Fan Fic
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
Part 9
© Stef
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The next morning James�s parents left the house early to go to church which meant more time for James and I to be together, more time to think and more time forme to pluck up the courage to tell him that I was carrying his child. I had awoken in the night to find James sobbing quietly, looking out of the window. He had seen Charlie and his gang all pacing up and down the street, whispering sinisterly to each other and glaring up at the Bourne family house.
�I thought they were my friends�� he had sniffled in to my shoulder when I had tried to comfort him. �I thought he was my brother.� I had replied, forcing my own steadiness to crumble once again. Shortly after regaining his composure James had decided that we should run away together, quite where he was not sure but what he did know was that we would have to leave as soon as possible. �Have the gone yet?� I asked as I trudged down the stairs and in to the kitchen to where James was staring out of the window. �Not all of them�Charlie, Kian and Colm have�church I assume.� James mumbled glumly, sipping at his coffee. �Since when have you drunk coffee?� �Since ten minutes ago.� He groaned and scrunched his nose up as he swallowed the hot brown liquid. �I need to say goodbye.� I croaked reluctantly and slumped against the wall lazily. �To who?� James asked, his vision still fixed on whatever it was he was watching in his garden. �Matt. I wish I could say bye to my parents too but of course they will not be best pleased when I tell them of our plans to elope.� I felt the tingle of a smile rush over me as I uttered the words neither of us had spoken but had both thought; �elope�. �When will you be back?� �As soon as possible.� I promised and looked up at the wall clock, it was ten o�clock. James finally turned away from the window and kissed my nose softly, �If you aren�t back in two hours I�m coming after you.� I nodded, �I will be, I also need to go pack whilst my family are out at church so give me two and a half hours.� James nodded and took me in to his strong arms, �Be careful.� I sniffed silently and nodded an �okay�. After my long sprint back home I threw everything I loved in to my pink and yellow school gym bag. My diary went in, my photo album, my teddy bear named Paris and the stripy baby sock I had kept since I was a child. Charlie had one and I had the other. Obviously I chucked in the usuals: underwear, toothbrush, minimal amount of clothes, small amount of make-up and sanitary towels (a girl�s gotta keep them on her at all times). I took one last look at my room, kissed Charlie�s empty pillow and dashed out of the house and down the road (passing Bryan on my way). I turned the corner in to Melville Street and smiled with relief to hear the familiar sound of prayer. I carefully buried my gym bag under a pile of leaves and made my way up the stairs and in to the local church. I skimmed the room for my older brother but couldn�t see him anywhere. I sighed and turned on my heel to leave. �Going somewhere?� Matt grinned from the doorway and quickly pulled me in to the cloakroom to get out of the congregations view. �Yes as a matter of fact I am.� I whispered secretively and looked around to check no one else was in the room, �James and I are running away.� �Isn�t that a little�extreme?� a smile played along Matt�s lips as he stared down at me, a patronising look in his eyes. �Matt, Charlie is trying to kill James!� I cried, almost too loud. �He is not! Charlie�s just a little pissed right now. He�ll get over it � stop over-react�� �Matt I�m going and nothing you can say or do will stop that.� �I�ll tell mum and dad.� �Okay that might.� I admitted, cursing my choice of words, �No, it won�t actually it will just delay our plans. You can�t stop me running away. It�s not possible to watch me twenty�four-seven!� as soon as I had said the words I knew I was wrong. Charlie was watching me twenty-four-seven; there was no way I could escape from Matt as well. �Listen sis�� �No you listen, I love James and I�m scared of what Charlie and his thugs will do to him if I stay. I�ve seen them gang up against people before; it�s not good Matt. You saw what they did to little Johnny Myers�� I shifted my weight from foot to foot, ashamed of having been a part of such an awful thing, ��They made him do it Matt, if he hadn�t done it they would have done � I know it! I was there, god damn it Matt so were you!� Matt�s cheeks were glowing a deep shade of crimson from the first mention of Johnny�s name, �We don�t know that he hung himself because of us�� �Matt we bullied him for two years! Prank phone calls, early morning wedgies, notes in class, threatening text messages, late night visits to his house�� �We were only young!� Matt cried his face changing different colours by the minute. �We knew exactly what we were doing and we would have carried on if he hadn�t have killed himself.� Matt winced, �But they wouldn�t do that to James�he�s one of them, Charlie�s best�� �Correction, he was one of them. Charlie feels betrayed by James keeping our relationship a secret, he feels hurt by the fact that I didn�t confide in him and he hates that I don�t need him any more.� I ran my fingers through my hair and sighed loudly, �I�m pregnant Matt.� Matt stumbled back in to the wall and shook his head silently. �Say something, please.� �Is it James�s?� �MATT!� I shrieked, �I�m not a whore, how many guys do you think I�ve slept with for fuck�s sake? Bloody hell boy, I�m not a slut I don�t go round fuckin� everyone in the country! Shit I can�t believe�� �You�re in a church Stef could you please refrain from using every swear word under the sun?!� �Sorry�� I looked up at the ceiling, �Sorry god�� �So it is James�s.� Matt whispered croakily. I nodded and frowned, �I don�t know what to do but this feels right.� Matt shook his head slowly, �If you run away from this you�ll be forever looking over your shoulder, never settling for more than a few days before running away again, the fear that fear will catch up to you will never leave.� �Deep.� �Thanks.� �I didn�t come here for your approval or for your blessing. I came here to say goodbye and tell you that I love you.� A small tear slid down my brother�s cheek and he reached out to me, �I love you too and although I think you�re making the wrong decision I give you my blessing.� �Thank you.� I murmured in to his neck as he took me in to his arms for what would be our last ever hug. Matt knelt down in front of me and kissed my stomach tenderly, �Good luck.� �Thanks � we�re gonna need it.� |