AARON & JACKSON –
– DESIRE –
"Taking It Too Far"
This fanfic continues on several hours after The Power Of Love
Characters belong to ITV
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Hazel marched ahead in front of the boys along the promenade, the sand of the beach to their right and the shops and tat shops to their right, the smell of food wafted their senses as they headed to the restaurant. Aaron and Jackson walked hand in hand slowly, going with the flow of the locals and tourists milling around. Jackson smiled and looked out at the sea, watching the waves crashing down onto the sand, an orange sparkle glistening on the water from the sunset on the horizon, it was fascinating, absolutely stunning. Jackson smiled and tightened his hold on Aaron's hand and looked at him. "I love you Aaron"
Aaron's heart melted he could hear how genuine those words were, his deep dark brown eyes so open and full of love, he could see it and he sighed and smiled. "I love you too" and he too genuinely meant it.
Jackson nodded and looked ahead again, happy and content, but he was also aware of the issue needing to be dealt with but in that moment and the moments to follow it was just Aaron and his mum who were important.
"Hazel! What you rushing for!" Aaron called to her, she was quite a way ahead now.
Hazel stopped and waited for them, when they reached her she spoke. "Because you boys told me seven you'd be at my room, you weren't, I came to yours and you were out cold...seriously afternoon naughty business...I'd never have done that in my younger days"
"Oh" Jackson pulled a disgusted face. "That's enough...and yeah we did alright, so what we're on holiday..."
"Yeah" Aaron said with a smirk. "And we haven't booked the restaurant we just saw it when we were out walking and liked the look of it, so you can relax and we'll be there soon, we won't be late for anything" Aaron told her.
"Oh right...hmm well there's me thinking you would have had the sense to book a table...silly me..." she smirked and gave a wink before she carried on walking.
Jackson just laughed and shook his head as they carried on walking arm in arm.
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A while later all three of them finished their meals in a very warm welcoming restaurant. It was Chinese. They were sat outside, well it felt like a room actually, however there were no windows around whatsoever just the concrete ceiling above them, tiny walls surrounded the outside followed by lush green bushes below on the ground. The restaurant was decorated in purely Chinese colours, black, red, blue, gold, white silver and a few others. Aaron hoped Jackson and Hazel approved and from the satisfied looks on their faces they did. He breathed a sigh of relief and sat back with his pint of lager in hand. "Why is it Chinese here tastes so much better?"
Jackson shrugged and so did Hazel. "No idea love"
Aaron pouted and shrugged to it was a mystery that would remain exactly that. Aaron watched Jackson looking around, his eyes looking from one thing to another, then another quickly. "You alright?"
"Hmm" Jackson quickly looked at his boyfriend and smiled. "Oh yeah fine, just admiring the restaurant, it's really comfortable"
Aaron nodded, he couldn't disagree with that. Hazel smiled as she watched the both of them. Now she would interrupt. "So Aaron, we've not really had much chance to get to know each other"
"Okay" he said as he let out a breath. "Ask away"
"Is Paddy your dad?"
Aaron smiled. "Yes and no"
Hazel frowned. "Well he either is or he isn't"
"Not in blood, but in here" he tapped his fingers to his heart. "He certainly is"
"Oh right" Hazel smiled. "What happened with your proper dad?"
"Mum..." Jackson groaned.
"What? He said ask away and he doesn't have to answer any question he doesn't want too"
"It's alright Jackson...he threw me out a few years back...he couldn't handle me...had to go and stay with my mam in Emmerdale, I've been there since but I haven't seen my dad at all"
"Have you ever considered seeing him again?"
Jackson sighed loudly. "For god sake mum come on"
Aaron laughed. "Its fine" he replied, the thought of it though was strange, he hadn't ever considered seeing him again, a part of him wanted too, the other not. "I haven't Hazel but I do and I don't, I just want him to see that I'm not the same person as I was then"
"And neither might he" Hazel smiled.
Aaron smiled, he could hope but it was very doubtful. "Don't really get on with my mum, she tries I know she does but she doesn't think before she speaks, she hadn't spoke to me for weeks after it all came out about me and Jackson but then she's concerned when she hasn't seen me around for days?"
Hazel cocked an eyebrow. "It's because you're not near I assume, you're in her safety bubble that is the village, but then when you've gone far away from that she has no way of knowing what is going on with you"
"And obviously in the village it's easier cause there are people to tell her stuff" Aaron surmised
Hazel nodded. "She's probably stressing out because of it; she doesn't know what's going on"
Aaron scoffed. "I have to go to another country for me to see she's actually having a reaction towards me...pathetic" he spat. "Why doesn't she tone it down and just listen to me, to what I want then Hazel?" he sounded desperate to know. "I know I'm only eighteen but she's gotta let me make my own mistakes, hovering over me with a sheet of cotton wool won't work"
With a raised eyebrow Hazel glanced over the injuries. "Obviously"
Aaron had to smile. "Yeah yeah, alright I know but I'd rather have stuff like this happen than look back at the end and have no experience because I was too consumed by her"
"Well well well, Livesy you've done it again!" Jackson grinned.
Aaron gave him a confused look.
"Surprised me yet again, a rather adult mature conversation for you that wasn't it?" he smirked back at him and Aaron laughed.
Hazel slapped his arm gently. "Oh behave I thought it was lovely, opening up to us like that"
Redness flushed Aaron's cheeks and he smiled and nodded. "And with that I'll be off to the bog!" he chuckled and got up and left the table.
"And there it ends, the bog...I mean..." Hazel sighed and shook her head.
Jackson chuckled. "That's him though mum..." he turned to her. "And I love him, so much...I do" he nodded.
Hazel smiled. "I know you do...and you have to tell him son, he has no idea Tom is here on this bloody island, he's not expecting anything"
Jackson frowned. "Don't say that mum...I mean I know it's a possibility, if he could ram his ski into Aaron's and hurt him like that I don't know what else he's capable of...I-I just can't tell him...he..." Jackson sighed. "This holiday was for him mum...well both of us but the excitement in his eyes when he chose the hotel and everything it was amazing to see, this is more for him than it is me..." Jackson trailed off as he looked past his mum and saw Tom across the street watching.
"Jackson?" Hazel questioned with a frown, but he got up from his chair.
"He's over there" Jackson began to shake. "Tell him I'm just taking a breather, I'm stuffed just keep him in here..."
"Jackson I can't do that and you can't go out there to him alone!"
"Tough I' am" and before Hazel knew it he had gone and walked down the steps and onto the street, checking the road he walked over to him...
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Tom smirked as Jackson grabbed him by the arm and pulled him away from the view of the restaurant. "Well well...Jackson...funny seeing you here...small world"
Jackson bit his lip, anger threatening to erupt from him. "Why?"
"Why?"
Jackson nodded. "Why did you do that to Aaron? I know it was you..."
"Because I love you Jackson and he's nobody...if I can't have you no one can" Tom's tone was calm.
Jackson laughed. "Right...seems like you've gone psycho over the whole affair business"
"Who wouldn't?"
"Actually Tom most people can manage to move on...they don't manage to lose a screw or three in the process" he sighed. "And how did you know I was here anyway?" he demanded.
Tom smirked. "You should really change your password to your email account Jackson"
And that was how he found them. Jackson looked away and sighed. "This has to stop!"
"I can't!"
"Is that a threat?" Jackson's eyes narrowed at him.
Tom didn't reply.
"You could have killed him!" Jackson let some of his anger out and grabbed him by the collar shaking him.
"Good" a smile formed across his lips, obviously the appeal of seeing Aaron dead made him happy.
"You say you love me?"
"You know I do!"
"Well how do you think I'd feel if I lost Aaron? Haven't thought about that have you? Because if I ever did lose him it would hurt me in the process, I'd be a mess, whether it was by another cause or it was you it would never ever make me fall into your arms again! You disgust me Tom; I hate you for what you did to Aaron. I was the one who cheated, but yet you're taking it out on him!" he breathed. "Well for someone who loves me you're not giving a good impression are you? You don't hurt the people you love"
Tom frowned and Jackson seemed to be revelling in the moment, his eyes widened as he watched the realisation in Tom's own eyes. "Yeah, that's right..." Jackson pushed Tom away. "I never loved you!"
"You're going to pay for that!"
"Keep away from me and Aaron and if you do anything to hurt him again, I'll hurt you" Jackson replied through gritted teeth. He then turned and walked back to the restaurant.
"But what about being against violence Jackson?" Tom goaded.
Jackson stopped and turned to look back at him. "Oh trust me...there can be exceptions!" he called back angrily before continuing on his way.
"You wouldn't"
Jackson stopped again. "Well then just let it all go Tom and you won't ever have to see that side of me"
Tom sniggered and walked off.
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"Where the hell have you been? She's been talking at me for ages" Aaron smirked.
Hazel knew nothing was meant by it.
"Oh needed to walk off some of that food" he quickly glanced at his mum then back at Aaron.
Hazel saw the worry in her son's eyes but remained silent.
"And hey you're in my seat!" Jackson told him.
"I know...I was getting warm, the breeze coming through is amazing"
"Right well, shall we go? Have a nice walk back then a drink on the balcony?"
Hazel smiled, grabbed her bag and stood up. "Sounds good to me!"
Aaron nodded. "Yeah yeah...come on then" he stood; his back now faced the street.
Aaron reached down and fiddled with his shoelace, the next thing he felt was a sharp pain ripping through his body the source of it coming from his left shoulder blade and Aaron fell against the table, still conscious and aware of a large rock beside his feet.
Jackson was stunned but hurried to his side with Hazel, members of staff rushed to him aswell and other diners midway through their meals stopped and looked on.
"Jesus!" Aaron groaned.
"A-Aaron...y-you okay?" Jackson was panicked, the panic blinded him from the fact tears were falling freely.
Aaron held his breath, the pain was immense and overwhelming, all he could do was nod.
"We are all so very sorry for what has happened, we have called the police" a Chinese man in a suit who Hazel and Jackson assumed to be the manager spoke.
Hazel nodded. "We'd really like to get him back to the hotel..."
"I'm afraid the police will probably need to speak to him and you both"
"But we didn't see anything"
Aaron gasped and Jackson could see blood seeping through the thin black jumper he was wearing. Jackson sighed. "It's alright...we'll stay but I'm gunna need a towel or something he's bleeding..." worry was plain to see on Jackson's face.
The manager bowed his head and walked off quickly.
"I-it's not too bad Jackson" Aaron gasped. It hurt like hell. Jackson looked back out to the street, he couldn't see Tom. He then returned his attention to Aaron. He placed his hands on either side of him. "Here babe, let's get you sat down"
From him falling onto the table the seat he was sat on had been moved back, Hazel quickly moved to bring it nearer to him. Jackson lowered him down slowly. He smiled at his mum thanking her, then knelt down in front of Aaron and held his hands in his own. "H-How do you feel?"
"Like all energy has just been clipped from me" he said as he looked at Jackson, his eyes stinging from tears yet to fall because of the pain.
Jackson nodded. "Yeah, you're pale..." Aaron nodded in reply.
"Enough is enough Jackson" Hazel told him harshly. "He has to know!"
"No!" Jackson snapped back. "I can deal with this"
Aaron frowned and looked at them both. "Know what?"
Jackson lowered his head. "I-it was Tom Aaron...he did this and he rammed into your jet ski purposely...I-I'm sorry I should have told you but I was going to deal with him, before I saw him watching when you went to the loo, I went to speak to him...he said that if he can't have me no one can..." he sighed.
"And it never occurred to you that I should know seen as though he's targeting me"
"I thought I could keep you safe"
"Well you can't Jackson, you were a few metres away just then and he throws a fucking big enough rock at me" he sighed.
"I'm sorry" Jackson said quietly.
Aaron looked up at Hazel and she shrugged, it was up to Aaron how it went from now.
"No...No...Jackson it's not your fault, I don't blame you and I'm not mad alright, but you should have said..." he winced again. "B-But...that doesn't matter now, we'll deal with it together"
"I know we will but he's gone psycho Aaron and to be honest I'm scared...he knew we were here cause he has the password to my email...he must have seen the booking confirmation"
Aaron nodded and he watch Jackson crumble into tears, his shoulders jerking as he sobbed. "Aww Jackson no...Come on...I love you alright, I know you're scared but we'll sort this...it's not your fault, listen to me babe please"
Jackson nodded and he calmed himself and wiped his eyes. Hazel placed her hand on his shoulder for comfort. "I'm sorry" Jackson whispered as he got up and sat in a chair himself.
"You don't have to be son, Aaron knows that too..."
Jackson nodded again as he composed himself. "Are...are the police here yet?"
Hazel nodded. "Yeah I saw them coming in, I think they're talking to the waitress who saw what happened"
Jackson and Aaron both nodded. "Sorry Hazel" Aaron chuckled. "Was a great night till just now"
"Oh don't be daft, it's not over yet either, drinks in the room remember" she smiled, that time couldn't come quick enough; she needed another few strong drinks. "Once we get back though we'll clean you up"
Aaron nodded with a smile. "Thanks"
A few hours later after giving statements and a description of Tom, and speaking to the Spanish police about what happened next they finally got back to the room. Hazel was relieved to know they wouldn't be needed, just that they would be looking out for the man but with no photo and no CCTV in the area, it proved to be difficult. Hazel did not like that part.
Hazel piled in with them and waited as Jackson helped Aaron to the bathroom to clean him up. She raided their fridge and took out a drink and wandered out to the balcony. The boys would be a while; the wound looked messy, so she sat down in the hot night air and looked up at the stars as she waited, enjoying some silence for a little while at least.
TBC...