AARON LIVESY – ONE YEAR
"IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS..."
-This fanfic follows on immediately from We Belong Together
**PLEASE READ** Descriptions of a violent nature are considered Fiction rating MA. So with that I feel that I should warn you before reading, thanks guys x
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Cain looked up as a Boeing seven four seven was rising up through the night sky as it had taken off from Leeds-Bradford; he sighed and walked through the main doors of the airport. His target was in sight, he smirked as he barged over. He received a few nasty looks from the bystanders in the queue to the check in desk. He ignored them off and reached out and grabbed Ed by the shoulder and pulled him back.
Ed spun round with a deep frown on his face. "What the hell you doing? I'm waiting to check in here"
"Yeah well not now you're not, get out now!" Cain raised his voice and grabbed his jacket and pulled him all the way back to the exit doors and back out of the airport.
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The noise of the train speeding toward him drowned out any noise around him, his eyes were still closed. His body still relaxed and he was as calm as he had ever been. The noise was getting louder and louder as it got nearer, he let out a content breath. He was ready.
Seconds later he felt arms around him and his legs lifted from the ground, at this point he'd opened his eyes, he couldn't tell who it was who'd got him and the darkness didn't help. As he crashed to the floor he winced in pain, as did Cameron.
Cameron sat up. "What the hell are you doing?" he raged as the train passed by.
Aaron swallowed hard. "I-I..." he didn't know what to say as he sat up properly.
"You're mum is worried sick about you Aaron! She mentioned where Jackson's accident happened but she wasn't sure, in fact she doubted you'd be here but I thought I'd check it out and I'm glad I did because if I was a few seconds later you'd be gone! I better call her" his tone was angry, only because he couldn't understand what he'd just witnessed. He took out his phone and began dialling Chas.
Aaron's mind wandered as Cameron called his mum. He wasn't bothered; maybe she needed to know what kind of mind set he had.
"Right, she's on her way..." Cameron told him and held out his arms as he thought. "W-What was that Aaron?" he wondered.
"Was it not obvious?" Aaron replied.
Cameron started to speak but stopped and sighed heavily. "Yeah it was mate but the question is why?"
"You're bleeding" Aaron noted.
"I'll be fine...answer me, come on Aaron?"
"You tell me why you're sleeping with my mum then?" he asked.
"B-Because I love her, stop side-stepping the issue Aaron, you can't, not this alright so just talk to me!" Cameron demanded.
"But what about Debbie?"
Cameron sighed. "I love her too alright, it's complicated"
"There you go then, so is this...what's just happened – it's all complicated" Aaron sighed
"Fine...If you won't talk to me I'm sure you're mum get it out of ya"
"Yeah she probably will Cameron but I'm not gunna start telling you the ins and outs of my life alright, my mum knows stuff, you don't and I'm not about to start telling you"
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Aaron watched as Cameron spoke with Chas several metres away, his mum gave him the eye several times, at one point he saw her almost break into tears, it was probably the point of the conversation where Cameron told her how he stopped him. Aaron couldn't take that look on his mums face and he looked at the ground and wiped his tears away – he'd disappointed her.
"Hey you" she said softly as she sat on the stones beside him.
Aaron didn't look up.
"Been ringing you all night..."
He still didn't reply.
"Look Aaron...Cameron told me...I'm not gunna shout but I 'am angry at you, I told you, you could talk to me about anything and this...what you wanted to do, I never expected"
"I can't have Jackson back so I want to be with Jackson" he told her as he crumbled and broke down beside her.
Chas felt for him and pulled him into a hug. "You can't be thinking like that love" tears ran down her face and she wiped them away with her free hand.
"It's all I ever think about...ever since Ed started hitting me and using me as a sex toy"
Under normal circumstances it would be funny Aaron saying that but under these circumstances it wasn't and Chas wasn't laughing. "I understand love but Ed won't hurt you again I won't let him and as for his threats...they're empty. He won't be calling the police"
"And how do you know he won't?" Aaron asked as he looked at her through teary eyes.
"I don't know, I just know"
"That's not good enough"
Chas let out a little laugh. "I know but listen, whatever comes we'll deal with it together...I know you're not a Dingle by name, but you are by blood and you are one of us and we all have your back, you don't have to go through everything alone. You did before look how that ended"
Aaron sighed. "I didn't tell you because Jackson wouldn't have gotten his wish"
Chas sighed. "I'm sorry I need to learn when to shut up"
Aaron didn't reply.
"I need to ask this Aaron b-but how do you feel now that Cameron stopped you?" she wondered.
"Gutted. And that I want to get back on that track and wait for the next one"
"Well good job for me there few and far between" she told him as she got up. "Come on...its freezing let's get you home, we'll deal with this together"
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Chas sat on the edge of the bed and looked down at her son wrapped in the duvet. "The bars still open but it shouldn't bother you we're quieter now..." she told him softly.
Aaron shook his head. "Nah, it'll be fine"
Chas smiled slightly. "You warm enough?"
"Yeah thanks"
Chas nodded and got up and looked towards the window, discreetly checking it was still locked, she didn't want him going anywhere. "I'll see you in the morning love, I love you so much" she told him from the doorway.
"Mum..."
"Yeah?" she replied her voice cracking as she felt her emotions building.
"I'm sorry; I'll go back to counselling...I'll try"
"I know you will, night son" she told him and left and went back downstairs to the bar.
Aaron closed his eyes and tried to get some sleep. Then the light from the landing came into the room as the door opened again. Aaron sighed. "Mum, seriously...I'm fine...get back to work"
"You won't be for much longer" The voice wasn't Chas' Aaron opened his eyes and shot up and reached for the lamp. His eyes widened when he saw Ed's bruised, battered and bloody face. "How'd you get in?" he swallowed hard.
"Quiet bar...landlady is upstairs...snuck in and hid until she finally left her precious son alone" he spat.
"Y-You can't be here"
"Well tough, I' am here and I'm not going anywhere" Ed told him as he stepped up to the bed and sat down on the edge of it, looking at Aaron, anger filling his eyes.
"W-What happened to you?"
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"Bit of a to-do with a supplier, had it coming to him for months" Cain told her with a sigh. "Pint please"
"Bit weird that though hitting someone till your knuckles look like that and for what...parts?" she questioned as she poured his pint.
Cain let out a deep breath. "Yeah well, like I said...had it coming to him. Did you manage to find Aaron?"
"Uh yeah...he's in bed...don't really wanna talk about it if that's alright...I just wanna get this night over with and go to sleep myself" she smiled slightly. "Need to make a call though before I can sleep" she added.
Cain frowned. "Who too?"
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Aaron was pinned up against the headboard Ed's hand was gripped around his neck and he was struggling for air, his arms were flapping around trying to get him off him. Aaron was scared; he'd never been so scared in his life. Ed wasn't budging but luckily for Aaron he was concentrating more on his grip than where Aaron's legs were. Aaron managed to unravel them from beneath the duvet and quickly jab him in the chest with both feet which knocked him back and loosened his grip enough so that he could move and get away.
Aaron fell onto the floor gasping for air, and he began to crawl towards the door as fast as he could. "W-Why have you done this to me?" Aaron asked as he regained his breath. "Have a bad childhood did ya? Well guess what me too! I don't go around hitting people"
Ed lunged onto the floor and tried to grab him. "Maybe not but you kill people right?"
Anger raged through Aaron with Ed's words and he rose to his feet before he could grab them and pull him back. Ed laughed and looked up at Aaron standing confidently. "What's this then?" he asked as he stood now too.
"Come on then Ed..." Aaron held out his arms and let them drop by his waist. "Do your worst, because to be honest I don't care anymore...tonight I sat on some train tracks wanting to die because you've driven me too it...you made me realise that the only love I'll feel will be for Jackson, not some piece of scum like you"
"Jackson this Jackson that, that's all I ever hear!" Ed raged.
"Jealous over my dead boyfriend? Cause that's normal behaviour isn't it"
Ed breathed hard and avoided Aaron's gaze.
"I don't care what happens from this point, but get this into your head. I 'am NOT coming back to France with you!" he spat. "I don't know what I ever saw in you and to think I let you have sex with me in this bed before we left...ughh...what was I thinking?" he asked with a smirk. "I'd rather have gone to prison"
Ed yelled in anger and went for Aaron and pushed him out of the bedroom and now onto the lit landing, where Ed could now see Aaron topless, but with several shades of purple and yellow covering his torso, stomach sides and back. "Want a piece?" Aaron spat.
Ed finally saw the damage he'd done and he felt no remorse either.
"What? No? Am I not flaunting myself enough for ya? Funny...didn't think I did last time...but still you hurt me..."
"Because I love you" Ed told him.
"What the hell is going on?" Chas shouted up the stairs.
Aaron's eyes widened. "Uh, nothing I just tripped...sorry..."
Chas sighed and started making her way up the stairs. "No...mum...it's alright I'm fine! I'm going back to bed"
"Oh okay then, night love"
"Yeah...night" he breathed in relief and waited until she was gone. "You don't rape who you love"
"It wasn't..." Ed shook his head.
"I didn't agree to it and when you were going at me I said no! Several times" he told him through gritted teeth, his tone angry but quiet so he didn't draw any attention again. Aaron watched him. He was pleased Cain had sorted him the smirk on his face showed it.
"What's amusing?" Ed asked.
"Your battered face...not nice is it?" he asked and began to laugh and then turned away from him.
Ed moved quickly and pushed Aaron into the wall, and held his head and banged it into the wall hard a few times; the first time sent him unconscious immediately. Ed hadn't realised however and then pushed him towards the stairs and Aaron fell down them hard and fast and his landing was harsh as his back had hit first.
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"Did you make your call then?" Cain asked.
"Uh yeah I was gunna do it later but I had a minute so..." she smiled, and both she and Cain and a few other locals frowned at the noise coming from the back.
"Cain...I don't like the sound of that" shivers covered her entire body.
Cain nodded, neither did he, but he walked round the bar and Chas followed him, thenthe pub was filled with a scream, Cain ran into the bar. "Everybody out now!" he yelled.
"What's happened mate?" David asked.
"It's Aaron he's fallen down the stairs...can you call an ambulance please?" he asked quickly.
David nodded and took out his phone. "S-Sure..."
Cain ran back to Chas who was knelt down by him. "Cain...the...the door wasn't open before..."
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yes! Yes I'm bloody sure!"
Cain knelt down by her. He saw the blood by Aaron's head and hoped she hadn't. "The ambulance is on its way...he'll be alright..."
"Is he breathing?" she asked through her crying.
Cain leaned down by his mouth. "Yeah...barely" he replied, his voice shaky. "He'll be okay..." he said as he gently rubbed his sisters back.
TBC...