Chapter 7: Feeling Safe
*RING, RING, RING*
Eric stopped scrubbing at the bloodstains on the living room carpet and reached for the phone. It was probably red checking up on him. Warning him. Laughing at him!
"He...hello" he answered,
"Hi Eric, its Ms Brumewood, I was just wondering if you were ok. I mean you never miss school."
Eric smiled at the fact that Ms. Brumewood sounded concerned about him.
"Hey Ms.....yer, I'm not feeling too good"
"Oh.....well, I hope you get better soon" she stated.
Eric thanked her and ended the conversation. When soon after that the phone rang again?
He sighed and picked it up. Surely it must be either his teacher again or Red.
"Hello"
"Shouldn't you be in school?" said the annoying voice on the other end of the line.
It was Laurie.
Eric's smile faded. Although he didn't like to admit it, he was very jealous of her and would love to be spoilt than have this way of life.
"I'm ill," he said flatly.
"Bet ya just faking it, you little runt, now go get mom!"
Eric pulled a confused face.
"Wha.....what I can't get mom"
"Where is she, I got kicked outta collage again, I need to speak to her"
"Da-ja-vu" Eric said sarcastically.
"Listen, didn't Red call you?" he asked anxiously. He preferred calling his
father by his name, as he no longer really considered him somewhat of a father.
"No, why? And why are you calling dad by his name?"
"Mo.....Mom's in hospital, she had a fall" Eric repeated his dad's words.
"What, when?" she asked concerned.
"A couple of days ago, she, she's in coma, she might never wake up!"
Eric was almost in tears now.
"Why.......why didn't dad tell me about this?"
"I dunno, I don't think you should come home though!"
"Why?"
Eric thought for a second, he hated Laurie but he didn't hate her so much that he wanted her to go through what he was going through.....
"Because, Red's, well he's acting a bit strange and I don't think he wants anyone else around right now"
"But it's ok for you to be there? And stop calling him Red!"
"Believe me if I had anywhere else to go, I would be there"
"How can you say that about living with dad?"
"You're not living with him," he whispered under his breath.
"Dunno, look....." Eric fiercely coughed; he grabbed some tissues and spat blood into them.
"Are you alright?" Laurie asked going back to being concerned again. It was unusual for her to be concerned about Eric.
"....Yer, fine, well just a bit ill, otherwise I'd be in school"
He was sick of saying he was fine. It was never true!
"I'm coming home!" Laurie stated. "I'll see you soon"
Before Eric could try and stop her; the phone had already been slammed down. He couldn't stop her now. But what if she found out his secret, found out he had put his mother in a coma.
He got back down on his hands and knees and began scraping at the carpet again.....
The front door shut, Eric heard it. Red was home. Eric was lying on the couch, resting his eyes. He hadn't eaten in more than twenty-four hours and his stomach growled angrily. He didn't care, he told himself he wasn't hungry and that he didn't deserve to eat anyway.
He pulled his attention away from resting and to the noise of the front door shutting.
"Get up you lazy dumbass!"
Eric had a question for Red, so he just came out straight away and asked it. Although he didn't know whether it would provoke him more!
"Why didn't you tell Laurie about what happened with mom?"
Red fell silent for a moment.
"I did but once she heard how you put her there, she didn't want to stay in a house with you, that's what I've got to put up with!"
He knew he'd probably get another beating tonight, so he thought he'd make the most out of the situation.
Eric smiled slightly and sniggered.
"That's not what she told me, she didn't know anything about what happened and in fact when she heard about it, she said she was coming straight back home!"
"Why, you little....."
Red trailed off as he heard a key in the lock of the front door.
"Guess she's here then" Eric stated a huge grin on his face.
He knew by the look on Red's face that he wouldn't do anything to him in front of Laurie. He had won. But he still knew Red would make him pay for what he had done, what he had said to him!
"Go to you're room" he stated coldly and then headed into the hallway. "And
don't you dare tell her anything!"
Red rushed to the door.
Eric disappeared up the stairs before Laurie could even see him.
"Daddy, is it true about mom?"
Red hesitated. ".....Yes, I'm afraid so darling"
The last thing Eric heard that day was the sound of Laurie bursting into tears at what her father was saying. After that he fell onto his bed and drifted to sleep. Feeling safer than he had been in a long time, but still feeling bad for Laurie for the first time ever!
Well, I know it's depressing, but I'm gonna try and bring back Donna and Hyde and maybe have them all go have some fun and have them find out eventually, help him through it, and maybe Laurie too, and then Red gets taken away, blah, blah, blah, I think you get the gist of it, I'm gonna have a happy ending, but until then try and get through it, for me! Well, hope you like it, and please REVIEW! Tell me if ya want me to carry on with this! Bye
*RING, RING, RING*
Eric stopped scrubbing at the bloodstains on the living room carpet and reached for the phone. It was probably red checking up on him. Warning him. Laughing at him!
"He...hello" he answered,
"Hi Eric, its Ms Brumewood, I was just wondering if you were ok. I mean you never miss school."
Eric smiled at the fact that Ms. Brumewood sounded concerned about him.
"Hey Ms.....yer, I'm not feeling too good"
"Oh.....well, I hope you get better soon" she stated.
Eric thanked her and ended the conversation. When soon after that the phone rang again?
He sighed and picked it up. Surely it must be either his teacher again or Red.
"Hello"
"Shouldn't you be in school?" said the annoying voice on the other end of the line.
It was Laurie.
Eric's smile faded. Although he didn't like to admit it, he was very jealous of her and would love to be spoilt than have this way of life.
"I'm ill," he said flatly.
"Bet ya just faking it, you little runt, now go get mom!"
Eric pulled a confused face.
"Wha.....what I can't get mom"
"Where is she, I got kicked outta collage again, I need to speak to her"
"Da-ja-vu" Eric said sarcastically.
"Listen, didn't Red call you?" he asked anxiously. He preferred calling his
father by his name, as he no longer really considered him somewhat of a father.
"No, why? And why are you calling dad by his name?"
"Mo.....Mom's in hospital, she had a fall" Eric repeated his dad's words.
"What, when?" she asked concerned.
"A couple of days ago, she, she's in coma, she might never wake up!"
Eric was almost in tears now.
"Why.......why didn't dad tell me about this?"
"I dunno, I don't think you should come home though!"
"Why?"
Eric thought for a second, he hated Laurie but he didn't hate her so much that he wanted her to go through what he was going through.....
"Because, Red's, well he's acting a bit strange and I don't think he wants anyone else around right now"
"But it's ok for you to be there? And stop calling him Red!"
"Believe me if I had anywhere else to go, I would be there"
"How can you say that about living with dad?"
"You're not living with him," he whispered under his breath.
"Dunno, look....." Eric fiercely coughed; he grabbed some tissues and spat blood into them.
"Are you alright?" Laurie asked going back to being concerned again. It was unusual for her to be concerned about Eric.
"....Yer, fine, well just a bit ill, otherwise I'd be in school"
He was sick of saying he was fine. It was never true!
"I'm coming home!" Laurie stated. "I'll see you soon"
Before Eric could try and stop her; the phone had already been slammed down. He couldn't stop her now. But what if she found out his secret, found out he had put his mother in a coma.
He got back down on his hands and knees and began scraping at the carpet again.....
The front door shut, Eric heard it. Red was home. Eric was lying on the couch, resting his eyes. He hadn't eaten in more than twenty-four hours and his stomach growled angrily. He didn't care, he told himself he wasn't hungry and that he didn't deserve to eat anyway.
He pulled his attention away from resting and to the noise of the front door shutting.
"Get up you lazy dumbass!"
Eric had a question for Red, so he just came out straight away and asked it. Although he didn't know whether it would provoke him more!
"Why didn't you tell Laurie about what happened with mom?"
Red fell silent for a moment.
"I did but once she heard how you put her there, she didn't want to stay in a house with you, that's what I've got to put up with!"
He knew he'd probably get another beating tonight, so he thought he'd make the most out of the situation.
Eric smiled slightly and sniggered.
"That's not what she told me, she didn't know anything about what happened and in fact when she heard about it, she said she was coming straight back home!"
"Why, you little....."
Red trailed off as he heard a key in the lock of the front door.
"Guess she's here then" Eric stated a huge grin on his face.
He knew by the look on Red's face that he wouldn't do anything to him in front of Laurie. He had won. But he still knew Red would make him pay for what he had done, what he had said to him!
"Go to you're room" he stated coldly and then headed into the hallway. "And
don't you dare tell her anything!"
Red rushed to the door.
Eric disappeared up the stairs before Laurie could even see him.
"Daddy, is it true about mom?"
Red hesitated. ".....Yes, I'm afraid so darling"
The last thing Eric heard that day was the sound of Laurie bursting into tears at what her father was saying. After that he fell onto his bed and drifted to sleep. Feeling safer than he had been in a long time, but still feeling bad for Laurie for the first time ever!
Well, I know it's depressing, but I'm gonna try and bring back Donna and Hyde and maybe have them all go have some fun and have them find out eventually, help him through it, and maybe Laurie too, and then Red gets taken away, blah, blah, blah, I think you get the gist of it, I'm gonna have a happy ending, but until then try and get through it, for me! Well, hope you like it, and please REVIEW! Tell me if ya want me to carry on with this! Bye