Chapter 8: If you knew!
Tap, Knock, Knock!
"Eric, Eric are you awake?"
Eric lay asleep on his bed; he had felt too exhausted to remove his tatty clothes, torn from trying to finish his chores on time. He'd also forgotten to clean the dried blood from his face and body.
"Eric" Laurie whispered again slightly louder.
Eric didn't reply. He was in a deep sleep. When suddenly he started to moan and strain about on the bed. As though he was trying to get away from something, although his eyes lay tightly closed.
"I didn't mean to, I'm sorry,..." he mumbled.
"What?"
Laurie stepped into his room edged closer towards him.
"Please sir...don't"
She stopped when she caught sight of the state of him.
"Oh my God"
But she could only see some of the results of Red's anger. She stepped a little closer, close enough to see the large angry bruises covering Eric's face, close enough to the torn blood streaked clothes he wore, close enough to hear his cries!
Tears began to seep through his tightly shut eyelids and streak down his face. Laurie saw this and went over to him. She couldn't understand how he had gotten in such a state, but she suddenly felt so much sympathy for the small skinny teenage boy who lay trembling in front of her.
"Eric, it's ok, shhh..." she whispered as she lay a hand on his shoulder.
At this act Eric awoke and pulled back towards the wall. He still hadn't opened his eyes. And pulled himself further into the wall, holding his knees to his chest. He didn't dare open his eyes, for fear of who might be standing in front of him.
He began to shake even more uncontrollably than he had just been doing.
"I'm sorry, please don't, not with Laurie here!"
"Eric" came a soft voice.
That wasn't Red's voice. It was Laurie's. He slowly opened his eyes and stared up at her.
"Oh God" he said to himself "Now she knows"
He could see by the confused and shocked look on her face that she knew. He expected her to ask him what he'd done to make Red so angry with him. But she didn't she stood there in silence, tears forming in her eyes.
After about five minutes of silence Eric spoke.
"Wha...what are ya thinking?"
Laurie blinked away some of her tears and sniffed. She didn't reply to his question and instead threw a different one back at him.
"Did Daddy do this to you?"
Eric's stared down. He tried to come up with a suitable lie. He couldn't say it was still the results of getting jumped. That excuse was out-lived.
"I...I fell..."
"Tell me the truth Eric, please!"
Eric still couldn't say anything. If he told her the truth she would hate him for it.
"What truth are you talking about?"
It was no use lying to her though. She knew and she wasn't going to walk out of that room until he backed up her suspicions. She gave him a look of sadness and whispered in another soft voice...
"Eric, I know I never show you that I care about you, but when it really matters...I do, and I care about why you're so hurt, so please tell me the truth, the real truth, now how did you get so...beaten up?"
Eric was stuck. He'd have to tell her what had happened and he knew he wasn't going to enjoy it.
"It wasn't his...it wasn't Red's fault, he just...he, well it was..." Eric paused not knowing how to get an explanation out.
Laurie could see him struggling as he tried to tell her about it.
"Eric, just tell me why you have those cuts and bruises? That's all"
Eric looked away.
"Red did it," he stated just before bursting out crying.
Although Laurie loved her father at that moment, her depiction of him changed dramatically. She now felt so guilty and angry about all the times he'd called her darling and Eric a dumbass. About all the times he'd got her anything she wanted while Eric had to work for it even though he was years younger than her.
She leaned over and held Eric in her arms. He cried into her shoulder and flinched slightly as Laurie hugged him closer to her.
She now realised how spoilt she'd been acting all these years. She always knew really, she guessed she was in a strange way jealous of Eric's maturity even though he was her little brother.
"I'm sorry," she stated sympathetically. "God, I'm so sorry"
Eric moved away from her, looking up into her face.
"Why...why are you sorry, it's all my fault"
"What, what do you mean your fault, how could dad beating you be your own fault"
"Because..." Eric didn't want to tell her, he should have kept his mouth shut. He became silent and looked away from her.
"Why Eric, why is it your fault?"
Eric wiped away his tears and sighed.
"Please just let me go to sleep! And...don't tell anyone, please"
Before Laurie could protest he stated louder "Please!"
Laurie seeing how much he hated the idea of telling her whatever it was he was hiding stood to leave.
But before she did she said "Eric, what ever it is, I'll be on your side, remember that! I'm sorry about being the worst sister ever!"
She turned to leave.
"Your not!" Eric stated forcing a smile from his lips.
After she had closed the door he cursed under his breath. "If you knew, you wouldn't be on my side!"
He rested back onto his bed and fell asleep again.
Well, from about here things should get better, and hey maybe I'll add a twist! But I promise you a happy ending! Oh and don't worry about Red's personality change, I'm working on summit! Oh and don't worry, there will be retribution, but you didn't see anyone getting revenge on Saddam Hussein anytime soon and they still aint got him! I'm just making it practical to my storyline, so hang on...if ya can! Cya, Cesca, xxx
Tap, Knock, Knock!
"Eric, Eric are you awake?"
Eric lay asleep on his bed; he had felt too exhausted to remove his tatty clothes, torn from trying to finish his chores on time. He'd also forgotten to clean the dried blood from his face and body.
"Eric" Laurie whispered again slightly louder.
Eric didn't reply. He was in a deep sleep. When suddenly he started to moan and strain about on the bed. As though he was trying to get away from something, although his eyes lay tightly closed.
"I didn't mean to, I'm sorry,..." he mumbled.
"What?"
Laurie stepped into his room edged closer towards him.
"Please sir...don't"
She stopped when she caught sight of the state of him.
"Oh my God"
But she could only see some of the results of Red's anger. She stepped a little closer, close enough to see the large angry bruises covering Eric's face, close enough to the torn blood streaked clothes he wore, close enough to hear his cries!
Tears began to seep through his tightly shut eyelids and streak down his face. Laurie saw this and went over to him. She couldn't understand how he had gotten in such a state, but she suddenly felt so much sympathy for the small skinny teenage boy who lay trembling in front of her.
"Eric, it's ok, shhh..." she whispered as she lay a hand on his shoulder.
At this act Eric awoke and pulled back towards the wall. He still hadn't opened his eyes. And pulled himself further into the wall, holding his knees to his chest. He didn't dare open his eyes, for fear of who might be standing in front of him.
He began to shake even more uncontrollably than he had just been doing.
"I'm sorry, please don't, not with Laurie here!"
"Eric" came a soft voice.
That wasn't Red's voice. It was Laurie's. He slowly opened his eyes and stared up at her.
"Oh God" he said to himself "Now she knows"
He could see by the confused and shocked look on her face that she knew. He expected her to ask him what he'd done to make Red so angry with him. But she didn't she stood there in silence, tears forming in her eyes.
After about five minutes of silence Eric spoke.
"Wha...what are ya thinking?"
Laurie blinked away some of her tears and sniffed. She didn't reply to his question and instead threw a different one back at him.
"Did Daddy do this to you?"
Eric's stared down. He tried to come up with a suitable lie. He couldn't say it was still the results of getting jumped. That excuse was out-lived.
"I...I fell..."
"Tell me the truth Eric, please!"
Eric still couldn't say anything. If he told her the truth she would hate him for it.
"What truth are you talking about?"
It was no use lying to her though. She knew and she wasn't going to walk out of that room until he backed up her suspicions. She gave him a look of sadness and whispered in another soft voice...
"Eric, I know I never show you that I care about you, but when it really matters...I do, and I care about why you're so hurt, so please tell me the truth, the real truth, now how did you get so...beaten up?"
Eric was stuck. He'd have to tell her what had happened and he knew he wasn't going to enjoy it.
"It wasn't his...it wasn't Red's fault, he just...he, well it was..." Eric paused not knowing how to get an explanation out.
Laurie could see him struggling as he tried to tell her about it.
"Eric, just tell me why you have those cuts and bruises? That's all"
Eric looked away.
"Red did it," he stated just before bursting out crying.
Although Laurie loved her father at that moment, her depiction of him changed dramatically. She now felt so guilty and angry about all the times he'd called her darling and Eric a dumbass. About all the times he'd got her anything she wanted while Eric had to work for it even though he was years younger than her.
She leaned over and held Eric in her arms. He cried into her shoulder and flinched slightly as Laurie hugged him closer to her.
She now realised how spoilt she'd been acting all these years. She always knew really, she guessed she was in a strange way jealous of Eric's maturity even though he was her little brother.
"I'm sorry," she stated sympathetically. "God, I'm so sorry"
Eric moved away from her, looking up into her face.
"Why...why are you sorry, it's all my fault"
"What, what do you mean your fault, how could dad beating you be your own fault"
"Because..." Eric didn't want to tell her, he should have kept his mouth shut. He became silent and looked away from her.
"Why Eric, why is it your fault?"
Eric wiped away his tears and sighed.
"Please just let me go to sleep! And...don't tell anyone, please"
Before Laurie could protest he stated louder "Please!"
Laurie seeing how much he hated the idea of telling her whatever it was he was hiding stood to leave.
But before she did she said "Eric, what ever it is, I'll be on your side, remember that! I'm sorry about being the worst sister ever!"
She turned to leave.
"Your not!" Eric stated forcing a smile from his lips.
After she had closed the door he cursed under his breath. "If you knew, you wouldn't be on my side!"
He rested back onto his bed and fell asleep again.
Well, from about here things should get better, and hey maybe I'll add a twist! But I promise you a happy ending! Oh and don't worry about Red's personality change, I'm working on summit! Oh and don't worry, there will be retribution, but you didn't see anyone getting revenge on Saddam Hussein anytime soon and they still aint got him! I'm just making it practical to my storyline, so hang on...if ya can! Cya, Cesca, xxx