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She hugged me. "Don't cry Mercy. Let's just get dressed and you can explain." Partly in shock and partly in shame I stayed on my knees. Trisha Got up and left me, confused with the water still running.
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I think I was probably in shock when I left that stall. Though this wasn't the first time I'd been assaulted but I never thought a girl would or could touch me that way.
I always avoided the memory of the assault at my previous school because it came from someone who had been let through my barriers. James was my friend. That person you can bitch to and cry on. I had finally flung my shyness out the window when he decided to strike.
I got dressed and waited. My senses slowly starting to come back to me and then my curiosity piqued. Was she truly intersex? I always believed the next evolution of man was a woman body with a penis.
I was desensitized to being hurt that or Mercy's remorse made an impression. James had spent months after the rape brutalizing my mind as well. Driving me into a center of loneliness when a month before I was surrounded by friends. He started rumors that caused people to start fights with me. Seeing weakness and remorse in an attacker was satisfying.
I hadn't even noticed when a dressed Mercy came into my field of vision with her head down.