Fixing You; Fixing Me

Chapter 25: Crossing The Line!

Thomas sat in the chair watching Derek sleep. He could feel himself getting angrier. He stormed downstairs to go to the kitchen where James, Glen and Zach sat drinking coffee. "I can't believe you three, you went way too hard on Derek!" He screamed at them.

The four kids in the living room heard and came to see what was going on.

"Thomas, lower your voice and check your attitude. We gave Derek the punishments he deserved. He knew what the punishment was and accepted his punishment. Now you need to stay out of this, it was between us. So unless you want round two with my belt? I suggest you hush now" Glen scolded firmly.

Thomas was still agitated and he wasn't sure why, he knew his brothers were fair but he couldn't stop his anger from boiling over.

"Your a bunch of fucking abusers. You're no better than MOM!!" Thomas screamed as he turned and ran out of the room as Zach pursued him.

"Thomas Edward Ripley get your ass back here right now" Zach shouted as Thomas flew out the front door to his car. Zach didn't have shoes on so he couldn't pursue Thomas as fast as he was going.

Zach got to the car just as Thomas tore out of the driveway and disappeared down the street.

When Derek woke up he groaned as the pain from his spanked backside shot through his body as he slowly stood up. "Fuck me" he grumbled as he walked slowly to the bathroom.

He carefully put his sweats back on and a shirt then hobbled downstairs. He walked into the kitchen to see Claire crying while Anthony and the twins tried to comfort her.

"What's going on? Claire, are you okay?" Derek asked concerned, his voice was horse from his earlier crying. Anthony glared at Derek.

Brett answered for Claire "she's upset that Thomas left. She thinks he's not coming back, Glen, James and Zach are out looking for him" Derek was confused what the hell happened while he was asleep.

"How long has he been gone?" The kids heard the panic in Derek's voice.

"Four hours," Caleb told him.

"Why didn't anyone wake me up? I have a fucking tracking on his phone" He seethed. Grabbing his phone and looking up Thomas' location. He then called Glen and told him he was sending him the coordinates to where Thomas was. He asked Glen what happened

"I'll let James and Zach fill you in. I had just spoken with them and told them to go home and wake you up to see if you could help" Glen informed him.

Derek sighed. He grabbed a bowl of cereal he had already eaten breakfast earlier, but he was hungry and didn't feel like eating lunch. He sat at the kitchen table only to yelp and stand back up. Anthony laughed out loud at him while the other three hid their smirks not wanting to get in trouble for laughing.

Derek glared at Anthony "watch it Anthony" he grumbled. "Why? This is all your fault anyways. We know you got shit faced drunk and tried to out run the cops like a fucking idiot. Thomas was pissed at daddy, papa and James. He yelled and called them abusive and even said they were as horrible as their mom before he took off"

Derek dropped his spoon, what on earth was Thomas thinking? His brothers were nothing like that crazy woman and he didn't feel they had gone too far with his punishment. So why would Thomas say something like that?

James and Zach got home and Derek bombarded them with questions. "Who told you what happened?" Zach asked, annoyed he and James didn't get the chance to break it to Derek.

"Anthony did, but it doesn't matter. I don't understand what set him off?" James put his hand on Derek's shoulder to calm him down.

"We aren't sure either that's why we've been looking for him. Once Glen gets him back here we can sit down and get to the bottom of the issue" James told Derek.