Calling All Skeletons | Closed.

Zacky sighed, getting up and walking to his office. He opened the drawer and pulled out the bottle of sleeping pills. He grabbed a glass of water from the kitchen and took two pills out, going upstairs to the bedroom. He walked into the bathroom. "Celeste," he said. "Come on, it's time to get out."

Celeste ignored Zack, sitting on the floor of the shower and hugged her knees to her chest, shivering as the hot water began turning cold. The brunette rested her chin on her knees watching as the blood from rubbing her skin raw began going down the drain.

Zacky frowned and opened the curtain, turning the water off. He wrapped a towel around her and handed her the pills. "Take these," he said.

"Will they make me forget," Celeste asked.

“For a little while,” Zacky said.

Celeste sniffled as she looked at Zack, taking the pills and the water to help swallow them. "Is there a way to forget forever," she asked.

"Not right now," Zacky said. He took her hand and gently pulled her up, helping her out of the tub. He led her into the bedroom and sighed as he looked at her skin. "You can't hurt yourself like this, Celeste."

"I was trying to get clean," Celeste sniffled. "Why would you stay with someone dirty and disgusting?"

"Because you're not dirty and disgusting," Zacky said. "Did you rape anyone? No. Brian is the one that is dirty and disgusting, because he did this to you."

"I trusted him," Celeste whimpered. "Even after all the shit he pulled with you." She laid down on the bed, shivering as she began to fight to stay awake. "It's my fault because I should have known." She closed her eyes and fell asleep, her breathing evening out and her tears finally stopping.

Zacky sighed, gently unwrapping the towel from her body. He began to clean her off, grabbing a pair of underwear and a nightgown and putting them on her the best he could. He felt awful that she was in so much pain. He went downstairs to sit with the kids, sighing softly.

Celeste ran her fingers to Serena's hair, pressing a kiss to her forehead as she laid the four year old down in her bed. Cole and Serena both had fallen asleep while they were all watching movies. The brunette quietly closed her daughter's bedroom door, glancing over at Zack as he was doing the same with Cole's bedroom door. She was still struggling with what had happened to her and while she was okay with Cole and Serena giving her affection she still found herself panicking if Zack tried.

Celeste bit down on her bottom lip as she walked past Zack back downstairs to clean up the living room. She heard a knock on the front door, hesitating a few moments before she walked over and looked through the peep hole. She quickly opened the door and let Paige inside, frowning as the ten year old sniffled. "Paige what happened," she asked.

“My Dad hit me,” Paige sniffled, more tears forming in her eyes. “I ran as fast as I could and came here. You said I could come if I needed to.”

Celeste frowned when she took a better look at Paige's face and saw a red handmark on her face. "Shit," she cursed. "Let's get you some ice," she stated. "That looks like it hurts." She led the young girl inside and into the kitchen. Celeste grabbed her an ice pack, wrapping it in a paper towel before she handed it to her. "Does Prue need a place to stay too," she asked.

Paige gently pressed the ice to her cheek, sniffling softly. “I don’t know where she is,” she mumbled. “She ran away a few days ago. My parents were arguing about it and I told them that she only ran to get away from them and that’s when he hit me.”

"You aren't going back to them," Celeste stated. "I am not letting them hurt you ever again." She ran her finger's through Paige's hair, unaware that she had started crying during her story.

Paige frowned. “You’re crying,” she mumbled.

Celeste quickly wiped away her tears, sniffling as she did. "Are you hungry," she asked. "I can make you some food."

Paige shook her head. “I’m really tired,” she mumbled.

Zacky walked downstairs, spotting Celeste and Paige. “What’s going on?” He asked.

"We have a guest room you can sleep in," Celeste offered.

When Celeste heard Zack she flinched before she turned to face him. "Her dad hit her," she stated. "We're not letting her go back."