Chapter Eight: Bathroom Talk
Jeremy walked out of the bathroom. His lips are covered in wet blood. His eyes are tear stained and his clothes are crooked.
Justin made his way upstairs. Justin followed him. Jeremy went into the bathroom and begin cleaning himself. Justin flinched at the sight of the burns on Jeremy's chest.
"It's okay." Jeremy lied. "It doesn't even hurt."
"What happened?" Justin asked, almost in a whisper. Justin wasn't even sure if he had even said it aloud.
"Nothing. Just, don't worry yourself about me okay? I will be fine. He doesn't hurt me that much. Just a slap here and there." Jeremy forced a smile. He was hurting so bad, but he couldn't let Justin know that. He had to stay strong for him, be strong.
"What are you going to tell dad?" Justin asked curiously.
"I'm going to tell him that we were playing football, and you threw it too hard. Causing it to split my lip." Jeremy answered splashing cold water on his burns, it made them feel better.
"What about the burns?" Justin asked.
"He doesn't have to know about that. Do not tell him!" Jeremy said, his tone final.
Suddenly, the brothers were interrupted by Nick, who appeared in the door.
"What are you doing?" He asked, clearly high from the four joints he had smoked while raping Jeremy.
"Nothing." Jeremy looked into the mirror. Justin moved closer to his brother.
"You have such a cute face." Nick told Justin stumbling over to him and cupping his chin.
"Don't touch him!" Jeremy turned around sternly, slapping Nick's hand away.
Nick let out a strained laugh.
"Come on boy." Nick grabbed Jeremy's hair and pulled him out of the bathroom.
Jeremy gave Justin a look that told him to stay put. Nick begin pulling Jeremy towards the stairs.
"I'm home!" Cody yelled walking through the door downstairs.
"Shit." Nick whispered letting Jeremy go. "Put a shirt on!"
Jeremy ran back to the bathroom and got his shirt.
Nick acted as if he weren't high.
"Hey." He said meeting Cody in the dining room.
"Were they bad?" Cody asked taking his coat off.
"No, but I just got a call from my sister, she wants me to take her somewhere. I told her I'd come when I got off babysitting duty, so I'm going." Nick grabbed his coat.
"See you tomorrow." Cody said looking around for Jeremy and Justin.
"Kids?" Cody called.
Jeremy and Justin came in, forcing smiles of happiness.
"Yeah?" Justin smiled.
"What happened to your lip?" Cody asked bending down to Jeremy's level and looking at his lip with hurt and compassion.
"Football accident." Jeremy smiled.
"Oh." Cody stood up again.
"Well, I though someone hurt you." Cody said going into the kitchen.
'Someone did hurt me dad. Nick hurt me. More than you know. I am so scared. I need you dad. Please help me. help me.' Jeremy thought silently. 'Silent thoughts won't help you Jeremy, you have to tell him. Tell him!'
"Dad?" Jeremy called approaching Cody.
"Yep?"
"I have to tell you something. Something important." Jeremy's eyes were tearful.
"What buddy?" Cody asked. He stopped preparing dinner.
'Oh no! No! Don't back out Jeremy Don-'
"I'm doing bad in English." Jeremy said.
"That's okay. We'll work on it." Cody went on with dinner.
'How can I stop this if I can't even tell dad? I feel so helpless. I'm scared.' Jeremy thought and walked away.
A/N- There's Chapter 8. That's not what I had planned, but it still happened this way. I had a more graphic plan, but it can wait. I hope you enjoy this Chapter! Thanks guys!
