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Chaper 5: Damage Control
Mickey POV
I could have probably stayed with almost any member of the Milkovich family. Well most of them anyway but I didn't want to. I gathered them all up so I only had to do it once. Well all except for Iggy. I left though because I just couldn't stand to be there any longer. After aimlessly walking around I realize I'm at the fucking Gallagers. Shit this isn't where I wanted to go. Is it? Well too late I see him and I can't turn back. So why not. He looked scared at first. Shit he thinks I'm Terry doesn't he? "Mickey?"
"Relax it's just me." Hesitant to say the words I step closer knowing the closeness would help me say it. "What surprised? You said if I needed a place to crash right?" He doesn't say anything just walks to the door and stops turning back to me. Looking around before holding his hand out to me. Shit he wants me to take it. It seems like his hand stayed there forever. Just waiting as I hesitate some more. It seems like it's all I ever do anymore. So fuck it I walk up and take it. He doesn't even seem to care that it took me a little time.
The house was pure chaos when we walked in but it turned silence pretty fast. Lip and Mandy were on the couch cuddling. The other kids all stopped playing some loud annoying game to stop and look too. The oldest peering in from the kitchen. Shit I need to get the hell out of here but I feel Ian's hand tighten hard around mine and pulling me toward the stairs. Pretty much saying lets run up instead of out. So we go as fast as we can not saying a word to anyone. Reaching his room he shuts and locks the door. He pushes me up against it smiling. It's like a weight as been lifted. Terry was taken care of and I was here with him no longer hiding. Well not hiding from people close to him. It's not like i will ever fucking let it be pubic knowledge but this I could live with. Nobody will say anything.
Fucking as quietly as possible was easy we have had to before. Me pressed up on door face first making it bang and shake was the loud part. But we finished. Fast and erratic is what we wanted. Taking our aggression out with fucking was always amazing. Getting dressed and sitting to share a smoke and a blunt was our form of a cuddle. Sitting on his bed after, Ian finally speaks. "I love you Mick." And I just wish he never fucking said it. I can't even describe how fucked I am now. I knew he loved me but I just couldn't hear these words right now. It's too permanent. "You don't have to say anything I just had to tell you."
What am I going to do now? Don't know because there is banging on the door. Its Mandy. "Mickey get the hell out of there Iggy is here!" Oh fuck. I grab my shoes fast and am already unlocking the door when Gallagher goes to follow but I stop him. "Wait just.. stay here ok?" He is confused. "Please just do this." He stays. Going down I see Iggy talking with Lip by the door. Damn how did he know I would even be here. "Hey, douchebag what you doing?" Walking past and standing by the couch Mandy was sitting at.
"Just came after I talked to my mom. It was pretty messed up you know?" Oh that is why he was there. Thank God. "Yeah it was." I hear the stairs. Shit Ian. Can't even listen to me. I don't look his way though just in case. He stands at the bottom step. Iggy shifts his feet before continuing. "Yeah its so fucked. I just don't t know how somebody could do that you know? To family. To be a fucking lying bastard. But then you have always been a liar. Well and a fucking fairy."
Oh come on what the fuck? Terry! "What the fuck did you just say?" My guard back up and inches from feeling the all to similar fight intsinct."Come on Mickey I have known for years.!" He yells it and laughs. "Just like I knew that daddy Terry was fucking poor "innocent" Mandy!" More laughter. What the fuck did he say? He knew. Already in motion toward him I don't reach him before a knife slides out of a sleeve and plunges in to Ian's stomach in one swift move.
Ian POV
I can't just stay in here I have to know what is going on . So fuck it I go down the stairs. Not really listening to what Iggy is saying until I hear it. He knew. I want to hit him but I leave it to Mickey. It all happened fast I felt it. Pain something to sharp in my gut. Grunting and falling backwards I hear a crash. Mickey tackled him. Lip is here now phone to his ear and I hear Fiona. Fuck the pain is shooting through out my body. I look down . Fuck a knife. I hear them fighting but I don't look. I grab for the knife but am stopped. I look up in to Fiona eyes. My eyes fog but I shake my head to focus.
I have to know what is happening. Leaning forward slightly I look to see Mickey bruised ap and bloody with a lot of cuts all over his body . Not stabbed though he will be fine. Iggy is laying on the floor. Mickey has him pinned down and a knife in his hand. He had another knife? "Why the fuck would you do this?!"
Iggy looks cold when he says it. "Terry wanted me to take him out. He ruined your life so he wanted him out of it. Simple as that." Shit Mickey better not kill him or we will fucked. "Mick don't.. k-kill." I cough when the pain jolts though me. Groaning some more I try again. "Ian no stop the ambulance is on its way you will be fine. You hear me? Just fine." Fiona's voice isn't reassuring as she clutches my stomach with a red towel. Wait no the red is my blood. I look at Mandy she has Carl and Debbie holding them in place crying. I look over to see Mickey face stomp Iggy untill he was unconscious and he is there by my side in instant.
"Ian.. oh God! Why did you.. Oh fuck its going to be ok Firecrotch. Where the hell is the ambulance?" Fiona pushes Mickey. "You did this?! This is all your fucking fault!" She starts to hit him in the chest so I try to get up again but it hurts all over again. "Ah fuck stop!" Its force brought tears to my eyes. Letting out a strangled cry as I let the tears flow. But it makes them stop so it was worth it. Micky pushes Fiona back and kneels down to me. He runs his finger under eye wiping my tears. Its strange but I love it.
"Hey its going to be ok. It has to you know because you told me you loved me so y-you can't go anywhere." His hands are on cheeks and our eyes are locked. "You know I do right? You know it. That I l-love you too right?" Tears fall from his eyes as he says it. Mickey Milkovich just told me he loves me. It's what I have wanted for forever and I can't say anything as my vision blurs and everything goes blank.