything, you heard how loud her moans were when she orgasmed!"
"Seriously Heather?!" Kelly exclaimed. She was nearly shouting at Heather as she rebuked her. "You sound like some pathetic guy rapist right now. 'She wanted it, I'm innocent, blah blah blah.' I can't believe you. I listened and watched the whole thing. She was practically screaming to you when she said 'no'! She was sobbing almost the entire time you were fucking her. What part of that says that she wanted it?"
A few tears actually started coming down Heather's face. Hearing her best friend yell all these truths to her was a reality shot right to her face. "I'm...I'm sorry," she stammered amidst tears. She was looking at the ground in shame for a few seconds before looking back up at Kelly's cold expression.
