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.
"You're sorry?" Kelly asked. "Do you really think a sorry is going to make it better for poor Kristen? Do you have any idea what she's going through right now?"
A confused look came upon Heather's face as she continued to cry a bit. "Yea, that's right," Kelly stated. "I went and saw Kristen last night. I told her I knew. She cried for a full hour. You really messed her up. I can't believe you!"
Heather was in shock. Not only did Kelly know everything but she had actually spoken to Kristen. Tears were still coming down Heather's face. Kelly continued after a brief pause, "You know, she wanted to go to the cops when I told her about the video. She said now she would have proof of what you did."
Heather gasped, and then began pleading earnestly, "No! Please Kel, you can't. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. Please don't let her have the video. Please tell her not to go to the cops."
"She's not," came Kelly's curt reply. Heather gave a almost sobbing cry of relief, dropping her head into her hands. "For now," Kelly added. Heather looked back up, petrified once again. "I told her," Kelly continued, "that I would get you to truly apologize or else I'd go with her with my video straight to the university police."
"I do!" cried out Heather. "I apologize! I'm so sorry, really. I promise...never again!"
Kelly waved her hand dismissively towards Heather. "Give me a break," she said. "I don't see that as a true apology." She paused for a few moments, leaving Heather to ponder what she meant. "Get on your knees," came the sudden command.
For the first time in several minutes, Heather could almost see a smirk forming in Kelly's expression. And yet, Kelly's eyes remained such that Heather also knew how dead serious she was. "On...on my knees?" questioned Heather. "But...why?"
Kelly showed a flash of anger in her voice. "Get on your knees and apologize! Apologize like someone who was truly sorry would. Now do it or else I swear me and the file are out the door up to Kristen's room!"
Heather had never seen Kelly dominate a girl. And she was pretty sure that this was nothing like the way that Kelly did dominate, but still, the fear that Heather was feeling from this tone helped her to understand a little bit of the fear she sometimes saw in the girls Kelly had been with in the past. Not that Kelly had ever done that Heather had just done this past weekend, but still, there was a fierceness in Kelly that Heather was witnessing for the first time, a fierceness that she didn't really have herself.
Heather quickly put up her hands to indicate 'ok'. She slowly dropped down to her knees. She reached out and gripped Kelly's jeans and looked up in her best friend's face. New tears were forming in her own eyes as she started talking, "I'm so sorry. Kelly, please tell Kristen, I'm so so sorry. I know what I did was the most awful thing I could ever do to someone...please...you have to forgive me. You're my best friend, and I...I can't have you be upset at me."
Kelly just remained looking down at Heather as she spoke. The angry glare remaining on her face until Heather was done saying all of this. Then, slowly, the smirk came back. Again, it wasn't the smirk that Heather had seen a million times. This one had a note of seriousness to it. It didn't do anything to ease Heather's fears and emotions of the moment.