The door to Gordon's room was flung open roughly and the eldest Tracy
brother's shadow filled the room.
'What the hell do you think you're playing at Gordo?' Scott shouted angrily.
Gordon sat casually on the bed and glanced at his brother with disdain.
'What are you talking about?'
'I'm talking about, the grief you just gave Dad. What has he done? Why are you acting so crazy?'
Gordon rolled his eyes, 'I knew you'd react like this!'
'Like what? Ever since your little reunion you've come back with a chip on your shoulder the size of China!' Scott yelled in full 'big brother' mode.
When Gordon averted his eyes from his brothers and went back to flipping through a power-boat magazine, Scott snatched the magazine from his brother's hands.
'Give that back!' Gordon shouted, on his feet now.
'Not until you talk to me!' Scott argued back, nose to nose with his younger brother.
'What's going on Gordo?' he said softly, 'did something happen today?'
For a second Gordon's eyes clouded slowly in confusion and Scott thought he might open up, but then the defensive barriers were in place again and he spun away from his brother.
'Yeah, something happened' he answered, 'I realised I was fed up of being pushed around?'
That was not the answer Scott had anticipated, 'What are you talking about?' he asked increduously, 'no-one pushes you around!'
'Ha!' Gordon answered 'that's rich!' at Scott's puzzled look he continued, 'Father orders us around all the time and expects us to respond like his little lapdogs, 'do this virgil', he growled impersonating Jeff's gruff tone, 'do that Alan, stay in the space station John, well, I'm just sick of it, I've had enough!'
Scott stared awe-struck, this was not his brother, gordon wasn't like this, he was a happy, good, easy-going kid. This person infront of him was sarcastic, out-spoken and very, very angry.
'Gordon, you know that's not true' he said imploringly.
'No Scott I don't!' his brother replied, ' and you're just as bad! Telling us what to do and where to go and who to be friends with. We're not little kids anymore and I'm sick of being treated like one.'
Scott was hurt, he tried not to show it but he was hurt. Hearing this was like being punched in the stomach, 'what do you expect Gordo?' he asked quietly, 'I practically had.........'
'......to raise me and Alan, I know!' Gordon finished, 'but when are you gonna stop punishing us for that?'
'What?' Scott asked his face paling.
'I said, when are you gonna stop punishing us? Mom died and your childhood died with it. You were 13 Scott and you had to take on the role of parent, who'd want to be stuck with a 2 and 4 year old at that age?'
'It wasn't like that.' Scott said sadly.
'Yes it was Scott' Gordon continued stopping his pacing to look his brother in the eyes, 'yes it was. Alan and I have felt like we owed you all our lives, neither of us have ever wanted to disappoint or hurt you so we did what you said. But I'm sorry Scott, i refuse to be punished anymore for mom dying, and you taking her place. It wasn't my fault, it wasn't Alan's fault and it certainly wasn't yours but we're all being punished for it! And I'm sorry but I can't take it anymore!'
Scott wanted to hug his little brother, to take the pain away, he had no idea he and Alan had felt that way for so long. He hadn't really considered it a chore looking after his brothers, it had given him a sense of achievement and a greater love for them than he'd ever thought possible.
'I know it wasn't anyones fault' he said, eyes glistening, 'mom was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, if that dog hadn't run out infront of her then.......'
'It was someones fault though!' Gordon interuppted impatiently.
'What?'
'Mom's death was entirely down to one person, and I swear to god I can't even look at him.'
Scott's eyes wrinkled in confusion and he sat on the end of his brother's bed, 'What aren't you telling me Gordo?' he asked ominously.'Who's to blame for mum's death?'
Gordon paused for a long time, 'do it' the voice said, 'tell him, you thought you made your peace with it a long time ago, but you never did, not really, you still hate him, you have for nearly twenty years, go on tell him, tell him who killed your mother.'
Amber eyes, met blue ones as Gordon sat on the bed next to his brother, it was the biggest secret he'd ever kept, he knew it could tear his family apart. Somewhere inside him he felt another voice, his own voice, 'don't do it, oh god, don't tell him' it cried, but it disappeared as soon as it had begun, 'tell him, tell him, tell him..' the other voices began.
Gordon sighed, 'you want to know who killed our mother Scott?' he asked in a low voice.
'Of course I do' came the answer.
He knew the world was about to crumble on the Tracy family, but he didn't care, the Hood had him now, Gordon smiled evily, before uttering four simple words that would change their lives forever,
'It was our father.'
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! WHAT? I HEAR YOU ALL CRY, NO WAY! WELL FIND OUT IF JEFF REALLY DID KILL LUCILLE IN THE NEXT PART OF 'IT'S ALL IN THE MIND'.
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Scott's eyes glowed in fury, 'DID YOU KILL OUR MOTHER,IS IT TRUE?' he screamed
Virgil turned to Jeff and the hollow look in his eyes made Jeff want to heave, 'Virgil listen.......' he began, but Virgil didn't want to talk, swinging madly, he punched Jeff in the jaw and watched in satisfaction as he crumpled to the floor.
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'What the hell do you think you're playing at Gordo?' Scott shouted angrily.
Gordon sat casually on the bed and glanced at his brother with disdain.
'What are you talking about?'
'I'm talking about, the grief you just gave Dad. What has he done? Why are you acting so crazy?'
Gordon rolled his eyes, 'I knew you'd react like this!'
'Like what? Ever since your little reunion you've come back with a chip on your shoulder the size of China!' Scott yelled in full 'big brother' mode.
When Gordon averted his eyes from his brothers and went back to flipping through a power-boat magazine, Scott snatched the magazine from his brother's hands.
'Give that back!' Gordon shouted, on his feet now.
'Not until you talk to me!' Scott argued back, nose to nose with his younger brother.
'What's going on Gordo?' he said softly, 'did something happen today?'
For a second Gordon's eyes clouded slowly in confusion and Scott thought he might open up, but then the defensive barriers were in place again and he spun away from his brother.
'Yeah, something happened' he answered, 'I realised I was fed up of being pushed around?'
That was not the answer Scott had anticipated, 'What are you talking about?' he asked increduously, 'no-one pushes you around!'
'Ha!' Gordon answered 'that's rich!' at Scott's puzzled look he continued, 'Father orders us around all the time and expects us to respond like his little lapdogs, 'do this virgil', he growled impersonating Jeff's gruff tone, 'do that Alan, stay in the space station John, well, I'm just sick of it, I've had enough!'
Scott stared awe-struck, this was not his brother, gordon wasn't like this, he was a happy, good, easy-going kid. This person infront of him was sarcastic, out-spoken and very, very angry.
'Gordon, you know that's not true' he said imploringly.
'No Scott I don't!' his brother replied, ' and you're just as bad! Telling us what to do and where to go and who to be friends with. We're not little kids anymore and I'm sick of being treated like one.'
Scott was hurt, he tried not to show it but he was hurt. Hearing this was like being punched in the stomach, 'what do you expect Gordo?' he asked quietly, 'I practically had.........'
'......to raise me and Alan, I know!' Gordon finished, 'but when are you gonna stop punishing us for that?'
'What?' Scott asked his face paling.
'I said, when are you gonna stop punishing us? Mom died and your childhood died with it. You were 13 Scott and you had to take on the role of parent, who'd want to be stuck with a 2 and 4 year old at that age?'
'It wasn't like that.' Scott said sadly.
'Yes it was Scott' Gordon continued stopping his pacing to look his brother in the eyes, 'yes it was. Alan and I have felt like we owed you all our lives, neither of us have ever wanted to disappoint or hurt you so we did what you said. But I'm sorry Scott, i refuse to be punished anymore for mom dying, and you taking her place. It wasn't my fault, it wasn't Alan's fault and it certainly wasn't yours but we're all being punished for it! And I'm sorry but I can't take it anymore!'
Scott wanted to hug his little brother, to take the pain away, he had no idea he and Alan had felt that way for so long. He hadn't really considered it a chore looking after his brothers, it had given him a sense of achievement and a greater love for them than he'd ever thought possible.
'I know it wasn't anyones fault' he said, eyes glistening, 'mom was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, if that dog hadn't run out infront of her then.......'
'It was someones fault though!' Gordon interuppted impatiently.
'What?'
'Mom's death was entirely down to one person, and I swear to god I can't even look at him.'
Scott's eyes wrinkled in confusion and he sat on the end of his brother's bed, 'What aren't you telling me Gordo?' he asked ominously.'Who's to blame for mum's death?'
Gordon paused for a long time, 'do it' the voice said, 'tell him, you thought you made your peace with it a long time ago, but you never did, not really, you still hate him, you have for nearly twenty years, go on tell him, tell him who killed your mother.'
Amber eyes, met blue ones as Gordon sat on the bed next to his brother, it was the biggest secret he'd ever kept, he knew it could tear his family apart. Somewhere inside him he felt another voice, his own voice, 'don't do it, oh god, don't tell him' it cried, but it disappeared as soon as it had begun, 'tell him, tell him, tell him..' the other voices began.
Gordon sighed, 'you want to know who killed our mother Scott?' he asked in a low voice.
'Of course I do' came the answer.
He knew the world was about to crumble on the Tracy family, but he didn't care, the Hood had him now, Gordon smiled evily, before uttering four simple words that would change their lives forever,
'It was our father.'
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! WHAT? I HEAR YOU ALL CRY, NO WAY! WELL FIND OUT IF JEFF REALLY DID KILL LUCILLE IN THE NEXT PART OF 'IT'S ALL IN THE MIND'.
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Scott's eyes glowed in fury, 'DID YOU KILL OUR MOTHER,IS IT TRUE?' he screamed
Virgil turned to Jeff and the hollow look in his eyes made Jeff want to heave, 'Virgil listen.......' he began, but Virgil didn't want to talk, swinging madly, he punched Jeff in the jaw and watched in satisfaction as he crumpled to the floor.
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