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This chapter prompted by Guest- Jason and Joe locked in the garage and Jason doesn't have his insulin pen. Joe watches Jason get sicker by the minute but will Jason be found in time

Chapter 42- I won't leave you:

It was a surprisingly warm March day as Joe worked on a car in the garage. He was by himself as it seemed Ziggy's modelling career and Freddie's illegal goings on are more important than the family business.

He'd asked Robbie and Jason to join him when they finished school, however he already knew that Robbie wouldn't show. At least that left Jason. He was just thankful that they didn't have a massive workload.

Joe looked at the clock and saw that Jason should be leaving school and then arriving at the garage in 10 minutes. That meant he wouldn't be on his own for too long. Before Joe could continue on the car he was working on, he heard his phone ringing.

"Hello?" Joe answered.

"Hi Joe, just asking do you still want me to come to the garage?" Jason asked.

"Yeah Jase, if that's okay?" Joe replied, feeling like Jason might be bailing on him.

"No yeah, I'll be over soon" Jason said.

"Good, see you in a bit" Joe replied.

"See ya" Jason said as he ended the phone call.

Joe sighed and placed his phone back in his pocket. He wasn't even going to ask what was going on in Jason's head at that moment, he just needed to check that he was still going to help Joe out.

Not even 10 minutes later, Jason showed up.

"Hey" Jason greeted as he dropped his bag down in the office. "Hey, how was school?" Joe asked was where he was under a car. Jason shrugged. "Was alright, where are the others?" Joe wheeled himself out from the underneath the car and stood up to look at Jason.

"I don't know, Freddie's probably doing something illegal and Ziggy's modelling" Joe said, wiping his hands. "What about Rob?" Jason asked as he grabbed a pair of overalls. "You and I know for a fact that Robbie won't show, there is no point in even asking him" Joe said, raising his eyebrows at Jason.

"True point. So what we got?" Jason asked as he finished slipping his overalls on. "These two are in for MOTs and this one" Joe said, pointing at the car he was under before, "something had come loose underneath."

Jason nodded as Joe explained. He was probably the worst mechanic out of all of them but that didn't stop him from wanting to help out his family business. "You get that?" Joe asked, amused at the quizzical look on Jason's face.

"Yeah, don't worry" Jason said as he joined Joe and got to work.

The two worked in almost silence, making small talk about anything and everything, the radio providing the background music. "I'm planning to keep working until 8, that sound good to you?" Joe asked.

"Yeah" Jason replied. "What we gonna do about food?" Joe smiled at his younger brother. "We'll order something" Joe replied. "That sound okay?" Jason nodded and then got back to work.

After what felt like only half an hour, Joe looked at the clock and was surprised to see that it was 7:45pm. That meant they'd been working for well over an hour and a half. "Jase, I'm gonna order the food now, you want Chinese?" Joe asked.

"Yeah, sounds good" Jason replied as he finished up on the car he was working on. He was pretty satisfied with how things had turned out, between the two of them they'd managed to finish all the jobs they had to do.

"Right, I'll ring them now. Can you pack up?" Joe asked as he placed the spanner he had finished using back where it belonged. "Yeah" Jason replied getting to work packing up as Joe grabbed the phone. I

Within half an hour Joe had placed their order for Chinese and Jason had finished packing up. Now they were just waiting for their food to arrive. "Cheers for helping me out today Jase" Joe said as he hung his overalls up.

"It's okay Joe, I'm just surprised that Robbie didn't show. At least we have an excuse to not eat Mum's food" Jason said, causing Joe to laugh. "You're right there mate" Joe said, looking at the clock before hearing a knock at the door.

"This'll be the Chinese. You go and do your insulin while I open the door" Joe instructed as he walked towards the door and Jason walked into the office to find his school bag. As Joe was paying the delivery man, Jason searched his bag, but he couldn't find it. He couldn't find his insulin.

He looked through his bag again, but there was still no sign of it. Jason was puzzled as to where it could because he had it earlier that day in school, but then he presumed he must have left it at school.

Jason sighed when he remembered that the spare one they kept at the garage had been used to other week. He now had no insulin with him. Jason thought what he should do for a moment.

He could go home, but then he probably wouldn't get to eat his Chinese. He could tell Joe but then again, he wouldn't be able to eat his Chinese and Joe would probably panic anyways. Jason just decided to leave it, he could sort it out when he got home.

When Jason walked out the office, Joe was busy dishing out the Chinese. "You get your insulin all sorted?" Joe asked as he found a plastic fork they kept in the garage for Jason."Yeah" Jason replied, taking the fork before reaching out for one of the dishes Joe had made.

"Your drinks on the bench" Joe told him as he grabbed his food and sat down next to Jason. "Cheers" Jason replied before digging into his food. "This is so much better than Mum's food" Jason said, his mouth full of noodles.

Joe laughed as he ate some chicken and had a drink to wash it down. "I can agree with you there mate" Joe agreed. "Why is Mum such a bad cook?" Jason asked. "I honestly have no idea" Joe said.

The two sat in silence the only sound coming from them chewing their food. "Was that good?" Joe asked as he finished his food and put his dish back on the side. "Yeah, was so much better than Mum's cooking."

Joe laughed. "Don't let her hear you say that." He took Jason's dish from him as he finished and put it in the plastic carrier bag along with his dish and tied the bag. "It's getting on for nine, we should probably head back" Joe said, looking at the clock.

"I'll grab my bag" Jason said, walking off into the office, pleased that he'd be able to get home and take his insulin. "You ready?" Joe asked as Jason reappeared with his things. "Yeah" Jason replied and walked over to the door.

Joe turned round to grab the rubbish and noticed that Jason hadn't left the garage. "Just go Jase, the doors unlocked" Joe said but turned around when he heard Jason grunting. "It's stuck" Jason said.

"It can't be" Joe said, walking over to inspect the door. He tried to shove it in with his shoulder and when that didn't work he tried to kick the door down. It still didn't work. Joe started to search the door for where it could be stuck and eventually found that the bolts had come loose and went back into the door, effectively bolting the door shut.

"Its bolted shut. I can't get it open" Joe told Jason. "Wait you mean we're stuck in here?" Jason asked, trying to hide the worry in his voice. "I'm afraid so. I'm gonna ring home and see if one of them can get us out" Joe said as he pulled out his phone, not noticing the worry on Jason's face.

Joe rang home, he rang Freddie, he rang Robbie, Ziggy and their Mum. But no one answered. No one. "No one's answering" Joe said. "So we're gonna be here all night?' Jason asked, his heart rate starting to speed up.

"Looks that way" Joe said. He looked up at Jason properly and saw how worried he looked. "Hey, what's wrong?' Joe asked. Jason could feel his heart thumping and knew he had to tell Joe before he found out for himself.

"You know before when you told me to take my insulin?" Jason began. "Yeah" Joe said, not quite sure where Jason was going. "Well it turns out I don't actually have it" Jason said, looking down at the floor.

"Ah Jase man" Joe said, knowing exactly what Jason was telling him. "We don't have the emergency one do we?" Joe asked, clutching at straws. Jason shook his head and felt tears prick his eyes.

"Jase, it'll be alright" Joe reassured as he walked up to Jason and pulled him in for a hug. "We'll be out of here soon" Joe said as he ran a comforting hand over Jason's back.

Jason let the years roll down his face and enjoyed the comfort his big brother could give him. He knew why the other family members weren't answering their phones and it was because they were more than likely on a night out, getting drunk. Meaning they weren't be answering their phones until morning.

Joe sighed as he held Jason who cried. Tonight of all nights for them to get locked in the garage and Jason to have no insulin. Joe had no idea how they would get through the next few hours but he knew they'd find a way.

10:00pm

Joe and Jason had found a pack of cards and sat in the office playing them. Joe knew it was just a waiting game now. He knew what was going to happen to Jason and just hoped that at least one member of their family or someone they knew would answer their calls, otherwise they were going to be here all night and Joe knew that wouldn't end well. It wouldn't end well for anyone.

"You feeling alright?" Joe asked, overprotective big brother mode kicking in. "Yeah" Jason replied, smiling up at Joe. "You need to tell me if toy start to feel unwell" Joe told him sternly. "I know" Jason replied, before they carried on playing cards.

11:00pm

They'd given up on playing cards and decided to get back to door to try and open it. Joe watched Jason very carefully and could see he was beginning to feel the effects of not having insulin for a while.

He kept squinting and Joe knew that meant he had a headache. He was also moving slower and looked very tired. Joe knew Jason wanted to sleep but he was reluctant to let him for fear about what would happen if let him.

"Jase, this door ain't gonna budge" Joe said, sighing as he admitted defeat. Jason nodded and turned back round to sit on the sofa. "Jase, if you feel ill you need to tell me" Joe told him, walking over to where Jason had sat down.

"I'm just tired. Wanna go to sleep" Jason said. "I know mate, but why don't you tell me about school" Joe suggested, he knew he needed to keep Jason awake. Jason nodded and started to slowly tell Joe about his day at school.

12:00am

At this point Joe was clutching at straws. Jason was so tired now but he knew that Jason's body could slip into a coma at any point so he had to keep his younger brother awake. They'd even moved from the sofa to the floor, where Joe had sat Jason in between his legs a way to keep his younger brother upright.

"Joe" a quiet voice said. Joe looked down at his youngest brother and his heart broke. "What is it mate?" Joe asked, running a hand through Jason's sweaty hair. "I-I need toilet" Jason said, his head resting on Joe's chest. "And I'm thirsty."

Joe sighed. He knew this would happen. He was waiting for this to happen. "Just sit right yeah mate" Joe said, not sure what else he could say. This was killing him to watch his younger brother suffer.

"Joe" Jason moaned, trying to bury his head into Joe's chest. "I know buddy, I know" Joe comforted as he rubbed Jason's back. He reached into his pocket with his other hand and pulled out his phone.

He scrolled through his contacts until his found his Mum and clicked on her name. He pressed call and put the phone to his ear. He let ring and it soon became apparent that Sandy wasn't going to answer. Instead Joe decided to leave a voicemail.

"Hi Mum, it's Joe. I don't know where you are but if you get this you need to get to the garage. Me and Jase are locked in and he doesn't have his insulin pen, he's really sick I don't know how long he's going to last."

Joe ended to call and prayed that someone would come.

1:00am

Jason lay in Joe's arms, practically asleep, however Joe was keeping him up every few minutes by talking to him. Joe hated to admit it but he'd had to let go to toilet a few times and since they didn't have a toilet in the garage, the bucket was the next best thing.

"Joe, I'm thirsty" Jason whimpered. His head still buried in Joe's chest. "I know mate but there's no point in having a drink your body will use the fluids up too rapidly" Joe said, wishing now more than ever he could comfort his brother.

"Feel sick" Jason muttered. "What you feel sick or are you going to be sick?" Joe asked, wanting to be clear. "Just feel sick" Jason whispered. Joe nodded and ran his hand down Jason's back.

He wasn't sure how much more Jason could take of this.

2:00am

"Jase, you need to stay awake" Joe said, gently shaking his brother. Jason groaned and muttered something incoherent that Joe just couldn't understand. "I know buddy, I know. I wish I could fix this, I really do."

Joe knew this was a losing battle and some time within the next hour Jason was going to fall asleep. Joe was just terrified it would be too late and he wouldn't wake up. He pulled out his phone again and checked it. No had called or messaged him.

He sighed and began to stroke Jason's hair again. "I love you so much buddy, you know that. You're the youngest and I always have and always will protect you. I promise."

6:00am

Joe's head was pounding and he couldn't work out why. He slowly opened his eyes and found that he was on the floor of the garage with Jason in his arms. Then everything came back round him.

It took him a minute to realise that the pounding was actually from someone banging on the door. "Joe! Joe! Are you in there!" That was Freddie, Joe could tell. "Jase, is he alright?" That was Robbie, always concerned about his twin. "Joe the emergency services are on their way" this time it was Sandy and Joe breathed a sigh of relief.

The next few hours were a blur to Joe. The fire brigade managed to break to door and Jason was rushed to hospital. The hospital had said in was in an early coma however they may just have caught it in time and that Jason would be alright. Joe prayed they had.

They'd played the blame game at least five times. Joe had been blamed. Sandy had been blamed. Freddie had been blamed. Ziggy had been blamed. Robbie had been blamed. Jason had been blamed. Alcohol had been blamed. Even mobile phones had been blamed.

However now Joe was tidying up the garage after one very unexpected night. He'd got rid of the bucket and now was busy refilling the cupboards with more emergency insulin. However this time there was more than one.

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