The Secret Between Us//Gallavich

18| Accident

MANDY
When I heard that Ian was back home, safe and sound, I was happy. I wanted to get drunk, 'cause I hadn't gotten drunk in a while, and I missed it. I bought a 6 pack of beers, placing them in my mini-fridge so that Terry and my dumbass brothers would be less likely to take them.

For the next few hours, I downed one beer after another. It probably wasn't a smart idea, considering I had at least 3 or 4 assignments that needed to be done, but hey, life is short, and I certainly didn't give two shits about school. Fuck, I was starting to sound a lot like Frank Gallagher.

After the last beer was gone, I was now really drunk. My vision was terrible and as a result, I was stumbling around my house, trying to avoid things. I eventually made it to the living room, watching as Terry watched TV and polished a pile of guns that sat on the table. I sat down next to him, just needing some quality father-daughter time. Maybe I could have figured out why he hated me so much.

"Y'know...k- keeping secrets is fuckin' diiifficult." I was slurring my words, unable to coherently put a sentence together.

"The fuck you gettin' at, Mandy?" Terry asked.

Now is the time that the normal Mandy would have regretted starting a conversation, but drunk Mandy was willing to spill any gossip she heard, no matter how hard her brain told her to shut the fuck up.

"There a- are sometthings you don't know, about the- the people in t- this house." I kept talking, feeling Terry move as if to want to know more.

"Oh really? And what don't I know?" Terry questioned me.

"Mi- Mickey and Ian- Ian! They- They haaave been slee- sleeping together for months now! Y- Yep! That's r- right! Mickey is a homo- homosexual! He- He's fuckin' gay!" I laughed, throwing my head onto the couch in laughter.

"WHAT?!" Terry got extremely angry, at which point I realised that I had really fucked up.

"Shit..." I panicked, trying to get up off the couch, but struggling.

Eventually, after watching Terry run around the house in anger to find a weapon, I found my phone, dialling Mickey's number.

"The fuck you want, bitch?" Mickey hissed.

"I- I maade a terrrible m- mistake." I slurred my words.

"C'mon Mandy, spit it out! I don't have all day!" Mickey sounded worried.

"T- Terry knooows. A- About you a- and Ian. I- I toold h- him. Imsosorry." I slurred, speaking faster toward the end of my sentence.

"You're lucky I love you, Mandy. Although, you're a stupid bitch." Mickey hissed before the line went dead. He was right. I was a stupid bitch for getting drunk and even sitting with Terry.

MICKEY
When I ended the call with Mandy, I was really starting to panic. If Terry knew about Ian and I, that meant that he was on his way here, ready to try and kill us.

"Fiona, we have a major problem." I looked at Fiona, explaining the situation.

"Call over Kev and V." She insisted as I ran to the phone, dialling V's number.

"GALLAGHERS! EMERGENCY!" Fiona shouted, every Gallagher in the house running downstairs.

"What's wrong?" Lip asked, worried.

"Terry Milkovich. He knows about Ian and Mickey, which means he's probably on his way now to commit a double homicide." Fiona warned.

"Carl. It's time." Fiona smiled. Carl smirked, running upstairs to grab his giant chest full off weapons.

I grabbed a large gun and smiled when I knew it was full. Every other Gallagher prepared themselves.

Kev and V got to the house just in time to see Terry almost bash down the door.

"Ian, stay back." I held Ian's hand, watching as he stood behind me, looking panicked.

"No son of mine is gonna be a goddamn AID'S MONKEY!" Terry yelled as he swung his weapons around, really ready to commit murder. He ran toward me, his gun cocked and ready to shoot. Ian backed away, Lip following him to keep him safe.

"Stay the fuck away!" Debbie swung the bat at him, managing to get him in the leg.

"Fuck off, Terry!" I punched Terry a few times, watching as blood spilled from his nose. He then jumped onto me, pistol whipping me more times than he ever had before. Managing to get him off me, we all looked up at Kev and V, who were trying to stop Liam from getting involved. Without warning, a gunshot sounded in the Gallagher house. I moved behind a nearby couch, avoiding the bullet. Poking my head up, everyone watched as Terry fell to the floor. A pool of blood formed around his body as the back of his neck turned red.

"Holy shit..." Fiona tried not to laugh as Terry couldn't move. He was still wide awake, trying to call out for help.

"Mickey, get Liam out of here while I call an ambulance." Fiona instructed. I could see that she desperately wanted to let Terry die, like everyone else, but she couldn't let her brother get taken away for shooting him, considering every Gallagher child had gotten in trouble with the law, except Liam and she wanted to keep it that way.

Nodding, I took Ian and Liam out of the house and over to Kev and V's place. Ian slept on the couch, clearly trying to avoid any panic or stress due to his meds. I was worried about him, considering any panic or stress would put his meds out of balance, which would ultimately result in Ian possibly going off his meds for the third time.

I also didn't want Liam to be scarred for life because of what he did.