How it happened

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He was twelve when he was brought to live at the Mercer home. Jack had been nervous, ever house he'd lived in before he had been abused and used and was scared that would happen again. But to Jack's surprise, he liked his brother's right away, he just didn't know them that well. He was kind of scared of Bobby, Bobby was rough, and he picked on him a lot. But then one day Jack was walking home and he got attacked by some bully's at school. Bobby was going to the store for Evelyn. And he saw some guy's push Jack into an ally, so he ran into the ally to see those guy's beat up on Jack. Now Jack can fight off one, maybe even two, but not three or four. Bobby came up to one and punched him, he punched him so hard that he fell to the ground with a loud thump. He caught the other's attention. "Hello boy's. I believe that's my brother you're beating the shit out of." They ran off, Jack started to get up. Bobby came up to him and helped him up. "You okay Jackie." Jack nodded. That's when he realized how much Bobby cared about him, even though he pick's on him a lot.

Jack was pulled from his memories as the plane was landing. Jack left the plane and grabbed his bag's. Someone came up behind him, and grabbed him around his waist. Jack's inside's jumped, he even yelped. The guy put him down "Hey Jackie it's me." Jack turned around to see Angel. His breathing had became rough and shallow when Angel had picked up, was going back to normal, for a minute there he thought it was them again, from his nightmares. But he was glad that it was just his brother Angel. "Oh, Angel don't scare me like that."

Angel was surprised by the reaction he got, Jack had never acted like that before when he's grabbed him by surprise in the past. That worried Angel more then he liked. "Okay, well Bobby's waiting in the car with Jerry."

"Okay." Jack picked up his stuff and followed Angel. After they got Jack's bags put in the trunk and Jack sitting in the back seat with Jerry, Bobby behind the wheel the car said as he started her up" How's it been going Cracker Jack."

"Okay I guess." There was a hint of something that Angel picked up on, Bobby picked up on it as well. Jerry on the other hand was on the cell with his wife. Bobby gave a quick glance to Angel before speaking again. "Well, you don't sound okay."

"I'm fine I promise." He said. Jerry hung up with his wife a few minutes later, he look at Jack and smiled. "Hey Jackie, how's New York been treating you?" Jerry asked.

"It's okay."

"Good, so how's it been going in New York for you?" Bobby asked. Jack didn't answer him. He was remember what happened three month's ago.

Flashback

Jack had been walking home from work, he had been working in a bar. Some guy's had been hitting on him, some of the pick up lines had been really cheesy, most the time he'd say yes, but not this time, he was to busy thinking of Bobby. He had been saving up some money to go back and tell Bobby just how he feels, but it's been a slow process. So when the guys asked him out, he turned them down, and told them that he wasn't gay, even though it was a complete lie. They didn't believe him. As he was walking by an ally on his way home, those same guy's. There was only two of them, grabbed him and pushed him in the ally. The guy's were strong, and they had taken Jack by surprise. They tied his hand's behind his back, they pushed him on his knee's. The guy in front of him started to undo his pants. The guy behind him was taking Jack's pant's off.

Flashback end

Jerry shook Jack and said "Jackie, hey Jackie." Jack shook his head. "Yeah." He was glad that he was pulled from his thought's. "You okay Jackie?" Bobby asked. Jack nodded. "Are you sure, I thought you were crying." Jack realized that he had been crying. Just a few tears had rolled down his check's. Jack whipped his face. "It's okay. I'm fine. Just a little tired."

"Okay, well you can go to bed when we get home if you want." He nodded.

Jack tried not to think about what happened. His therapist had given him a cell phone if he ever felt the need to call her. Of course he did. But he didn't want to call her in front of his brother's. But as soon as they got home, Jack took his bag's up to his old room. He closed the door, pulled out his cell phone and called her. The phone rang a couple of time's before Susan picked up "Hello." She said.

"Yeah, Sue it's me Jack."

"Oh Jackie, how's it going."

"Okay, I just got home with my brother's. I need to talk to you."

"Alright what happened?"

"I had another flashback of that night." He sat on his bed. As he was talking to Susan, Sophie walked past his bed room, the door was open a crack. Sophie was going to marry Angel. Even though Angel doesn't know it yet. Sophie stayed there listening, she knows it wrong but there was something in his voice that told her to stay. "Jack it's gonna be okay, tell me what happened." Susan said in that kind and gentle voice.

"Well Bobby had just asked me about New York and how things have been. I wanted to tell him, I was going to, but then I thought of all the things that could've happened, what he might have said, Jerry and Angel were in the car too and I just couldn't do it." Jack said as tears were flowing freely down his face. Sophie could hear the desperation in his voice, the fear, she went downstairs where Bobby, Angel and Jerry were. "Guys, I think something's wrong with Jack." They instantly stopped their talking and laughing and focused on her. "What makes you think that?" Bobby asked.

"I just heard him on the phone talking to someone, he was crying guys, something about wanting to tell you about New York, but he was scared of your reaction." Sophie informed them. They talked for awhile, but decided that when Jack was readying to talk about it, then he would, until then they weren't going to push the subject. So with that said Sophie went to the kitchen to make dinner.