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Taken

Ste's point of view

Things had been really strained at work since Doug and I shared that kiss, so today when Doug phoned up sick I was pretty glad, it meant I could just get on with my day and not worry about anything. I did see that Brendan was doing his usual, looking at me from the balcony of chez chez, I'm sure he thinks that I can't see him or that I don't notice him, but of course I do, maybe it was because I was looking too. It's hard to ignore his stare it was so intense even if it is through a glass window. He really finds it hard to accept that I've moved on but I have, I really have, haven't i? I was just closing down, sweeping the floor when I heard the door open,

"Sorry we are closed" I shouted

"What even for me Steven"

"Oh it's you what do you want Brendan"

"Is that anyway to talk to your customers Steven? I just wanted to grab something quick to eat"

"Like I said Brendan we are closed"

I couldn't believe the cheek of him, he'd had all day to get something to eat, and no doubt he'd been watching me again

"Have I told you how much I like you in your uniform Steven? Especially when you're bent over sweeping the floor"

"God Brendan have you been watching me again?"

"Again Steven, I don't follow"

"I see you Brendan, watching me, from the balcony, you do it a lot"

Brendan walked over to me and closed the space between us once more; I could feel the warmth of his breath on my face, I could smell him and god he smelt good. My heart was pounding, beating so fast that I thought it was going to stop. Maybe I had moved on outwardly but inside I still felt the same, it was still him. I moved back from him, nearly tripping over as I did.

"Look I need to get home Brendan I'm watching the kids tonight"

Oh my god was I that stupid; I'd just told him that I was going to be alone tonight in my flat.

"Great I'll see you later then Steven, I'll bring a bottle"

And before I could say anything he was gone, this really can't be happening, not again. I wasn't inviting him round I was trying to get him to leave. I continued to sweep the floor and heard the door go again, I really should lock it.

"Look Brendan about tonight"

I started to say but stopped dead in my tracks when I saw who it was.

"Still fucking Brendan then rat boy"

"Warren"

"What are you doing here?"

I could see he was wired and when he locked the door I felt very scared, I had a feeling this was going to end badly.

"Aren't you supposed to be inside?"

" I was but I broke out; see I know lots of people. I couldn't stop thinking about revenge, when your banged up you have a lot of time to think. I want revenge on the people who brought me down, starting with Brendan. That means starting with you."

Before I even knew what was happening warren had grabbed me and shoved me out back.

"You shout for help boy and I'll kill ya, do you get me?"

I understood I knew how these things went; I should be used to this treatment by now. I could feel something digging into the side of me, I wasn't taking any chances, and I did as I was told. He tied my hands behind my back and put something over my mouth so I couldn't shout.

"We will have to wait till it gets dark outside before we leave here, I don't want anyone seeing us do i?"

Here I am yet again in danger because of Brendan; he will always be trouble for me. Once it was dark warren blindfolded me, dragged me to a car and put me in the boot.

"I just have a quick detour to make rat boy"

Brendan's point of view

There was a plus side and a down side to having carter and hay right opposite chez chez, the plus side was I still get to see Steven most days which of course made my day a lot brighter even if he does hate me now. The down side though is every opportunity I have to watch him I do, I can't always see him and sometimes I see Douglas instead, which frustrates me as my eyes only want to see him. I could see that it was only Steven working today, I wondered why. It does get really busy so for Steven to be on his own something must be up. In a perfect world I could be his hero and go over there and help him, but it's not a perfect world and I'm no hero. I waited till it was nearly closing time, then I made my way over to see him, it would be the ideal opportunity to have him all to myself, even if it's just for a few minutes. He was sweeping the floor when I entered the shop, god his perfect arse staring at me, just watching him this way made me tight in my trousers. I wondered how I'd managed to stay away from him for so long. He tried to tell me he was closed and although I enjoyed teasing and flirting with him, I could see he wasn't in the mood for me, especially when I told him I like him in his new uniform bent over.

"God Brendan have you been watching me again"

He knew, he'd seen me, he noticed every time I watched him, I suppose it doesn't matter anymore. Everyone knows our history and most of them know how I feel about him, he knows how I feel about him. I moved over to him, our bodies almost touching. God he looked great, I wanted to eat him all up. Staring into his beautiful blue eyes I could see he was nervous, this gave me hope, and it gave me the knowledge that he still feels something for me. He moved away from me, nearly tripping over as he did. He told me he needed to get back for the kids as he was watching them tonight. I could go round, be with him.

"Great I'll see you later then Steven, I'll bring a bottle"

And before he had the chance to turn down the offer of my company I was gone. I knew he would say no if I waited for a reply. I couldn't help but take advantage, I knew he was getting flustered, I knew it was a mistake him telling me about being on his own tonight, but it was the only way I was going to get to be with him. I got to Steven's about 9pm, was it wrong to be excited, it had been so long since I'd been lucky enough to spend an evening with him, and the thought of possibly spending one with him now was over whelming. I knocked on the door expecting to see him only to see Amy.

"What are you doing here? What do you want Brendan?"

"Where is Steven? I've come to see him, it's a work thing"

"Oh right, that's why you've got a bottle of wine in your hand, Anyway he's not here"

"I thought he was watching the kids tonight?"

"He hasn't come home yet, he's probably out with Doug celebrating how good his life is, goodbye Brendan"

And she shut the door.

So where was he? Why hadn't he come home? I went back to carter and hay but everything was locked up. I went to see if he was with Douglas but he wasn't, he hadn't seen him, I even rang him but it went straight to voicemail. I started to worry a little; maybe I was just being paranoid. I got home to find a letter waiting for me, I had a feeling it was going to be bad news before I even opened it, it read….

If you ever wanna see your precious rat boy again

wait by your phone and follow my instruction

Guess who?

I knew who it was…..Foxy.

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