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CHAPTER 20
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At lunchtime Aaron was working on a motor at the garage...he then heard his phone tingle, tossing aside the spark plugs, he reached into his overalls, and pulled out his mobile, looking at the display he frowned...he put the phone to his ear, " TOM...thought you weren't talking to me anymore...what..." his scowl turned into a smirk, " YOU HAVE A BLOKE...YEAH RIGHT...You are having me on..so what's he do...A MECHANIC...OH...just like me...is THAT your type...what's his name then...", Aaron's pulled a face...
Tom was going out with...Matt...Aaron was happy for Tom...but this was Matt he was going out with...and WHAT would Jackson think...he disliked Tom because of his feelings for him...and he hated Matt, because all he did was leer at him...
...and Tom had practically invited himself over that evening with MATT
...Jackson was gonna just love this!
Cain came up to him "OI...are you gonna finish that job or what...the punters coming over to pick it up at 3...", Aaron snapped his phone away, and hurried back to the motor he was working on...Jackson was gonna be SO mad...why didn't he JUST say no...but Tom hadn't given him chance..."OI...did yah hear me dreamer...HE'S coming at 3...TODAY..." glared Cain, "you may have plans to BUGGER OFF sometime soon...but you are not gone yet...SO STOP YAH SLACKING...", as Cain walked back inside, Aaron pulled him a face...and mouthed a mimic of his uncles last works...he was more worried about what Jackson was going to say about their guests tonight...then some dodgy punter...WHAT ON EARTH WAS HE GONNA SAY!
Aaron was in the kitchen when he heard Jackson's van pull up...and within minutes, Jackson was through the back door, Aaron looked up to see his partner caked in mud...before he could utter a comment, Jackson glared at him, " DON'T -EVEN -ASK...that storm last night as soaked the flaming site...the amount of times i've fallen arse over tit...", Aaron watched him pulled off his muddy boots, and chucked them out on the doormat..."bloody hell!...MY feet stink!...wanna wiff...", Aaron pulled a face...but no sooner then he did, Jackson had pulled off one of his socks and was chasing Aaron around the lounge, " OI...LEAVE OFF will yah!" whined Aaron...Jackson gave up as Aaron squirmed out of his clutches, " I'm TOO knackered anyway to keep this up..." he said puffed out...Aaron watched as Jackson headed to the stairs counting off his fingers, as he spoke "ALL I want is the 4 S's...Supper-shower-sex and sleep...", Aaron stood there like a lemon, "wanna help me strip out of me minging cobber..."
Aaron nodded, "Errrrr...", Jackson looked at him...then seeing Aaron was looking shifty he pulled a frown and asked, " SPILL!" Aaron came forward coming over ALL sheepish, " errrrr...we've sorta got guests coming over...", Jackson stood on the botton step of the stairs, "yah what!...OHHHH...Aaron...WHY...WHO..." he moaned, Aaron came forward trying to look sorry, " PLEASE don't be mad...", Jackson shook his head, " OUT with it...can't be me Mum she's at bingo...", Aaron nodded, " Nah...it's not her...It's..it's sorta like...Tom...and..."
"TOM...why yah invite THAT BURK over for...you know I can't stick him...", Aaron swallowed, "It...errrrr...sorta gets worse...he's bringing a lad along,", Jackson sighed out heavily rolling his eyes, " OH GREAT HE'S BRINGING SOME SADDO...and ALL WE are gonna get tonight is him DRONING ON about his boring SEX life!"
"THE LAD's MATT..." blurted out Aaron...
Meanwhile, Sarah was pulling on her coat, as she looked in on Jeff in the lounge, "RIGHT...I won't be long...as soon as I've told me mother about the baby...I'll be happier...", Jeff turned from where he sat at the armchair, " You don't need to..."
"I DO...now YOU'VE BLURTED IT OUT TO JACKSON AND THAT...ME MUM HAS TO KNOW...", Jeff stood up, "want me to drive yah...", Sarah nodded her head, " no...you can babysit Jack..I won't be long...", Sarah crossed into the dining room to see Jack playing on the floor with his transformers figures his dad had bought him a few weeks back. "BE GOOD Jack...I won't be long darling...", Jack stood up and hugged clung to his mothers arm, "Mummy...can I COME...PLLLLEEASE..." he whinged, Sarah kissed his forehead, " I won't be long...BE GOOD for your uncle Jeff alright...", Jack pulled a face, " he's mad at me...", Sarah shook her head, "he's not...he's calmed down now...you didn't mean to break his best beer glass...it was an accident..."
"but he hurt me..." he said rubbing his bruised arm, Sarah looked at the bruise...she felt sick...but Jeff was under SO much pressure...things were NEVER like this before...it was only since they had returned from Spain..since Jeff's job had gone out the window..."he's okay now...I promise...just BE good...promise me...you'll be quiet as a mouse...", Jack nodded his head, and watched his mother leave by the front door, Jacks sat down on the floor and began to play with his Tranformer toys...then Jeff was towering over him...his shoe crunching the small toy Jack had went to reach for, " SEE JACK...see what it's like when something you like is broken...just like me glass earlier...", Jack cowered up to him...then reached for the other toy the red one his favourite one Jackson had paid out for...and again the toy was crushed under Jeff's shoe...Jack looked at the toy...it was broken...Jeff turned, " now...get up out of my sight...NOW!", Jack jumped to his feet and ran up the stairs to his room, Jeff scooped up the broken toys and tossed them into the bin...he then went into the lounge and lit himself a cigarette...he then reached for his bottle of whiskey...it was empty, " oh damn it...", he sighed, he put the ciggy into the ashtray and picked up his wallet, keys and coat...and was out the door...leaving Jack on his own upstairs...and the ciggy burning in the ash tray...that then rolled to the carpet...
At Dale Head, Tom and Matt stood in the lounge...Aaron handed them their bottles of beer, "couldn't believe it when you said you had a fella..." told Aaron, Tom smiled and gazed up at Matt, "and I've got YOU to thank you for...it was you who brought us together...", Aaron pulled him a face, "what yah mean...", Tom smiled, " the other night...when you were having a drink with him...he saw you talk to me...and when you stormed off...he introduced himself...", Aaron shook his head remembering, " yeah that's it...and I gotta bone to be picking with you...YOU told him about Rhys...", Matt smiled, " ease up Aaron...just glad that oh so perfect Jackson is NOT so perfect after all...", Jackson then came down the stairs, Matt turned and grinned at him, "and talk of the devil..I was starting to think you had drowned yah self up there...", Jackson glared at him, " IN YOUR DREAMS...", Aaron handed Jackson his beer, " look loosen up you two...", Tom turned to Aaron, "look...it's been months...I hated us falling out...I'm really sorry about the other night...", Aaron smiled...he had missed talking to Tom...and who knows...may be this would be one of the last times he'd see him...if they went with the plan...so he was gonna make the most of it...
Matt followed Jackson into the kitchen, " nice to it that a...Aaron and his mate making up...considering it was YOU who ruined it for him...", Jackson turned to him, "I thought I told you to STAY AWAY FROM AARON.." he hissed, Matt smirked at him, " as IF i was gonna do anything YOU say...anyway I'M WITH TOM...", Jackson laughed out loud, " don't be kidding me...YOU are SO not interested in Tom...you WANT my Aaron...Tom's just an excuse to GET you here...in Aaron's company...you know what...I even feel sorry for Tom...", Matt shook his head as he necked his beer, " oh that's right you and Tom don't see eye to eye either...is that because HE loved Aaron...and you couldn't handle it...", Jackson couldn't believe the nerve of this bloke...if there wasn't any more GOOD to go away with Jack...was to get away from this jerk as well...even now he letched at Aaron, who was bending down to the Hi FI, "nice arse...and in just the right position..." teased Matt with a wink to Jackson...Jackson was seething but he wasn't gonna rise to it...Matt would be his OWN downfall...he just had to wait...
Meanwhile, Jeff strolled up the street towards his house...he was amazed to see a group of neighbours standing in the road looking in the direction of his place...a place that was ablaze...the fire tearing through the first floor...and the black smoke pouring out from the upstairs windows...HIS HOUSE WAS ON FIRE!...he had only nipped out to the shop to get another bottle of whiskey...he hurried over...then stopped...Jack was alone in that house...alone...Sarah would know he had left the boy on his own...SHE WOULD LEAVE HIM...he remembered the cigarette...SHE REALLY WOULD LEAVE HIM...he backed away...then as he heard the first sirens weil in the distance he had made his way to the back of the house...letting himself in..he dived through the raging fire in the hallway to the front door...the new oxygen feeding the flames even more...he then came running out the front door screaming, " HELP me...HELP me...my little boys upstairs...he's trapped..."...but he knew NO one would brave the flames...he felt bad, COURSE he did...but it was Sarah and the baby that was more important... would it really matter if Jack died...Sarah would be distraught...COURSE she would be...but in time...
many months in time...when the new baby came...
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