Bully Me

Chapter Six

Axton Walker

TW:

This chapter contains homophobic slurs. 

"Want to get something to eat?" Cas asks, as I pull my bag over my shoulder. Oakley just left from our work session. Cas interrupted me trying to get Oakley to get food with me.

"Nah. I gotta head home and catch up on some homework sweets. I'll catch ya later though yeah?" I place a gentle kiss on her head, before stepping away.

"Oh okay. I'll just go with the girls then" she smiles, and that's that. We go our separate ways. The drive home is short, and sad. I want to be around Oakley all the time now. It's getting worse.

My birthday is soon, and I'm worried that i won't be able to connect with my mate. How am I supposed to mate with someone when I have such an intoxicating obsession with someone else?

I don't know. Maybe it'll go away, maybe my obsession is just because he's the only outed kid at school? I don't know. I stopped questioning it years ago.

Once I get home, I make my way inside. Mom's here, somewhere. But dads car isn't outside. I make my way to the kitchen, running into mom.

She's pouring a glass of wine, as she hums to herself. Once she sees me, she stops her pouring. She has a big bruise on her cheek, and my brows furrow. "Mom" I made my way to her, tilting her head. "What happened?"

"Oh you know" she clears her throat, pulling out of my grip. "You dad just gets upset easily" she waves me off. "It's no big deal. Where's your brother?"

Reed is somewhere out with his friends. He usually goes to their house on the weekend, likely to get away from dad too.

"Ma" I let out a heavy breath. "Why do you stay?"

"He's my mate" her voice shakes, and she won't look at me.

"But he doesn't treat you right. That's not a good mate"

"It's not easy to leave, Ax. It's not that simple"

"If he hurts us all, why can't we leave?"

"I don't know how his brother will take it. What if he takes it out on us? What if we try to go somewhere safe and he just tells your father where we are?"

"What if he helps us?"

"I just don't know Axton."

"Mom.."

She starts sobbing, her small body shaking. "Baby i want to leave too. I can't stand seeing bruises on you. But I'm so scared it'll get worse. I'm terrified that he will go to far with one of you boys to get back at me"

"I don't think Uncle Kade will tell dad. I think if anything he'd help keep us safe. Can we at least go talk to him?" I plead, because I don't know how many more beatings I can take. Mom takes a deep breath, chugging the rest of her wine.

"Okay.. let's go"

—

"Why didn't you come sooner?" Aunt Sarah- our Luna, asks. She has tears in her eyes, and she flicks them between Mom and I.

"I d-don't know. I didn't know how you'd react. He's your brother. I'm just his mate" Moms voice cracks, and Uncle Kade sighs.

"Your family too Kylee" He leans back into the couch, running a hand through his dark hair. "We have a few spare rooms upstairs. You guys can move in whenever. I'm not sure how or what to do about him. I need to talk to some of the elders to see what they say about it. What we can do to get him out of the pack."

"You'd kick him out?" moms voice wavers, and my heart aches for her.

"We have to. If he's going to abuse his family, what do you think he'd do to strangers? What is he capable of?" Uncle Kade shakes his head. "I'm so sorry I made you feel like it wasn't safe to come to me. I think it's best if I go with you to get your things. And the boys. Where is Reed?"

"He stays at Ellis Casey's on the weekend. With Felix" I answer, chewing my lip.

"Can we get him and Felix to come home and get some things together?" Mom asks, her lip wobbling. Felix and Reed are always together, if you see one the other is nearby. They've been that way since PreK.

"Yeah ma. I'll call him"

—-

We got a hold of Reed, and we got some clothes and some little things together before Dad got home. We're settled in barely when Aunt Sarah comes in.

"So uh, Chase is here. He wants to talk to you, Kylee. Kade's down there too if you're okay with talking to him"

"I'll go with" I interject, and mom nods. We follow behind Sarah, as we make our way downstairs to Uncle Kade's office. Sarah slowly opens the door, going in. Thankfully, Reed went back to Felix's, so we don't have to worry about dad getting to him.

"You took my fucking kids, Kylee?" Dad snaps, as soon as he sees her. He's sitting on the small couch. "Ah you brought the fucking faggot to protect you, really?" he laughs, and Uncle Kade and Mom look at me, then dad.

"Don't call him that" Mom's shoulders square, and dad just shakes his head.

"That's his kind, Kylee. If you weren't so damn busy drinking wine all the fucking time you would've known what was wrong with him, too"

"There's nothing wrong with him," mom snaps.

"He's fucking gay, Kylee. He likes men" dad shakes his head. "You're not taking my kids. Not even the faggot"

"Stop calling him that!" Mom practically roars, tears going down her face. "If he likes men, who gives a fucking damn! You're so fucked in the head. Your kids don't want you, Chase. They're terrified of you" mom shakes her head, sobbing as she speaks.

"Oh cut the poor me bullshit Ky. You're fucking fine"

"Okay.. we're not doing this" Uncle Kade cuts in, "The name calling, the victim shaming. Abuse isn't okay Chase. You know that, we're going to go through a process of getting you help, or removing you from the pack. But until i say so, you are to leave the kids and your mate, alone"

"Oh fuck off Kade. Just because you were born first doesn't mean shit. You're not taking my mate or my kids." Dad gets up, and he's shoving me out the door before anyone can separate us.

He yanks my arm, his grip so tight it's going to leave bruises. My eyes water, my minds a fucking mess. He called me a name I've called myself hundreds of times. But it burns. It stings.

He's shoving me into the railing when Uncle Kade gets ahold of him and physically removes dad. Mom's by my side, wrapping her arms around me and holding me close. "I won't let him hurt you anymore Ax. I'm so sorry baby. I'm sorry"

But that's the thing. I never blamed her, I was never mad at her. Because she was, is a victim too. Because she was scared. I was too.

And i fucking took it out, on a innocent. Just like my dad.

That realization burns, and my eyes throb. Everything hurts. Tears stream down my face, as I bury my head into my mom.

I took it out on Oakley.

I abused him.

Just like dad did me.

Never, ever again. 

A/N

This chapter was intense. I don't like to use slurs, even when they're to portray a character, but I think it's important to show how ignorant Chase is to show what type of person he is. It's important for the later chapters. I also wanted to show what Axton goes through, and what's drilled into his head, and his brother. 

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