Thank you for all the lovely reviews. This is a flashback chapter to show what happened with Simon, I hope you like it!
As Simon walked into his grandad's house he could tell something was different. He could feel it.
He expects to walk into the lounge of number one to see his grandad Ken doing a cross word or reading a book as he usually would but, as he swung open the door to the lounge, he knows something had happened.
Sitting at the table were Ken and his mum Leanne.
Simultaneously, they both look up to him and he can see how their faces are filled with dread and he just knows that it isn't going to be good.
"Mum, what's going on?" He asks in a worried tone.
"Si, come and sit down," Leanne says in a gentle tone as she points towards the empty chair around the table.
He nervously walks to the table and takes a seat as there is an uncomfortable silence which leaves him feeling more agitated than before.
"Mum, grandad, what is it?"
He watches as Ken and Leanne share an awkward glance to each other as they decide how to go forward.
"It's about your dad," Ken eventually says.
As soon as he hears the mention of his dad, Simon knows what it is.
He just knows, he's spent his whole life having his dad let him down and he knows that it's just happened again and he didn't even have the courage to say it to his face.
"He's not coming, is he?" Simon directs towards Ken and recieves a sad nod in return, confirming his thoughts.
Simon hadn't seen his dad in over two months so Peter had agreed to come down and spend a couple of weeks with him. He was so excited to finally spend some time with his Dad, just the two of them.
"Si, you know he would have come if he could but something came up," Ken starts to attempt to comfort him before he's interrupted suddenly by Leanne.
"Oh don't sugarcoat it Ken, it's just Peter. That's what he does, he lets him down and leaves us to pick up the pieces once again. All because he can't be bothered to come and spend one measly week with his son," Leanne snaps angrily, fed up of Peter constantly letting Simon down which meant she had to deal with his foul tempers and outbursts.
"Well at least he has an excuse why he doesn't spend time with me because he's all the way down in Portsmouth," Simon quickly snaps back. Even though he's angry at his dad, he can't help but jump to his defence against his mum.
Looking up, Simon feels a pang of guilt as he sees how clearly hurt she is by what he said.
"You know what Simon," Leanne gulps as she desperately tries to hold back the tears which are fighting to escape. "I try my best, you may not think it's enough but I do have a reason. I have to work in order to pay the bills and to buy everything you have because it's hard for me,"
Simon instantly regrets what he had earlier said as he sees her reaction.
"The only excuse he has is that he's too busy taking his new girlfriend off on holiday."
As Simon gasps, Leanne realises what she just said and starts to feel incredibly guilty. She gives Ken a look to apologise. They had both agreed that it would be better if Simon didn't know that Peter had agreed to go on holiday with Sharon to visit her family in Madrid because she had already booked the tickets.
"Simon, I'm sorry," Leanne begins to apologise before Simon interrupts her as his chair suddenly crashes to the floor when he stands up.
Quickly, he grabs his backpack and walks towards the door, feeling a rush of anger rise from within him as the door slams loudly against the wall before he exits.
As he speedily leaves number 1, he hears both his mum and grandad calling his name but he doesn't stop. He just needs to get out of there.
It's around 10 pm and the street is quite dark except for the street lights as Simon sits on the bench outside the salon finishing the bottle of vodka that he had stolen when he went into Dev's shop without anyone noticing.
He just needs to forget. Forget his dad cares more about his girlfriend than him, forget his mum cares more about his job than him, forget how alone he feels.
As he feels a sudden dryness in his throat, he realises he's finished the bottle and places it down on the bench as he starts to make his way towards the flat above the kebab shop he shares with his mum.
He stumbles slightly but manages to keep his balance as he starts to cross the road.
Without looking, he hurriedly starts to step across the road, oblivious to the car heading right for him until he's lying unconscious on the floor as the driver desperately tries to check for a pulse as he calls an ambulance.
Whilst hoping and praying, more than anything that he hadn't cause his death.
I hope you enjoyed it, please review, I love reading them so much! The next chapter will hopefully explain any loose ends.
