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chapter 25: too far

"That was so good." I said, licking my fingers.

"I know!" Henry replied, licking his fingers too. We were currently lying on my bed and we had just demolished a pizza. Dad ended up getting stuck at the office so he told us to order some food.

"So what do you want to do next.? We could watch a film or we could just talk?" I asked putting the pizza box on the floor, making a mental note to put it away later.

"I don't mind really, you can choose." Henry smiled. I was about to answer when I was interrupted by a buzzing.

"Sorry." Henry said, pulling out his phone. "Great, it's dad."

"Henry, I really think you should answer it." I said.

"Fine, but he's going on speaker." Henry sighed, clicking the green button.

"Henry." Will replied on the other end.

"What do you want?" Henry asked bluntly.

"To talk." Will said calmly.

"About what." Henry still said firmly, even though he knew what Will wanted to talk about.

"Henry, don't act dumb, you know what I want to talk about, your mother just rang. I just wanted to apologize for not telling you sooner and I'm sorry you've had to put up with our arguing. Your mother and I still love each other, we just need a break. Don't you dare think for a moment that I'm not coming back, because I am. I just need you to be patient it's only two months." Will said. I could see Henry pause before he answered. He was obviously processing what Will had just said.

"If you mean what you just said, then promise me that you'll come back." Henry said quietly.

"Henry, I promise I will come back." Will said slowly. This was obviously what Henry wanted to hear.

"Thanks dad." Was all Henry could say.

"It's fine, now what say you come home, apologize to your mum, then we can forget this ever happened." Will suggested happily.

"What do you mean apologize?" Henry questioned, his tone completely changing.

"Henry, just apologize. You did shout at your mum quite a bit, so I think it's only fair." Will said, still calm.

"Dad, I don't care what I said because I meant it. I'm not apologizing to her." Henry replied stubbornly. I could tell this wasn't going to end well.

"Henry stop being so stubborn. Sometimes people just apologize even if they don't mean it. Just say sorry and we can forget about this." Will practically begged.

"I'm sorry dad, but I'm not going to apologize." Henry said firmly.

"Fine then, if you're not apologizing then don't even think about coming home."Will shouted, loosing all his composure.

"Well it's not like I want to come home. You two are constantly fighting and you know what, I've had enough." Henry shouted back.

"Good, because your mother and I don't want you back." Will said, completely loosing it. Henry just sat there, shocked. I had to admit it, I was pretty shocked too, I never thought Will would go that far.

"Henry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, we just want you home." Will tried to say, he obviously realized that he'd gone too far.

"Save it." Henry said weakly, before he hung up the phone and threw it across the bed.

"Henry, he didn't mean it." I tried to say.

"He did though." Henry said weakly, placing his head in his hands.

"He was just angry, I think they just want you to come home." I said softly. Henry just sat there shaking slightly. I didn't even realize he was crying until I saw tears flow through his hands and down his wrists.

"Oh come here, it's going to be okay." I said as gently as possible, whilst I patted his back. Henry just shook his head. Not really knowing what to do I just took his hands away from his face and pulled him into a tight hug. He just sobbed and sobbed into me and my heart broke. I hated it. I hated it because there was nothing I could do to comfort him. Eventually, after about an hour, the sobs slowed down and Henry soon fell asleep. We were already under my duvet so I didn't need to move him. Not wanting to disturb him, I decided to keep my hands wrapped around him. Eventually, I too feel asleep, Henry wasn't the only one who was emotionally drained.

The next morning I woke up feeling warm and loved. The events of last night flooded me quickly, so I wasn't overly surprised to see Henry still asleep next to me. I hadn't actually seen him properly asleep before because I was facing away from him when we fell asleep on the sofa. He was actually quite a sweet sleeper. For some reason he reminded me of a new born baby. To busy thinking about what he looked like, I didn't notice that his eyelids started to flutter.

"Why are you watching me sleep?" He asked sleepily.

"You just looked so peaceful." I joked. Henry smiled for about a second. The events of last night must of came to him as he instantly looked sad again.

"Stella, I am so sorry about last night. I shouldn't of put you through that, it was incredibly selfish." Henry said embarrassed and apologetic.

"Henry, don't worry about it. Now I'll go get some breakfast, you stay here, it'll be my treat." I smiled, getting out of bed. I made my way into the kitchen and wasn't overly surprised to see dad sitting at the table.

"Morning." I announced.

"Morning stel, sorry again about last night. I hope you to were alright." Dad said aplogetically.

"Dad it's fine. We were alright." I said, as convincingly as possible. I made my way to the kettle and poured Henry and I a cup of coffee. Henry drank coffee but just not as much as me.

"What happened?" Dad asked concerned.

"Stop profiling me." I complained.

"I'm not, I can just tell when you're lying." Dad said, still concerned.

"Fine, Will rang. Everything was going fine until he lost it. He told Henry that JJ and him didn't want him to come home. Henry got really upset by this. Dad this whole JJ and Will thing is really affecting him; he cried himself to sleep last night." I said, I couldn't stop my mouth turning into a sad frown.

"Stella, you should of called me." Dad sighed, running his hand through his hair.

"I wanted to, believe me, but I couldn't leave him." I admitted.

"I'll talk to him later and JJ too." Dad said. "Just enjoy your day."

"I will. That reminds me though, I've been invited to the mall after school." I said, I'd completely forgotten Grace had invited me.

"Okay, just ring me. Be safe and be good." Dad said, his parental mode kicking in.

"When am I not." I smiled. I grabbed the coffee cups and some toast and headed into my bedroom. Henry had already gotten changed and was sitting on top of my bed on his phone.

"Breakfast." I smiled. He was obviously concentrating as he looked slightly shocked when he heard my voice.

"Oh, thanks stel." He smiled slightly, grabbing the coffee mug and some toast.

"What were you doing?" I asked casually.

"Listening and reading endless voicemails and text messages." Henry sighed, sipping his coffee.

"Oh, um what did they say?" I asked.

"They're all basically the same." Henry said sadly. "Look listen to this one."

Hey Henry, it's mum. Your dad and I are both so sorry for what we've put you through. It's not right and you shouldn't have to deal with us. All we want is for you to come home so we can start being a proper family again. We both love you more than anything in the world and we want you to remember, wherever we are in the world, we will never stop loving you. Please just ring me to let me know you're alright.

"Henry, I think you should ring her." I suggested. JJ seemed so genuine and I did feel a little bit sorry for her.

"I've texted them." Henry replied stubbornly.

"Well at least that's a start." I said happily. "Now go drink your coffee somewhere else, I need to get ready for school."

"Fine." Henry smiled slightly, as he got up and walked to the door.

"Oh and before I forget, I'm not taking the bus to the BAU today. You're just going to have to brave it on your own." I smiled.

"Why may that be?" Henry asked, some of his usual self coming back to him.

"I'm going to the mall." I smirked.

"Oh really, who with?" Henry asked amazed.

"Sophie and Grace." I smiled.

"Well have fun with that." Henry laughed.

"More like wish me luck, I need to find a few bits."

"Well I hope the odds are ever in your favor." Henry mimicked, causing me to burst out laughing.