Beginnings
Chapter 3
*DOUGIE'S POV*
Well this was weird...I'd never really had this happen to me before... Only the occasional times when I was little... I'd always feared my parents would either die tragically or split up. Sadly, the second option had happened and I was still just a child really.
I felt this constant tapping on my shoulder and a few shakes from some rather big hands. Even I could tell with my eyes closed that these were Danny's hands. As I was sleeping, I was kinda half awake too because I could hear Danny talking quietly to Tom who was still awake.
"Oi Tom..." I heard Danny whisper.
"Yeah...?" Tom replied.
"I think Doug's having some sort of nightmare thing... I'm worried..." Danny was still whispering.
"I'm sure he's fine...just let him sleep..." Tom sounded like he wasn't exactly bothered about this so went back to sleep.
*DANNY'S POV*
Dougie kept mumbling in his sleep. I heard the odd words like 'dad', 'fuck' and 'shit' but I couldn't make out the rest. I decided to just keep my eye on him as much as I could during the night but around 4am, I felt him move...quite a bit off me because I felt him no longer in my lap... I opened my eyes, trying to wake up enough to see him and that was when I saw him...lying on his back in the corner of the room, just staring...staring at the ceiling...
From the length of time I was watching him, I don't recall him blinking for a good minute. I tried getting his attention but he literally didn't move a muscle. But then he spoke...
*DOUGIE'S POV*
"Why did you really leave dad? I'm probably won't even see you ever again...so I might just have to assume you're dead or somet cos I'm actually kinda happy being with these guys...they've made me feel so welcome... But maybe if you weren't such an arse about things, I'd have a proper family..." I just pretty much let my tears fall as I then felt that familiar arm around me... It was Danny's... He gave good cuddles yano. He just pulled me close, comforting me. That's when I got this sudden odd feeling in my stomach... Something that I've never encountered before... Especially from another guy...
