CHAPTER 51
I DO NOT OWN EMMERDALE OR IT'S CHARACTERS, THEY ALL BELONG TO ITV1
A/N:THANKS for all your kind reviews...Hi guys, just to let you know that I don't know WHEN this story will end, but very much DOUBT it will hit the dizzy heights of 70, like the previous story, I DO however know that this is the LAST story I am doing in this universe, I feel the conclusion to the current story, the custody of Jack, whether they, or whether they not *tease ;)* , get the lad, will be a natural END to the story. My other story currently- on the go- has only about 8 chapters, and will be finished long before this one.
I can't go on forever, and feel there is no where else to go with the story after the conclusion, but don't worry I will be tying up other plots BEFORE this end...I like to take this opportunity to THANK YOU so much for your love and support, and I will be sad to 'go',I have enjoyed writing this story, and I enjoy keeping you folk entertained ...but hey, I'll be giving way to a whole host of other great writers currently here on FF...so they're be plenty for you, AND ME!, to read!
...anyway it's not the end just yet!
Thanks again, Mark xx
BAR WEST...
At the bar, as Jackson waited for his order, Matt came to his side, he slapped a hand on his back, " ALRIGHT Jacko mate...", Jackson wasn't going to let him get to him, he turned with a smile, " alright Matt...not out with Tom I see..."
Matt leaned on the bar, clutching his beer bottle, " Nah...he was out yesterday...INFACT...he saw Aaron here yesterday...", Matt searched for a reaction, but didn't like what he got, " YEP!" said Jackson, snapping his head round, " Aaron told me...HE tells me everything!"
Matt sighed and nodded, " yeah...well...I suppose he mentioned all the pool games with Flynn, and then the flirting...HE'S a lad!"
Jackson licked his botton lip...he DIDN'T know about that...but he wasn't gonna let Matt wind him up, " HE SAID...Flynns a mate...JUST like Tom or Greg...NOW I need to be getting this pint to MY mate..." he then hurried off, Ryan was then at Matts side, " YOU really can't help yourself winding him up...can yah...", Matt necked his beer, " I quite enjoy it...look, NO ONE can be THAT happy...Jackson will crack...it's just a matter of time...", Ryan shook his head," remind me NEVER to get on YOUR wrong side...WHAT IS SO SPECIAL about this Aaron anyway..."
Matt turned, " nothing...JUST the fact that's he's unavailable...I set my self a challenge that's all...I Always GET what I want..."
Jackson sat down with Joe in a booth, " ...and he told me that Aaron were flirting with Flynn..." Jackson said, trying to release some stress...
Joe turned, " HE'S WINDING YAH UP!..."
Jackson sighed at him, " I know...I shouldn't let it get to mah, it's just that...IT's HIM!", Joe placed a hand on Jackson's arm, " It's fine just ignore him...he'll soon get bored with yah..."
Jackson liked to think so...but as he looked up, he could see Matt staring at him...he rose his drink at him, and had a big smirk across his face...
Jackson had the urge to go and snack THAT face in, but he faught his inner feelings...it WASN'T him, he didn't go around decking people...he just didn't DO THAT...as a rule...but then again, when Aaron was concerned...there was always an exception.
Joe could see Jackson was glaring toward Matt, and he could also see Matt was finding it highly amusing, he turned again, " Jackson, shall we go...", Jackson shook his head at him, and waved a hand over to Matt's general direction, " I'M NOT leaving because HE is trying to wind me up!"
"BUT he is Jackson...what if HE winds you up to the point you blow...YOU can't go decking him...IF you did that..." Joe trailed off, hoping Jackson would cotton on to what he was trying to say, Jackson did and closed his eyes with a sigh, " I know...the case...it wouldn't look good will it...ME decking him...", Joe smiled at him, " good boy!...you've seen sense...now DOWN that orange juice, and lets get outta here yeah...", Jackson did just that, but not without glancing over toward Matt one last time...he was sitting at the bar with some other creep, again he raised his beer at him, Jackson stood up quickly, Joe barred him, " LET'S GO...NOW" told Joe with some authority, Jackson had to find the urge, but let him self be dragged away by his best mate.
Matt turned toward Ryan next to him, " SEE...I can wind HIM up a treat...", Ryan mocked him, "Yeah but...he still left...", Matt turned to him, " FOR TONIGHT MAYBE...but there will be a time when HE won't have his mate to stop him coming over...he WANTED to hit me...It's only a matter of time before HE DOES...and then..." he teased.
Ryan downed his beer, " jesus, YOU really are an arsehole arn't yah...", Matt gazed to him, and raised his eyebrowes, " YOU LOVE IT!...anyway...Tom's not expecting me back..." he teased, Ryan grabbed Matt's hand and they darted off into the direction of the exit...
At Dale Head, Aaron was sitting on the sofa playing on the X BOX, he turned to see headlights flash up through the curtains, and within meer moments, Jackson was letting himself in, Aaron glanced up to their Blackpool tower mantel clock, " alright!, you are BACK early..." he cried, alittle surprized...it was only 12.
Jackson threw the car keys onto the kitchen counter and turned, " GOT bored...anyway...CAN'T drink much when I'm driving can I...", Aaron finished his car racing game, "YOU could have got a cab", Jackson laughed at him, " WHAT!...and leave your beloved car in Hotten on a saturday night...YOU wouldn't have talked to me for a week!" Aaron turned to him, " NAH...it would've been TWO weeks actually!"
Aaron then threw aside his controller, changing the subject "Well...Jack had a good day with yah Mum and Polly, and Polly bought him ALL these games!", he picked them up from the coffee table, Jackson took them and glanced through them, " SHE'S spoiling him...THEY are all the ones he wanted the other day...but I never had the cash to spare after Blackpool..."
Aaron smiled at him, " oh well...NO need to bother fretting now...they're top!...we had a few rounds of them before he went to bed, and..." he turned and looked sheepishly at Jackson, " I let him have a halfa shandy...was that ok...", Jackson raised his eyebrowes, "CAN'T see it hurting him, but if he pisses the bed...YOU can deal with it!", Aaron detected NOT all was quite right with Jackson, he seemed to have a sarcastic edge to his comments, he watched as Jackson made a coffee for himself, " So..." began Aaron lifting his form from the sofa, " did you finish off having a great night or what...", Jackson glanced at him as he poured the hot water into his mug, " yeah...alright I suppose, BUMPED into Matt...", Aaron pulled a face, "OH he's NOT been winding you up AGAIN has he...JUST tell him to DO one!"
Jackson snapped his neck round as he stirred his coffee, " NO Aaron, THAT was your flaming job when he started coming ON to yah!" he quibed.
Aaron folded his arms and leaned on the side, " SO what's HE said...YOU were perfectly okay at Joe's barbie, SOMETHINGS flaming happened with him...you've gone all mardy on ME!"
Jackson turned to him, " HE said...MATT said, that Tom saw you at the club yester-day...", Aaron rolled his eyes, " YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT!, I told yah!"
"yes you did...but...you never TOLD ME about Flynn...did yah...", he then took his mug and went into the lounge to sit in the armchair, Aaron bit his lip...HE DID OMIT Flynn's reference from the story, it just seemed easier somehow...after all Flynn was the one he had the fling with...and the one Jackson had punched on the nose, when the open relationship thingy had not worked out.
Aaron turned forcing his hands into his pockets, " I'm sorry..." he said quietly, " it was just...I thought you might get mad at me...", he came and sat on the arm of the chair Jackson was sitting in, " but I DID bump into Tom and Greg...we just sorta saw him at Bar West, he was waiting for Greg...", Jackson looked up at him...eyes big and doey, " you DON'T have to explain...", Aaron nodded at him, " BUT I DO...THAT'S why I said what I said to yah...WHY I mean it when I say that I just want YOU and Jack...and THAT'S enough for me...not that young, free and single life..."
Jackson took Aaron's hand, "PLEASE STOP...It's okay Aaron...I can see HOW Matt would want to wind me up about that...but...he needs telling Aaron, WE both need to just say to him DO ONE, before he really causes any trouble..." he trailed off, not wanting to continue, Aaron could sense the unfinished conversation, " what trouble...Jackson, " he touched his shoulder and Jackson looked up, " I really WANTED to hit him tonight...IF i did that Aaron, I'd lose jack for good...and THAT scares me...a wind up...me giving him a right hook...and my plans GONE..."
Aaron pulled a face, "THAT'S what he wants...but he aint flaming getting it...", Jackson smiled at him, Aaron looked down, and could feel the urge for them to kiss...but a squeally voice came rushing down the stairs all excited, " DADDY, DADDY...look whatt Nana Hazel and auntie POOley buyed for me..." Aaron smirked as Jackson glared at him, " Auntie Pooley...YOU are gonna so GET IT from her, when she find out" he warned in jest. Aaron smirked, " I'm quaking me boots mate!"
Jack waved his new games infront of his dad, " loookk! " he whinged, as his dad was more interested in Aaron, Jackson turned to him, all grin and wide eyes, " YOU ARE a lucky boy...DOES that mean you be NOT wanting that pup tomorrow"
Jack nearly cried on the spot, "NOOOOO...I WANT MY DOGGIE!...you proooomissed!", Jackson nodded and pulled the lad onto his lap, " I only messing with yah!...NOW...it's nearly half 12, and YOU should be in bed young man..."
"BUT I can't sleep!" he protested, " CAN I stay up with you and Uncle Aaron!" , Jackson glanced over at Aaron, who said, " he's TOO excited about getting THAT pup!"
Jackson shook his head, " NOWT to do with you giving him that ale then...he's hyper!..." He turned back to his son "look...10 minutes then WE ALL go up to bed...we have to be up early tomorrow remember, for this trip to the rescue centre", Jack smiled and sat back onto Jackson's chest...Aaron watched them for a while...he hoped Jackson WOULDN'T lose it with Matt...that scared him...if Jackson hit Matt, it would jeprodise ALL their plans...
...he had to sort this out soon...Jackson had MORE than enough on his plate...he needed to sort this by himself...
after all, HE allowed Matt INTO their lives...
...so Aaron figured it SHOULD BE him who should get Matt OUT of their lives...for good!
TBC...
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