Okay, I'm sorry that this isn't a long chapter, and I'm sorry that it's not that good, I'm trying to get the school scene sorted I promise but I can't convince Aaron and Spencer to do what I'd like them too. *sigh* anyways, thank you guys for all the love so far, I hope I haven't blown it with this chapter.

Chapter 4, Mistrust.

They pulled up outside Spencer's house ten minutes later, Aaron was about to get out of the car when Derek stopped him.

"Aaron maybe I should go?"

"I don't think Spencer would appreciate that"

"What, and you'd rather the kid's mom see you like that? Aaron, right now you look more of a thug than I ever could" Aaron sighed, knowing Derek was right. If he knocked the front door looking like he did Spencer's mother would probably think her son's bullies had stepped up their game by proving that not even his own home was a safe haven against them.

"Alright, fine but try not to scare him." He watched as Derek walked up the front path to the door and knocked lightly. Five minutes later the front door opened to show an obviously surprised Spencer.

Spencer couldn't believe what he was seeing, he had decided that he would go back to school, If only to show those over grown apes that he wouldn't be run out of school, He was more than a little surprised that they were smart enough to tie their own boots let alone walk and talk at the same time.

So when he woke up that morning he thought today would be different, Aaron had given him his word that it would be, so why was Derek Morgan stood at his front door. Hurt and betrayal washed over Spencer as the realisation that yet again they had managed to fool him hit. Well not this time, he wouldn't give them a chance to play on his weaknesses, wouldn't allow a pretty face and a few well-spoken lines to break through the walls of distrust he had built up around himself as protection.

How long had he stood there? It looked like Morgan was about to say something , Spencer couldn't let that happen, he took one last look at the boy on his door step before stepping back and slamming the door closed hardly noticing the tears coursing down his cheeks as he ran back upstairs to his bedroom.

Aaron had been watching the whole time and had gotten out of the car and walked towards the house, Morgan looked stunned, he wasn't accustomed to having doors slammed in his face, well at least not until he'd fucked a girl three ways from Sunday and finished telling her it was a one-time thing. Of course that was pre Garcia.

"Well, that went swimmingly." Aaron couldn't help but smirk at the look of indignation on Morgan's face, as he knocked on the door. When he didn't get anywhere by knocking gently Aaron began pounding on the door, yelling that if Spencer didn't open the door this second he was going to let Morgan kick it down.

That got Spencer's attention, with his mom in work there was no one here to save him, if these boy's wanted in then they were coming in. Wiping the tears from his face he stomped back down stairs, he wouldn't give them the satisfaction of seeing him cry, he wrenched open the door but whatever he was about to say died on his tongue when he saw Aaron. All he could do was stare dumbly at the boy who stood before him. What the hell had happened? Had someone seen them last night? Had Anderson or Tobias seen Aaron kissing him and decided to teach Aaron a lesson? No, that didn't make sense.

"A-Aaron? What happened to you?" he had to stop himself from reaching out and touching Aaron, not even when the beatings were at their worst did he ever look as bad as Aaron did now. Aaron deliberately ignored the question, there would be enough of them once they got to school and the quicker they got there the faster this nightmare day would be over.

"You ready? Morgan's driving"

"Aaron…"

"Come on Spencer, if you don't hurry up we're going to be late" Aaron couldn't keep the irritation and impatience out of his voice and immediately felt bad as he noticed Spencer flinch. He tried to offer up a small smile to let Spencer know it was okay and guessed it worked because Spencer grabbed his bag from beside the door and stepped outside with them, he closed the door locking it behind him and followed Derek and Aaron to the car.

The drive to school was painfully silent, Morgan was worried that if he said anything the kid would shit himself, Spencer was afraid that if he said something both Aaron and Morgan would be pissed and Aaron was trying to prepare himself mentally for what was about to happen.