The Student and The Mechanic

A/N Sorry for the delay -Laptop broken took a week to fix, then had terrible migraine so couldn't write anything but hopefully everything okay now so here's the next instalment

Jackson didn't hear the shot, he did however hear the grunt from Brett as his life expired, he felt his body slump against him then crumble to the floor, he did see the blood splattered against the window on the door of the car he was about to open, he knew without looking that Brett had been fatally shot, he looked at the crowd in front of him, only a few minutes earlier he'd had to endure Brett whispering in his ear that he should take a long last look at Aaron because he wouldn't be seeing him again any time soon, now when he looked at the crowd he could see his boyfriend struggling to get through the police cordon, he saw him shove a police officer out of the way and then sprinting across the distance that separated them

"JACKSON"

There was no stopping him as he dodged around other officers who would try to restrain him

"Let him past" someone shouted

Aaron didn't pause in his pursuit to get to Jackson, he didn't acknowledge that anyone else was there his whole focus was on the builder he could see that he had started to shake if he didn't get to him soon he would likely to have to pick him up of the floor and there was no way he wanted him to be any where near the corpse of the solicitor

"JACKSON" He shouted again and then he was there in front of his boyfriend

Strong arms, at last enfolded him in a precious embrace that he'd been craving since this whole episode had began, Aaron, finally he did feel safe because there was no way that he was going to lose Aaron or the other way around, he went to look behind him but was stopped by the mechanic

"No Jackson don't look behind you" the words were spoken quickly and with an urgency that couldn't be ignored "C'mon, I've got you, you're safe now" Aaron led Jackson away from the bloody scene

The Police and Doctors wanted Jackson to remain in hospital at least over night so they could make sure that he didn't suffer any post traumatic stress symptoms but he refused he didn't want to be separated from Aaron even for one second after what Brett had said to him and how he threatened their relationship by wanting to take him away, so now against medical advice he climbed into Aarons car just wanting one night with his boyfriend before making his statement about the events of today

As they pulled away Aaron rested his hand on Jackson's knee and gave it a gentle squeeze

"You okay?, you've been kinda quiet" he felt able to start this conversation whilst driving because if Jackson didn't answer straight away he could pretend it doesn't matter and just watch the traffic and the roads, but Jackson did answer

"I don't know how I feel, Brett's dead because of Me" He sighed and let his head fall back onto the head rest

"No, it's not your fault, Brett was sick in the head, he threatened you, he broke into our house, he drugged Me, God knows what else he would have done given the chance"

"I know all of that, but still, I wish I could of helped him then he might not have died" Jackson was starting to get distressed so Aaron kept quiet and watched the roads

They'd arrived back in the village a few residents had been outside when they'd pulled up all voicing their support to Jackson as he climbed out of the car, Pearl had hugged him and then gave him a Cake, it was her way of trying to make the situation a little better for the builder and he was grateful, he'd thanked her gave her a small kiss on the cheek before being guided into the house by Aaron

With the door closed on the world Aaron took Jackson in his arms and just held him allowing the builder time to adjust to being home, he lifted his head so that their eyes met

"I'm glad you're home " he smiled at the builder

"Me too" Jackson leaned into Aaron and raised his lips to be kissed "How about you show Me just how glad you are"

Just when Jackson thought he was going to get what he wanted there was a knock on the door

"Just ignore it" Jackson tried to coax Aaron into another kiss

Then the letter box opened and Anna shouted through

"Open up it's cold out here and Bean's getting cranky he wants to see his uncles" Aaron smiled at Jackson as he broke the embrace and opened the door

There was a flurry as Anna and Bean bustled through the door, Jackson found himself in a bone crushing hug as Anna buried her head so he couldn't see the tears that were threatening to fall

"Oh Jackson we were so worried, Ben wanted to be here but he had to go into the Restaurant there's a problem with the manager he's hired or he'd have been here aswell"

"It's okay, I'm fine, no need to worry"

"Of course we worried, you're so special to us, especially to Bean" she kissed him gently on the lips she then noticed the plaster on his neck "Oh Jackson what happened?"

"Brett had a scalpel, he cut Jackson" Aaron couldn't keep the anger out of his voice

"Oh My God, he's sick surely this time they'll lock him away" Anna cried

"Didn't you hear" Aaron questioned

"What!"

"He's dead, Brett, he was killed by the police marksman" Jackson voice was little more than a whisper

"Oh Jackson I'm so sorry and here I am intruding when you'll want it to be just the two of you"

"It's okay, really " Jackson tried to reassure the pretty brunette

"No, no it's not, come on Bean" she reached for her son who was trying to grab at the plaster on the builders neck "We'll see you both in the morning, come up to Sunshine Cottage and Ben will make you breakfast or brunch if you don't make it up until later" she smiled and winked at both of them before wrapping a blanket round Bean and disappearing out into the night

Jackson closed the door and turned to his boyfriend, now it's time for bed he wiggled his eyebrows at Aaron before climbing the stairs to their bed room