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Abi shot up and banged on the door. Hard.
"Ben! Let me out of here! Now!"
She heard his footsteps as he ran back down the stairs. Her shouting was useless.
"BEN! You can't do this!"
"Abs, I already have."
"Alright, Benny boy?"
Jay entered the Mitchell house through the back door, a bag from the chippy in each hand.
"Sorry it took so long. The queue was mental."
Jay found Ben in the living room on their PS4 playing the latest GTA game.
"Is Abi in? I didn't know if she'd be here so I got her something anyway."
Ben shook his head slowly but didn't take his eyes of the screen.
"You okay?" Jay questioned.
"Yeah," he snapped quickly. "Why wouldn't I be?"
He shrugged. "You just seem a bit odd that's all. You and Abi had an argument or something?"
"I told you. She's not here."
Jay held his palms up as a sort of surrender. "Only asking."
He wandered back into the kitchen and loaded the fish and chips on to clean plates. He bagged up the rest for Abi to eat later, he's mind wandering to her.
It had been the right thing to do, breaking up with her. They'd been together for so long, childhood sweethearts. But he was getting older now and he'd needed to explore. Meet new people. He had never expected things to go on for as long as they did. He still loved her deep down, but he guessed he always would. She was his first serious romance anyway. He'd never wanted to hurt her.
A loud bang from upstairs brought Jay back to reality.
He went back to the living room with the two plates. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" Ben still didn't look away from the game.
"That bang?"
"Nope."
Jay handed him the other plate and in exchange Ben gave him the other control for the PS4. They sat in silence as they played, chewing on chips.
A couple of minutes later, Jay heard it again.
"That!" he almost shouted. "You must have heard it that time."
"Jay." Ben sighed frustrated as he paused the game. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Jay eyed him suspiciously but went back to the game.
He'd heard something alright, he just couldn't put his finger on it.
Jay had finished his plate of food by the time he heard the bang again.
"No, I definitely heard something that time. Don't tell me you didn't hear it."
"I think its the boiler playing up. It does that sometimes."
Jay had been living in that house while Ben had been in and out of prison and he'd not once heard he boiler make that noise before.
"Don't give me that crap. What are you hiding up there?" Jay muted the TV so he could listen properly.
"Me?" Ben's attempts to look innocent failed. "Nothing."
"You know Phil isn't going to let you have that dog. He's allergic."
Ben snorted. "I haven't got a dog up there."
"Then what have you got up there?"
"I, uh, nothing I mean."
"Yeah right." He started for the stairs.
"Jay, wait."
He spun around on the bottom step. "What?"
"Ben! You're not going to get away with this. Somebody's going to figure it out," Abi shouted. "And I'm not going to shut up until they do."
"Is that Abi?" Jay questioned even though he already knew the answer.
"Yeah. Yeah, it is. I didn't want to say anything in case it upset you."
"Say what?"
"I think Abi is taking something."
"What? Like drugs?"
"Yeah. She's been crazy ever since I came home. I thought he might calm down a bit if I left her in there for a while."
"You locked her in your room?"
"I didn't know what else to do."
Jay didn't believe Ben for a second. Drugs? His Abi would never do that.
He started to climb the stairs again.
"Jay, what are you-"
"Oh shut up, Ben."
He reached the bedroom door and turned the handle. Locked of course.
"Abs?"
"Jay? Is that you?"
"Yeah. It's me."
"You've got to get me out of here. He's locked me in."
"Why? What's happened?"
"She's being a selfish bitch that's what's happened."
"For wanting to leave my cheating boyfriend?" Abi retorted from the other side of the door. "I don't think so, Ben."
The penny dropped. Abi knew about Paul. Jay had been trying to get Ben to tell her the truth for months.
"Give me the key," Jay demanded.
"No way."
"Ben, give me the key or I'm going to knock this bloody door down myself."
"No you won't. Dad'll kill you."
"He'll get over it."
"Sure about that?"
"I've broken enough of your dads rules for Abi before," Jay whispered fiercely. "And I'm still here now, aren't I?"
"I'm not going to give you the key."
"Abs, stand back from the door." He waited. "You ready?"
"Yeah."
Jay held on to the door frame from either side and pulled himself up giving the door a mighty kick as he did so. It didn't budge. He tried again.
And again. And again.
"Give it up, Jay." Ben smirked. "It isn't going to happen."
One kick later and Jay had it open. At the same time, Ben took off down the stairs.
Jay looked up and saw Abi standing with her hands on her hips. "I could kill him," she sighed.
Jay watched as she took the stairs two at a time to catch up with Ben. He quickly followed, grabbing her suitcase as he went. He wasn't about to let her stay around with that jerk.