Criminal -Neil Westfall-

Chapter Eighteen

"I went out with Jeremy." It looked like he had a hard time to believe that. I wasn't lying but that wasn't the full true either. And he could tell.

"Where did you guys go? Why didn't you just ask me to take you?" I bit my lip not answering. "Kat! Tell me now!" I crossed my arms and looked down at my feet.

"I went to the hospital! Okay?!" He looked at me worriedly,

"W-why?" He ran his fingers through his hair and starts pacing around.

"Neil, I was just checking on him."

"He tried to rape you! Why would you go see him!" He yelled, I just looked at him confused.

"Why are you yelling at me? I learned my lesson! I never want to see him again! I never want to see what you can do either!" I tear up, he is supposed to be on my side. "I just needed to see him one more time."

"You think I knew I could do that to someone? You think if I could stop I wouldn't? Kat, I tried to help you. I would've done that to help just about any lady any trouble. The girls in my home town would've been grateful for my fucking help!" He growled at me loudly.

"Then go hook up with them!" He sighed and gets a cig out from his pact on his nightstand. He lights it fast so he can smoke. I just watch him as he smokes it.

"Kat, I'm trying for you. I'm here for you now.. I need to tell you why I moved here." He sat on the bed, slump down. He patted next to him without the cig touching the covers. He looked sad and mixed with all these emotions. I slowly made my way to the bed and took my set. "The reason why we moved is because-"

"Brother Neil.." We both turn our head to the door, a little boy was standing with the door cracked enough to see him. He was rubbing his eyes in his pj's. I part my lips noticing how much he looked like Neil.

"Hey little man, sorry if we woke you up." He gets up and gives him a hug. "I haven't seen you for a few days. How's it going at aunt Claire's? You like her new dog? " I smile seeing how well Neil is with his little brother.

"Where were you yesterday? " He frowns asking Neil, I bit my lip as he noticed me sitting down. "Who's that brother Neil?"

Neil turned around and smiled softly. "This is Kat, she gonna be hanging around here with us a lot. Kat this is my brother Jackson, he also goes by JackJack too." I smile as he walks over to me and shakes my hand.

"Wow, taught him well. Nice to meet you Jackson."

"What did she say?" He turned around to Neil and I noticed a hearing aid in his ear. I look up at Neil, he started to do something with his hands.

"She said, nice too meet you."

"You too!" Jackson said happily.

"I'm going to put him back to bed. Lay down please. We need to rest Kat. "

As Neil an Jackson walk out of the room , Jackson asks "Is that your lady friend?"

Neil laughs lightly then whispers while doing the hand thing again, "She's more than that." I blush and goes to lay down but I see Neil's smoke if still lit. I pick it up slowly, I've always wanted to try one but I never got a chance. I slowly put it up to my lips but I was interrupted.

"If you wanted to try one, you could've just asked. "I turn around seeing Neil lean against the door frame. He smirks and walks over to me.

"I was just.. um." He took it from me and took a deep inhale then places his hand on my cheek kissing me. He slowly blows the smoke into my mouth. I broke up the kiss starting to cough. He smiles and smokes some more.

"Didn't like it?" I raises his eyebrows blowing out away from my face. I shake my head starting to calm down and starting to catch my breath. I reach for it and grabs it out of his hands. He got surprised smiling. I inhale slow and not a lot then exhale. This time I don't cough. I did it few more times before Neil takes it away, "Okay, okay. That's enough. Kat, let's go to bed. I'll drive you home tomorrow morning."

"Wait, what about Jackson? What were you doing with your hands when you were talk to him?"

He started doing it with me, "It's called ASL, or sign language. JackJack wears hearing aids to try to help him some, but it is still really hard for him to hear. He is 75% deaf. One day he will go fully deaf, that's why we taught and learned signing for him when he was at a young young age."

"How did he answer you before when you didn't do ASL? "

"He can read lips. Like people he knows very well. But I still sign to him most of the time."

"He doesn't mind knowing he won't be able to hear?" Neil smiled.

"No. He likes being deaf, that's what makes JackJack himself. He loves signing and being different from everyone else."

"How long have you known how to do ASL?"

"I would say, about 6 years. I still learn a few things here an there.¨ He gets in bed and under the covers. I copy him.

"You're a really sweet big brother Neil." I kiss his cheek and he blushes. I rest my head on his chest and listen to his heart beat to get me to bed.

"Goodnight babe." He kisses my head and turns the light off. We both calm.

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Okay believe or not I had most of this written before I left the state of Ohio. Sorry it took me so long to post this. I went to visit family. I didn't bring my computer along because they didn't have wifi. Which sucked.

But tell me what you think. I think this chapter is boring.Im sorry!

~XOXO~