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Chapter 17:

Finn looked at his clock, it said 5am and he'd been awake all night. The things that Eric had said to him kept on going round his head, everyone's pitying looks didn't help either. Finn tried to figure out how he had got into this mess, except he was too tired and just ended up giving himself a headache.

Finn felt like giving up, he had nothing and everything that he did, he always felt bad after. He knew that his dad and brothers were just trying to help, except they weren't and making Finn go to all of the counselling was just making him feel worse. Finn knew what he had to do, except he would have to wait until the end of the day.

By the time it reached 7am, Finn had had enough. He stumbled out of bed, grabbing a blanket, went downstairs and then he crashed down on the sofa. He hadn't slept all night and he knew he wasn't going to be able to get any throughout the day, not with all the questions his dad and brothers were going to be asking him.

Upstairs James lay awake listening to the sound of Finn going downstairs. He was worried about his youngest, he wasn't eating, wasn't talking and by the sounds of it he wasn't sleeping. James contemplated whether to go down and see Finn, then he wondered if Ross was awake. He decided to go downstairs and check on him, just to make sure he was alright. After all, it's what dads do.

Ross lay in his bed and listened to his dad get up and go downstairs. Ross wondered whether he should go, but he didn't want to bombard Finn, not at 7am. He then thought about Pete, about how maybe they should pull together to help Finn. Ross couldn't believe he was thinking this, thinking about making peace and pulling together to help someone.

When James for downstairs he spotted Finn lying on the sofa staring into space. "You alright?", he asked, walking up to Finn who didn't answer. He crouched down so he was level with him. "Finn", James said gently shaking his son. "Just leave me alone", Finn whispered. James sighed, "now why would use wanna do that." Finn just kept staring straight ahead, not even looking at his dad, "because I'm not worth your time."

James frowned at this and it just made him even more concerned. He decided that today, Finn wasn't going to be left alone, just to make sure he was alright. "Do you wang something to eat?", James asked. Finn shook his head. "Well I'm making breakfast anyways, so I'll make you something as well", James said refusing to let Finn go hungry.

10 minutes later Ross arrived downstairs, "alright Finn?", he asked walking past him and completely avoiding the subject of 'what happened yesterday'. Ross walked into the kitchen where his dad was making Finn's breakfast. "How is he?", Ross asked. James sighed, "not good. Listen, I don't want him left on his own today, I want someone with him, just to make sure he's alright."

As James said this Ross nodded, understanding where he was coming from. Ross wouldn't want Finn to be alone, and Pete would feel them same. "Is Pete coming round?", Ross asked. "Yeah he is, why?", James asked starting to get suspicious. Ross never asked if Pete was coming round, or if he did, he used it as an excuse to go somewhere.

"It's just I wanna ask him something", Ross said trying not make his dad suspicious. "Oh yeah, what?", his dad asked. Ross sighed, "I'm going to ask him to move in", Ross said, "it was supposed to be a surprise." James smiled, "the only good thing that's came out of all of this, is you seem to have had a personality change." Ross blushed, he couldn't actually believe that his dad had just said that.

Ross walked back through into the living room, holding 2 plates and sitting down next to Finn giving him one. "I'm not hungry Ross", Finn said again, except Ross ignored him. As Ross sat next to Finn eating his breakfast and watching the tv, Finn just sat there staring at his plate but not eating any of it. James watched on in the kitchen, he watched Finn and tried to remember when he became so closed up and set up a brick wall between him and everyone else.

The sound of the door opening pulled James from his thoughts and when he looked who it was, he realised it was Pete. "How is he?", Pete asked James, looking at Finn. "Not good", James said, "I'm off upstairs to get ready and I think he wants to talk to you", James said looking at Ross, then going upstairs.

After James had gone upstairs, Ross jumped to his feet and grabbed his chance. "I need to talk you", Ross said walking up to Pete and gesturing for him to come upstairs. As the boys made their way upstairs, they both seemed to forget about Finn, who by that time had already bolted out the door.

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