In a blink of an eye

chapter 2

chapter 2

Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter

I don't own any member of hometown or anyone you may recognise.

Btw I am British so if there are the British versions of words you know why.

Ages for rest of the story - I know these aren't their real ages

Dayl- 19

Ryan-19

Dean-19

Cian- 18

Josh-16

Brendan- 16

hope you enjoy.

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Brendan's POV.

A year later...

We were sitting down in the living room playing FIFA and eating dinner. Dayl and Cian cooked and I have to say it was amazing but don't tell them I said that. Currently, I was playing against Josh and let us just say I am terrible. it wasn't even full time yet and I was 4-nil down. Once it hit full time I stood up to get a drink and to stretch. After asking the other lads if they want a drink, I walked into the kitchen and started grabbing cups out of the cupboard. While I was pouring drinks, there was a knock at the door. I heard Dean get up and get it while the other boys quietened down. As I walked into the living room holding the tray of drinks, Dean walked in with someone behind him. I couldn't quite see the person as they were slightly smaller than Dean.

" Guys." Said Dean, trying to gain all of our attention, which to be honest is quite hard. We have low attention spans.

I placed the tray of drinks on the coffee table and turned around to face Dean. As soon as I saw who was behind Dean, I almost fainted.

" Hey, Bren. " Said Officer Reynolds, stepping out from behind Dean, with a smile on his face.

I couldn't speak. I just stood in shock while the other lads stared at me, waiting for me to respond.

"Bren...Bren...BRENDAN." Ryan shouted, knocking me out of my daze.

As soon as I got out of my daze, I ran up to Officer Reynolds and gave him a hug. This shocked the lads as I always tend to shy away from human interaction and contact.

"Why are you here?" I whispered to him, still giving him a hug.

He stepped away out of the hug and looked down at me. "We need to talk." He said Seriously.

"Umm well, we could ,umm, go speak in private, in my room." i said nervously.

"Bren, I need to talk to all of you."

Nodding my head I went to sit down, on the seat I was sitting previously. I saw Officer Reynolds sit down on the arm of the chair next to me. As he started talking, I looked down and started to play with my sleeve.

"Hi. I'm Officer Reynolds. Now I need to tell you all something but you must promise to leave all your questions until the end okay."

After seeing the nods of the other guys he continued.

"What do you guys know about Brendan's family and home life?" He asked, looking at each of them.

"He lived with his father, before moving in with us. His mum was killed by a drunk driver and he has no siblings. He would call his father every Sunday before bed as well." Said Ryan, sounding confused.

"He also lived in Galway."

Officer Reynolds nodded, before leaning down and whispering to me, asking, "You haven't told them, yet have you?"

I shook my head, briefly looking him in the eyes, then looking down again.

Officer Reynolds looked back up to the boys and started to speak louder.

"Brendan hasnt quite told you the truth." He said. the lad's heads snapped towards me. I could feel the betrayed and curious stares bore into the side of my head. I wanted to get out of here but I couldn't leave without creating a scene. I felt my heart rate speed up while Officer Reynolds was talking.

"Brendan doesn't live with his father. He doesn't live with either of his parents, to be honest. He used to live in an adoption home in Galway before living with you guys. The person he would ring every Sunday is me."

He took a breath before continuing.

"What I'm about to tell you may be upsetting but please, we need to get through all of this quickly. For Brendan's sake. Brendan was Born to Marie and Aidan Murray. When Brendan was three years old, he did something that made his father mad and caused Aidan to hit Brendan. At this time, Marie was not home and, therefore, could not stop him. This Pattern carried on until Brendan was seven. However, it didn't stop. It just got worse." He looked down before starting up again.

"Aidan got bored of hitting Brendan and started to, um ,touch him. He would force Brendan to pleasure him. Giving out false praise and comfort to make Brendan do what he wanted." He stopped talking, making me look up at the lads.

Dayl and Cian were crying, hugging each other. Ryan was hugging Josh as he was crying heavily and Ryan looked like he was trying to hold back tears but also letting them go at the same time. Last but not least Dean. The father of the group. He was crying and looked angry, Like he wanted to punch someone but not only that, he looked ashamed. Ashamed that he thought they all had this perfect family. I couldn't leave him crying by himself, so I stood up and walked slowly to Dean before sitting next to him and hugging him.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." He whispered into my ear. I could feel his tears dripping onto my face, but this just made me hug him tighter, not saying anything.

Wiping his eyes, Officer Reynolds continued. "This treatment continued until he was thirteen, where his mother was witness to these horrific attacks. She rang the police, after knocking Aiden out. This is where I come in. I was and still am the lead officer in Brendan's Case. Aiden was Arrested and prosecuted, and Brendan went to live with his mum. However about a year afterwards, his mother was killed in by a drunk driver. I again was put in charge of this case. Brendan then moved into an adoption home in Galway where he was bullied by the other kids as he was selective mute only speaking to me and this one other boy who was older than him. The rest you know." He finished, with a sigh and wiped his eyes.

"Any questions?" He asked.

It seemed the lads were speechless, so I looked him in the eye and said, " Not to be rude but why are you here?"

"Umm, Yesterday Evening at 21:45 Aiden Murray escaped prison. Even though he doesn't know where you live we are going to have more security and police around you all, at all times. Also, Brendan, you aren't allowed to go anywhere, and I mean anywhere without either me,Dayl, Ryan or Dean. No offence Cian or Josh but as you are not as strong as the other three there is more chance of Aiden overpowering you guys then the other three."

The lads nodded, with a serious look in their face. one I have never seen before. My whole life has changed and I don't know how to fix it.

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Thank you for reading

Hope you enjoyed

Please realise that no of this is true. to all of our knowledge, this is all fiction

love you

RandomLauren