I was in class and I thought I was safe. It was my freshman year of high school and it was the week of finals. We didn’t have a final in that class so all of us got to play games. I sat next to him bc my friend was friends w/ him and I thought he was nice. everyone at school knows he’s a big time stoner. he was drinking alcohol in class but no one saw. he put his hand on my leg and I froze. he was a junior. i scooted my chair away bc I just thought it was an accident but his hand was on my leg again. I started to shake. I kept moving my chair away but I couldn’t move. he was gripping my leg tight and he started to rub up and down my thigh. I tried to tell him to stop but he wouldn’t. The guy sitting across the table from me didn’t notice or pretended not to notice anything was wrong. It went on for two hours. He didn’t put his fingers inside of me but he just kept rubbing up and down my thighs and he wouldn’t stop moaning. I was crying the whole time bur no one noticed and I was so scared. The bell finally rang and he got up and I tried to run out of the class but he grabbed my wrist and slapped my ass and grabbed it and said “it’s mine.”
I didn’t tell anyone.
2 months later he raped another girl at my school. He actually raped her. I feel like it’s all my fault because if I had told someone then she wouldn’t have been raped.
— Ariana, age 15
You are brave ly
Please understand that once unlawful act done and person escape successfully, will only motivate his other side of character. Not exposing this will only create potential danger for others. This is not your fault, blaming yourself is out of question. You can not connect directly this to your event. What could have happened in future no one knows. But yes, Law will take this seriously, once matter against him makes a queue. Please report this to concerned authority.
Dear Ariana,
Nobody has the right to put their hands on you in any way if you do not want them to. It makes perfect sense that you were scared and it also makes perfect sense why you never told anyone. Please know that his behavior, including him raping another girl, is not your fault. You are not responsible for his behavior, only he is. Still, I know it can be really hard to think about it that way. I think you are really brave for sharing your story here. Lots of love to you, Alissa
It wasn’t your fault sweetheart, I know u were very scared of it. It’s OK.