The Personal Assistant - COMPLETED

Without trying to break a lot of laws, I drove us to the hospital as fast as I could. We arrived somehow without getting any tickets, Shiloh was in so much pain and it broke my heart seeing her like this. With Mikey on one side and me on the other we helped her inside.

We got to the front desk, a black lady was sitting there. Her name tag said "Dee", she looked at us in terror. "Please my friend needs help, she was attacked."

"Oh poor child, follow me." She got up quickly and brought us into a room. "She'll have this room to herself, now here's the paperwork you'll need to fill out. I will go tell a doctor and she should be seen soon." She walked to Shy, placing her hands on her, I could see they both were about to cry. "You poor thing, I'll be sending my prayers to you."

Dee was about to leave when she remembered something. She grabbed a hospital gown from the closet and handed it to Shiloh. "Strip naked and you'll need to put this on." She kissed her forehead and left. Shiloh stood there holding the gown, I just wanted to go to her, hug her and never let her go.

"Mikey and I will turn around so you can change." We turned and stared at the wall. There were little whimpers behind us, and soon I felt a hand on my back. Mikey stayed where he was but I turned back to see Shy in tears, still in her torn dress. "What's wrong?"

"I need your help, it hurts to move and I can't do this by myself."

"Are you sure? I can go get a nurse if you'll be more comfortable." She shook her head no,
"Please, I'd be more comfortable with you."

"Okay." She stood there, I sat the hospital gown on the bed for now. Her body was still shaking, I tried to be as delicate as possible. First I unzipped it from the back, "I need you to put your arms out in front of you." Now I pulled the dress forward, sliding off her arms. The dress fell to the ground, leaving Shiloh in nothing but her bra and shorts.

I could tell she looked ashamed and embarrassed. I took her chin in my hand and lifted her face to meet mine. "You're still beautiful." She turned around so I could unhook her bra, her back was marked with bruises but some were healed already. I would ask about that later, but for now I needed to make her feel safe.

Keeping her back towards me, I grabbed the hospital gown. "Arms out in front again." She lifted her arms and I slid the gown over her arms. Next I tied the gown behind her back, doing my best not to touch her. Not that I didn't want to, but she was in so much pain that even the slightest touch hurt her.

"Just the shorts, need help taking those off?"

"Yes, I can't bend too easily." I thought about how we could do this without me seeing anything, it would embarrass her more if I did. The gown wasn't covering her backside all too well but the front was fully covered.

"Okay, face me Shy." She turned around and our eyes met. I wish I could see her smile again, her eyes light up but I was worried I'd never see that again. Of course Mikey proved me wrong.

"Can you guys hurry? I don't mean to rush you but this wall isn't very talkative and I'm bored." Shiloh actually smiled and let a small giggle, even if it was just for a few seconds her eyes sparkled. I slowly kneeled down, her face showed fear again.

"I'm not going to hurt you, just going to remove your shorts." I brought my hands underneath her gown and to the sides of her shorts. Then I started pulling them down, she winced in pain but I kept going. Finally they were to the floor, she stepped out of them and started to cry. There was blood, another reminder of her attack.

I brought her in a hug, not squeezing too hard. Dee returned, and saw the clothes on the floor. She picked them up and placed them in a bag and into the closet. I was thankful to have them out of Shiloh's view. "Okay child, hop up on the bed." She looked at Mikey, "is he in love with that wall or just in timeout?" Again Shy giggled and it made me so happy to hear.

Mikey turned around with a pout, "you were suppose to tell me when it was okay to look." Shiloh was smiling again, it's like she forgot what happened even if it was for a few moments.

"Now, don't forget to fill out the paperwork. The doctors and some officers will be in to ask you questions and run tests. You boys can wait right outside the door, there's some chairs." She left us alone, Mikey followed behind her saying if Shy needed anything he'd be right outside. I was about to leave too but she grabbed my wrist tight.

"Don't leave, please stay with me." I nodded my head.

"Guess we can fill this crap out." I grabbed the clipboard and started writing. I was a little surprised how much I could actually fill out on my own. Then I came to allergies and went to ask her but saw she was sleeping. Besides the couple of hours on my couch, I didn't think she slept at all. I hated to wake her, but figured we needed to get these done.

My hand went to we face, brushing her hair away from her eyes. She seemed so fragile now, I wanted to hold her and kiss her and......I needed to stop thinking this way. I looked back down to the papers in front of me. "Gerard?"

I looked up to see Shiloh staring at me, "yeah?"

"Thank you."

"For what?" Why was she thanking me, I didn't do anything for her.

"You didn't have to take care of me. I'm not your problem, I'm not even your assistant anymore. There was no reason for you to drop everything for me, but you did. You cleaned my wounds, took me to the hospital and helped me get changed." Tears filled her eyes slowly, little drops falling onto her cheeks.

I wiped them away, keeping my hand on her cheek. She took my hand in hers, I wanted to kiss her so badly. Instead I pulled away and coughed, "so uhh do you have any allergies?" That was smooth, nice going but it made her laugh and smile so I was happy.

We finished filling out the paperwork and started talking about clothes. "I was going to have Mikey pick you up some clothes, what do you want?"

"I don't have my wallet on me."

"I'm taking care of everything. The hospital bill, the clothes, everything and I'm not taking no for an answer. Now, clothes ideas."

"Okay, well then I want a My Chemical Romance band shirt, black jeans, black shorts and bra, black and white converse and a belt with a bat buckle." She smiled thinking I wouldn't actually get those things but the surprise will be on her. I shook my head acting like that was impossible.

"If you're going to act like that, you'll wear whatever I pick out for you." She smiled again, God I loved when she smiled. So beautiful, "I'll be right back okay. I'm going to give Mikey some money to get the clothes." Her smile faded when I got up but I didn't fully leave the room, just poked out since he was sitting right outside.

I gave Mikey the list of items with estimated sizes, they would either be perfect or a little bigger. Again I surprised myself how much I knew about Shiloh. He left and I went to sit by her again.

Just then three doctors and two officers came in. She saw them and grabbed my wrist tight, it actually hurt a little but there was no way I was leaving her. They started to surround her, all of them asking her questions.

"Where's the most pain? Are you stable enough to run some tests? Do you know who did this? Was there more then one assailant? What time did the assault happen? Were you a virgin before the attack? If not, how sexually active are you? Did they use condoms?" The last few question struck me hard, if they didn't use protection, I don't want to think about what would happen.

Shiloh just looked absolutely terrified, she now had a death grip on my hand. "It's okay Shy. Can you guys back away from her? You're scaring her and bombarding her with questions isn't helping her."

They apologized and asked each question one at a time. "I don't know where the most pain is, my entire body feels on fire. I should be okay for tests." Her next answers she wouldn't look at me, she looked ashamed again. Now I tightened my grip on her hand, letting her know it was okay.

"The attack happened a little after seven this morning. I wasn't a virgin, I had sex only once before. There were two attackers and neither of them wore condoms."

"Now do you know who attacked you, could you give a description?" Shiloh bursted into tears, and they all just stood there waiting for her to stop.

"No, I don't know who did it and I can't remember what they looked like."

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