The morning after Buck sits up in bed as daylight hits the apartment he hadn't slept much and didn't know what to do but he had decided first things first is go and make breakfast he walks down the stairs and starts making food he looked at his phone and still no messages
'No one cares for you, all you have is Aaron and you're going end up losing him if you aren't careful, im such a useless idiot'
He thought about texting Bobby and saying that he wasn't going go in but he decided he would have to bite the bullet and go in and face the onslaught of questions from people who just want the gossip and not because they care for him.
As he finishes making breakfast he jumps when a hand brushes across his shoulder and turns his head to see Aaron stood there behind him smiling at him
"Morning beautiful" Aaron says as he leans and kisses Buck on the cheek
"You're not mad at me for last night" Buck asks
"Why would I be mad with you silly" Aaron asks
Buck is confused he was expecting to be shouted at but he didn't dare question it to start an argument he was tired, both physically and mentally drained, he plated the plates and they sat down to eat breakfast
"What time you due on your shift?" Aaron asks looking at Buck who is only pushing his food round on the plate instead of eating as he has no appetite
"On at 10am today till 10pm but at least I'll get to go out on calls today" Buck said with a tiny smile
"They actually going let you go out or did they say that to get your hopes up again and keep you on the right side of them" Aaron asks
"No Bobby promised I could" Buck replied, Aaron just looked at him then continued to eat his food once finished he got up and put the dish in the sink he looks at Buck
"How are you getting to work?" He questions
"Ermm I don't know I think I'll have drive, which shall be fun" Buck replies
"No Chance not with how your leg is, I can take you im not due in till 12 having half day then got meeting with a big client later so I might not be able pick you up, but suppose you could ask one of your colleagues for lift" Aaron says
"Thanks and I doubt they will give me a lift if you can't get me I'll get a taxi back its fine I'll go get ready and I'll do dishes and clean when I get home later" Buck says as he scrapes the food in to the bin and puts the plate in the sink and wanders upstairs to get changed, Aaron watches him walk up the stairs once buck is out of sight he gets his phone out to send a message it reads, sent the video you asked the dumb fool has no clue to what is really going on, ill meet you later and we can plan our next move but I think it's time we bring it to the end he's broken and everyone hates him but I think one or two people may suspect something but can't be sure, he sends the message and drinks his coffee as he smiles to himself.
Upstairs Buck is getting changed taking care while he changes as he's sore pretty much everywhere everything hurts his body has marks all over in different forms of colour, once he gets his clothes on he walks down and Aaron is waiting with a drink for him to drink in the car, the drive to the station was ok Aaron was explaining what he was doing in his meeting which was a lie as he hadn't got one Buck just answered in the correct places he could feel his anxiety building as they got closer to the firehouse
'Don't let him see you been weak, you promised you would be better remember stop been so useless'
As they pulled up to the firehouse Buck could see Bobby and Chim talking and then Eddie pulling up in his truck next to them as he got out and walked past Aaron's car he looked over at Buck and didn't say anything his stomach turned when he saw Aaron kiss buck on the lips .
"I'll see you later babe" Aaron said and gave Buck another kiss, Buck got out of the car as he got out Eddie just stared at Aaron and Aaron smiled at him and gave him a wink before driving off once Buck had closed the door, Eddie glared at Aaron as he drove off
"Why you with that prick" Eddie shouts at Buck in the hopes he would get some form of reaction from him
Buck ignores him and walks off in to the fire house and straight to the lockers, Bobby stops Eddie following him to the lockers seeing that no good would come from them two been in the same room at the moment
"Let's give him a minute last thing I need right now is to have break another fight up, ok" Bobby says giving Eddie the look
"Ok boss I just need know what's going on with him while he's not around that werido I may actually get some proper answers out him instead of him ignoring me, I promise I won't shout" Eddie says hoping Bobby will let him pass
"Later I need talk to him first ok" Bobby states
They carry on talking between themselves and Chim joins in, whilst back the locker room Buck stands at his locker hands shaking and his chest thumping he was so nervous and didn't want to be there
'Stop been a wuss man up, do you want lose Aaron, no well man up'
Buck clenches his fish and holds it till they stop shaking only to realise he forgot about the bandaged hand which starts hurting, he can see people coming so quickly gets changed even though it hurt he didn't want anyone seeing the bruises, he decided to wear his long sleeve shirt as well so no one could see the one on his wrist he managed get all done just as Hen walked in to the lockers
"Hey Buck you ok?" She asks
"Hey yeah im ok" he replied normally he would ask how the whole of Hens family but the words from Aaron were in his head to keep professionals as there not his friends
"Are you sure? What's wrong with your hand do you want me look at it?" she asked hoping get abit more out of him
"No im more than capable to look after a cut ok" Buck responds and slams his locker shut and walks out past a shocked Hen, he then sees Eddie walking towards the lockers as he is walking out
"Hey Buck wait a min can we talk" Eddie asks
"oh now you want talk Eddie well guess what I don't, I will be professional and talk to you about work stuff but far as im concerned were works colleagues nothing more ok and from now on its Buckley to you only friends can call me BUCK" Buck says as he walks off upstairs to get a coffee, Eddie is shell shocked at what just happened and didn't understand where the outburst had come from as just the other day Buck was trying win his friendship back, he didn't know what to do so he walked in to the locker room where Hen was
"Did you hear what he just said" Eddied asks Hen
"Sure did but can't blame him the way we have all been treating him lately and especially after well you know the other day and you attacking his boyfriend" Hen said
"Yeah wasn't my greatest move was it" Eddie says as he starts to get ready he could feel the anger building up and ends up punching the locker
"Whoa Eddie what's wrong?" Hen says as she walks over and grabs Eddie by the arm and Eddie looks her in the eyes and she can see something is up and its more than Bucks Boyfriend she starts thinking about all the nights and how close they were and it clicks with her
"Come on tell me what is up, I can tell you know" Hen Says
"Am I that obvious?" He says
"well up to just now no not really, but with how angry you are just off him not wanting to speak to you it made me think, are you in love with Buck?" she asks not knowing if she had crossed the line by asking such a question, she looked at Eddie and he couldn't look her in the eyes, in the corner of her eyes she could see Bobby coming over so she signalled for him to stay away he turned round stood outside the locker room to stop anyone else coming in.
"Yeh but now he's with someone I know is wrong for him and I can't prove it and just look at what happened just that's not Buck that's someone else" he says as tears form and Hen grabs him into a hug
"it's ok let's all we can do is just play along and see what happens" Hen says and to be honest she didn't really know what else to say she noticed it herself the way Buck was but she thought wait till Bobby speaks and it could all change, she let him go
"Does he know that you like men?" She asks
"No and I thought he was straight how could I have been so stupid not to notice I've made such a mess of it all and lost my chance not just mine but Chris as well as Chris adores him "Eddie says
"Not just you both have you have, best get ready we start in a min" she says as she hugs him one last time and walks out and speaks to Bobby
"How is he?" Booby asks
"Which one?" Hen asks not sure who cap was on about
"Start with Eddie" he replies
"He will be ok just feel stupid about the whole thing and how it's gone down I've told him we just got play along and see what happens" she replies
"And Buck" He asks dreading the answer
"To be honest cap im leaving that to you in my eyes he's changed and I can understand why especially how we have been and then the whole Eddie thing but there's more I just know but he wouldn't say" she explains
"Ok thanks Hen" Bobby says as he goes to the stairs and walks up to see Buck sitting there just staring in to his cup Hen was right there was definitely something wrong but he couldn't put his fingers on it as he walked up to him Buck looked at him
"Hi Captain" he said
"No need to be so formal Buck lets go have a chat in my office" Bobby says as he pints towards the stairs
"Ok but its Buckley not Buck" Buck says as he walks past Bobby heading to the stairs as he walks down the stairs Buck can see Eddie Chim and Hen all talking and they stop as he walks past and sees Eddie about to talk but turns and carries on walking so they can't talk to him and just goes straight in to Bobby's office, once in Bobby closes the door and sits down
"How are you?" He asks buck
"Im great ready to go out on calls today" he states with a smile on his face
'Can't wait show Aaron how strong I am even when im in such pain I must be strong mustn't I?'
"About that Buckley you aren't going out today I feel with everything that's gone on it be too risky for yourself and the team to put you in the field" Bobby says and he can see the smile on Bucks face disappear and the look of resentment take over his face
"You promised me Captain, you stood there and said I could go out, and now because Eddie attacks my boyfriend im been benched how is that fair? If anything Eddie should be benched no me" Buck starts and stands up from the chair he was sat in
"SIT Buckley" Bobby says in a semi loud voice
Buck drops in to the seat and winces in pain as he sat funny and caught one of the many injuries he was keeping hidden
"Yeah I promised but im concerned not only as your captain but as your friend that you are not ready and I don't want anything to happen to you so you will stay here and get the chores done and that's that and yes Eddie was in the wrong for attacking your boyfriend but he hasn't been injured like you have and I want make sure your 100% ready" Bobby says and gets up and walks to the door
"You can leave Buckley" He says as his hands gestures to the door
Buck stands up and looks at Bobby "yes sir" and walks out
'See Aaron was right they just build you up to knock you down they hate you they all do as your weak and useless'
Buck heads out and heads towards the kitchen to awaits his chores list as he walks towards the stairs he sees everyone staring at him
"Next time eh" Chim says but Buck just ignores him and carries on up the stairs once up he sits down he gets his phone out to message Aaron he tells him he was right and that they have kept him in the fire station and puts his phone back in his pocket, Bobby comes up and gives Buck the list of things that needs doing as he looks at the list the alarm goes off and they all go off leaving Buck to get on with his jobs
'Pathetic aren't I, not even aloud on calls because im useless'
As he walks round cleaning up and packing things away and getting through his list he didn't hear someone come up the stairs
"Keeping you busy I see" the familiar voice hit Bucks ears it was Athena there she stood in her uniform looking at him through her sunglasses
"I think we need a little chat don't you" She says as she takes her glasses off and sits down
"What about Sgt, im pretty busy and I don't need Cap on my case" he says
"Oh don't you worry about Bobby he won't tell you off" she says giving a smile to him he reluctantly sits down and awaits the grilling that's about to come
She sits and looks at Buck she can tell something is diffidently off and her husband was right in getting her to come and chat to him if anyone can get through to him it was her
"So Buck where shall we start" looking at Buck who can't even look her in the eyes
'this is the time, you need come clean and tell her the pain you're in and what's been happening, come clean she will help, no I can't I love Aaron and cant loose him he's the only one who loves me who will love me if I do tell, NO ONE'
"come on, stop thinking and just spurt it out Buck if you want it stay between me and you, you know I will keep it between us" Athena says
"There's nothing wrong Athena just no one here can forgive me so I've decided to be professional and just do my job then go home" Buck replied
"Ok but you know everyone cares for you, but you know im here if you ever need to chat ok, so who is this new man that's on the scene?" Athena quizzes
"His name is Aaron we met after I had my hearing about the lawsuit and we hit it off" Buck starts to speak smiling as he talks
"He treating you good though Buck because if he isn't you know how protective I am of my babies" She says smiling at him
"Im not one of your babies and he treats me good" Buck smiles back
"Oh Buckaroo your always be one of my babies don't you ever think otherwise both me and Bobby adore you" She says
'She's lying she just wants you to mess up your relationship with Aaron so that you have no one like he said they would try to do'
"Thank you it means a lot" he smiles and they sit in silence for a minute until it's broken by the radio on Athena's shirt going off requesting assistance
"Well looks like im back to it I'll see you later Buck" she says as she gets up, Buck also gets up and walks over and she gives him a hug which he flinches and Athena looks at him
"What's the matter Buck?"
"Nothing I twisted my back the other night so it playing up im ok till I get a hug or move to quick" he lies quickly
"As long as you get it checked out if it still hurts" Athena says and she walks off walking down the stairs and out of the building, Buck turns around and starts to get more work done whilst he cleaning the crew come back they all come upstairs and start to eat so Buck moves down stairs to start resupplying the trucks mainly so he can keep out the way of everyone but as he fills the truck up he feels a hand touch his shoulder and he jumps
"What the hell you doing sneaking up on me" He says to Eddie
"Well it the only way I can get close to you without you walking off, can we talk please" Eddie said looking at Buck with his big puppy dog eyes
"to be honest Eddie no, we had our chance to patch everything up and start again and the first thing you do is attack my boyfriend in front of everyone which leads to everyone finding out about me, do you know how humiliated I felt, I was picking my time to tell everyone and it was taken away from me and what for tell me what was so bad you had to attack someone in front of everyone, im guessing you been getting into a lot of fights with that kind of anger, I've seen the bruises on your arms explains alot" Buck says as he walks off from Eddie not wanting to hear the reply
"Buck Wait" Eddie shouts but it's too late he walked off and sorting something else out Eddie turns and see Hen waiting at the bottom of the steps she holds her hand out
"come on let's get food, you can try before the end of his shift he may listen" Hen says as they walk up and Eddie turns to watch Buck walking round moving things and cleaning, they sit down but the alarm goes off so they all rush out and as they drive out Eddie just stares at Buck and buck turns off and walks back in and starts cleaning up the mess they leave, it gets near the end of Bucks shift the rest of the team is still out he goes down and gets changed ready to go as it gets to 10pm he sees Aaron pull up as he walks out the locker room to go and meet Aaron the crew turn back up, he waits till they pull so he can leave as the trucks are reversing and he doesn't want to get in the way
"Buck before you go can I just say" Eddie tries to speak
"No Eddie will you just take the hint and leave me alone will you, you have done enough" Buck snaps at Eddie
"Just wanted to say your always welcome at mine no matter what and Chris is dying to see you especially after the other day when he came round with Carla but Aaron said you had gone out" Eddie says
"you lie no one came round I was in and Aaron would have told me you're just trying mess up my relationship because you don't like Aaron, just go Eddie" Buck says as he walks out and gets in the car
"You ok Babe?" Aaron asks
"Yeh you were right all they want do is befriend me, let's go home" Buck says as he closes his eyes and rests his head against the window, as they drive off Aaron just looks at Eddie and winks, he knows he has Buck and he won't leave him, the drive home was quiet at Buck had fallen asleep as they got home Buck lumbered in and went straight to sorting the cleaning he said he would do earlier as he's cleaning Aaron is upstairs and Buck can hear a lot of banging
"You ok up there" He shouts up
"Yeah just looking for my suitcase" Aaron shouts down
"Why you need your suitcase?" Buck asks confused
Aaron comes to the top of the stairs and looks down to Buck
"I've got go away for a week with work I have a couple of meetings out of the state and if I can get them means big money I know it last minute but I can't pass the opportunity" Aaron explains
Buck looks up and looks dishearten realising he was going be left on his own for a while
"When will you be back?" Buck asks
"Round the 13th November" Aaron replies
"That's over a week, can I come with you?" Buck asks as he really doesn't want be on his own for that long
"I thought you be glad be rid of me for a while to be honest but as much as I would love to have you with me I can't, but when I get back how about we look at holidays and get an escape away" Aaron asks
"That sounds perfect" Buck replies
"Will you be ok while im gone?" Aaron asks
"Yeh I'll be fine I promise just call me so I can talk to someone "Buck asks
"Of course babe I love you" Aaron says as he blows him a kiss
'Even he's had enough of you and needs a break away from you useless fool'
He finishes off the dishes and gets tea all served up and plated and waits for Aaron to come down as he comes down he brings his suitcase and leaves it by the door
"When do you go?" Buck asks
"First thing in the morning" Aaron replies
"oh" Buck says looking sad and Aaron walks over and rubs Bucks shoulders and kisses his cheek then sits down to eat as they eat they don't really talk Buck is just thinking of how he's going be all alone from tomorrow
"Im sure you will be fine Buck, you can man up about been alone for a week can't you" Aaron asks
"I Can" Buck replies as he finishes of the food on the plate, once he finishes he gets up and picks up Aarons and starts cleaning with it been so late they head to bed for an early start, as morning comes the alarm goes off at 6am for Aaron to get up and go Buck gets up to as he wants to wave him off
"Have fun and good luck with your meetings I love you" Buck says
"I love you to, till I see you again" Aaron replies and off he goes.
During the week Aaron is away some of Bucks injuries have healed and are just faded bruise marks they take their time to go due to the blood thinners he's on and the burn is just a red patch, at work everything is as basic as it can be he keeps to been professional and still not doing calls so spending time at the fire house which can be boring sometimes everyone is trying to talk to him like a friend but sticks to his guns and only speaks to them as work colleagues and nothing more, Aaron calls him in the morning and evening to see how it's all going and Buck tells him all about how bad work is whilst Aaron explains how the meetings are going.
It's the 12th November and Buck is excited as Aaron will be home tomorrow so he has lots planned when he gets home from his shift so it's all perfect for him when he gets in, as the end of shift gets closer he heads down to the locker room to get changed and Eddie follows him in and stands in from of the door so Buck can't leave
"Buck we need talk" Eddie says making Buck jump once again
"Eddie what are you doing and its Buckley to you" Buck responds as he grabs his stuff he doesn't even try get changed he wants to leave so he walks towards the door and Eddie refuses to move
"Eddie move please" Buck asks
"Not till you hear me out" Eddie replies
"look Eddie we've said all we need to say I don't have time to play your games I need to go so move" Buck says as he tries to push past Eddie with no luck as Eddie is stood firm
"Told you I want to talk give me five minutes please" Eddie pleads
"Well I don't have much choice considering im trapped in here so get to it" Buck says
Eddie looks at Buck the Buck he loves but can't tell him he loves him, he looks at him he is so pale and thin like he's not been eating much he can tell there and lack of sleep as he has dark bags under his eyes there is something wrong with Buck and he just wants to hold him and make it better.
"Buck I don't know what's going on but I know something isn't right and you were right my bruises were from fights I've had anger problems and that's why I lashed out I didn't mean to but I've been seeing a therapist and its helping" Eddie pauses a moment hoping that it might push Buck to open up to him
"Eddie what do you want me say that im glad for you that im happy for you, after everything you've said to me these last few months has been forgotten about well they haven't, I just can't deal with you, look im glad you're in a better place im happy where I am and I don't want things to change so let's just keep it professional and get on with the work ok, so can I leave now" Buck says gesturing towards the door, as Eddie thinks about it a car pulls up outside Aaron is it to surprise Buck and sits and watches the locker room, Eddie steps to one side and Buck goes to leave but Eddie pulls him in for a hug wanting to smell him just once as he's missed the smell of Buck as he holds him Buck lets out a moan of pain as Eddie has hugged over one of his many still tender Bruises
"What's up I didn't hug you that hard did i?" Eddie asks
"No just have a bad chest as I fell whilst cleaning the other day" He explains " plus who said you could hug me" Buck says as he barges past Eddie and heads out to his surprise he sees Aarons car he runs up to it
"What you doing here I thought you weren't back till later" Buck asks
"Wanted surprise you "He replies "looked cosy there what he want" Aaron asks
"He's trying get on my good side but I've been ignoring him so he thought by locking me in there with him I would talk but didn't" Buck explained
"Get in lets go home lots to tell you" Aaron says
As Buck gets in he sees Eddie walking to the door of the fire station, Aaron gets out
"Aaron don't" Buck says but can't get out the car quick enough and watches as Aaron approaches Eddie and waits for the fists to start flying but they don't it looks like Aaron is saying something.
Eddie watches as Aaron approaches and keeps his cool
"What do you think you are doing locking him in there with you are you some crazy animal?" Aaron asks
"No I just wanted talk to him he seems to not want talk to any of us" Eddie explains
"well why do you think that is , you ignore him give him for weeks then give him mouthfuls of abuse and what u expect him to roll over and take it from you, everyone else here might like to do it for you but im glad he has stuck up for himself" Aaron states
"You think you're so clever but im on to you" Eddie says
"Really and what's that? actually to be honest i don't want hear it, so how about you go back to your own lonely sad life and look after your cripple boy, wouldn't want anything bad happening to him now would we " Aaron says with a wink as he walks off to the car and drives off, Eddie is left there feeling so angry, angry at himself for letting him get to him, angry because Buck won't speak to him, angry because he can't admit to Buck he would be better with him and no one else as Buck as his heart he is all bucks and no one else's, he turns around and texts Buck, look Buck if you ever need something you know im there just like I said the last time we spoke and put his phone in his pocket and went back to finish up.
On the car journey back Aaron just ranted of how much he hated Eddie and couldn't understand why he kept messing with their relationship Buck just looked at him and knew it wouldn't end well, with all the shouting he never heard the phone go off, once they got home Buck got straight to getting tea started he gets food out the fridge and places it on the side, he gets his phone out and puts it on charge in the living room, then heads in to the kitchen where he starts cutting the veg and meat and starts cooking
"Smells good" Aaron says as he walk past Buck and goes in to the living room, he sits down on the sofa and noticed Buck phone is flashing to say he has a message he opens the phone and see the message Eddie has sent, worrying that people are watching he gets his own phone out and sends a text having move plan and do it tonight as if we wait might lose the chance so get here asap Aaron hits sends and smiles, he gets up and walks towards the kitchen as he walks past shelves he picks up a glass vase and as he approaches Buck who is too busy plating the food to notice Aaron walking up to him until he hits him over the head with the vase the glass shatters and goes everywhere and Buck falls to the floor screaming in pain
"What have I told you about lying to me" Aaron says
"I haven't" buck replies holding his head and then he feels a kick to his ribs followed by another
"really so what does Eddie mean in the text he sent you saying that he is there is you ever need him like the last time you spoke, so what did you tell him" Aaron shouts at Buck
"nothing I promise, he just kept pestering me but I never said anything I promise" Buck says and then he feels another sharp kick to his ribs as he moves his hand down to try and get up Aaron stamps on the hand which makes Buck fall down again and is followed by several other kicks to his ribs and legs as Buck pulls his legs up to make a ball to help prevent anymore damage to his ribs he hears Aaron pace around him and then smack another kick this time to his back
"Stop lying Buck tell me the truth and I will stop" Aaron snarls at him and kicks him again
"Im not lying im telling the truth" he can whimper out he's in so much pain, Aaron looks down at him and smiles at the broken man before him, he looks at the pan of food left on the side from which Buck was plating the food with and picks it up and pours it all over Buck whilst laughing, he stands over Buck for 10 minutes just watching Buck lie in pain crying and letting out painful moans.
Aaron moves round and bends down so he can see Bucks teary face
"So are you going tell me the truth, have you been secretly meeting Eddie behind my back" Aaron asks
"No I promise" Buck says
"LIES" Aaron shouts
He stands up and kicks Buck in the face he's about to kick again when there is a knock at the door
"About time" Aaron says as he walks to open the door and is greeted by another man
"Chase what took you so long" Aaron says as he pulls Chase in to a hug
"Traffic was bad and I wasn't near here as wasn't expecting it to happen tonight" Chase explains
"Yeh like I said things have had to be moved up due to people getting involved" Aaron explains as he points over to Buck who is now sitting against the cupboard door, they both walk over leaving the door open and approach Buck
"Please no more" Buck pleads
"See Buck I told you not to screw me out the money" Chase says
"What you on about" Buck replies, Aaron bends down and picks Buck up so he is standing against the side and once he's steady he feels another hit, Chase lands a punch in to Buck stomach
"You know how much I would have got if you had just taken the money and gone through the lawsuit, you cost me money, money I could have retired off why because you are weak" Chase says as he punches Buck again, this time Buck goes to fall but Aaron holds him up Buck looks up and sees that they have left the door open and know its only way to escape
"See Buck me meeting you in the bar wasn't a mistake" Aaron explains
"You see I and Chase well were family and if you mess with one member you mess with the family so we decided to play a game to make you pay and suffer and it worked so well I made you feel worthless and unloved by everyone but me, making you only want to spend time with me as you actually thought I could love a thing like you please I have standards you were just a game I played and a fun one at that" Aaron says as he starts to laugh
"I knew you were dumb Buck this is a new level of dumb, but it helped that your own team disowned you making it easier here for Aaron to get you emotionally attached and break your heart" Chase explains as he hits buck square in the face this time they let him fall to the floor
"by the end of tonight you're going wish you never met me" Aaron says with a evil laugh as he kicks Buck in the back again followed by Chase kicking him in the stomach, they high five and Aaron goes to the fridge and gets 3 beers one for him and chase and he opens the other and pours it over Buck then lobs it at Bucks thigh and Buck screams in pain, Chase and Aaron head upstairs and Buck can hear them trashing the place
'This is the time make a run for it now, you may be weak but get out '
Buck slowly crawls towards the door looking up at the stairs to make sure he's not seen and as he gets close to the door he stands up and starts limping towards it and gets through he runs as best he can but he's covered in cuts and his vision isn't the best as he makes it to the lift and gets in, once he gets to the car lot he realises he doesn't have a key and makes a run through the back alleys avoiding the main streets in case they try get him he walks for what seems hours but it's only been 30 mins since he got out the apartment.
Back in the apartment Chase and Aaron start coming down after they trash upstairs
"Where is he" Chase asks Aaron
"He was just there" Aaron says and they both look at the door and notice he has gone
"Shit the door was left open why you do that you fool" Chase says as he pushes Aaron, Aaron notices that the car keys and Bucks phone are still here
"He can't get far he's injured and has no Phone or keys so he be on foot and where's he going go no one wants him" Aaron says
"You sure about that" Chase says
"We will have to go look for him if we can't find him we need disappear for a bit" Aaron says as they both head out to look for Buck
Buck is walking through back alleys and carparks keeping off the main road as best as possible the cold breeze brushing past his face and making the cuts tingle, he keeps moving putting one foot in front of the other
'Must keep moving, can't let them find me'
He battles through the pain until he reaches where he wanted to get to he stands by the door ready to knock
'They will think your week, they will look at you and not want to know, they will slam the door in your face as they hate you'
Before he has time to think what to do he hears a car coming scared it might be Aaron he runs round the side of the house and hides in the bush
"Buck" Aaron shouts quietly from the car window looking out at the house as he drives by, he doesn't see Buck hiding and drives off once the car is well in the distant Buck moves round to the back of the house to knock on the back door but before he can he collapses to the floor and passes out in the cold night sky the toll of his injuries finally catching up with him.