Blood Screaming Pt 1

Will drove off to Fred’s house and parked out the front. Fred didn’t appear straight away like she usually did. Will got out and knocked on the front door.

“I’ll be there in a sec,” Fred yelled out and Will walked back to the car.

“I’ll bet you anything she’s going through a million different outfits trying to find the perfect one for the club tonight because Wes is going.” Will said getting in again.

“Wes was doing the same when I was at his place,” Liam said, “he kept trying on different shirts to find one that Fred would like on him, and school had only just finished.” Liam finished, laughing.

Will looked over at him, “You saw Wes getting changed?” he asked.

“You jealous?” Liam replied.

“Yes.” Will said bluntly.

Liam smiled, “Don’t worry, I don’t think of him like that.”

“Should hope not,” Will said.

Liam wanted nothing more than to lean over and assure Will that he wasn’t into Wes but he knew Fred would be outside any second so all he did was grab his hand and squeeze it for a second. Will laced his fingers though Liam’s and smiled at him to let Liam know that he hadn’t been serious, well not entirely anyway.

“So did you enjoy doing the jealous boyfriend thing?” Liam asked still smiling.

“Yeh I did actually, it was kinda fun.”

“Well at least I know you care.”

“You didn’t know before?”

“Not what I meant,” Liam said rubbing Will’s hand with his thumb.

Will smiled and wondered briefly if they would ever be able to do this kinda stuff without the risk of being caught. Will heard Fred’s front door open and immediately they let their hands go.

Fred looked slightly surprised to see Liam with them but didn’t seem to mind. Liam waved at her, “Hey Fred.”

“Hey guys, sorry to keep ya’ll waiting,” she said.

“Not a problem,” Will said answering for them both. “Nice dress.” He said complimenting the short blue dress she had eventually chosen.

Fred blushed, “Thanks Will, but I know your just saying that.”

“No you do look gorgeous.” Liam confirmed.

Fred blushed even redder, “Thanks guys, we better get going.” She said changing the subject.

Will pulled out and swerved sharply around the corner.

“Jesus Will, you nearly killed us.” Liam said.

“Loosen up Liam,” Will said, “I’m not gonna kill either of you, I’m a good driver.”

Fred was used to Will’s erratic driving and stayed quiet, smiling to herself.

“Good driver?!?” Liam choked.

“Well I’m an efficient driver.” Will said. “Time efficient.”

Liam couldn’t help but laugh at this and he looked in the back to see Fred laughing too. Will parked in an alley near the bronze and turned off the engine.

“Well here we are,” Will said.

“This is gonna be fun,” Fred said.

Liam just smiled seeming as there was nothing else he could think of to say. They walked in the entrance and were immediately impressed. There was a local band playing blasting out one of their songs with people dancing around them. Liam scanned the crowd and found Cordelia and Doyle sitting at one of the tables, they must have arrived early to be able to get one because the place was packed. There were a few pool tables off to one of the sides that were also taken, but Liam decided later on he would challenge Will to a game.

Liam pointed towards where they were sitting and the other two were sitting and Will and Fred followed him over. Will pulled over a couple of chairs and they all sat down. “So are you guys having fun?” Cordelia asked.

“Yeh this place is the best,” Liam said.

“Yeh your uncle did a good job,” Will said.

“Fantastic,” She replied. “So where’s Wes?” She asked voicing the question inside Fred’s head.

“He should be here soon,” Liam said.

“Anyone want a drink?” Will asked.

“Yeh, can you get me a mineral water?” Cordelia said.

“Just a soda for me,” Doyle said.

“Same,” Fred replied.

“I’ll help you get them, and we’ll get one for Wes too.” Liam said getting up to go with him.

“Thanks,” Will said and they walked off towards the bar.

“So whats their deal?” Cordelia asked as soon as they were out of earshot.

“I dunno,” Fred said.

“And where did Liam get that bruise, he never told us.”

Fred stayed silent, torn between not wanting to lie and her loyalty to Will.

“I think they’re just starting to get along again, Delia,” Doyle said.

“Hmm...” She said pausing, “So then why is it that they are both wearing Will’s clothes?”

“I think they went to his place this afternoon and they probably stayed and just got changed there,” Fred said, although suspecting that there cold have been another explanation.

“I don’t know,” Cordelia said unconvinced.

“So where do you think Wes is?” Fred asked changing the subject. Cordelia smiled, knowing all about Fred and Wes’ relationship. Cordelia started babbling on about how they were so perfect for each other and Fred kept blushing until Will and Liam got back and passed around the drinks.

“Hey guys sorry I’m late!” Wes said sitting down on one of the spare chairs that Will had pulled up earlier.

A new song came on and Cordelia bounced out of her chair, “Oh I love this song! Come dance Doyle!” She demanded playfully.

Doyle shrugged and got out of his chair, following her to where the other couples were dancing.

Liam kicked Wes’ knee under the table. “Ow...” Wes said but taking Liams hint.

“Would you like to dance Fred?” Wes asked.

“Sure,” She replied blushing and taking the hand that he had extended to her. They walked off, leaving Liam and Will alone.

“Alone at last,” Liam said smiling.

“Yeh, wanna have a game of pool?” Will asked reading Liam’s previous thoughts.

“Sounds good. I’ll meet you over there, I just gotta quickly go to the bathroom.” Liam said.

“Ok,” Will walked over to the only empty table, quickly taking it before someone else could.

He set up the game and waited for Liam to come back. He looked over at all the other couples dancing, their arms wrapped around each other and sighed. He and Liam would never get to be like that, they would never be like a normal couple... He shrugged his shoulders and decided that he didn’t want them to be a normal couple, he and Liam were different to the others, normal couples went out, fought and broke up; they were definitely different. Besides he didn’t even like dancing.

“Whatchya thinking about?” Liam asked coming up behind him.

“You.” Will said. “And about how I’m about to kick your ass.”

“Really now?” Liam asked.

“Yeh,” Will said.

“Hmm... Care to make a wager on that?” Liam challenged.

“Name the terms.” Will responded.

“I win, I get to drive your car and show you that I can do it better. You win, you get to drive mine.”

“Deal.” Will said, knowing exactly how protective Liam was of his car, he had always been that way about his stuff, very possessive.

“Who gets to break?”

“You can,” Will said and Liam bent over the table and took a shot, sinking one. “Nice form.” He said complimenting him.

“Yeh I have a good shot.” Liam said proudly.

“I didn’t mean that form,” Will said giving him a cheeky grin.

“Oh,” Liam said, not knowing whether to be happy that Will liked his ‘form’ or to be disappointed that he didn’t mean his other form.

Will took a shot and sunk two more balls.

“I must say Will, you are awfully good with those balls,” Liam said.

“What can I say?” Will responded, “I’m talented.”

“You got that right.” Liam said taking and not getting any in, leaving Will ahead.

“Looks like someone’s lacking...” Will said.

“I am not lacking!” Liam said loudly and a couple of people turned to look. “I’m just as good at this as you are.” Everyone must have assumed that they were talking about the game and they turned around.

Will chuckled, “Uhuh, right then.” He shot again and sunk one this time. “Still ahead.” He said smiling.

Liam took a sip of his drink and took another shot and got one more in. “Even now.” He said smiling.

“Uhuh,” Will said and went to take another shot. Liam looked around and saw that nobody was looking and so when Will went to shoot he grabbed him in a very interesting area.

Will cried out in shock and shot getting one in surprisingly enough. “That’s cheating.”

“You complaining?” Liam asked.

“No, but remember two can play that game.” Will said, “And I’m still ahead.”

“Hmph,” Liam muttered and Will grinned wider. Liam went to take a shot and Will moved closer. Liam expected him to grab him like he had done to Will and so he took a shot and was surprised when Will squeezed his ass. Naturally he missed the shot and he was practically fuming.

“I told you two could play that game.” Will said.

“Oh two can play it alright,” Liam said mock-threateningly.

“Promise?” Will asked.

“Oh yeh,” Liam confirmed.

Will was really curious about what Liam was going to do next but he figured he would find out. He got back to the game again and just as he moved his arm back and went to shoot he felt Liam bite his arm.

“You bit me?!?” He shrieked. “You bit me?” He said again trying to sound more manly. More people turned to look at them but Liam was in hysterics, he found it absolutely hilarious, particularly because Will had missed.

“Yeh I kinda did.” He said between fits of laughter.

“I have bite marks,” Will said astonished.

“Good.” Liam said pleased and somewhat turned on. He walked closer to Will and whispered in his ear, “Check out the bite mark you gave me today.” And moved his shirt slightly so that Will could see the hickey that he had been given earlier that day.

Will smiled proudly, “Ok your turn.” They seemed to be saying that a lot lately.

Liam bent over to take another shot and Will eyed the slight gap that was created between Liam’s pants and his shirt. Will saw that he was just about to release the shot and he quickly checked that nobody was looking, and saw that there were only two girls looking their way so right when Liam was about to shoot he licked Liam’s back.

“Fuck!” Liam cried out.

“You wanna?” Will responded.

Liam just looked at him and Will could see that he was already starting to get hard, actually so was Will.

“Looks like someone’s into public performance,” Will joked.

“Apparently I’m not the only one,” Liam whispered in his ear, laughing.

Will just grinned, they were having so much fun, and to think that two days ago they weren’t even talking they sure had come a long way.

Cordelia and the others came up to where they were playing, “Nice to see you two are getting it on,” She said, “I mean getting along.”

Liam and Will both noticed her ‘accidental’ slip. “Yeh we are,” Liam said, leaving her to read into that one.

“So whatchya up to?” Fred asked changing the subject.

“Kicking Liam’s ass.” Will said proudly.

Liam just shrugged, “For now maybe...”

“You know I’m better.”

“Wouldn’t go that far.”

“Settle down boys.” Cordelia said, “All that testosterone...”

Liam gave her a pointed look.

“So I take it Will is winning,” Wes asked.

“Not by much,” Liam replied.

“You know I’m better Li,” Will said, using his old nickname for him which everyone seemed to notice, but nobody picked them up on it.

“Fantastic, who’s up for another round of drinks?” Cordelia asked.

Everyone responded in the affirmative, “Great, Liam can come help me.” She said dragging him away from the others.

“So Li,” Cordelia said emphasising her use of Will’s nickname for him, “Someone seems to have a very close new friend.”

“Yeh I do,” Liam said.

“C’mon whats the deal with you guys?”

“We’re close,” Liam said not really wanting to spell it out for her.

“Obviously. Have you heard the rumours that he’s gay?”

“Heard something about that yesterday.” He said remembering his shiner.

“Uhuh. Well I think he’s into you.” Cordelia said.

“Ok and?” Liam asked.

“Well you have to tell him that you’re not gay.”

Liam nearly burst out laughing; Cordelia had the completely wrong idea about them, shit what should he say.

“Cordy its slightly more complicated than that...” Liam said trailing off praying to a god he didn’t believe in that she would take the hint.

Naturally Cordelia didn’t pick up on it, “Liam he will still be your friend. You’re better off telling him now than leading him on.”

Again Liam was on the verge of laughter, the only thing stopping him was he still had to think of a way to tell her about him and Will. He was just about to open his mouth when he heard a couple of shots followed by some screams. He quickly pulled Cordelia to the ground and hoped that Will was safe.

Soon Liam heard a huge voice bellow, “ALRIGHT EVERYBODY STAY QUIET! THIS IS A HOLD UP! NOBODY MOVE OR I WONT HESITATE TO SHOOT AGAIN! NOBODY CALL THE POLICE, JUST GIVE US ALL THE MONEY AND NOBODY WILL GET HURT!”

There were more screams, and so the robbers started shooting again, “I SAID STAY QUIET!”

Everybody was silent but Liam heard a few moans, one of which he swore was Will’s. “Fuck,” he said under his breath. “Cordy, I gotta go to Will. Follow me.” He didn’t want her to follow him but he figured it would be twice as dangerous for him to leave her by himself and besides at least that way they could all hide under the pool table.

Cordelia nodded and Liam saw that she was about 3 shades whiter and looked very frightened. “Its gonna be ok,” He said and he got down, grabbed her hand and quickly ran back to where the others were hiding under the pool table, like he had suspected.

He took one look and saw Wes was next to Will who was lying down with an expression of absolute torture on his face.

“One of the bullets hit him,” Wes whispered.

Liam felt faint, he looked down and saw that one of Will’s leg’s was covered in blood. “Fuck,” He swore and took off his shirt and wrapped it around Will’s leg, trying to stop the bleeding.

E moved up to where Wes was and wrapped his arms around Will, “You’re gonna be ok Will.” He said.

“It fucking hurts,” Will said, “And I never got to beat you.” Liam gave a slight smile at Will’s attempt at humour.

Liam lifted his head up slightly from where they were sitting and hit the top of the table, “Shit.” He said and saw that Will was laughing.

He was somewhat relieved that Will was ok enough to find it funny, but then he remembered reading something about how laughing gets the blood flowing and thought that it might make him bleed more, “Try not to laugh Will, it will just make it worse.”

“Is he gonna be ok?” Fred asked crying.

“Yeh Fred, he will be.” Liam said trying to assure her. Liam saw the look in Will’s eyes and continued, “He’ll be fine.” He wrapped an arm around Fred and saw the worry written across her face and realised exactly how close Fred and Will were.

Will felt woozy, he couldn’t see his leg but he figured it couldn’t be that bad if he was still alive. He saw the looks in Liam and Fred’s faces and realised how much they both cared about him. He was surprised to see how much Liam cared, considering that two days ago they hadn’t even been talking, but looking up at Liam who was now shirtless, he saw that Liam really did care for him, even love him. He knew that they had both said that they loved each other but part of him felt as though they had been saying that they loved the old Liam and Will, the 14 yr old ones, not the 17 yr old ones. He heard voices bringing him out of his daze.

“EVERYBODY COUNT TO 100 BEFORE MOVING! DON’T CALL THE POLICE!” As if to make their point the robbers shot a couple more rounds, this time at the lights and everybody got a shower of glass.

Liam and Will heard them leaving and they saw people immediately rushing towards the phones to call the police and ambulances.

“It’s ok Will, the ambulance is coming.” He felt Will shuffling and wondered what he wanted, or if he was trying to move out of Liam’s embrace.

“When they come, get someone to take Fred to the hospital.” Will said, “My keys are in my back pocket, I can’t quite reach them.”

In any other circumstances they both would have found this hilarious but instead Liam silently reached into Will’s pocket and pulled them out. He heard the sirens and looked back down at Will, “I’ll go show them where we are.”

Doyle looked at him, “It’s ok mate,” he started getting up, “I’ll do it, you stay with him.” He didn’t wait for Liam to reply and hurried off.

Doyle returned a few minutes later with the paramedics. “Here he is.” Doyle said unnecessarily. Liam moved out of the way and watched them put Will onto a stretcher. Liam and the others followed the paramedics out of the bronze.

Liam looked at Fred, “Should you go or I?” He asked referring to who should ride with Will in the ambulance.

“You go,” She said.

Liam smiled at her, it was very nice of her to let him considering that her and Will had been best friends the last three years. He handed Wes Will’s car keys that he was still holding, “Wes you’ll take her?”

Wes nodded, “We’ll be there straight away.”

Liam got into the ambulance with the paramedics, this was the first time he had ever been in one other than when he and Will had been in Pre-School and one had come to their school and they had all climbed all over it. He heard the engine start and watched as the guy in the back undid the shirt that Liam had wrapped around Will’s leg.

“Holy fuck,” Will screamed.

The paramedic looked up at him.

“It hurt,” Will responded somewhat quieter.

“I imagine it would,” the man responded. He opened up the shirt and realised what it was and that Liam was shirtless and handed him a blanket. He turned back to Will, “I’m glad to see that you’re not unconscious though, but you’ve lost a lot of blood. We’ll have to give you a transfusion when you get to the hospital.”

 

 

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