A/N YAY finally a new chapter :) once again, I can only apologise for the long wait and blame it on the crazy amounts of schoolwork, revision and dance. I also have to let you know that over the next few weeks all my exams start and I'll be busy with so much revision, so I don't know how much I'll get done. But when they're over I have the whole of June, July and August off school and plan to finish this and also start another long Mcfly fic, so keep an eye out for that :D
Thank you once again to the amazing Orange-Peel-Pixie who not only has been here from the start but is beta-ing for me and making my scribbles so much better. She is awesome and if i could, I'd buy the boys for her :D
Disclaimer: mine, obviously. Pahahahahaa jokes, I don't own anything you own. Except in my dreams. Oooo actually, Jaspers mine :D. YAY
Tom, ever the sensible one of the group, was the first to pull himself together. Regaining his wits, he glanced round at his friends, and, seeing their puffy red eyes, nearly started crying all over again. They all looked so heartbroken, it was as if they'd forgotten how to smile, or laugh, or even just how to be happy anymore. But if Dougie didn't come back, then who knew if they'd ever manage to be happy again? If they never knew if Dougie was okay, or safe, or even alive, Tom knew that they could never be alright again. He couldn't live like that. These boys were his bothers, and if they weren't happy, then Tom knew he could never be happy. And with Dougie gone, there was no hope in hell of any of them being alright anytime soon. He had to do something, fast.
"Dougie? What the hell are you doing, phoning me?" Jasper demanded down the phone, his words clipped harshly.
"I'm sorry, Jasper, but… I had no one left to call. I have nowhere to go Jasper, you have to help me, please," Dougie's said, trying to keep calm, but breaking down on the last word. He hated having to ask for help, especially like this, but he was well and truly out of options.
"What, the celebrity lifestyle's not all it's cracked up to be?" Jasper replied, the bitter and jaded tone making Dougie wince.
"I'm sorry, Jasper. I never wanted to bother you, not again, not after what I did to you. I figured I owed you that much at least –"
"Yeah, you did. You still do," Jasper's sharp voice cut through the line.
Dougie sighed, "Listen, man, you have to believe me. Some shit's happened. I don't want to tell you over the phone, but it was bad, okay? And now I've left the guys, and I can't go home, and I have no one else to turn to," He shouted, rambling slightly.
"What, none of your oh-so-famous friends want to help poor little Dougie when he's been through a rough patch and run away from home because his pathetic celebrity problems got to much for him?" Jaspers taunted, cruel and mocking, in just the way he knew would make Dougie flinch.
Dougie felt his stomach twist up into knots, "Okay, so I deserved that," He whispered, "But Jasper, please, just meet with me and hear me out. I really have no one else to turn to, man. I'm being honest here. Please, Jasper, please help me. Or at least just listen to me." Dougie pleaded, feeling tears streaming down his cheeks.
The line went silent. Dougie wondered if something he'd said, or how he'd said it, could have touched this steely version the person he used to know.
"Whatever, fine. I'll meet with you and you can tell me all about your pretty-little-rich-boy problems. I'm at the St Mary Community Hall, you remember where that is, right?" Jasper asked, his voice softened slightly, but still wary.
Dougie laughed slightly, mostly from nerves, "Yeah. I couldn't forget if I tried man,"
"Funny you should put it like that. Seems like you forgot the moment you fucking took of for that band of yours, or forgot us, at any rate. But I'm sure we'll be able to talk about that. You can finally explain to me why exactly you left us. Funny you never did that, huh? But you should go now, before I change my mind," Jaspers tone returned to resentment, as tears leaked faster from Dougie's eyes.
"I'm sorry, Jazz, I'm so, so sorry for what I did to you guys. Thank-you for agreeing to meet with me, man."
"Whatever. I'm here now, rehearsing with the guys. Hopefully you remember them too, though you've probably forgotten all about your roots, right? I'll wrap things up and see you in a couple hours. And one last thing, Dougie, you lost the right to call me Jazz the day we stopped being brothers and you walked away,"
With that last words said, Jasper hung up and the line beeped dead. Dougie dropped his phone to his side and slumped to the floor, a nauseating concoction of exhaustion, fear, guilt and pain taking over his body. Going back to the hall to meet Jasper was going to drag up all sorts of memories, memories he'd rather not re-visit, memories he had being trying to suppress for the past year, or however long it had been since he'd walked out of that hall on that fateful day and tried his best not to look back.
It was almost right, in a way, that he was going back to the place where it had all started. And now it was all going to end, coming round full circle. He would talk to Jasper, fix things with his past and forget all about Mcfly, Busted, his band-mates and his famous friends, the celebrity lifestyle, the money and the music. He would stop being "Dougie from Mcfly", and would go back to being just plain old Dougie Poynter, mediocre bassist, best friend and partner in crime of Jasper Dommett. Life would go back to normal, and Dougie would have to learn to be happy again.
But first he had to wipe his eyes, pull himself together, get up and find a train that could take him back to his hometown. Dougie took a deep breath and heaved himself onto to his feet, trying his best to ignore the pain. Bracing himself, he swung his bag onto his back, picked up his bass, and shoved his phone into his pocket, before hobbling off in the general direction of the nearest train station.
A/N so hope you enjoyed that (really short, I'm sorry about that) chapter :D with the character of Jasper, we shall learn more about him in the next chapter and what part he has to play. At the end of the next chapter, I'll probably include a little note about his background and stuff so you get to know him :) I didn't even plan to include him, he just sneaked in in the last chapter :D
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