Chapter Nine: Like Mother, Like Son
Jeremy watched out of his bedroom window as Cody drove away to work. Today would be another terrifying day of Nick. Jeremy made his way downstairs ready to face Nick for yet another beating...Or even worse, another rape.
"Jeremy, I think we should talk." Nick said, almost as if he were sick.
"What?" Jeremy asked.
"I know I've been a bad person to you lately, and I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry."
"No your not. You might regret it, you might be ashamed, but your not sorry." Jeremy stood stout, but inside, he was terrified.
"You right. My heart is cold, I couldn't care less about you, or your brother." Nick confirmed.
"Can I ask you one question?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah, whatever, but hurry up about it."
"Why? Why do you treat me like this? Treat Justin like this? What did we do to deserve such a cruel fate?" Jeremy asked.
"Nothing! Just shut up about it! I don't want you to ever ask me anything like that again!" Nick screamed. And before he knew it, his hand was hitting Jeremy's face as hard as possible.
Jeremy grabbed at his face, and screamed in pain. He tried to walk away, but Nick grabbed him.
"How dare you?" How dare you bring it back! All over again!" Nick screamed. Jeremy was in total shock, tears were actually falling from Nick's eyes.
Nick's Flashback
Nick was 7. He stood outside of a bar with his mother while she tried to find a drunk man to pay her for sex. Finally, she was successful and took him home. Nick had accidently walked in on them, Nick's mom was outraged.
"What in the hell's wrong with you?" She screamed. "You want some?" She yelled, slapping him across the face.
"I'm sorry, I had a bad dream." Nick whimpered.
"Bad dreams are for pussy's!" HIs mother screamed. "What do I have to do to get you right?" She asked, hitting him again.
His mother drug him into the bathroom and burned him with her cigrette, over and over. Nick screamed, hot tears ran down his face.
"Now, do you think you can act right? Go to bed!" His mother demanded.
"But mommy, I'm scared." Nick cried, trying to hug her. She knocked him down and yelled at him again.
"I hate you! Every damned bone in your body. I can't wait til' you die!" She yelled at the little boy.
She picked him up and drug her into her room.
"Maybe Gus can teach you a lesson!" She yelled as she drug him.
Nick didn't want to remember the rest. That day had turned him into the mnster he was. He had suffered abuse like that until he was 17 and able to leave. He was just like his mother, and he could not help it.
Jeremy stood there, still looking into Nick's eyes, wondering what he had done. Nick gritted his teeth and threw Jeremy down.
"I will make your life a living hell!" Nick screamed.
"Why?" Jeremy cried as Nick picked him up off the floor.
"Because damn it! Mine was!" He screamed, spit flew from his mouth.
"Come on!" Nick pulled Jeremy into the bathroom. He had picked up a paper bag from the couch.
"I'm not safe here anymore." Nick muttered.
He pulled the items in the bag out. There was hair dye and a razor. Nick quickly cut Jeremy's hair and died it brown.
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked, crying now.
"Your going with me." Nick said, more calmly.
"Where?" Jeremy screamed as Nick pulled him out of the bathroom.
"Far, far away." Nick spoke.
Justin was in the living room now, he was surprised by Jeremy's new hair.
"We're leaving!" Nick yelled at Justin and continued.
"No!" Justin yelled running to Nick. "Leave him here."
"Get your ass out of my face before you get hurt." Nick shoved him backwards.
"Stop it." Jeremy protested.
But Justin didn't stop, and neither did Nick.
Nick punched Justin, kicked him, and threw him into the wall. Justin stood up, ready for another hit. Nick, wanting to get away, picked up the poker by the fireplace and swung it at Jeremy's legs hard. Jeremy fell, screaming in agony.
That's the last thing Jeremy ever saw his brother do again...
A/N- I tried to add in a little flashback from Nick's life, did that help? Now the story is going to change directions. Chapter 10 will be set when Jeremy is 14. So about a year later. I don't think I'll describe what happened with Justin til' later on, but the story will go on. Thanks for reviewing, oh and I noticed that I sometimes use the wrong names, like once I used 'Cody' instead of 'Jeremy'. I'm sorry about those, sometimes I don't catch them. Thanks for reading! Chapter 10 will be up soon!
