Chapter 2

Bart P.O.V

I opened the History book that Gino had and knowticed he was having problems with that. "Know a way to solve this?" I asked. He was swearing in Italian. I knew a bit of Italian so I asked him that question in Italian. "Think about your Italian culture. That also has a history to it. If you ask Ms. Kribackle I am sure she will lend you books about it." I said.

Gino loved to read a lot. He began to cheer at this. I finished helping him and he was now lightly touching the bruises on my neck. "I'm fine Gino. We should get your homework done. You want to spend time with your father now that he's back right?" I asked.

"Yeah. Bart are you ok?" he asked. I smiled at him. "At the moment." I answered.

-Later-

Bob P.O.V

I picked Gino up and looked over his homework. All perfect. "Great job! Now if only you would stop pranking that poor teacher!" I sighed. "She asks for it!" he cried out. "Dad is Bart ok? His throat is all bruised up." he asked. Gino had began to see Bart as something of a mother-figure since his actual mom just ditched him. That and Bart was a bit soft-hearted towards kids.

"No. He's not, Gino. Well you've met his dad. Homer is a drunk and his wife has finally had the sense to leave him. But Homer got worse and is a bit horrible towards Bart. Where the bruises are from." I said. Gino didn't look surprised. He was smart enough to put 2 and 2 together. "I did ask about Bart going into therapy. You heard what me and your uncle went through. It may help him but he still lives with his dad so there isn't much hope." I said.

"When is he 18?" Gino asked. "In 2 years" I said. I was thinking about talking to Officer Handers about this. Handers was a new cop and the only one smart enough to do a good job as a officer. He was actually good idea on this one since Homer drank with almost all the cops in Springfeild and they liked him! I could also ask for Flanders and Edna's help since they were neighbors and heard some of it. Flanders knew how it felt to go nuts and had a bit of crazy too at one time.

So maybe I will go see Ned first.