I'm back, so I did a little flash back to when Teddy was in London, I must warn you though it is a little bit rough. Anyway hope you like it and plase review, it always gives me motivation to continue. -AJ
4 years ago-London
Teddy POV-10 years old almost 11
"Theo, darling it's time to get up," I shift in my bed squinting into the dim sun as Mrs. Robertson opens the curtains.
"I laid out your uniform and there is breakfast downstairs when you're ready love. There is going to be this big business man from the states coming to talk with your class! Isn't that exciting" she says then hurriedly leaves the room and I just sit there staring at the wall, where the paper is peeling off. I don't feel like going to school today, but I'm not going to tell Mrs. Robertson that.
I strip the covers back and jump out of bed and hurry out of the room and into the bathroom trying escaping the cold floor. I groggily wait for the water to heat up before I step in, but halfway through Mrs. Robertson calls for me. She yells that I am going to be late and I won't have time to eat breakfast. I roll my eyes that woman is getting on my nerves pretending to be my mother; my own mother didn't want me why the fuck would she.
I put on the uniform that she laid out for me and fix my hair in the bathroom. My copper roots have grown out a lot since the last time I dyed my hair. I like the blonde look, makes me look less noticeable here. I run a bunch of gel through it so that it is sticking up in hardening spikes.
I rush downstairs hoping Mrs. Robertson won't see me leave, lucky enough she left the kitchen so I have enough time to grab a piece of toast before I book it out the door. I can't stand her 'have a great day sweetie' crap. She doesn't know that I haven't gone to school in a couple of days; I get home before she does and I erase the message from the school saying I'm absent. That places is so boring, half of the crap they teach is just common knowledge. And the kids are so dumb I can't stand it.
I walk down the street heading towards my usual hangout munching on the toast. I wish I had enough time to put some beans on it. Oh well, beggars can't be choosers right. I'm a few blocks from the hangout when the skies open up and it starts to pour. I pull my hood up and sprit the rest of the way there.
My hangout is in a small alleyway, there is an old abandoned building at the very end of it. There are a couple of loose boards that cover it up and I can just wiggle my large frame inside of it. There are a bunch of high school kids that hang out here; I'm pretty cool with most of them. Some are really mean and brutally violent; I try to stay away from those guys.
"Oi, Theo! Ain't you supposed to be in school?" I hear someone call to me as I pull myself through the boards. I look up and find its Jimmy, one of the younger kids like me, who is smiling down at me with his crooked teeth.
"Back off mate, you know I ain't been to school in ages," I say getting to my feet with his help.
"I know, just teasin you mate," he's got that typical London slang down unlike me which just sounds wrong coming out of my mouth.
"So what you wanna do today," he asks and we walk over to the folding chairs that someone set up a while back.
"I don't know man, just chill I guess," Jimmy pulls out a pack of cigarettes and offers me on. It's a nasty habit that I don't want to pick up so I wave him away; he shrugs and takes one for himself. I hear a commotion coming from the boards that let people in, then I see a brown mop of hair poke its way through. Then a body that I recognize appears; Lucas jumps to his feet and smiles at us when he notices that we are here. He's a senior and he looks out for us little guys, so he's cool
"He Jimmy, hey big T. Not going to school today I see," he says gesturing to Jimmy to give him a cigarette.
"Nah, not feeling it," I get out.
"Same little man, same," he says lighting his cigarette and taking a long pull on it.
"But listen mate, I'd get out of here if I were you," he blows a large puff of smoke in the opposite direction of us.
"Why's that?" Jimmy asks shifting in his seat. He is the most fidgety guy I have ever meet never sitting still for second, probably how he got the nickname 'Twitch'.
"Paul's girlfriend left him and he is out for blood. And if he sees you little ones here now it will certainly mean death for you guys," Paul is ruthless and we butt heads all the time, and if he is out for blood then I'd be the first person on his list of people to come after.
"You should go mate," Jimmy tells me.
"Yeah, and what about you?" I ask him.
"Man, Paul likes me a lot better than he does you. I bet you have enough time to even make it to school!" he says sarcasm dripping from his words.
"You're right, I should go," I get up and Lucas slaps my back then gives me a smile. I head towards the boards and wiggle my way out.
I make my way out of the hangout and am just getting to my feet when I hear the gravel shift in front of me. I slowly look up and find Paul staring down at me, just my luck to run into this asshole when he is pissed off. He has a sick smile on his face as he looks down at me. He is another senior like Lucas and he hates that they let someone so young into their group. Paul is a borderline giant; he's practically a full grown man.
"Hey there Theo," he says slowly, I notice that there are two other kids standing behind him but I've never seen them before.
"Hey Paul, I'm just leaving. Going to school you know," best not ruffle his feathers and get out alive.
"Yeah I don't think so; I'm having a pretty rough start to the day. I'm looking for someone to take it out on. Oh and guess what you happen to show up! The fucking brat of the group isn't that perfect," he says more to the guys behind him rather than me.
"Look Paul, I don't want to fight with you okay, I just want to leave and go to school," I tell him exasperated.
"Well I do want to fight," he brings his fist back and swings it forward towards my face, I duck backwards out of his reach and smile smugly at him. I bring my knee up into his groin before he can regain his balance. He howls in pain and drops to the floor holding his nuts from the pain. I grin at my handy work and not dying at the hands of this brute.
"That was not a smart move," I look up from Paul and the two guys from earlier are headed towards me. I don't have enough time to react before they each have one of my arms and twist them behind my back. I feel one of my arms pop, then I feel an excruciating amount of pain. It's white hot and I can't help but scream out as they hold me down on the floor touching my chest. The pain from my arm mixed with the pain form the scars makes my vision blurry and I can't breathe.
I hear a strangled cry from someone and then notice that it is me making that sound. My throat is on fire from the screaming. I hear a commotion behind me and then one of my arms being released. I can hear struggling, then my other arm is released and I am free again, I quickly turn over and see Lucas and Jimmy fighting with the other two guys. I make my way to my feet on shaky legs holding my injured arm.
"You little fucking brat, I kill you for this, I swear," I turn around and see Paul with a knife in his hand. The throbbing in my arm makes me to slow when he lashes out with it. I feel it cut through my black slacks and into the flesh of my upper thigh. I scream out as the blade slices me, I take my good leg and smash the heel of my boot into his face. He gurgles something then passes out.
I kept hold of my legs and try not to fall over, Lucas and Jimmy are quickly losing their own battles. Lucas kicks his guy good then grabs the back of Jimmy's collar and pulls him with as he starts to run out of the alleyway. Jimmy gets the hint and starts to sprint on his own, Lucas stops and helps me get steady on my feet.
"I can't carry you T, your gonna have to push through and run, I know you can do it," I nod and we both take off in the same direction that Jimmy went. I feel the burring in my leg but I push it and try to keep up with Lucas. I hear the other two guys running behind us and I pick up my pace, going double time.
We run for another block until we hear the other two guys drop back and turn around heading back. Lucas, and Jimmy drop into another alleyway and I fallow them in. I double over panting hard and clutching my leg that is still bleed pretty badly.
I flop to the floor to dizzy to stand anymore, the arm that they twisted hangs limply at my side throbbing. I look over to Lucas and Jimmy who are trying to catch their breaths as well. Lucas comes over to me and crouches in front of me.
"Mate, I told you Paul was out from blood," he touches my arm inspecting it.
"Thank you for the help," I whisper.
"It's not broken I can tell that much," he says talking about my arm, "I'll pop it back into place okay. It's going to hurt… a lot," I nod.
"On three ready… 1…2… Crack!" I flinch at the pain and bite back a groan. That wasn't as bad as I expected, I breath hard through my nose. Lucas moves on to my leg looking at the cut through the tare in my pants.
"You are so lucky T just a flesh wound. Could be a lot worse, but we can't take you to the hospital mate. Still it's pretty deep and needs stitches," he rubs his head with the back of his hand thinking about something for a minute.
"I'll just have to do it myself, Jimmy head down to the nearest shop and pick up a first aid kit," Jimmy nods and sprints out of the alleyway. I wonder how Lucas knows all this stuff, so I ask him.
"Luke, how do you know how to do all this stuff," I say gesturing to my wounds.
"Learn a few things along the way, when you're an orphan mate," he shrugs.
We don't have to wait long for Jimmy to get back with the first aid kit. Lucas takes it and finds string, a needle and some scissors. He takes a bottle of stuff and pours it onto my leg, I tense at the burning sensation. He treads it through my skin and I watch on as he does a couple of the stitches.
"Can I try," I ask and hands he the tread and scissors.
CG POV-Present time
I hear a knock on the door and I call whoever it is in, Teddy opens the door slowing poking his head inside. I push my copper hair back into place. I smile at him and gesture him to come in a sit down.
"You said I could come talk to you after I was done right?" he asks.
"Yes of course, you can always talk to me and your mom," I tell him sitting next time him on the couch in my office. He nods and stares around the room much like he did earlier; it's as if he is sizing the place up looking for an escape if he needs one.
"So um, how did you know about the burns," he asks.
"You had them when you where little, I'm assuming it was your foster Father when you where a baby." I explain to him.
"Yeah I see him in my dreams sometimes," he whispers glancing away.
"Teddy, we may not be biological similar, but you and I are more similar then you think." I tell him and he looks at me confused. I unbutton a couple buttons on my shirt and pull it down to show him my own scars. They are a little faded because of time but you can clearly see what they are. I want him to trust me with his problems because I had very similar one when I was his age but I had no one to talk to. He looks up at me shocked, and I button up my shirt.
"You have the same scars as me, don't the hurt?" he asks me, I shake my head.
"You and your mother where the first people that could ever touch my chest. I was so afraid that I couldn't hold you like any father would. Then you tripped and my first thought was I have make sure he doesn't hurt himself so I grabbed you and you place your tiny little hands on my chest and I felt no pain," I smile at him.
"Whoa, so I had these since before I met you guys?" he asks.
"Yeah, but you never had an attack like you did when Phoebe touched you. In fact you never minded when we would pick you up or anything," I explain to him.
"I feel so bad about that; I must have scared her so bad. I think it's because I didn't know her when I was here so I never got comfortable for her to touch me. I don't know there are a lot of things wrong with me," he says pulling away.
"There is nothing wrong with you; you have just spent too much time away from your family. But you will never have to be apart from us again I swear it," I tell him firmly, "What if you talked to someone, someone who could help you deal with all the things that happened," I say thinking of Flynn.
He nods and then we both hear a knock on the door, Ana comes in and smiles at the both of us. I see the tears start to gather in her eyes again as she comes further into the room.
"Hey Teddy, would you like to see you room? I bet you are exhausted after your flight here," she says. Teddy gets up and puts his arm around Ana.
"Yeah I'd love to," he says with a slight accent. I fallow them out and up the stairs to the room that is opposite ours. I haven't been inside in ten years, it must be filthy. I mentally remind myself to get Taylor to hire a team to redecorate tomorrow; I don't think this little boy's room will fit him anymore. Ana pushes the door open and Teddy slowly walks into it.
I wrap my arm around Ana's waist and fallow our boy into his old room. He stands in the middle of the room staring at everything with his arms slightly open as if seeing home for the first time. I kiss Ana's head trying to fend off my own tears.
"I remember this place," he whispers, "Yeah, there is something missing though," he twirls around the room and comes to a stop right in front of a little cubby. He pulls out a drawer then hums with pride as he picks something up. I glance at Ana and she shrugs back at me. He turns around and is holding up his favorite toy Lego ship that he loved when he was little.
"I loved this thing," he says. He places it on the bed and come towards us with his arms out stretched. He pulls us into a hug and both Ana and I hang on as if our lives depended on it.
"Thank you for never giving up hope," he whispers and Ana starts to cry.
"We love you so much Teddy never ever forget that. We have always loved you and we always will," I say touching his head. He starts to silently cry and Ana and just hold him.
All done! what should I do next, anyone got ideas? Did you guys like the flashback? Yay or nah? let me know until next time everyone-AJ