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Walking back home after a boring day at school, Jack sighs as he walks up to the front porch that was now coloured green and white. Grabbing the keys from his black trouser pocket he takes them out tiredly and put the key in the lock.Flinging the door open, Jack could tell the house was quite and that not normal for him. as soon as he would walk in, Jack sister would come running to the door shouting at their mother, “Jack’s home mommy” she would say. But not today it felt different, and in jack’s gut he could feel that their was something wrong.
Jack walks into the living room, their was no one there not even his father who would be sitting the arm chair watching tv. “Mom?” Jack calls out as he makes his way toward the kitchen, normally there would the smell of cookies baking or cake, or even dinner for that night. But nothing the house was empty.
“May,” Jack soon calls out to his sister, as he reaches the hall way toward the stairs. Letting a sigh out Jack looks around “where is everyone” he mumbles to himself as he makes his way up the stairs and on the landing. Walking into his room, Jack shuts the door behind him noticing something different about it. Chewing his lip he walks over to the messy bed, and sits down leaning his elbows on his knees as he runs his hands through his hair.
Looking up he see’s a shadow in front of him, slowly he lifts his head, and see’s Zack standing right their. “where the hell have you been?” Jack snaps standing up and getting in his face. He felt angry and upset that the older boy hand’t been in touch with him.
“Jack I…I’m..” Zack tales off, before he could finish his sentence. “I have been worried sick about you all damn day” Jack soon starts shouting. “what have you been doing? no show at school, only seeing me at night zack what the fuck is wrong?” Jack says soon letting a sob out trying hard to hold it in.
“Jack please let me explain I been avoiding school and us because…because, my..my father he” Zack stutters soon looking down at the floor. He couldn’t keep his tears in not wanting to let jack down.
Jack looks at, Zack seeing his tears, “I’m sorry baby I just don’t know what to do, I was scared, I don’t know how to tell you” Zack says, wrapping his arms around himself. Jack soon wraps his arms around the older boy to comfort him.
“It’s going to be ok baby I promise you” Jack whispers as he holds on to the older the boy. Jack couldn’t understand why the older boy was scared, he couldn’t understand what was going on in the older boy’s life, the only thing they talked about was school their friends and their love life.
But right now jack felt that their was something more that the older boy needed to tell him what was happening. “Jack I have to leave,town” The older boy mumbles into jack’s neck. Jack soon looks at the older boy, and starts to laugh. But he was being serious, the older boy had to leave town. Not just because of his father being moved to a different company, But it was also the beatings he got at school, Jack never saw the beatings.
“You…Can’t what about us,” Jack sobs soon letting his tears fall down his face thick and fast. Zack hated to see the younger boy cry and to see him upset, like this it was breaking his heart quite literally.
“I’m sorry baby but were over, I’m leaving tomorrow” the older boy says just as upset as Jack. If Zack could he’d kick his fathers ass for taking that job, and ruining his life. For Zack this wasn’t fair, he had friends a boyfriend that he cared deeply about, and now it was being torn apart by his father.
“Please don’t cry baby,” the older boy croaks holding a sob in trying to be strong for Jack. “I’m losing you all ready, we have only just begun” he sobs letting go of the older, boy and walks back to sit on his bed as he places his head in hands and sobs.
"I know baby I’m sorry I really am, I want us so much but I can’t stay,” Zack says trying hard to hold his tears in. But nothing was working they soon started to fall just as much, as the younger boys was.
“Go get out leave me alone!” the younger boy soon screams, feeling anger pouring through him. But Zack walks towards him kneeling infant of him, as he places his hands on the younger boys thighs, he looks up at the older boy. “I said leave,” Jack sobs wiping his eyes furiously.
Zack stand once again feeling the anger in the younger boy, he slowly turns around, and makes his way toward the bedroom and soon walks out into the hallway and down the stairs.
Jack lays on his bed, sobbing. His chest hurting with every breath he took in as tears fell fast down his cheeks. “I love you Zack Merrick.” Jack sobs in his pillow soon closing his eyes and falling asleep.
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The house was quiet still when Jack soon wakes up. Slowly he gets up from the bed, and makes his way into the hallway, and down stairs everyone was still out. Looking out the window, it was now dark and night time had fallen, furrowing his eyebrows Jack looks around again, wondering why no one was home.
“Is anyone home?” He calls out as he walks into the kitchen finding it empty. Jack wraps his arms around himself, feeling a slight chill. “What the fuck is going on?” he mumbles feeling his body being shaking.
Soon he opens his eyes and looks around seeing everyone including his teacher staring at him. “Jack you where dreaming.” Megan his classmate says to him. She would always sit next to him, pretty little blond haired girl with bright blue eyes too big for her petite face. She wore make that looked perfect on her every day.
“W..what time is it” Jack asks as he sits up in his chair and rubbing his eyes. The class giggles for a moment, but they soon stop and carry on hating amongst themselves.
“Its nearly nine am” Megan says with her lips into a small smile as she lets the younger boy settle back into realty.