Chapter 1

Ianto sat at the back of classroom drawing all over the front of his jotter. He hated English, wait he hated school all together. Exams were only two months away and everyone was taking about study plans, Ianto hadn't even looked at the little work he had done over the past year. He didn't really care, he had fallen behind months ago. When everyone was in studying at the weekend Ianto was doing the opposite, he was out getting wasted with a few people he called his friends, but they were not his friends, they were just low lives like him, not going to school and getting wasted instead.

The teacher was walking around the class checking on everyone, and helping anyone if they were stuck with everything. Ianto was supposed to be answering questions on the book they are reading. The class were have supposed to read a chapter for homework and take down notes, then answer the questions in class. Ianto hadn't even looked at the book the previous night, never mind have had read a chapter. Last night he didn't go out but decided to stay in and get wasted. Ianto's head was buzzing, and didn't really notice the things going on in the class.

The teacher walked up and down the class, he came to Ianto's desk and looked at what he was doing.

"JONES!" The teacher shouted. Ianto didn't't even look up at the teacher but continued to draw little cartoons on his jotter. "This is not bloody art, Jones!" The teacher said getting angrier.

"Oh, is it not, I didn't notice…" Ianto laughed slightly continuing to draw.

"GET OUT OF MY CLASS, NOW!" The teacher screamed at Ianto.

Ianto smiled and picked his bag up off the floor and put in on his shoulder and took his jotter and pencil and walked to the door, as Ianto was just about to step out he turned to the teacher and smiled. "You need to calm down, Sir…"

"Get out, and I will see to you in a minute." The teacher growled. Ianto laughed and walked out and stood outside leaning against the wall. He rested his foot up against the wall and slouched waiting for the teacher to come out. The teacher finally came out. He shut the door and stood in front of Ianto looking at him. "Stand, up straight boy!" The teacher said firmly. Ianto moaned and stood up straight. "Ianto, did you read that chapter I asked you to read?"

"No, Sir"

"Why not, Ianto?"

"Had better things to do Sir, than read a stupid book."

"Better things?"

"Yes Sir, better things…" Ianto grinned.

"Right. Ianto your throwing your life away, if you don't pass these exams, then it's over."

Ianto shrugged his shoulders. "It's too late now, exams are in two months and I'm behind with every subject."

"Ianto it's never too late… It's better to at least pass an exam than fail it completely."

"Suppose…" Ianto said as the bell rang. "Sir, can I go?"

"Yeah, ok. Ianto will you promise me that you will make an effort with your course work, how about you read that chapter and summarise it for me, in a few paragraphs and hand it in tomorrow?"

Ianto sighed, "ok, I'll try…"

"Well, go on…what are you waiting for, it's time to go home."

"Yeah…well bye Sir."

"Bye, Ianto and don't forget about that homework…ok?"

Ianto nodded as he walked away, down the stairs and out the main entrance of the school. He quickly walked home listening to his Ipod going down the road. He got his key out as he walked up to his flat, he opened the door and seen a note from his mum. 'Yan, just went out, be back soon. There is some money on the counter, get yourself some chips for tea…mum x' Ianto read it then scrunched it up knowing his mum was away out to Matty's, her new boyfriend. He opened the fridge and took out a can of coke and opened it and drank it. He crushed the can with his hand and threw it out of the kitchen window. Ianto went into the living room and turned the TV on and lay on the sofa flicking through the channels, there was nothing to watch, he put a music channel on. He looked around the room for something to do, then he seen his school bag lying on the floor, and remembered that his English teacher said he was to do that homework. He picked up his school bag and took out his jotter and the book. He opened the book at the correct page and started reading, he had to keep going back to understand it properly. He then took his jotter out and his pencil and turned to a fresh page and started writing things that he'd just read, he kept looking at the book to see what else he had to put in. After thirty minutes of writing he had wrote just under a whole page. He smiled and put his stuff back into his bag. He looked at the clock and got up and decided to go out to the chip shop. He picked up his keys, money and his phone and closed the flat door behind him. He ran down the stairs and kicked the flat door open, he ran out into the rain, down the streets till he came to the chip shop. It started to rain heavily, Ianto bought himself some chips and a pizza and ran back home in the pouring rain. Ianto sighed and lay on the sofa looking up at the ceiling. He sighed again and got up and went into his room, he turned his stereo on really loud and took out a bottle of vodka from under his bed. He unscrewed the lid and drank it, he screwed his face up as it went down his throat and sat on his bed and kept drinking until he'd finished the bottle. His music was still blaring loud as he lay there trying to drown out everything. He found another bottle of vodka and finished that too. He then turned his music down and undressed, and got into bed. His mum didn't't come home that night.

A/U - please review, and tell me what you want to happen? Thanks J