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Floyd was a little surprised to find Justin sitting in Leo's usual seat at the breakfast table. "Toast Floyd?" Vaughan asked.

"Thanks." Floyd nodded. Breakfast that morning was relatively silent and Floyd noticed the way Vaughan and Justin were looking at the door, waiting for Leo to come down. His Mum in turn was looking at Vaughan with worry etched on her face and Tiffany doing the same with Justin.

"Is Leo going to be alright?" Tiffany finally said, seemingly unable to stand the silence.

"That's not really any of your business." Justin glared at her then. Floyd frowned, unsure about what had happened between those two as they'd been getting closer recently.

"Justin, they live under the same roof as us so they need to know what's going on with Leo."

"It's not their business." Justin argued back at his Dad.

"Justin. I understand that you're just trying to protect your brother but arguing with me on this won't help anyone." Vaughan argued and even though Justin glared straight at his Dad, he stayed silent. "Well, Leo isn't in the best place right now but I'm sure he'll appreciate your concern."

"And don't you dare tell anyone at school about this." Justin added, sending a glare straight at Floyd who glared right back. He wanted to say something then but he didn't think it would go down well.

It didn't matter if he and Justin didn't get on; he didn't think that them arguing would help anyone, especially Vaughan and Floyd's Mum. He'd seen the way Leo's behaviour had been affecting Vaughan and his Mum but as soon as Floyd had told them about Leo's self-harming Vaughan especially had gotten worse. Floyd could tell that Vaughan was stressed about Leo and his Mum was just as stressed as she didn't know how to act. Tiffany was the same about Justin and Floyd was starting to worry that Leo's problems might start affecting his family's behaviour more and more.

"Shouldn't someone go and see if Leo wants a lift?" Floyd asked as they headed for the door.

"I'll…" Vaughan started but Allie interrupted.

"I'll go. I think you need a break from dealing with this. At least for a little while." Vaughan looked a little confused but finally he nodded and headed upstairs. Floyd watched her go and couldn't help the small niggle inside that Leo's behaviour might be the thing that destroyed both families, not Justin's anger.

….

Leo sat at the edge of his bed after getting ready for school. He'd managed to avoid the others in the house getting ready, even skipped breakfast so as to avoid their stares. Except now he had to leave his bedroom to go to school, where he'd see all of them. Now they knew, Leo felt more and more worried about how they might act around him.

"You don't have to come in to school today, you know." Allie's voice at the door made Leo jump a little. "Sorry. I know your Dad won't mind if you don't want to go in today."

"I'm fine." Leo replied, moving away from Allie as he left the bedroom.

"Do you want a lift?" Leo shook his head. He didn't think he could handle sitting in the same car as the others. "Okay, breakfast is on the table."

"Thanks." Leo mumbled, going down the stairs. Justin was sat at the table when Leo came down. "Where's Dad?"

"Waiting in the car." Justin replied, handing Leo a piece of toast. "Eat that and we'll head out." Allie appeared at the doorway, gaining a glare from Justin.

"Are you sure you don't want a lift?"

"No, I'm fine." Allie nodded and left the two brothers sitting there. "Why didn't Dad…" Leo trailed off, a little awkward asking why Allie had been the one to get him out of his room this morning and not their Dad.

"Allie offered and Dad let her." Justin replied with a shrug. "We better get going." Leo just nodded, following his brother from the house and down the street. He could already tell this was going to be a long day.

…

The day was a blur to Leo. He was constantly wondering if everyone had said anything about his self-harming and he was paranoid that they were all watching him. Except that was nonsense because why would someone spread his self-harming around the school.

"Leo, Mr Fitzgerald wants a word with you." Mr Mulgrew said as Leo made to walk out of his English lesson to lunch. Leo nodded, turning around to head to his Dad when Mrs Mulgrew started talking again. "Are you alright, Leo? You've been acting strange these last few days."

"I'm fine, Miss." Leo replied, pushing past the teacher. It was bad enough that he was being questioned at home now it had come into school as well.

…

It had been Allie's suggestion, calling the therapists. He'd been a little dubious about it but he'd eventually given in. Allie was only trying to help and she was right in what she had said. Leo needed professional help, something he couldn't give him. "Leo's here to see you." Sonya poked her head through the door as Leo walked into the office.

"That's all, Sonya." He said, closing the door on her. As much as she liked her, he couldn't help but notice she was incredibly nosy about what he was doing. "So, Leo, how was school today?"

"Alright." Leo replied. Vaughan had found a therapist he thought might be helpful and he wanted to talk it over with Leo.

"I know you've been having a hard time with everything but what you've been doing…you understand its' wrong don't you?" Vaughan said, getting a small nod from Leo. "Good and you understand that you need some help."

"I'm not going to a clinic." Leo interrupted, worry etched in his eyes.

"No, Leo I wouldn't." Vaughan said, putting a hand on his sons shoulder. "What I mean is you need to talk to someone."

"Like you or Justin?" Leo asked, not mentioning his Mum Vaughan noted. But Leo probably didn't want to worry her.

"I mean someone professional. Like a therapist. I've been looking into it and I think I've found someone who might be able to help…" Vaughan found himself trailing off as Leo's face slowly fell. His son's fingers had gone, absently, to his wrists as he bowed his head. "Leo, its' not a punishment. I just think you need some help."

"Why can't I get help from you? Why does it have to be a stranger?"

"I can let you chose the therapist but you need to talk to someone." Vaughan said but Leo just shook his head. He'd thought he'd been making progress with Leo but instead he'd just pushed his son further away. Vaughan knew that was what had happened the minute he stopped talking.

…..

Leo looked straight at his Dad, anger flaring. His Dad was as good as saying he was mad. That he needed professional help. Leo didn't need help, didn't want it and wasn't going to accept it. His fingernail was running over the cuts in his wrist and he felt one split open, blood welling up. "Leo, please just stop that." Vaughan grabbed a hold of Leo's hand but let go of it as soon as he saw the blood on Leo's fingernail. "You need help Leo."

"No, I don't need help." Leo didn't mean to yell but he had as he jumped to his feet. "I'm fine. I just want everything to go back to normal."

"It's not going back to normal Leo, and you do need help. You've been hurting yourself, withdrawing away from everyone. Just like you Mum." Leo froze, not believing his Dad had just said this. Vaughan must have realised he'd done wrong as he quickly reached for Leo's arm. "Leo, I'm sorry."

Leo pushed Vaughan's arm away from him, pushing through the door and moving away from the office. He didn't know where he was heading but all he knew was that he needed to get as far away from his Dad as possible.

This turned out longer than I thought so I've had to put the second part of his chapter into another chapter so as to shorten it a little. As always, hope you enjoy and please review :)