A/N - OK if anybody actually reads these here goes! This will probably be
quite short, I just need to sort something out before I can move on and
there might be a bit of time skipping involved, if there's none in this
chapter there definitely will be in the next one. Like I said I just need
to sort it out before I can move on. There'll only be about 4 or 5 more
chapters before I reach the end so enjoy it while it lasts!
Chapter 9
David walked quickly down the tree-lined street. He knew that if he slowed down he'd stop. And if he stopped he'd turn around and go straight back. But he couldn't do that. Eloise was counting on him, his baby was counting on him and he couldn't let them down. Despite what his father might say he did love them, he loved them more than anything in this world. At least he'd got them somewhere to live. It was just a squat a few minutes walk away but it was a place to live, a roof over their heads and at least now his first child wouldn't be born beside a pile of trashcans and rats.
He saw the house up ahead of him and froze. This was it. There was no going back now. He had to do this. He took a deep breath and jogged towards the house, ringing the doorbell before that little voice in the back of his head could talk again.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Chandler walked towards the front door with a smile on his face. He hadn't seen David or Eloise in more than a month now and no matter how much it hurt him each day that they weren't there he knew what he'd done was right. He couldn't have them doing what they were doing under his roof, it was just disgusting and wrong and sick and no. They just couldn't stay. At first Monica had been crying and then Belle and Clare had started crying but now, finally things were looking up. His smile widened as he opened the door. He only heard one word. . .
"Dad. . ."
Before he closed it again.
David was here again. Chandler quickly looked around before opening the door again and stepping outside. He didn't even give David a chance to speak before he began,
"Listen OK? I don't want you here and your mother is finally getting over this whole thing. Now I would love to have you both back but like I said before it would mean different schools, different friends, never being alone and no baby OK? Now if you've come back to tell me that all that is going to happen then come in. If not leave now before you contaminate my girls"
David seemed stunned into silence by what his so-called 'loving' father had just told him. No baby. He wanted Eloise to abort her own child. That last sentence just wouldn't leave David's brain, "My girls" Quietly he spoke,
"Eloise is your girl too"
Chandler shook his head sadly, "No, when she left and when she did what she did she gave up being my daughter. And you gave up being my son. So if you've nothing more to say we're playing snap and I'd really love to get back in there to my family if that's OK?" Chandler saw the look on David's face and the harshness faded slightly, "I would love to have you both back you know that. But not like this. If you both promise that this will end you can both come back straight away. We love you both but I just think it's wrong David, and if you do something wrong you should be punished and when you've learned your lesson the punishment ends"
"This is our punishment?"
Chandler didn't answer. Instead he opened the door and slipped quietly inside, only pausing to say
"Goodbye David"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Eloise jumped up the minute she heard the door open, "How'd it go?!" As soon as she saw his face she knew. They were still stuck here. Well you can't have everything.
"I'm so sorry El"
She forced a smile onto her face and made a space on the blanket for him to sit, she wrapped her arms around him and whispered soothingly, "It's OK baby, it's all OK" She gently rocked them back and forth as they both realised what was happening. They were stuck here. Their family didn't want them and if their own parents didn't want to look at them then who else would? As the tears ran down her cheeks she heard David whisper as he stroked her stomach,
"Families ey? Who'd have them?"
Chapter 9
David walked quickly down the tree-lined street. He knew that if he slowed down he'd stop. And if he stopped he'd turn around and go straight back. But he couldn't do that. Eloise was counting on him, his baby was counting on him and he couldn't let them down. Despite what his father might say he did love them, he loved them more than anything in this world. At least he'd got them somewhere to live. It was just a squat a few minutes walk away but it was a place to live, a roof over their heads and at least now his first child wouldn't be born beside a pile of trashcans and rats.
He saw the house up ahead of him and froze. This was it. There was no going back now. He had to do this. He took a deep breath and jogged towards the house, ringing the doorbell before that little voice in the back of his head could talk again.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Chandler walked towards the front door with a smile on his face. He hadn't seen David or Eloise in more than a month now and no matter how much it hurt him each day that they weren't there he knew what he'd done was right. He couldn't have them doing what they were doing under his roof, it was just disgusting and wrong and sick and no. They just couldn't stay. At first Monica had been crying and then Belle and Clare had started crying but now, finally things were looking up. His smile widened as he opened the door. He only heard one word. . .
"Dad. . ."
Before he closed it again.
David was here again. Chandler quickly looked around before opening the door again and stepping outside. He didn't even give David a chance to speak before he began,
"Listen OK? I don't want you here and your mother is finally getting over this whole thing. Now I would love to have you both back but like I said before it would mean different schools, different friends, never being alone and no baby OK? Now if you've come back to tell me that all that is going to happen then come in. If not leave now before you contaminate my girls"
David seemed stunned into silence by what his so-called 'loving' father had just told him. No baby. He wanted Eloise to abort her own child. That last sentence just wouldn't leave David's brain, "My girls" Quietly he spoke,
"Eloise is your girl too"
Chandler shook his head sadly, "No, when she left and when she did what she did she gave up being my daughter. And you gave up being my son. So if you've nothing more to say we're playing snap and I'd really love to get back in there to my family if that's OK?" Chandler saw the look on David's face and the harshness faded slightly, "I would love to have you both back you know that. But not like this. If you both promise that this will end you can both come back straight away. We love you both but I just think it's wrong David, and if you do something wrong you should be punished and when you've learned your lesson the punishment ends"
"This is our punishment?"
Chandler didn't answer. Instead he opened the door and slipped quietly inside, only pausing to say
"Goodbye David"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Eloise jumped up the minute she heard the door open, "How'd it go?!" As soon as she saw his face she knew. They were still stuck here. Well you can't have everything.
"I'm so sorry El"
She forced a smile onto her face and made a space on the blanket for him to sit, she wrapped her arms around him and whispered soothingly, "It's OK baby, it's all OK" She gently rocked them back and forth as they both realised what was happening. They were stuck here. Their family didn't want them and if their own parents didn't want to look at them then who else would? As the tears ran down her cheeks she heard David whisper as he stroked her stomach,
"Families ey? Who'd have them?"
