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Chapter 12:

The next day rolled around quickly but no one had seen or heard from Finn since the day before when he stormed up the stairs and locked himself in his room. His dad and brothers had tried everything, but nothing seemed to work. They were worried, worried about his health, both mental and physical. Finn didn't seem to eat and he had it stuck in his head that he was responsible for Val's death. They had tried everything to get him to talk, but nothing worked.

It's was 10am and Finn's appointment was at 4pm. The bartons had six hours to get Finn out of his room and to the doctors. "Look I think we should tell Victoria and mum, they might be able to get Finn out", Pete suggested and Ross agreed. "Yeah I agree, we might as well try", Ross said. James agreed, and Ross and Pete made their way out the door leaving James to wonder what he was going to do next.

Ross and Pete made their way through the village and up to the pub hoping to find their mum and Victoria. As they walked in they spotted Emma sitting on her own. "You go over there, make sure she doesn't leave and I'm gonna see if Victoria's in", Pete said and Ross went to go and sit with Emma.

"Alright Pete, I haven't seen your Finn around lately, is he alright?", Chas asked and Pete just nodded. "Er, yeah he's fine I was just wondering is Victoria out the back?", Pete asked praying that she was. "Erm yeah I'll just go and get her for you", Chas said making her way into the kitchens to get Victoria.

A few moments later Chas came back through with Victoria and Pete gestured head over to where Emma and Ross were sitting. Once the four had all sat down, the silence took hold. "So what's this about, how's Finn?", Emma asked breaking that silence. Ross and Pete looked at each other uncomfortably and sighed. "What", Victoria said, "what's happened?" Ross looked up, " we've tried to get through to Finn but it's not working, so we've booked him a doctor's appointment at 4 except the only problem is, is that he's locked himself in his room and he won't come out."

Emma and Victoria looked at each other, shocked with what they were hearing. "So what do you want us to do?", Victoria asked. "We want you to go round and talk to him, try and get him to come out. Except he doesn't know about the doctors appointment yet, so don't tell him", Pete said hoping they would agree.

Emma and Victoria both nodded, then all four of them stood up and left the woolpack, earning themselves a confused look from Chas. She could tell that something was going on, because as well as her not seeing Finn, she hadn't seen James in a while earlier.

Emma and Victoria arrived back at the house to met by James who was sitting in the living room. "Any change?", Pete asked and James shook his head. They all sat down and James started to explain what Emma and Victoria had to do. "Right we need you two to go upstairs, stand outside his door and talk to him", James said and Emma Victoria nodded.

"Try and get him to come out; he might as well know about the doctors appointment", James continued. "What, but we tell him about the doctors appointment then he might not even come out!", Ross exclaimed trying to make his voice heard in the conversation.

"Yeah but then if we don't tell him, he's gonna blame us", Victoria pointed out and everyone seemed to think this was a reasonable idea. "Look, if we don't tell him and he doesn't come out, he's probably only going to get worse", Pete said to Ross; Ross nodded his head in agreement. "You better go and try then", James said to Emma and Victoria who stood up slowly and made their way upstairs.

"Finn it's me Victoria and your mum, please let us in", Victoria said whilst knocking on Finn's door. Emma just stood there next to Victoria, she couldn't even speak, she was too upset about Finn. "Go away", Finn said from inside his room.

"No", Emma replied. "No we won't", she said with tears in her eyes and her heart breaking. Victoria could sense this and decided to take over. "Look Finn all we want to do is talk to you. We're worried about ya and I haven't seen you in weeks", Victoria said hoping to convince Finn. "Leave me alone", Finn said sharply; by now Victoria had had enough.

"Listen Finn, the only reason me, your mum, your brothers and your dad have been trying to get you out is because it's 12pm now and in four hours time you have a doctors appointment!", Victoria said exclaimed, hoping now the message that would finally get through to Finn. Apparently it did because Finn's bedroom door swung open and he thundered down the stairs before Victoria or Emma could say anything.

James, Pete and Ross were all sat downstairs, when they heard the footsteps on the stairs. Moments later Finn burst into the room looking and feeling betrayed. "Why have you booked me a doctors appointment?", he asked angrily. "Look Finn, you wouldn't talk to any of us and we thought if you could talk to someone else it might help", James explained hoping Finn would see sense.

Except Finn didn', "what, I don't need to go and speak to somebody. The only problem I have is you lot! I'm not going", Finn said shaking his head. James sighed, "oh yes your are, and no arguments." Finn scoffed and went back upstairs just as Emma and Victoria came back down. "And make your ready for half three!", James shouted up the stairs.

Three thirty rolled around and Ross was walking up the stairs to Finn's room to get him. Emma and Victoria had gone but had said to ring them if anything happens. He went to knock on the door pushing down on the handle when he realised it was unlocked. He opened the door carefully and saw Finn sitting on his bed. He looked all ready to go, he had his shoes and jacket on but he was just sitting there, staring into space.

Ross sat down next to him; Finn didn't say anything, he didn't even move. "Dad's waiting for you downstairs", Ross said and Finn just nodded before getting to his feet and walking down the stairs without saying a word. Then he brushed past James, walked out the front door and got in the car.

Finn and James were sitting in the waiting room, not uttering a single word. Finn sat there playing with the zip on his coat, while James sat there looking at his phone. Finn tried to look this he wasn't bothered but deep down he was terrified. Terrified about what his dad was going to say, terrified about what the doctor was going to say. Would they tell him to stop being so pathetic and send him away for being stupid or would they he had serious problem.

Finn tried not to think about it, except he didn't get a chance as his name was called. He stood up slowly and walked off into the room, with his dad right behind him, trying to stay calm.

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