Hold me- Newtmas

Chapter six

Helloo 

Enjoy :)

Jasi 

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Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. -Babe Ruth

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"Chuck I'm leaving for a party, there's food in the fridge please be careful when heating it don't burn yourself and if you do medium temp running water" Thomas shouted to his brother who was sitting on his couch playing with his iPad.

"Yes I promise I'll be careful and I'll message you if I need anything," Chuck said placing his iPad and running up to his brother squeezing him with a huge bear hug "Please come home"

"Always" Thomas promised kissing his brother's hair before grabbing his keys and unlocking his Grey Kia Sportage turning on the engine. An older couple walked down the crosswalk holding hands as they smiled at the small white puppy in front of them who slowly walked along the concrete. Thomas wished his parents were like that they separated when Chuck was born saying it was for the best. Deep down Thomas knew it was because his dad cheated on his mum and became an alcoholic. The two were always fighting with each other his dad throwing stuff sending his mum to hospital for serval different reasons, even a broken rib. One night his dad got so drunk he shot Thomas in the leg and shoulder causing the boy to almost bleed to death the paramedics arrived just in time but his dad never got taken to court. The boy told no one about that night not even his mother or brother. His dad was finally put behind bars and sentenced to a lifetime of utter and absolute hell.

He and Chuck were safe.

Well, that's what he told himself anyway.

Thomas hated leaving Chuck alone ever since his mum came back she was aggressive and called them names hitting and swearing at them. Thomas wanted to tell somebody but the thought of getting separated from Chuck scared him too much. Thomas's body was covered in scars from protecting Chuck from his father and mother. No child should ever have to grow up like that. Thomas remembered Chuck buying him a gift for Father's Day saying 'he may be his brother but he acts like his father and that's all that he cares about'.

Thomas often got panic attacks some more serious than others leading to him self-harming himself. Right now he was 14 days clean. fourteen days he hadn't picked up a knife and scrapped it along his body letting the thick red substance fall effortlessly onto the floor.

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Thomas arrived at the party music filling his ears people littered across the front garden, rubbish flying in the wind. Pushing open the large white door the smell of smoke filled the brunette lungs making the air thick and hard the properly breathe. Lights flashed and Music played through a black speaker in a living room people grinding against each other, others sucking each other's faces off. Squeezing through people he saw Minho talking with some of his friends laughing about a joke Gally had made.

"Didn't think you'd show" Minho grinned side hugging Thomas " If you need a lift I can get you back to Chuck just come find me" Thomas nodded. He told Minho about his dad leaving out some of the details including how is shot him.

"Want some?" Thomas's friend called Alby holding up a bottle of vodka "You don't have to if you don't want to though" he clarified

"Just a swing I need to get home to Chuck before mum gets home" he paused "If she comes home", his mum could be gone for weeks at a time showing up when she needed money or a relationship didn't work out. This is one of the reasons Chuck asks if Thomas will come home scared that he won't. Thomas hated the look in his younger brother's eyes a look of fear and sadness.