Hypnotised by drums (TW fanfic - Book 2/4)

Part Twenty-Nine

Jay’s POV

I run to the door and open it instantly, to find a very depressed looking Siva. “I don’t know what to do” he says, as he squeezes his eyes closed and I watch as a tear escapes his eye and slowly trails down his cheek and drips off the end of his chin.

“I know, but don’t worry. We can sort this out” I say, as I step out of the door, where I throw my arm around him and I bring him inside, whilst kicking the door shut behind me.

We make our way into the living room, where we both sit down. I decide that it’s probably best to try and take his mind off of everything, rather than talking about it. I stand up to get a DVD off of the shelf for us to watch. As I run my finger along the different DVD’s, I notice Avatar sitting there, begging for me to play it, but I manage to resist the temptation, as Siva probably won’t want to watch a film where they fall in love. It’s probably a bit too soon for that. I then notice my star wars collection on the shelf too. I pick it up, but as I look at the front cover, I remember that this Siva’s favourite series of films, so he’s bound to have watched it with Claire at some point. I put it back on the shelf, before continuing to look for the right DVD to cheer Siva up.

At that moment I hear the kitchen door open and I swing round to see who it is, I notice Rheanna walking into the room. She’s holding a tray with two mugs on it. She smiles at me, as she walks over to the coffee table which is in front of Siva. She puts it down on the table. “I made you tea” she says, in the same old sweet voice, she always does. Hang on a second; I’ve never thought her voice was sweet before. Maybe I’m going mad. “Leo” Rheanna says, causing me to notice Leo standing next to her, with the cookie jar. Leo puts it down on the table, before giggling to himself and then running off into the kitchen, with Rheanna following him.

“Rheanna” I say, before she disappears off into the kitchen. She turns to face me, with a smile plastered on her face.

“Yes?” she asks.

“Come here. I need your help” I say, to which she walks over to me and then stands beside me.

“What is it?” she asks, rolling her eyes slightly.

“Well, I need to cheer Siva up and I really don’t know what movie we could watch without him getting upset” I explain. She looks along the shelf for a couple of minutes, before selecting one and taking it off of the shelf. She pushes it into my stomach, so I hold it. She then smiles at me, before joining Leo in the kitchen.

I look down at the DVD I’m holding and it turns out to be ‘Anuva hood’. I’ve always loved this movie and I think it’s the only one I have which he will be alright with. I walk over to my TV, where I put the DVD in and then I sit back down on the sofa next to Siva.

“What have you put on?” he asks me and by the sounds of things, he’s stopped crying.

“You’ll see” I smile, as I stare at the TV waiting for the film to start.

“It’s not something like star wars is it? I don’t think I will be able to cope with that” he tells me, as he looks down at his lap.

“Nope. I think you’re going to like this one” I say, as I ruffle his hair up and then I look at the screen again. I quickly press play and as we sit watching the movie, I actually see him smile. So my plan must have worked.

“He’s such a fool” Siva laughs. It must have taken his mind off of the super bitch. The last time I saw him smile was when me and Siva went out drinking, but even that didn’t end up too good. Although Claire has not done anything wrong to me, I still hate her. How could she do this to my friend? Siva is the nicest guy going. It’s not like she was cheating on her abusive boy friend, like Rheanna did. She needing protecting, I just didn’t realise it until all of this stuff kicked off with Siva. I should have supported Rheanna, instead of putting her down the whole time, like I did. Now she’s here and it’s like we’re friends. I can’t believe I criticised Nathan for bringing her back here. He’s the good guy in all of this and he just didn’t want to see Rheanna hurt. Now I just feel guilty. How could I be such an idiot?

All of a sudden Siva’s phone begins to ring and the next thing I know, Siva’s face returns to the sad and depressed one he had when he came over earlier. “What?” he asks down the phone and I can’t help but feel awkward. “No, I’m at Jay’s”. “No, I’m not coming home now back off” he says, as he slams down the phone.

“Claire?” I ask him, not sure whether it was such a good idea. I don’t want to make him feel even worse.

“Yes. For some crazy reason, she thinks the fact that she’s pregnant means that I have to be with her 24/7, oh well apart from the time she spends with Mark. I would be surprised if that kid is even mine. It could be anyone’s. She’s like the local bike now, isn’t she?” he says, and I can sense a rant about to break out, so I decide to stop it before it goes too far.

“I know, just try and forget about it” I say, as I turn back to the TV.

“Try and forget about it? Try and forget about it?! Are you kidding me? My wife had an affair and now she tells me she’s pregnant and I’m supposed to forget about it? Whose side are you on? First you told me I needed to get revenge and now you’re telling me to forget about it” he says, and I can tell he’s getting angry.

“You know I didn’t mean it like that Siva. Come on. You know I’ve always been on your side” I tell him, in a desperate attempt to calm him down.

“No one’s ever on my side. You just sit there and tell me that so you can have a good old laugh at me behind my back” he says and at that moment I see something flicker in his eyes. “Well I’m not having it” he yells, as he flips the coffee table over and then storms out of the room. I feel my jaw physically drop as I watch the scene play out in front of me. I then I hear Leo begin to cry.

I jump up and rush into the kitchen, where I see Rheanna sitting with Leo on her knee and she’s rocking him and hugging him tightly. “Is he ok?” I ask her with an eye brow raised.

“Yes, he’ll be fine in a minuet” Rheanna says, with a weak smile.

“I’m scared” Leo says, in his cute high pitched voice.

“It’s ok. Siva just got a bit upset. He’s gone now. He’s not going to hurt you. I promise” she says, as she kisses Leo on the head. That’s when it clicks. He’s scared because his dad used to beat him mum, so this was obviously going to bring back the memories for the poor innocent boy.

I then make my way back into the living room, where I begin to clean everything up. I know Siva could be anywhere right now and you know what? I couldn’t care less. He knew Rheanna and Leo were in the house and he knows what they’ve been through. He doesn’t care about anyone else other than himself. How could he put them through that trauma again? I’m glad he’s gone and I won’t be letting him come back here any time soon. He doesn’t deserve to be cheated on, but we don’t deserve to be treated like this. I did nothing wrong.