Fate

Chapter 7

I had cleaned up all the blood and glass from the floor. My mum had called saying she had to go on a business trip which she had forgot to tell us about. I was glad she wasn't coming home as the living room looked like a crime scene. It had been 3 hours and Joe and Andy still hadn't got back from hospital and they weren't answering my texts.

The doorbell rang which made me jump. I looked though the peephole and I saw Liam, Andy's best friend. It was weird that they were friends seeing as he was a year below Andy and one above me.

"Hi" I said, I must have looked terrible my eyes were all red from crying.

"Hey" Liam said and stepped inside. "Andy told me what happened, he told me to come round to see if you're alright." I was angry that Andy could text Liam but not his own sister. Joe probably told him about what I'd said to him.

"I'm fine so you can go" I quickly said.

"No I'll stay until they get back" he insisted and walked towards the living room.

He gasped when he looked at the door. I had forgotten to clean it and there was dried blood where the glass had broken.

"I'll clean it up" I quickly said and ran into the kitchen to get a wet cloth.

I rubbed the glass really hard to get all the blood off. I was still coming to terms with what happened. I had completely forgot to ask how joe was.

"Do you know if Joe's ok?" I asked him.

"Andy said that they were still waiting so I'm not sure how long it will be"

I rubbed harder on the glass and my finger slipped away from the cloth and onto a sharp edge of the glass.

"Ow" I screamed as blood poured from my hand.

Liam got up and pulled me towards the kitchen and put the tap on.

"Keep your hand under there" he instructed "I'll go and get a plaster" he ran upstairs to the bathroom.

He made me hold my hand out while he wrapped the plaster round my finger.

"Thanks"

"No problem" Liam smiled "Are you hungry?"

"Yeah a bit" I had completely forgot about eating after my eventful evening.

"I'll order pizza" Liam suggested.

"No it's fine, you don't have to" I didn't want to put him to any trouble.

"Really it's fine, what do you want?"

"4 cheese with stuffed crust" I said and he smiled "what are you smiling about?"

"That's my favourite pizza" he said and we both laughed.

I only ate 3 slices of pizza and Liam had the rest. Liam got a text from Andy which said that Joe was being seen by the doctor.

"He will forgive you" Liam said which broke the silence.

"I hope so but I'm not so sure" I replied truthfully.

"Don't worry I'm sure he know you didn't mean it" Liam said and I realised that he knew what I had said. He must have thought I was a horrible sister saying stuff like that.

I covered my face with a cushion so Liam couldn't see me crying. I hated crying, I felt so embarrassed, I must have looked like a child. I heard movement in and footsteps so I assumed Liam had gone out the room. My eyes were still closed but I could hear him rummaging around in the kitchen.

I moved the cushion away from my face and got a tissue out of the box. I couldn't be bothered to go and see what Liam was doing in the kitchen. He probably left the room because he felt awkward.

"I though you might like some ice cream" He said as he walked back into the room "It always cheers people up" Liam placed a bowl of ice cream in my hand.

"Thanks" I said and smiled weakly.

I didn't think the ice cream would make me feel better but it did. I was just finishing my last spoonful when I heard the front door open. I heard someone run up stairs and a door bang which I guessed was probably Joe.

***

I was walking down the hallway at college with Harry on the way to the common room when I saw Liam and some of his friends walking towards us.

"Thanks for last night" I said to Liam

"No problem" He said and smiled

"Last night" Harry said and raised an eyebrow "What was all that about?"

I knew exactly what he was thinking about. His mind was so dirty.

I glared at him and he stopped smiling. "It's not what you're thinking its long story" I said and sighed.

"Well tell me then" He demanded.

"I'll tell you when we sit down" I said , when we walked into the common room Charlie waved for us to come over.

"Did you know Niall's got a girlfriend" She immediately blurted out.

"What who?" I asked her, I was happy for Niall he hadn't had a girlfriend for ages so the girl must have been special for him to like her.

"Sarah" She shoved her phone in my face so I could see the girl's Facebook profile. She had long brown hair the same length as mine and looked really pretty.

"Aw she's pretty" I said.

"I was thinking the same thing" Harry said and me and Charlie stared at him

"What?" He asked

"Well don't get any ideas in your head she's Niall's" I said to Harry.

"I know, but you still need to tell me about what's going on with you and Liam" Harry said.

"Nothings going on. He came over because Andy told him to while he was in A&E with Joe"

I was just about to carry on my story when Charlie interrupted "What happened to Joe?" I knew she only cared because she liked him and I knew she would be on his side.

"Let me finish. We had an argument I kinda said I wished he died instead of my dad and he punched the glass in the door but I didn't mean it. There was blood and glass everywhere and his hand wouldn't stop bleeding." The both looked at me in shock, I knew it was a bad idea to tell them all the details.

"What about your mum does she know about it?" Harry asked, I and I had completely forgot that there was still a hole in the door where a glass pane should be.

"No, she's on a business trip but I need to get the glass fixed so she doesn't know."

"My dad could do it" Charlie suggested.

"Really?" I asked her, I really didn't believe someone who was an accountant could fit a new pane.

"Yes, he can fit windows. I'll ask him if he can come and fix it tonight"

"You are my life saver" I said to Charlie and Harry rolled his eyes.