An: Alright the OG chapter 4 was super short so this is a HEAVY rewrite of it.
I apologise for being late to post! i dont have access to my computer properly right now so I'm going to be writing from my phone for awhile and updates while remain sporadic for the time being :)
Grantaire and Janet were discussing the situation still as the boys went upstairs to work on their room. Jackson was listening from the top of the stairs, having stopped to look for something in the hallway.
"I just don't understand Jan," Grantaire began, sounding hurt for his kids. "I thought those kids were their friends, should we even be letting them stay at the sch-" He was cut off by his wife before he could finish the sentence.
"No! We aren't moving them from that school! Where else would we even put them?" Janet asked, having gotten just a touch worked up in her worry for her sons. "I'm not happy with Frankie, I hope they never speak to her again quite frankly, but the others? They were trying to help, it was just horribly misguided. I won't pull them out Grantaire." Janet firmly stated, her tone just daring her husband to disagree.
"Can we do anything against her? Or should we speak to the Steins?" Grantaire asked, sighing. Jackson at this point was joined by Holt in his eavesdropping.
"I don't think we can do anything other than call the Steins..." Janet trailed off and the boys could hear shifting, so they decided to pad back towards their room and get back to work.
"I really hope they don't do anything..." Holt said as he laid back on his bed.
"I agree,it will just make things that much more difficult while we adjust to our situation." Jackson agreed with a smile as he set a book on a shelf.
"You know, I'd say we are almost done here Jackson. We could just finish setting up the tv and watch a cheesy movie?" Holt suggested, standing up and looking through the movie collection.
"Alright, what were you thinking?" He joined Holt in front of the tv stand to plug in everything. Holt stood up in excitement, brandishing a cheesy horror movie in Jacksons face.
"Got it! Bram Stokers Dracula!" He said as they made eye contact and burst into laughter at the thought of Draculauras reaction, or her fathers.
"Alright, I'll grab the popcorn and snacks, you can grab the drinks." Jackson smiled as he left the room. Holt was left with the strangest feeling in his stomach at that as he followed him out of the room.
"Oh my god! I forgot how stupid this movie is!" Jackson laughed, shovelling some more popcorn in his face.
Holt smiled and nodded his agreement before his doing best impression of Dracula from the movie. "Velcome to my home...enter freely of your own vill, and leave some of the happiness you bring..."
They both burst into laughter as Jackson struggled to say something in response. "And his hair! it looks like a butt...with a rat tail on it!" they were laughing hysterically by this point, only finally snickering when their father came to tell them to quiet down for the night.
The rest of the movie was passed by with more commentary and stifled laughter. Holt felt that weird feeling intensify when by the end of the movie, Jackson was asleep with his head on his shoulder.
"I can't move...I don't wanna wake him, he looks so...peaceful." Holt whispered to himself, as he settled in to fall asleep on his bed with Jackson, smile on his face.