I am SO sorry for the delay in updating I've been super busy, so to make up for it I'm posting 2 chapters tonight. Again thank you so much to CBloom2 ans Chloe67, I'm so glad that your both still enjoying the story and I hope you enjoy the next few chapters.
I don't own Emmerdale all rights go to ITV.
Chapter 14:
"Finn your appointment is at 11, so we're leaving at 10:30!", James shouted up the stairs. Whether Finn was listening, James didn't know but he hoped Finn would come down otherwise he would just be making it worse.
"Where's Pete?", Ross asked as he walked into the living room. "He's at the farm, so that means if Finn isn't out of his room at 10:30 it's your job to get him to come down", James said, Ross sighed as he heard this. He knew that trying to get Finn to go somewhere he didn't want to go was a bad idea, because if Finn didn't want to do something, Finn wasn't going to do it. "Alright but let's not get ahead of ourselves", Ross said, "hopefully Finn will use that brain of his and realise that we're trying to help." Although as Ross said this, he began to doubt it.
10:30 rolled around and Finn was still in his room. He didn't want to go, he didn't want to talk to a stranger about his 'problems' and no doubt that stranger wouldn't want to listen to Finn drone on about his 'problems'. Downstairs he could hear his dad shouting on him, and he could hear Ross walking up the stairs. Finn knew he had no choice.
"Finn, look mate it's 10:30 and you've got to go", Ross said walking into Finn's room and sitting down next to him on the bed. Finn sighed, "I can't go Ross", he said and Ross just looked at his brother in despair. "Right, I know you don't want to go and I get it Finn. I wouldn't want to talk someone about my problems, so I know how hard it's gonna be for you. But please just try it for me", Ross said and pulled Finn in for a hug.
As Finn pulled out of the hug he nodded, "yeah alright then, I'll go, but I'm only doing it for you" he said, they both stoo up; Ross smiled and followed Finn out of the room. As Finn and Ross made their way downstairs James smiled, relieved that Ross had managed to talk Finn round. As Finn walked out the door and got in the car, James mouthed 'thank you' to Ross and Ross smiled back.
As Finn arrived at 'The Wilson Centre', he began to feel more nervous. James walked in with him, and sat with him in the waiting room.10 minutes later, Finn's name was called. It was called by a man who looked not that much older than Finn, and as Finn walked over to the man he began to feel sick.
"Hello Finn, my name's Craig and I'm one of the counsellors here, I am also going to be your main counsellor throughout your course", Craig explained as they walked down the corridor and into a room. Finn walked in and sat down on one of the chairs, there was 4 chairs in the room, they were spaced out but then close together at the same time.
"So Finn, what exactly has been going on?", Craig asked a nervous looking Finn who was looking down at his feet. "It's alright Finn, I'm not here to judge you", Craig said in an understanding voice. Finn still didn't answer, even though he was trying to form the words in his mouth.
"Right Finn, why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself, your family", Craig suggested hoping this was an easier subject for Finn to talk about. "Erm, I've got two older brothers, Ross and Pete. I live in a village called Emmerdale and erm, I've got a friend called Victoria who works in the pub and erm, my mum turned up earlier this year", Finn said, relaxing a little as he said this, but not much.
"That's a great start Finn, I'm not going to ask you any more questions this week as I don't want you to feel pressured, but I want you to know that you can talk to me about anything", Craig said, standing up at the same time as Finn, shaking his hand and watching him leave. This left Craig standing in the room alone, he knew there something wrong with Finn, he just couldn't put his finger on it. He was hoping that over time he would be able to unravel the situation that Finn had got himself in.
Finn walked down the corridor, and made his way back to the waiting room. His head was spinning. Did he say too much? Did he say too little? Was that Craig waiting for him to slip up? As Finn turned the corner he seen James looking down at his phone. Finn walked over and James looked up. "How did it go?", James asked, Finn just nodded. "I just want to go home."
James understood, and led Finn out to the car. Finn was silent the whole way home, and James didn't want to ask Finn how it went as he'd probably had too many questions asked. However James couldn't resist. "How did it go?", James asked treading carefully. "Yeah it was fine", Finn replied and James was amazed.
He wasn't expecting a reply from Finn and as they pulled up outside the house, James had a feeling that they would be in for an easier night. They walked inside and Finn went straight upstairs, while James went into the kitchen and found Ross. "How was it?", Ross asked and James nodded. "You know what, I think it went quite well."
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