James Wilson

Telling someone

The next morning
James pov
Someone was shaking me awake.
James: fuck off
Dad: get your arse out of bed right now
James: five minutes
Dad: get out of bed or I'll drag you out myself
James: okay chill the fuck out
Dad: who do you think your talking to?
I got out of bed and dad threw me against the wall
James: what the fuck? I'm out of bed aren't I?
Cory and Jordan ran upstairs and helped me up. Dad punched me in the ribs and round my face. They pushed dad away from me
James: you fucking prick. I fucking hate you.
I grabbed my hoodie from my desk chair, put it on and walked away
Jordan: James
Cory: Jay
I walked out and just walked around. I walked to the Booths house.
Missy: hello?
James: it's James can I come in?
Missy: one sec
She let me in
Missy: Jesus what happened to your face?
James: wow now that's just mean
Missy: seriously James
James: okay okay me and Jordan fighting
Missy: why is it always you two?
James: what can I say? Two kids with ADHD ain't the best combo
Missy: you do realise your still in your pyjamas right?
I looked down
James: oh
Missy: go see if you have anything in Daniels room
James: where is he?
Missy: him and Hayley left for school
James: already what's the time?
Missy: 8:30
James: ah shit Mr Bells gonna kill me. If I get another detention dad will kill me.
Missy: go get ready
I went to Daniels room and found my Nike tracksuit and crocs. I got ready and went back downstairs.
Missy: ready?
James: yeah
Missy: let's go
We arrived at school and Mrs Carter was waiting for us at the doors
Mrs Carter: your late
James: no shit Sherlock
Mrs Carter: watch your mouth. Why aren't you in uniform?
James: erm washing machine broke
Mrs Carter: Cory and Jordan are in theirs
James: that's because they put theirs in before mine. I forgot until yesterday so tried putting it in the machine but it wouldn't work.
Mrs Carter: if you say so. Get to form
James: I'm going
I went to form and sat down
Mr Bell: nice of you to grace us with your presence
James: ever thought of becoming a comedian sir cause you think your dead funny.
Mr Bell: thought about it once or twice
James: what an idiot
Mr Bell: you wanna repeat that
James: I said that's cool
Mr Bell: yeah yeah. Right for the last 20 minutes we're gonna have a spelling test
James: er sir I can't write
Mr Bell: use your left
James: your not serious
Mr Bell: deadly
James: you got a pen?
Mr Bell: why ain't i surprised?
He dashed me a pen
Mr Bell: keep it
James: ah your so kind
Mr Bell: right the first word is science
Spelling test
1) Siense (science)
He carried on saying different words
2) Gografy (geography)
3) Sizzors (scissors)
4) solger (soldier)
5) elementree (elementary)
I got bored so fell asleep. The bell went and I woke up. Everyone has already left
Mr Bell: wait a minute James
James: what?
Mr Bell: what happened to your face?
James: me and Jordan play fighting
Mr Bell: and your arm?
James: I tried doing a cartwheel into a flip and I landed awkwardly on my wrist
Mr Bell: mhm. Right go to your next lesson.
I had English with Miss Keane. I didn't want to go so I was just walking around when I bumped into Jordan and Cory.
Cory: we should tell someone
James: No it's fine
Jordan: it's not tho. We can see that your in pain
James: no I'm not
Jordan poked my ribs
James: ah you fucking idiot what was that for?
Jordan: point proven
James: fine
We went to Mrs Carters office and Mr bell was there too
Cory knocked on the door
Mrs Carter: come in
We walked in
Mrs Carter: what can I do for you?
Jordan: we need to talk to you.
I was getting really anxious. What if I get sent away? I can't leave. I can't go into care. My breathing was getting heavier and my hands were getting clammy.
Mr Bell: James you alright?
James: I-I can't. I can't do it
I ran out the room and just kept running. I ended up in the changing room and broke down. I felt as if I was suffocating. All the oxygen was disappearing. My tears clouded my vision and my head felt fuzzy and weird

Jordan pov
Mr Bell: I'll go after him
Mr Bell left
Mrs Carter: what going on?
Cory: dads been hurting James.
Mrs Carter: how long for?
Cory: for years but it got worse after mum died and he started drinking.
Jordan: sometimes it's so bad it triggers seizures. Yesterday was the worst it's been. He broke his ribs and wrist.
Mrs Carter: there's not much I can do as it has to come from James but I'll speak to him and get in contact with children's services and they'd probably want to speak to your dad and visit your house.
Jordan: they can't
Mrs Carter: I'm sorry guys
I walked out and Cory followed
Jordan: Cory we fucked up. When dad finds out he'll kill him
Cory: we won't let that happen
Jordan: whatever

Steve (Mr Bell) pov
I was looking for James but I couldn't find him anywhere so my guess was that he walked out of school. I was setting up for my pe lesson when Daniel came running out.
Daniel: sir it's James
I followed Daniel to the changing room and James was on the floor seizing. His arms and legs were shaking. His eyes were rolling back and his head was hitting off the floor.
Steve: everyone out now!
They all left leaving just me, Daniel and James.
Steve: Daniel pass over a coat
I took the coat and laid it under his head
Steve: how long has he been seizing for?
Daniel: erm im not sure it already started when I walked in so probably about 3-4 minutes
Steve: okay
After a few seconds the convulsions slowed down to just twitches before stopping. I rolled him over to his side and just waited for him to come round.
Steve: go get to your next lesson
Daniel left and now it was just a waiting game.
Steve: your alright kid. Everything will be okay
After about 20 minutes he started coming round. He groaned in pain
Steve: what hurts?
James: nothing
Steve: you clearly in pain
James: I'm fine.
All if a sudden his face scrunched up in pain
Steve: James
James: fine everything but mainly my ribs
Steve: I'm just gonna take a look
James: mhm
Steve: tell me if I hurt you and I'll stop okay
I lifted his top and his whole side was bruised. The bruise was dark and it did worry me abit. I pressed on it slightly and he screamed out in pain
James: ah fuck
Steve: okay okay I'm sorry kid. Your ribs look broken
James: I know
I could see his eyes getting heavy.
Steve: right let's get you up and to my office. You can sleep there
James: mhm sleep
I helped him up and walked him to my office. He laid on the couch and fell asleep.
Steve: I need to do something

A/N i don't know how the system works so this is just what I think it'd be like

A few days later
James pov
We were having dinner when there was a knock at the door. No one moved
James: i guess I'll go and get it then
I opened the door and some lady stood there
??: hi I'm Chantelle with social services. Is your dad home?
Dad walked to the door
Dad: hiya love what can I do for ya?
Chantelle: I'm with social services. There's been a report of child abuse.
Dad: I would never hit my kids
Chantelle: we're just need to make sure that's true
Dad: okay come in.
Chantelle: I will need to speak to all of you
Dad: okay
Chantelle: I'd like to speak to James first
I looked at dad and he gave me the 'say anything and I'll kill you' look.
Chantelle: shall we go into the living room
We went in and dad and the boys went into the kitchen.
Chantelle: I'm gonna ask you some questions and it's important you answer honestly okay? We're just trying to help you and make sure your safe.
I nodded
Chantelle: okay so do you feel safe here?
I nodded
Chantelle: does your dad ever get mad at you?
James: only when I've got into trouble at school
Chantelle: what happens when he's mad?
James: erm he er he just shouts saying that I should try harder at school and stuff and then sends me to my room
Chantelle: so he doesn't hit you?
I shook my head.
Chantelle: what happened to your arm?
James: I was doing a cartwheel into a flip and it went badly. I told dad that it was skateboarding because he didn't like me doing flips because he knew it was dangerous.
Chantelle: okay that's it for now. Thank you. Send your dad in for me
I walked out into the kitchen
James: dad she wants to speak to you. And no I didn't say anything.
Dad went in.
Jordan: what did you say?
James: I said that dad doesn't hurt me. I lied about everything my arm, when dads mad. Everything
After about an hour both dad and Chantelle came out. She then spoke to Jordan and Cory.
Chantelle: well nothing worries me so I'm gonna leave you guys to it
All: bye
She left and dad made sure she was long gone before he turned to me and pinned me against the wall
Dad: did you report me?
James: no
Dad: don't lie to me
Cory: it was me and Jordan
James: I was too busy having a fucking seizure
Dad: seizure?
James: news flash dad my epilepsy's back
Dad: I'm sorry
James: No your not. Your only sorry when you're sober and then you'll drink and you'll hurt me. It's a whole vicious circle.
Dad: I'll stop drinking
James: No you won't. You'll keep drinking 'til it kills you
I was getting angry at his empty promises so I left the house. I went to the treehouse and found my stash of weed. I rolled a joint and smoked it making my head feel empty. I went back home and went straight to bed.