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Prompted by FB-brokenxhearts-LB: Joe and Freddie make up.

Chapter 19- guess we're just the same as what we used to be:

"Freddie have you got JJ'S bottle ready?", Lindsey asked as she rushed into the living room. "What, no", Freddie said, all his attention on the tv. Him and Jason were watching a very important boxing match. "Ah Linds can't you do it?", Freddie asked his eyes still glued to the screen. Lindsey sighed and left the room leaving the room, leaving Jason and Freddie to watch the boxing.

The boxing had finished, and Jason needed to go to work. Freddie walked into the kitchen and found Lindsey sitting there with JJ in her arms. She looked at Freddie with a disapproving look on her face. "What?", Freddie asked going over to the fridge to get a beer.

Lindsey sighed, "why do you have to do this?" Freddie opened his can and took a sip. "Do what?", he asked. "This!", Lindsey said. "What!", Freddie exclaimed. "You watching the boxing instead of being with me and JJ!", Lindsey shouted. JJ was crying now and Lindsey was getting more stressed. "Ah now look what you've done!", Lindsey shouted at Freddie who slammed his can down the table.

"I'm going out!", he shouted walking into the hallway, grabbing his jacket, before walking out of the door leaving Lindsey and JJ in the kitchen.

Freddie stormed down the street, angry at Lindsey. He just didn't understand why she was so angry and practically bit his head off. He walked down into the village knowing there was only place he would go when he felt like this: the pub.

Freddie walked in and ordered a drink straight away. "What can I get ya?", Mac asked being his normal cheery self. "A pint, please Mac", Freddie said getting out his money to pay. "There you go", Mac said handing over the drink. Freddie nodded his thanks and went over to a table to sit by himself.

Freddie sat down and took a sip of his drink. He thought, he thought about Lindsey. He did love Lindsey, ofcourse he did, just sometimes their relationship got rocky. They just seemed to argue or fall out but then 24 hours later they'd be fine with each other.

Joe went into the pub, planning on having a quiet drink to himself. Although when he saw Freddie sitting across the room, Joe changed his plans and decide to speak to his brother. He got his drink and went to go and sit with Freddie.

"What do you want?", Freddie asked not sounding to pleased. "It's not against the law to sit and have a drink with my brother is it?", Joe asked sounding amused. "Guess not", Freddie said taking another sip. "You not with Lindsey then?", Joe asked. "Don't ask", Freddie said.

"Ooh Lindsey causing you trouble?", Joe asked. "Sort of", Freddie replied taking another sip. "What do you mean?", Joe asked intrigued by the situation. "Me and Jase we were watching the boxing then Lindsey came in and started shouting at me, all because I didn't make JJ's bottle", Freddie said and Joe smiled.

"Yeah, she can be that like." Joe took a another swig from his drink. "I remember one time, I forgot to put the clothes in the washing machine, she went off on one with me", Joe said chuckling and Freddie laughed. "I remember the time when Robbie and Jason would've been about 5, and they climbed a tree", Freddie said smiling to himself.

Joe started to laugh at the memory before Freddie had even finished. "Then when Robbie got down, Jason got stuck and we had to go and get him down", Joe said finishing off Freddie's sentence as they were both laughing. "Mind you though, Ziggy's had his moments", Freddie said and Joe nodded taking a sip from his drink.

"You can say that again", Joe said. "Do remember, it was Ziggy's first year at secondary and he tried to impress that girl in your year?", Joe asked and Freddie nodded. "She was in my class, and his technique failed miserably", Freddie said starting to laugh. Ziggy had really fancied this girl in Freddie's class, so one lunchtime he bought her some flowers and made his way over to her. What Ziggy didn't know was that right behind him a boy was about to trip him up. So when this boy did trip him up, Ziggy went flying to the ground, landed right at her feet and the flowers were ruined. Ziggy had never spoken about the incident since.

"And then, you do remember the year before when Ziggy brought his mate round for tea?", Joe asked. "Yeah", Freddie replied smiling at the memory. Ziggy had invited his friend round for tea, and all he tried to do was show off to him. "He tried to show off but Jason and Robbie were running round like maniacs and I think the poor kid went home with food poisoning as a result of mum's cooking."

Freddie started to laugh, he'd forgotten how funny that actually was. Him and Joe had been chasing the twins round the house to deliberately get them hyper, and it had worked.

Joe and Freddie had never really had a proper conversation in years. If they were having a conversation it would taking about how they were going to make a bad situation good, or just having an argument.

If he was going to be honest, even though he wouldn't admit it, Freddie kinda liked him and Joe having a conversation. It was nice, he felt relaxed. Freddie had missed not being close with Joe, he didn't show it and he knew he never could, but a tiny part of him almost felt guilty for taking Lindsey away from Joe. However like Freddie said, he couldn't show it.

Like Freddie, Joe was enjoying their conversation too. He liked the fact that he and Freddie weren't arguing, debating, competing, fighting or just generally being idiots. No they were having a proper conversation. Joe liked the fact that they were discussing the past, even though it was rough, there were still good bits and Joe loved to remember them.

The two brothers carried on talking, laughing and drinking for quite a while. They talked about Robbie and Jason's first day at secondary school, when Freddie got detention and Robbie had copied exactly what he'd done a week later, when their dad died and they spoke about all the memories they'd had with him and they spoke about the family holidays they went on laughing at how many times they either got lost or someone said they needed the toilet.

"Look mate, about Lindsey", Joe said. "What about her?", Freddie asked finishing his third pint. "I think you go back home and talk to her", Joe said finishing his third pint as well. "I would if it wasn't too late", Freddie said and Joe frowned. "It's 11pm", Freddie said. "I guess we better be off then", Joe said and Freddie nodded making his way out of the pub with Joe.

"We should do that again some time", Joe said as they got outside the pub. "Yeah, we should. I'll text you", Freddie said before smiling at Joe and walking home.

Freddie unlocked the door and walked into a dark and quiet house. Jason was at work, Ziggy was probably out with some girl, so that meant that Robbie, Lindsey and JJ were in the house. He put his keys down on the side and kicked his shoes off, before putting his jacket on the banister at the bottom of the stairs and making his way upstairs to bed.

Freddie silently opened his bedroom door to find Lindsey asleep in bed and JJ asleep in his cot. Freddie took off his t-shirt and jeans before climbing into bed next to Lindsey. "I love you", he whispered.

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Next chapter prompted by guest- there's a reason why the Roscoes are always over protective of Jason. Not only is it because he is the youngest and diabetic but he also battled leukaemia at 5 years old. So when Jason starts getting symptoms again, the Roscoes begin to reflect on Jason's battle at 5yrs old and will Jason end up relapsing and having to battle cancer all over a again.