tw: brief mentions of sexual assault, not in detail, but it is mentioned!

( February 13th, 2022. )

    Caitlin Clark, while not wanting to leave Lily's side for a second, has obligations to basketball. The past four days had been rough, the affects of what happened hitting the blonde full force.

     She wasn't a professional, but she knew that Lily had simply not processed what happened the first night. The second night was worse, as Lily had been woken up by a nightmare, and sobbed the entire night. Caitlin didn't care that it woke her up from her sleep, the only thing she wants is for Lily to be okay, and if that requires her to calm her to sleep after a nightmare, she would do it without hesitation.

    Which, leads her to her current situation, standing in front of Lily with her arms crossed. "Lily, I don't want you to be alone. Emma said that she has no problem with coming over while I'm gone."

   Lily doesn't look convinced, if anything she looks even more put off. "What if she doesn't want to see me? I mean, it must've been traumatizing for her too. I don't want her to blame herself."

   At her words, her stern resolve softens immediately. "Lils, trust me, she blames nobody but that dick. If anything, she and the girls just want to know if you're alright."

  None of the girls had seen her since the incident, Lily refusing to see anyone but Caitlin. It wasn't the best idea, which she knew, but the embarrassment that she felt was just too much to face anyone but the girl in front of her.

   They still hadn't talked about what happened, they've tried, but every time, Lily ends up sobbing in Caitlin's arms again. The only reason she doesn't look like she just went through a world war is because she's been showering everyday, trying to clean every part of her body that she might've touched. Of course, Caitlin sits on the toilet patiently, talking to her in order to get her mind off of him.

    The blonde nods, closing her eyes and throwing her head back on one of Caitlin's pillows. "Okay," she relents while opening her eyes, "I'll see her."

    Caitlin smiles softly at her, coming up to her side of her bed to brush the flyaways of her messy bun back. "Are you sure you're okay with me telling Coach Bluder what happened?"

   Lily hesitates for a second, briefly leaning into her touch. "Yeah, I'm sure."

  She senses the hesitation, tilting her head to the side. "The plan will work, trust me Lily."

   The plan, something that they've been talking about between themselves. While talking about the situation was off the table, Lily immediately started planning on how to expose Connor for his actions. The first course of action was, of course, telling Lisa Bluder. She didn't coach the men's basketball team, that much was true, but they'd all be fools to say that she didn't have as much influence as Fran McCaffery. He might've been the coach of a mediocre basketball team, but Lisa was the better coach between the two. They couldn't afford to lose her, while losing the senior McCaffery wouldn't be that big of a deal.

   An attempted sexual assault allegation wasn't something that the University of Iowa would want to have on their record, much less the perpetrator being a coaches son. Part of Lily felt guilty, but the other part of her knew that Connor must've learnt his behaviour from somewhere, and if she was hitting two birds with one stone, so be it.

   "I know it will," she calms her thoughts, smiling cockily, "we planned it out together. There's no doubt in my mind."

   Caitlin just laughs loudly, shaking her head at her. "God, we sound like supervillains right now."

  Lily laughs at her, the weight on her chest lifting a little at Caitlin's laughter. They're interrupted by a loud knock on the door, announcing Emma's arrival as well as telling Caitlin that she needs to go before she's late to practice.

  "That must be Emma." She leans down to Lily's level, smiling at her before kissing her softly. "I'll see you later, okay?"

   The blonde nods, and once Caitlin starts to get up from her position, she quickly grabs the brunette's wrist. "Wait!"

  "Hm?"

  "Another kiss, please?" She gives her best puppy dog eyes, jutting her bottom lip out to further convince her. It's unnecessary, as Caitlin does everything and anything Lily asks of her.

  "Duh," she teasingly smiles, leaning down again to give her a longer kiss. She can hear Emma knock again, urging her to come open the door for her. "Okay, Lils, I really have to go now."

  The girl just nods and joking sighs loudly, "fine, I guess."

  Caitlin gets up, and it gives Lily a chance to admire her. She's wearing a grey skin tight t-shirt and some Iowa basketball shorts, which is what she normally wears to practice anyway, though it doesn't stop Lily from admiring.

  She's alone in Caitlin's room for what feels like five minutes before Emma Santos comes in with a bright smile, holding a paper bag from what she assumes is the local grocery store. She's wearing some jeans, and a crop top. Her dark brown hair holds it's normal curls as it falls down to her waist. She must've left her jacket on the coat hanger, as it was way too cold in Iowa City to not wear a jacket.

  "Hey!" She greets, looking over her friend greedily, the lack of interaction with her hitting hard.

  Lily just smiles at her friends excitement, the hesitance that she held moments ago long gone the second she saw her. "Hi, Em."

  They haven't known each other for long, but they quickly created a bond that would make anyone jealous. It felt like she had known Emma for her entire life, and she knew she felt the same.

  "I come bearing gifts," she holds out the bag to Lily while walking towards Caitlin's side of the bed. She places herself next to her after giving the blonde the bag.

  She opens it immediately after it's in her hands, her curiosity being peaked by her words. The bag contains enough chocolate to last a week, as well as some Ben & Jerry's vanilla cookie dough ice cream, which happens to be her favourite. "Emma, you didn't have to buy me this," she tells her friend as she glances towards her.

  "I know, but I figured it would help." Shrugging it off, as she hands a spoon towards Lily, which she must've gotten from the kitchen. She looks like she wants to ask a million questions, so Lily lets her ask them with a few simple words.

  "I know you have questions, go ahead," she flicks her hand towards her in a "go ahead" motion as the words leave her mouth.

  "Are you okay?"

  The question makes her begin to cry while she puts a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. Emma looks like she doesn't know what to do, so she carefully moves closer to her and throws her arm around her. Lily leans closer to her, putting her head on her shoulder while her tears begin to soak Emma's crop top. It doesn't look like she minds, though.

   "I don't know if I'm okay. I keep pretending I'm okay for Caitlin, but all I want to do is cry," she lets out another sob, struggling to breathe. Emma shushes her, brushing her fingers through her hair.

   "It's okay, take your time."

   Once she's ready to continue, she does. "It just doesn't feel like it's ever going to get better. I think I'm okay one hour, but the next hour I'm a complete and utter mess. The only thing that remotely makes me feel better is when I think of murdering him for doing this to me. It hurts, Em."

  Emma looks down at her friend sadly, similar thoughts of murdering Connor running through her mind for hurting someone as good as Lily. "Lily, I don't know if it's ever going to get better, so I'm not going to lie to you about that. What I do know though, is that every single one of the girls is there for you. I'm here for you, and if you want to do something terrible to him, I'll do it with you."

  Lily laughs through the tears, Emma's words and friendship healing her just a little bit more. "Thank you, Emma. I'm so glad I met you, really."

  Her words just make Emma chuckle pulling her in for a hug. "Always, Lils."

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