A/N: Sorry this is so short, but I needed something up. Its action packed if anyone wants to know! Review because I left you kind of on a cliffhanger
Once the door was shut Phil stormed past Bobby and Jerry, humiliated. "There was nothing going on in that house!"
Bobby felt his blood boiling as Phil stormed back towards the Mercer house. "The fuck is wrong with you're mother fucking ass Phil!" Bobby yelled grabbing the guy from behind and stopping him. "Are you fucking stupid?"
"Don't start Bobby or I swear I will have you out of Evelyn's house so fast it will make your head spin. I'm sick and tired of all your sick jokes and pranks you worthless piece of shit!" Phil spat out. "Now you listen to me clear because I swear to fucking God I'm tired of dealing with your shit! You want to fuck up your life fine go ahead, but don't make me lose my job over it!"
Jerry stepped in between the two desperately trying to make space as he controlled his anger. He felt the adrenaline kicking in as Phil pushed both boys away. His eyes flickered around like a deer caught in headlights and he was red in the face, whether from fear or guilt once he realized what he did it wasn't appearant to either boys, not that either one cared. For years Phil tolerated them, nothing more, but they never knew how much he really hated them until now.
A muffled scream came from the house and Bobby and Jerry's head snapped towards the house. Bobby ran back towards the house and started banging on the door, anger and frustration surging through him when he heard another yelp come from inside. Jack's cries echoed clearly through the door now, as Bobby knocked on the door insistently.
"OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!" Bobby yelled his tears of frustration in his eyes. "Jerry, I swear to fucking god, help me fucking break this door open. I swear to fucking God I'll beat the shit out of him!"
Just then the door opened and Dave yanked Bobby inside.
"B-bobb-y!" Jack yelled from the corner. "Wa-atch o-o-ut!"
A bat connected with Bobby's back. Bobby felt his back go numb and yelped in pain as he fell to the ground. "JERRY!" he cried out.
"Your little bitch ain't gonna help you no more punk!" Dave yelled. He kicked Bobby hard on the ribs making Bobby yelp out involuntarily.
Bobby groaned and rolled over gasping out. He stood up unsurely before quickly ducking to avoid getting hit with the bat once more. The woman and man seemed to have completely forgotten about Jack who was crying off to the side.
"Jackie go open the door!" Bobby ordered the boy.
He punched Dave but the lady with the bat had swung at him once again sending him sprawling to the floor.
"Dumb shit, I told you to best mind your own goddamn business," Dave yelled kicking Bobby.
Bobby fought to stay conscious as he felt Dave's foot once again connect with his rib. He thought foolishly of how many ribs he had broken because of the fucker. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Jack inching towards the door a scared look plastered on his face.
The door whipped open and Jerry ran and tackled Dave to the floor. He punched Dave on the face and kicked him before running to Bobby and pulling Bobby up to his feet. Bobby pulled out his heater and pointed it to the girl's head spitting out some blood.
"Don't you even try," Bobby gasped out.
She had an angry look on her face but put the bat down. Jerry picked the bat up and walked towards the door, with Bobby leaning on him.
"Jack, come here," the lady called for the boy who was sitting on the stairs watching everything unfold, his eyes as big as saucers.
"No, Jack's coming with us," Jerry told her.
"Ain't no fucking way you going to keep the kid," Bobby backed Jerry up.
Jack looked up bewildered. "Jack, come here, look, your daddy's hurt…you don't like when daddy's hurt," the lady said gently.
When Jack didn't move the lady's voice grew more impatient. "Come here Jack, your dad could be dead and it would be your fucking fault!"
"BULLSHIT!" Bobby yelled. "Jack don't listen to her…she's just trying to hurt you kid!"
"I…I…" Jack looked towards his dad, who was groaning on the floor and towards Bobby who was leaning heavily on Jerry.
He didn't know what to do. His dad loved him, that's what they kept saying. He was getting hit because his dad loved him. He was doing all the chores because his dad loved him. But Bobby, there was something in Bobby's eyes that Jack had never seen before. He wasn't too sure what it was. Love felt different. Love was when his dad stuck his head in the stove and turned the gas on. Love was when he had to do chores from daybreak until midnight because he needed to serve his dad. Jack hated love.
"Come here Jack," Dave gasped out. "Jackie, daddy loves you."
Jack looked down, tears in his eyes. He hated it more when his dad told him he loved him more than when Dave would beat him into tomorrow. He hated when his dad told him he loved him right before he rammed his dick into his own tiny butt hole.
"I…" Jack looked defeated and started towards his dad. He ventured a look towards Bobby who was looking down in shock, anger and sorrow. "I…I'm so-so-sorry…"
"Get out of my house before I call the cops," Dave spat out standing up.
Bobby started to protest but Jerry dragged him out of the house. The door shut, and locked behind them.
"Let's get you home…you look like shit," Jerry muttered examining his brother.
He felt guilty because he couldn't break the door open. He had banged on the door and tried breaking in but he couldn't. He screamed for Phil to come back and get Bobby but he never came.
"WHAT HAPPENED!" Evelyn demanded once she got home.
Bobby had been somewhat asleep when he heard his mother's worried tone snap him back to reality. He opened one eye to see Angel staring down at him, an angry look on the young boy's face.
"Are you ok Bobby?" Angel asked.
"Peachy," Bobby replied sarcastically.
Bobby yawned and stretched out on the couch. Evelyn had gone to the kitchen and grabbed him an ice pack returning with the first aid kid under one arm. She looked more worried than angry as she set a bag of frozen beans on Bobby's left eye.
"Bobby, who did this to you?" Evelyn demanded.
"Rhoden. Phil came and we went to Rhoden's house…Phil left before he could see Rhoden beat Jack. Ma, you need to do something, Jack's dying in there!" Bobby cried out.
"Baby, right now I need to take you to the hospital. You look like shit," Evelyn said getting up. "Jerry help your brother up. Angel come with me."
Bobby moaned in protest but never said anything knowing that he must have looked like shit because he definitely felt like one. His body was aching in places he didn't even know could ache, and it felt funny every time he breathed.
"I'm going to fucking kill that bastard," Bobby muttered under his breath.
"Yeah make sure you're throwing the punches instead of getting it next time," Jerry joked casually.
Bobby felt himself doze off in the car only to be woken back up with each pothole in the road. They didn't exactly have the best car on the road. Bobby's thoughts kept going back to Phil and Jack. He hated the look on Jack's face. The defeated look. He hated how Jack looked like a hurt puppy always following his master because he didn't know any better.
"Ma…Phil's a jag," Bobby muttered incoherently.
"Yeah, he's a jerk!" Jerry agreed from the backseat. "I swear to god, if I see his fucking face again I'll pound him!"
Evelyn stole a glance at her oldest son and felt her own blood boiling. He looked horrible. She hadn't seen him so beat up since the first time he came to live with them. Most people thought he wouldn't make it past the night after his foster brother from a different home put some drugs in his food. He was sick beyond anyone's wildest thoughts, and no one had any clue why. That night Phil dropped Bobby off because his foster parents didn't want a sick child in their house. Phil promised it wouldn't be too long, but in the end Evelyn ended up adopting him.
"Shit, I'll kill the mother fucker," Bobby promised.
"You won't kill anyone," Evelyn said seriously knowing how true the promise could really be.
They pulled up into the Emergency Room and parked the car in one of the free parking spaces. Jerry opened the passenger door and helped Bobby out of the car.
"Ms. Evelyn, how are you?" the lady from behind the counter had immideately recognized the older woman.
Evelyn's been in and out of the hospital countless of times. Being a foster mom and the mom of teenage boys did that to a person. She's seen stitches, to bullet wounds, to the classic flu.
"I'm fine, I don't think Bobby is though," Evelyn said worriedly.
The lady stole a glance at Bobby who was leaning back against the wall talking to Jerry, an angry look on his face. The lady shook her head. She's seen Bobby to many times in the hospital. Most of the Emergency Room staff already knew him. He was the one who was constantly getting beaten to a pulp or sending someone into the hospital because he was the one who did the beating.
"You really did a number this time Mercer," the doctor said awhile later coming in with some pain killers and a handful of prescriptions.
"Yeah," Bobby winced out loud as he tried putting his shirt on.
Evelyn got up from the chair in Bobby's small makeshift room and helped Bobby put on his shirt, much to his dismay.
"So what's the verdict doctor?" Evelyn asked nodding her head in appreciation as the doctor handed her the prescriptions.
"Well nothings broken…amazingly, although a lot of ribs are bruised…unsurprisingly. He's going to be in a lot of pain, but he'll be ok in a couple of days. Just give him bed rest, and he should be fine by school Monday," the doctor said pointing at various ribs on the x ray machine.
"Alright, up you go," Evelyn said helping Bobby down from the bed.
"Wait, wait," the doctor said stopping the pair.
"What's up?" Bobby asked cocking an eyebrow.
"Those painkillers are strong…only to be taken once a day. No alcohol before or after Bobby," the doctor said looking at Bobby sternly. "These prescriptions are strong too. This one," the doctor pointed to the paper on top. "is only to be taken when you're in extreme pain, and the rest are self explanatory."
"Thank you doctor," Evelyn said shaking the man's hand.
"Don't let me see you around here again for awhile Bobby!" the doctor said waving at Bobby.
The car ride back home was silent. The anger was practically radiating off Evelyn as she drove a little more recklessly than any of the boys were used to. Even Jerry, who usually refused to wear a seatbelt, had buckled in after a near miss with a van ten times their rickety old car. When Bobby winced out in pain Evelyn noticed and slowed down considerably, but words were yet to be exchanged.
"Angel go upstairs, and put away your clothes," Evelyn ordered unlocking the porch door. "You two…come with me."
Angel nodded and silently wished both his brothers good luck before heading up the stairs. He knew better than to stick around by the look on Evelyn's face, and the somber look on both the older boys' faces.
"For the sake of you being in bed rest sit down on the couch," Evelyn ordered.
Bobby immediately sat down and Jerry shifted his weight uncomfortably as stared as his shoes. Evelyn sat down on the coffee table and pointed to the other side of the couch for Jerry to sit.
"Where were you boys today?" Evelyn demanded. "After I told you boys you were grounded. What happened to being able to trust you two when I tell you an order?"
"We were at Rhoden's house!" Bobby started.
"Don't bullshit me Bobby," Evelyn shook her head angrily. "You could have died! What if there was internal bleeding? What if your rib broke and pierced your lungs?"
"Ma, calm down!" Bobby said. "Phil's faggot ass wanted to fucking check out the house and like we went! And then Phil left and I heard Jack scream, and shit, and I went to go get him, but Rhoden's bitch got a bat on her and started hitting me with it," Bobby explained.
"So you could have died in there!" Evelyn cried out.
"No! Jack opened the door and Jerry came in and tackled Dave," Bobby said.
"And?" Evelyn asked knowing there was more.
"And, Jerry beat the shit out of the fucker," Bobby said proudly.
"You boys think beating up people and nearly killing people is a way to handle things?" Evelyn screeched.
"He nearly killed me!" Bobby yelled.
"So you go and try killing him?" Evelyn jumped up.
"Fuck yeah, and I would have killed him too if I had the real fucking heater instead of some fake ones!" Bobby said letting his anger out.
Evelyn stood silent for a moment, and Jerry still sat dwindling his thumbs as he watched the argument unfold.
"Jerry, go to your room," Evelyn demanded. "I need to talk to your brother, alone."
"What?" Bobby demanded getting up.
"I suggest sitting back down," Evelyn said in a warning tone.
Bobby glared at Evelyn for a second before plopping down on the couch. "What?" Bobby demanded once more.
"You know what. Killing people isn't how it works in the real world," Evelyn told Bobby seriously.
"Whatever. Why you giving me this lecture? I know shit about your other son that you need to be addressing right now," Bobby muttered.
"I'm not talking about Jerry or Angel right now. I'm talking about you," Evelyn's voice firm. "Now what are we going to do about this problem?"
"Whatever, why, are you going to ground me again?" Bobby scoffed out.
"If you keep with that attitude yes," Evelyn warned.
"What attitude?" Bobby demanded. "A guy nearly beats me to death and his kid could be fucking dead right now, and I can't even lay a fucking fist on him?"
"Watch your tone when you talk to me," Evelyn warned.
"Fuck my tone! I can't believe this. I mean you're being so fucking biased right now. He has a fucking right to beat the shit out of me…" Bobby started.
"I never said he had the right to beat you up," Evelyn said.
"That's what you meant!" Bobby said getting up. "Its ok for everyone to beat the shit out of me as long as I don't beat them back up right?"
"Bobby calm down!" Evelyn tried.
"No I won't fucking calm down!" Bobby said now too steamed to calm down. He knew he was acting stupid. He knew back in his mind that his mother was right, but he wasn't going down without a fight.
"Bobby…I said don't you use that tone with me," Evelyn said standing in front of Bobby.
"What the fuck ever. This is bullshit and you know it!" Bobby said grabbing his jacket.
"Where the hell are you going Bobby?" Evelyn demanded.
"Out!" Bobby shouted.
"Out where? Get your ass over here boy, don't you dare turn your back and walk out while I'm talking to you!" Evelyn yelled.
"Fucking watch me," Bobby said partially limping towards the door.
"Watch the way you talk to me Bobby Phillip Mercer!" Evelyn shrieked.
"Fuck you!" Bobby yelled slamming the door shut.
A/n: this is the part where you read my thank-you and stuff, and if you like it…review it…if you don't review it…hopefully you guys like it. I know that Bobby may seem out of character the last few lines, but c'mon you can't tell me that he's going to be an angel towards her. Please we are talking Bobby Mercer people…even he has to have an argument with his mom. Bleh…I bet I'm going to get a flame because someone out there thinks Bobby took it too far, but if you don't flame you'll understand why in the next chapter
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