Chapter 5

Jackson was woken by the sound of screaming, his eyes shot open when he realised what was happening. Aaron was on the sofa next to him, screaming, thrashing, tears rolling down his face. Jackson jumped up and knelt infront of Aaron.

"Aaron! Aaron wake up!"

Aaron continued screaming and Jackson had no choice but to pin him down, to stop him thrashing and risk hurting himself "Aaron!"

Aaron fought against Jackson, his eyes still firmly closed "No! Ed get away from me! No!"

"Aaron, I'm here. It's ok. Come on. You'll be ok just open your eyes!" Jackson pleaded

"Ed I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me again!"

"Aaron I'm here babe. I'll keep you safe..." Jackson whispered, trying to bring Aaron round.

Aaron screamed again and his eyes shot open, his breathing was rapid and Jackson slid his arms around his hysterical boyfriend

"Sssh, Aaron it's ok. You're safe, you're with me."

"Jackson? Where is he? Where's he gone? He was here Jay!" Aaron sobbed

"Aaron, Ed's gone. He's not here. It's only ever been me. Ed's dead babe."

"No..No he was here Jackson I saw him!"

"Babe you were dreaming. It was just a dream. You're ok. I'm here."

Aaron nodded his head and cuddled into Jackson "You promise?" Aaron asked.

"Course I do." Jackson smiled, running his fingers through Aaron's hair.

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Aaron awoke the next morning with no memory of what had happened during the night. He smiled when he saw Jackson in the kitchen, making breakfast.

"Morning" Aaron smiled

"Hey. How you doing?"

"I'm alright. Bit sore though. Probably slept funny last night. I knew the sofa would be no good for me to sleep on."

Jackson nodded his head and turned his attention back to the bacon in the pan. "Marlon bought some of this through. Still have barbecue sauce?" Jackson asked

"I think you know the answer to that dont you?" Aaron smiled "Can you pass me my tablets babe? Top cupboard."

Jackson nodded and opened the cupboard and was greeted by several different medications, all for different things and all prescribed for Aaron. "Urm..."

"Green box, Jay." Aaron laughed

"Better not let Holly visit!" Jackson giggled

"Aw mate no come on that aint fair. She's clean now."

"I know!" Jackson laughed. "Listen Aaron, I didn't want to say anything but you should know...You had a bit of a nightmare last night."

"I did?"

"You woke up screaming and crying. I'll have to let your Mum know.."

"Why?" Aaron asked, getting annoyed

"Cause if it happens again and I'm not here...She needs to be prepared. Scared the hell out of me last night. At least if she knows she can be on guard."

Aaron sighed and nodded "Alright fine."

The boys were disturbed by a knock at the door. Cain popped his head round "Well you don't mess around do ya?" Cain laughed, gesturing towards Jackson, earning him a glare from Aaron. "Listen lad. Got some good news for you. Your mum's not too happy but you'll be glad of the change. Fancy doing a few invoices and bits of paperwork at the garage for me today?"

"Oh my god yes! Im going spare in here Cain!"

"Right, Good. I'll see you down there in half an hour. Oh and Aaron...Strictly paperwork, ok? And it's gonna stay that way until the doctor tells you you're fit enough to work properly again."

Aaron nodded his head and smiled "Cheers Cain."

"No problem. Oh and nip to the cafe on your way down there and get me a coffee."

"So I'm paperwork & coffee boy for now?"

"You always were kid!" Cain smiled.

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Aaron arrived at the garage an hour later Cain slid out from under a car and stared at him "Hey I thought I said 30 minutes?"

"Yeah you did. But then you also asked me to go and get you a coffee. Then Brenda decided to corner me and ask me a million and one questions about how I was doing...So in a way it's your fault."

"Don't get smart with me Aaron. And the phones ringing., incase you have something wrong with your hearing. Isn't gonna answer itself you know!"

Aaron sighed and slammed Cain's coffee down on the side and went to answer the phone

"Dingle Automotives...Yeah...Right ok then. Whereabouts are you? Just outside Robblesfield..Ok. Someone will be with you soon. Ok then. Bye...CAIN!"

"What?"

"Got a broken down car outside Robblesfield. Off you go."

"What?"

"You said just paperwork and invoices..." Aaron smirked

Cain sighed and snatched the paper from Aaron's hand "Any customers turn up just tell 'em I'm on a call out. Or go and get Cameron. He knows that you're here so I've put him on warning we may need his help. Try not to burn the place down while I'm gone."

Aaron sighed and watched Cain drive away. A sense of fear came over him. A sense of dread. Something wasn't right. He gripped onto the table and his breathing quickened. Out the corner of his eye he saw the toolkit. He jumped to his feet and opened it, searching through it. When he was happy with what he found, he returned to the seat and slowly started to unbutton his overalls...

TBC