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[torturedslayer]

I was talking to mom...well Piper mom and then the baliff called us all to attention as the judge walked in the courtroom. I was not ready for this. I had days..even months to prepare for this and I still wasn't ready. My lawyer made it so I didn't habe to be here for the jury selection, but I had to be here today. I was to be called first to

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[wannabe_slayer]

My hand tightened around Leo's I could tell that she was getting upset. I was so worried about her. I leaned to Leo and whispered.

"She is trying to protect you all..and she is getting flustered"

[watchercomfort]

I was starting to panic more when she started to cry. I wanted to go save her from the stand I wanted to say that this was all a big misunderstanding. At this point I wanted to say that I shot the bastard that hurt her. I wanted to make this better, but I couldn't. I clung to Phoebe's hand and prayed that Julie would make it through this.

[yammerer_willow]

I was watching this and worrying. Giles was sitting on one side of me Angel and Spike on the other side. I was nervous and not getting a good feeling about this. I would have to just hope for the best.

"She is panicking. She needs to calm down"

Giles whispered to me. I nodded unsure what to do about it.

[aslayerspassion]

I sat there listening to her words. I started to squirm in my seat, the things she had been through, I couldn't even handle some of the things she was saying. I looked over at dawn, She wasn't doing that much good either. I watched as tears came from her eyes, I took my hand and started to play with her hair.

"It's okay, if this is too..much, You.. We can go outside?"

I knew how much Dawn cared for people and that this had to be alot of her to handle. It was hard for me atleast. As the lawyer got more into it, Dawn continued to stay quiet. I started to get more upset the more I listened. I sat next to Spike, I looked up at him to see what his reaction to all of this was. I couldn't read anything off of him.

Prosecutor:I see. So. After many years of torture you were finally able to escape with the aid of the Halliwells. But why now? If you say things were so horrible, why didn't you try and leave before? Why did you wait all this time?I felt small sitting in my seat, the things Julie was going through, I couldn't even image. I

[championbrooder]

My reasons for hating lawyers was being renewed right in front of my eyes. Wolfram and Hart may be gone, but evil lawyers will always be around

[mad_poet_spike]

Bloody hell this git of a prosecutor was getting on my last nerves. Maybe when no one was looking I could take him to a dark corner and drain him. Wanker. Picking on a girl that more than deserved to do her dirty old man in

[lawfulgunn]

Damn, this prosecutor makes Marcia Clark look attractive and friendly. No one deserves to go through what poor Julie is right now. That lawyer is not doing his job, he's being a total ass.

And this comes from a former lawyer who used to do the same thing, except on the defense side. I couldn't believe I used to do this and think it was cool because I won cases. Tearing up a girl who's been through hell and back is not cool.

I cursed under my breath, I couldn't help it. I felt like going up there and knocking him upside his head a few times, maybe then he'd had the sense to stop doing this to her.

I knew after this, I was going to need a drink. Maybe two or more. I so wish Fred was here instead of that blue thing...I could use her warm arms and touch and...God I miss her right now...

And I've never needed her more...

[torturedmom]

I could barely watch that horrible, horrible prosecutor tearing apart my baby on the stand. Oh if he ONLY knew...I wanted to go up there right now and testify to the disgusting, vile character of my dead ex

[torturedslayer]

The prosecutor continued drilling me and I was slowly losing it.

"So you decided you would take the law into your own hands..is that correct? Why didn't you call the police..or ask the people you knew here for help?"

Are they not getting that no matter who I told it didn't matter he still kept coming back for me?

"I had no choice...he was coming at me...I just did what I had to, to make it out of that motel room alive and be safe from him..."

Oh god how that came out wrong...

[torturedmom]

So you could be safe and get out of that hotel room alive. Why not just shoot him in the arm or the leg, incapacitate him so you could run out of there to safety, let the law deal with him?

I could not believe this man. He obviously never met or had any dealings with my ex. If he did, he would have wanted to make sure he was dead before leaving the hotel room too.