Hello, back here with Awesome Mr. L. It seems I have a fan called 'Katiii' and for the sake of anyone else if you want to see what happens to Theo skip to chapter 4 as this chapter is about events in the past. It will still be interesting. Here we go.
3: Immigration
November, 2008, Chelsea, Mayflower Residence
Seven year-old Theo Mayflower, really Theo Melonombe, hobbled into his apartment. The kids at his local comp had been bullying Mohammed in Theo's class and as usual had left him with a few bruises while the bullies, Daniel and Alan, had gotten off with a detention and a bad memory.
'Look at the state of you' Theo's mother said from the landing, he could have sworn that he had heard two or more voices but dismissed the thought, 'What happened?'.
Theo sighed, his mom didn't understand that it was cool if you had a few battle scars and didn't need your mother fussing over them, 'I fell down'.
'On what? A bloody fence'.
'It's nothing Rochelle'.
Theo's mother crossed her arms, her name was Evangeline as everyone at the office insisted on calling her but Rochelle was the name of the naggy mother on Theo's favourite show. She clicked her fingers at a door and Theo knew that meant she wanted him to take a shower. Remembering to use the good shower gel and scrubbing behind his neck was one of the things a mother generally fretted about.
As Theo went to go and strip off in the bathroom, Eva went across the landing to her own room. On her bed was the man who had so-patiently waited.
'So when would you be prepared?' he asked.
Eva rubbed her hands together, 'You know how complicated this is for me Liam, Theo has a life here and the only family I have here is my ex-husband's sister. And she lives all the bloody way in Manchester'.
Liam smiled, maybe it was the fact that he generally liked this particular immigrant or the way she said "bloody" by emphasising on the "bl-". There was also the fact that they had snogged to the point of foreplay and for someone over thirty she was still quite fit in a black blouse.
Liam pointed out, 'Theo might still be able to visit you in Mozambique'.
Eva shook her head, 'I can already see this going on in my head, the Mozambique authorities would only allow it if I was with him and the British side wouldn't even dare let me touch him until he was sixteen because of my ...' she paused and smiled to lighten the mood, 'coke issues'.
'So what are you going to do about it?' Liam asked.
Eva choked up, 'Hope to God that someone helps him'.
19th December, Liverpool
The last two weeks had been different for Theo, when they had broken up for winter he usually got a few hours a week with his mom to got out for dinner or maybe play a silly game but this time she seemed able to spend every moment with him, except for two times when she went to the immigration offices to supposedly renew their passports.
They had been travelling around Liverpool for four days, even being able to go to the special ceremony at Anfield stadium for Bill Shankly even though LFC was probably the club that Theo 5th hated the most in the world behind, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, FC Barcelona and Machester United.
The ride over to the Liverpool Children's Centre felt particularly weird for Theo.
Eva gripped the wheel tightly, 'You know Theo, I'll miss you a lot'.
He rolled his eyes, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah mum, you said that already'.
She curled her lip as they stopped outside the door, 'Theo, if you could never see me again, would you still forgive me'.
It hadn't occurred to Theo that the words "forgive me" were peculiar, 'Of course I would mum, I wouldn't be able to forget you'. Tears formed in Theo's mother's eyes, Theo smiled in the same way an adult does if a kid asked why the window steams up when they look at it if it's raining.
He reached across the gearbox and hugged his mother for the last time. She swiped a tear from her eye and reached in the back seat for three photos, they were of her holding him as a baby, one a few days ago as they had been setting off for the journey and the other of him and her a few years ago.
Theo pocketed them before getting out. As the car drove off Theo waved a final goodbye before heading inside the door to a bald, smiling man.
Theo sipped herbal tea from a mug that had "#1 DAD" crudely painted on it while the blad, headed carer from the Children's Centre, Val Cross, rubbed his back.
Val, or Mr. Cross as Theo had insisted on calling him ever since he had taken him back to his flat on Shrewsbury House, consoled him, 'It's gonna be OK mate, I'm sure she's just caught up in traffic'.
Val knew the truth though, as soon as it had reached four O'clock and Val had escorted Theo outside to see a suitcase and bag left outside the entrance he quickly put two and two together.
The fact that the children's centre was a middle passage for orphan or abandoned children in Liverpool made it easier to see that Theo's mother had planned it all.
Theo sniffled, 'What's going to happen to me, Mr. Cross?'.
Val looked away because he didn't want Theo to see his tears and realise that he had a connection with someone he had known for a few hours. The surname Mitchum passed his mind.
Back to 2013, A few days before Chloe's birthday
A Sleepover on the 8th Floor
Jenna Torav jiggled on the spot and clasped her eyes closed but couldn't help groaning and fluttering as the other five girls in the room giggled and counted from ten down.
'10, 9, 8, 7, 6!' Jenna looked set to burst but held it in because she knew the consequences, the girls though had something in store for Jenna.
'3! 2! 3! 4!' Jenna realised she'd been duped but had no time to lash out at her friends as she dashed into the bathroom and un-tucked her pyjama top before shaking out the ice cubes in her shirt that had left a small, wet stain.
The girls in Jenna's bedroom were rolling on the floor as Jenna came back in with a grin on her face.
'Who's next?' she asked.
'Abby' Christina Wheeler said.
They had been up for the last few hours playing silly girl games and the last half hour had been full of laughter because they were playing Truth & Do or Dare.
Chloe had gotten seduce a teddy bear, Christina had to dance to the whole of the song, "Harlem Shake". Others spanned from a knock-and-run on someone's door to running topless down the corridor.
Abby replied, 'Truth & Do'.
This earned "ooh's" from the group.
'So' a girl named Magnolia Kemp started, 'What's the slag-iest thing you've ever done with boy?'.
Abby held her finger up to her mouth in mock thought, 'Hmmm, let me think, oh yeah, I'll pass'. Abby hadn't actually had a boyfriend but thought it best not to lie either.
Magnolia pleaded 'Come on Abby'.
Abby puffed, 'Well there was this one time I saw Theo when we went on the bus to the shopping centre in town so I let him put his hand up my blouse and I touched his bum and then he started kissing my neck'.
The room erupted, 'Ooohh!'.
She waved her hands, 'But nothing else happened'.
'Aww'.
Jenna turned to Chloe, 'Looks like you have competition'. This made Abby blush, inside Chloe felt like clawing her nails into Abby's eyes and screaming to the world that she was a whore.
But Chloe knew that first of all she'd probably get expelled fro CHERUB and secondly, that was part of what came with going out with one of the cutest guys on campus.
Chloe shrugged it off and joked, 'If things get rough I'll just steal Allen Humphrey from you'.
The girls giggled, 'You mean Humphrey Dumpty' Jenna laughed, 'He's an oaf'.
Lucky you, thought Chloe, I'll have to fight the other girls off with a whip.
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