Being a carter. (Eastenders)

Twenty one

I had been back for a couple of days and I decided to take it a day at a time and it was working for me and if I'm honest there was two much drama at the vic between Dean and Shirley to even think about how I felt.

Stan was trying hard to get Dean and Shirley talking which I didn't understand as from what I knew and heard from Shirley, Stan was an uncaring manipulative shit who wanted her miserable so I couldn't understand why he was trying so hard to get them to talk and sort out the differences.

It was the evening and Dean and Stan was sitting talking at a table and they had been for some time, from what I heard Dean was thinking of leaving the square again as he had tried his best to sort things out with his mum but he just couldn't do it to much had gone down between them.

Before Dean could leave Shirley stops him asking him to stop and talk to her she near enough begs him to stop and hear her out.
"Dean please"

"Do you seriously want to do this? Do you really want me to spell it out to you here in front of all these people, because I can - I can do that, do you lot want to hear it?" Dean said looking to us standing behind the bar then to some of the punters "do you all want to hear what I fantastic mother this woman was to me" he said putting his arm around Shirley and walking her to the bar "well, where should I start let's start with Jimbo that's as good as place as any, Jimbo his my brother, that she abandoned and left to die"
Shirley walks away a little and turns to look at Dean " what did you think huh that you could just wipe away all the sick twisted things that you have ever done with one cozy chat"

"Please Dean I know you hate me but"

"idon't hate you" Dean said to Shirley sneering "I'm past hating you, you are nothing to me"

"I just want to make things right you are my baby boy" Shirley near enough sobs
"Baby? You turned your back on me, you let them drag me to court knowing I was going to get sent down"

"what, what but I I I thought I was doing the right thing" Shirley sobs

"THE RIGHT THING!!" Dean shouts

"Oi slow down" Mick calls out from behind the bar to Dean.

"Everyday I was inside I waited for them to come to my cell I waited for them animals to make my life a living hell so don't you dare talk to me bout doing the right thing, you have never done the right thing"

"I said slow down! Mick said from next to me" show your mother some respect" Mick starts saying over top of Dean shouting in Shirley's face.
"Jimbo, Carly, screwing our dad over, everything you have ever done had been about you because you are a evil nasty twisted cow and I wish you was dead"
With that Mick leans over the bar and punches Dean full blown in the face causing us all to jump as it was totally unexpected.

"THATS ENOUGH!" Mick yelled over the bar to Dean.

"Mick babe calm down" I said grabbing on to his arm pulling him back slightly.

"Say sorry to your mum or i swear the next time I will put you down and you will never get up"

"Are you sure!" Dean said walking over getting in Mick's face.

"That's enough! This stops now" Stan said getting up off his stool.

"I think it's best I leave grandad are you coming with me or not" Dean said walking over to Stan.

"This is your family" Stan reminded Dean.

"It's me or them if I go that's it"

"Then don't go stay" Stan said looking at Dean in the eyes.

"Dean please don't go stay we can make it right your my little boy" Shirley said tearful

"Yeah the stupid little boy that actually thought his mum loved him is gone" Dean said pushing past a tearful Shirley

"But I do love you"

"But you left it to late" Dean walks out the pub.

"Shirley leave him" Mick said
standing shaking his head but Shirley ignores him and runs after him.

"Well that went well" I said pushing past Mick to serve a punter after I serve the punter I get some ice in a towel and walk over to Mick and I grab his hand.

"Hey what's that for" he said as I put the ice on his knuckles
"Not sure" I laughed thought you might need it

"No I'm fine babe" he said looking at his knuckles

"I love you Mick " I say kissing him on the lips before walking off to serve a punter again.