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"Del?" I hear Joey's voice call through my bedroom door, "Are you awake?"
"Now I am." I mumble, slowly climbing out of my bed to unlock the door. I decided not to go school today only because late last night Shannon and I went downstairs, her for her phone and me for a glass of water.
Which would have been but Dad started on Shannon about Johnny, so obviously I tried to pull him off of her but that only resulted in him seeing the hickey on my neck.
He freaked the fuck out, called me a whore, then beat me until I was unconscious because of it, and when I woke up around three in the morning, Shannon was still awake and she told me that after Dad knocked me out he made her put her phone in the sink and fill it up with water, then warned her not to tell Joey about otherwise he'll just cause more trouble for Tadgh, Ollie and Sean.
Shannon still went to school this morning, and I let her borrow my phone since I didn't want it in the house just in case Dad found my texts with Patrick.
Joey also went to school not even three hours after he left. He woke me up claiming he was in the dog house with Aoife, and asked if I wanted breakfast, I was half asleep at that point so I was too tired to ask questions or respond.
I had been asleep for basically half the day but I still was exhausted, I could definitely sleep for the next week.
I unlock my door and Joey winces when his eyes land on my face, he's already apologized multiple times for not being around when it happened, and I've responded every time with it's fine, he couldn't have stopped it.
"Are you hungry? I can try and make you something to eat?"
I smile even though it hurts and shake my head. "No offense Joe, but the only thing you can make is a ham sandwich and we don't have any bread."
Joey rolls his eyes at me, "Don't forget who helped raise ya, now Sean pissed on my sheets, so mind if I stay in here for a while?"
"Come on in." I said, moving to the side, and he did, he walked past me, laid down on my bed and brung the cigarette up to his lips that I didn't even realize he had. "Joey."
"Yeah?"
"Why are you smoking?"
"Because life is shit."
"Fair enough." I shrugged, before laying down next to him, then I turned to him with a grin. "Can I try?"
"Nope." Joey drawls, exhaling a cloud of smoke.
I frown, but hear the front door open which catches my attention. Several seconds later, Shannon walks through our bedroom door. "What are you two doing?"
"Sean pissed on my bed." Joey explained with a shrug, "My sheets are in the wash."
"Oh." She dropped her school bag on the floor, kicked off her shoes then sat on my bed with her legs crossed.
