Sorry for taking the Fic down, then reposting needed to add a little more to the first chap, as I didn't like the beggining. Sorry for any annoyance I caused by doing this, hope you will all enjoy the fic and please leave a review to let me know what you think xxx
"How you doing Kathleen?" A 16 year-old Dixie, was walking back home continuing to be harassed by the same boy. She thought it was over, it was the last day of school and he still couldn't leave her alone.
"Mick, leave me alone" Dixie pleaded, as he pushed her to the ground.
"Never lesbo!" He chuckled, the word about Dixie's sexuality had spread some people didn't mind. But others thought it was wrong Mick Williams was one of these people, as soon as he found out he harassed Dixie even more than he had previously done. He kicked her a few times, leaving her to cry on the ground.
"Don't think it is over, I will be coming for you one day." He spat on Dixie then walked off, leaving her on the floor crumpled.
Dixie sat up from bed, tears streaming as she relived one of the memories from her childhood. She was breathing hard, Jeff woke up next to her.
"Dix what's up?" Jeff asked, still sounding asleep, but concern obvious in his voice as he sat up, noticing Dixie was crying.
"Nothing, just a bad dream" Dixie sniffed, before going into Jeff's open arms for a hug that she so desperately needed.
"Ok, well it's ok" Jeff kissed her head lightly, Dixie never told him about all the years of bullying she suffered in school. That Mick, had broken two of her ribs in one kick just because of her sexuality. It wasn't something many people knew, she didn't want to relive the terror she put up during her school life. That was the last time she saw Mick, and even now she wanted it to remain that way. She fell asleep again, this time not having the same dream as before in fact this time she didn't dream at all, it was just all black.
When she woke, Jeff made her a coffee and they both sat in the kitchen with Abs still asleep in his bed.
"What was your dream about?" Jeff asked, Dixie had bad dreams before but non that had shock her up this badly.
"Nothing. Don't worry can't remember it now anyway" Dixie lied she remembered very well what she had dreamt but she wanted to forget, she wanted to forget the whole four years of bullying she had to put up with.
"Ok well, if you remember and want to tell me, I'm here" Jeff said supportively, wondering what Dixie had got into such a state over, not many things made her cry so whatever this was it really effected Dixie.
"Come on we best get ready we have a new paramedic starting today" Dixie changed the subject quickly as the memories of getting beaten up on her way to and from school was making her eyes fill up with tears.
Jeff and Dixie got dressed heading for work so they could greet the new paramedic,
"So who do you think base have sent us?" Jeff asked excitedly.
"I don't know Jeffrey" Dixie tried to clean up her office in the little time she had left before the new paramedic arrived.
"Hope it's a hot bird" Dixie heard Jeff mutter under his breath so she threw a cushion at him.
"Ouch what the hell was that for"
"I heard what you said Jeffrey"
"Stupid cow" He muttered more quietly, but got another cushion thrown at him at a higher force.
"Ouch" he said pretending to act hurt, pouting at Dixie.
"I heard that too" She said, pointing her finger and raising her eyebrows. They were interrupted by the door knocking.
"Come in" Dixie said merely as Jeff put the cushions back on their rightful place on the chair.
"Hello, I'm Mick Williams, but we have already met haven't we Kathleen" Dixie stood frozen, she wasn't expecting this. He stood in her doorway, giving her a venomous grin
Dixie stood there unable to take things in, the new paramedic was her old bully who would laugh as he kicked her, breaking her ribs and leaving her crumpled on the floor. He was still like he was, he hadn't changed much over the years Dixie hadn't seen him, he was still taller than her muscular and could easily over power her. She was lost in her own train of thought until Jeff tapped her on the shoulder,
"You alright"
"Yeah. Yeah I'm fine mate, right Mick you're paired with Tamzin today, and people call me Dixie now, not Kathleen." Dixie felt a little bad now, having paired him with Tamzin she hoped he wouldn't say or do anything mean to her.
"Right Dixie it is then. Who is this?"
"I'm Jeff" Jeff walked over shaking his hand, being more professional than her.
"I'll take you to Tamzin" Jeff led him out, as soon as they left Dixie went on the computer to email base. Maybe she could get him sent to another base like before she managed to get St James to take back Omar and Tamzin. But then she looked at the rotas, if she got rid of him all hell would break lose there wasn't enough paramedics now, if she got rid of him everybody else would have to work double hard and double the hours. Then an idea came into her head, maybe she could get him swapped for another paramedic, but how would her reason sound ' I am sorry, but I don't want to accept him as bullied me badly in school' even in her mind it sounded stupid, it looked like she was just going to have to put up with it. She sighed running her hand through her hair, what was the worst that could happen? Maybe he had grown out of it, and it was just him being a troubled child or something? But the grin he gave Dixie, made her think he hadn't changed at all.
She pushed the paper work to one side, then left to start her shift with Jeff. She got into the ambulance and he was already in there.
"Where do you know Mick from?" Jeff asked, puzzled as she never mentioned anything about him before.
"School" Dixie replied bluntly, not wanting to spend the day talking about the person who bullied her throughout secondary school.
"Nice bloke" Jeff said, they both had a thing in common they loved football and the pub that was enough for Jeff.
"Yeah. If you say so" Dixie lied, knowing what he was really like and 'Nice bloke' wasn't the best way you could describe him. Dixie spent the rest of the day, thinking about how she could change the situation she had been put in but there was nothing she could think of.
She could tell Jeff, but how daft was it going to sound. Mick was very good at acting, she told her Mum and Dad about what he did to her each day, but they didn't believe her they said Mick would never do something like that, but they were wrong. If her own Mum and Dad didn't believe her, why would Jeff, in fact her relationship with her Mum collapsed, because she told her about Mick. She didn't want hers and Jeff's relationship collapsing in the same way. She was lost without him, and she wouldn't know what she would do if their relationship ended.