Matt backed up the hallway cautiously, he had seen what had happened to Amy, and how Paul had treated Stephanie. There wasn't a thing he could have done to prevent, or stop it, as his ankle had given out on him, and he had been the victim of Paul's fury for 10 minutes. He locked himself in the bathroom, and heard Paul pounding on the door. He crouched behind the cupboards, and sat there for the longest 8 minutes of his life
Chris and Jeff came out from Jeff's room, from the opposite hallway, and saw Amy lying in the doorway, and Stephanie lying on the concrete front of the fireplace. Chris quickly dragged her away from the fire, and looked at Jeff. They heard a loud thumping down the hallway to Steph and Paul's room, and Matt and Amy's room. They walked quietly and came up behind Paul, hooking his arms behind his back, disarming him of his sledgehammer. Jeff kicked it down the hall, and helped Chris, then they tried to calm him down. He reluctantly stepped back, and let them access the bathroom. They found Matt curled up behind the sink and cupboards. They helped him to his feet, and took him to the lounge.
"Man, what happened?" Jeff asked his brother.
"We had a fight…over the couch, and we started insulting each other, and we were both so pissed off, when….I insulted him about his nose….bad idea, we had a punch up, then he got the upper hand. Amy
came in, then disappeared….but nevermind that….," Matt kneeled down beside his girlfriend, and stroked her hair, "these two need medical attention, man im gonna kill that son of a bitch." He raved.
"Matt, just calm down, we finally calmed Paul down. Don't wind him up again, please," Chris moaned.
"Okay, well we can still go ahead with his first plan, of getting these two cleaned up," Chris said, as he bent down and picked Stephanie up. She moaned weakly, and he cradled he in his arms for a few minutes, before lying her on her bed, and checking her for injuries. She was still unconscious, so he left her for a few minutes to see if Amy was okay.
