– AARON & JACKSON: MY WAY –
"A FACE FROM THE PAST"
~This fanfic follows on several hours after Lost In You
- I do not own the characters, or Emmerdale – ITV do.
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It was almost lunchtime and Aaron had finished working on the car Cain had given him to do. "Alright if I take my dinner?" he asked Cain.
"Car done?" Cain looked up from some paperwork.
"No, I just thought I'd leave it all day" he curled up his lips and shrugged. "Course I have"
Cain nodded. "Go on then"
"Cheers" Aaron nodded and turned and walked away, as he passed dale head Jackson was walking outside getting rid of some rubbish, Aaron wolf whistled at him and smirked.
Jackson looked up and saw his boyfriend on the other side of the road walking to the cafe. "Bacon butty please"
Aaron laughed. "On ya bike matey!"
Jackson chuckled and shook his head as he carried on with what he was doing.
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"Oh so you got me one then..." Jackson noted as Aaron walked over to him with two bags in his hands.
Aaron shook his head. "No, both for me" he smirked.
"You wanna watch him today Jackson he's in the most sarcastic mood ever!" Cain called to them as he made his way up to the pub.
Jackson smiled and nodded to him. "Wonder why?" he said in a hushed voice.
Aaron smirked. "Shush you..." he told him as he handed over one of the bags to Jackson. "Couldn't leave you out could I?"
Jackson shook his head. "Not a chance" he bit into his sandwich and chewed. "I've got something to tell ya" he spoke with his mouthful.
"Did your mother never teach you manners?" Aaron asked with a smile.
Jackson swallowed the food and chuckled. "Yeah like you can talk! But yeah that's what I wanted to tell ya actually...my mum's come back off her travels; she's in town and wants to meet ya"
"What? Why?" he asked with a scrunched face.
"Because she wants to meet ya and I really want you too and I'm not asking I'm kinda telling..." he gave him puppy dog eyes.
Aaron sighed. "Oh alright then, I suppose..." he smiled. "What time should I be ready for?" he asked.
"Six" Jackson told him.
"Alright then" he replied. "I best get back but I'll see you later" he told him with a smile then leaned in and kissed him on the lips.
Jackson smiled and watched him walk back to the garage.
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Aaron had been back at work an hour when the phone rang, he answered it but no one spoke on the other end, he hung up with a look of confusion on his face. He remembered Cain mentioned that had been happening a lot over the last few days, Aaron thought nothing of it and ignored it and went back to the job he was doing.
The phone rang again a few minutes later, Aaron sighed and pushed himself out from under the car, god knows where Cain got too, typical Cain disappearing. He nearly tripped over his tools as he walked to the desk. He shook his head as he picked up the phone. "Dingle Automotives, Aaron speaking..."
Hi yeah I got your number from a mate, you do a breakdown service yeah?
"Yeah course mate, there is a fee for the picku-"
Yeah yeah that's fine; I'm just outside of Hotten in the car park to the supermarket the man interrupted.
"Ahh right yeah I know it, I'll be about twenty minutes" Aaron told him.
Thanks mate the man replied and hung up.
Aaron grabbed the keys to the truck and began to lock the garage. He got in the truck and drove off out the village.
Once he got closer to the supermarket, he pulled in and drove around the car park; it didn't take long before someone was waving at him, Aaron turned the van and pulled up behind the car. He took out his paperwork and shut the door behind him and walked to the driver standing by the bonnet.
When he was in full view of the man, he stopped dead in his tracks.
"Hello Son"
Aaron cleared his throat. "So...you've broken down...alright, just gotta take some information then I can get it back to the garage, fix it and you can be on your way..." Aaron was in shock that it was his father Gordon Livesy and that's all he could think to say.
"No...Son...listen-"
"Don't you dare call me that!" Aaron shouted angrily and pointed at him.
Gordon sighed. "I haven't broken down, I got word from some people that you worked with your uncle Cain, I've been ringing the last few days to see if it was true...you answered, a mechanic eh? Good job that is"
"Really? What do you care?" he asked before turning to walk away.
"No, Aaron please...I-I'm in trouble..."
Aaron stopped and sighed.
"You're the only one who can help me"
Aaron turned around at his father. "What on earth could I possibly help you with?" he asked him.
"I borrowed some money from some men...I couldn't – I can't pay it back...they want me to do drug runs to pay them back...I have no idea what I'm doing and you have some experience...please Aaron I know I'm not a father to you I can see that...but I really need your help! Please?"
Aaron shook his head. "I don't do that anymore and certainly not for you!"
"Not even for your step sister..." Gordon said.
Aaron turned his head away and sighed.
"She's almost three...If this doesn't work then I'm dead, no house, nothing..." Gordon continued.
"Good, I'd rather you be dead, I've hated you so much!" Aaron stopped and began to laugh. "I'm not helping you! Your problem you sort it, I was your problem a few years back, you sorted that one didn't ya! And you know what I'm glad you did, good bye!" he told him and turned and walked back to the van and left as quickly as he could.
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Aaron's mood had lowered dramatically since he got back to the garage; he stayed quiet, answered Cain when he had too, but other than that, nothing. He didn't even acknowledge Jackson when he saw him.
It was five; Aaron downed tools and walked off. "Erm, you're not done yet!" Cain told him.
"Tough you finish it, I'm finished for the day I've had enough!" he shouted and Jackson heard aswell as he locked Dale head up for the night.
"Aaron?" Jackson asked with a frown, a concerned tone to his voice.
Aaron looked at him. "Six yeah?" he doubled checked without waiting for a reply. "I'll be ready!" he shouted back to his boyfriend as he began walking quicker up to Smithy.
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Paddy popped his head into Aaron's room and saw loads of shirts and jumpers laid out on the bed. "What ya doing? A bloody fashion show?" he laughed.
"No, I dunno what to wear I'm meeting Jackson's mum...and we're meant to leave in half an hour!"
"The blue shirt Aaron" Paddy told him.
Aaron picked it up. "You sure?"
"I'm no expert in fashion"
"Obviously..."
Paddy smiled. "But just try it on again and keep it on you don't have time for messing around"
Aaron nodded.
"I wanted to talk to you"
"What about?" Aaron asked.
"Jackson, I thought about it and I-I'd be alright with it if you wanted him to stay over at some point..." Paddy explained.
"Oh..." Aaron sighed. "I-It kinda already did happen Paddy...I would have said something but it all just happened, I'm sorry"
"Oh..." Paddy said and he couldn't help but smile. "Was everything alright?" he asked.
Aaron nodded shyly. "Yeah, was fine" he told him.
"Good, I'm p-pleased for you" Paddy told him. "Anyway I'll let you finish getting dressed"
Aaron smiled and nodded to him before he left him alone.
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Aaron couldn't see Jackson around anywhere when he left the house and looked around the village, he started walking to find him, he was close to the shop when Jackson and Leyla walked out, Jackson was all ready for seeing his mum; he'd guessed Leyla caught him to do a quote on the place.
"Ohh here he is" Leyla said with a smile.
Aaron nodded and smiled.
"I like your shirt, brings out your eyes" she told him happily.
Aaron smirked.
"You're not wearing that are ya?" Jackson asked.
"Yes I am" he replied.
"No...Please go put a jumper on or something" Jackson begged.
Aaron scrunched his face. "I'm wearing it Jackson, now if you don't like it I'll go back up there and you can go yourself so you either stop pushing it or I'll do just that!"
"What is up with you today? You snapped at Cain and you haven't even acknowledged me all afternoon, what's going on?"
Aaron sighed and calmed himself down. "Nothing, just messed up on a job, I'm sorry, I'll change the shirt" he smiled.
"No..." Jackson smiled and walked up to him. "Its fine" he told him and kissed him, then turned back to Leyla. "I'll drop by with the quotes tomorrow"
Leyla nodded and let the boys go.
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A few hours later the boys arrived back in the village, Aaron was pleasant to Jackson's mum Hazel more than Jackson had expected but he didn't talk much because she did most of the talking herself. But Jackson knew something was bothering Aaron more than what he'd told him earlier. He was quiet on the drive back and he was quiet as they walked back into Paddy's.
Aaron meeting Gordon earlier had riled him and gotten under his skin. He took off his jacket and walked past Jackson and headed upstairs. "Going to bed are we?" Jackson asked seriously.
"Yeah I 'am, you can do whatever" Aaron replied when he was halfway up.
Jackson rushed to the bottom of the stairs. "What the hell is wrong Aaron? If it's about my shirt comment earlier then I'm sorry...we weren't meeting the queen that's all"
Aaron stopped at the top and looked down to Jackson. "Yeah I kinda guessed that..." he frowned. "Just thought I'd make an effort, I'll remember not too in future, but no it's got sod all to do with it and to be quite honest, it's nothing to do with you" he sighed and sat on the top stair.
Jackson sighed and looked away from him.
"I'm sorry Jackson, I' am...it's just...I've had a crap day and I shouldn't have taken it out on you"
Jackson nodded. "No you shouldn't but I'm here" he began walking up the stairs and joined him at the top. "But there's something more going on than just your crappy day line...what's going on?"
Aaron looked down. "I got a breakdown call and I went to it, it was my real dad and he said stuff about needing help...and it's bugged me all day"
"Help with what?"
"Getting some people off his back...he borrowed some money..."
Jackson's eyes widened. "You're thinking of helping aren't you?"
"I dunno Jackson but if I do, it won't be for him...I have a half sister she's nearly three apparently...I'm not going to let her grow up without a dad"
Jackson didn't know what to say. "Just be very, very careful if you decide to help"
"Course I will, I'm not stupid Jackson"
Jackson placed his arm around him and pulled him close. "I know" he said before kissing him on the forehead.
TBC...
