Mess Is Mine • The Pack

Chapter Six

Chapter Six

When Lachlan woke up the next morning he didn't remember telling Preston about his mom, he didn't remember talking to Ruby. But Preston didn't realize this until he already said something.

"Do you think you have anxiety because of what happened with your mom?" Preston asked when he brought in an aspirin and a glass of water for Lachlan.

"Why would I have anxiety because my mom died from cancer?"

"Can you not shut me out?"

"I'm not fucking shutting you out, asshole. You want to tell me how my own mother died? Go right ahead. Next thing you're gonna tell me is that my dad is dead too."

"But he is-"

Lachlan rolls over from his fetal position, "Seriously, Preston? Are you trying to piss me off? Do you see me right now? I have a fucking hangover, stop harassing me you, prick."

"I'm not harassing, I just don't want you to hide from me. The things you said last night-"

"I don't remember anything from last night besides walking in on Mitch and Jerome," Lachlan replies angrily. "What did I say to you?"

"What do you think you said?" Preston guides.

He sees Lachlan shrug in his blanket cover, "I was high. I tend to lie. Heh that rhymes.

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"You know you can tell anything right? Even things you've never told anyone else, I'll be here through it." Preston asks two days later.

"What the fuck has been going on with you lately? You keep prodding me about telling you things. You keep bringing up Lily and my mom. Why? What did I say to you that night, Preston?"

"You told me about your mom... and about how Lily helped you through a lot."

"Did I seriously tell you that?"

"Why would I know that if hadn't?"

"Well, I lied. Lily is a bitch and my mom is too," Lachlan practically growled, reaching for a cigarette. Preston reaches over and grabs Lachlan's arm to stop his movement.

"No, Lachlan. That's not true."

"Preston I swear- I told you this eighty times. I was high, I wasn't thinking right, I lied to you. Is that so hard to believe?"

"Yes it is! I've never seen you cry that hard Lachlan, never."

"For fucks sake, Preston!" Lachlan stands up and start to pace and Preston knows he pushed him too far.

"God fucking Damnit!" He screamed as he punched the wall repeatedly, hard enough to punch a gaping hole into their wall. "Fuck!" Lachlan curses at his bloody and bruised hands. "I hate this fucking house! I hate that I fucking told you these dumbass things!"

"Why are you upset you told me?"

"I can't control myself when I think about.. I just lash out. I can't.. I can't acknowledge it!" Lachlan shouts, punching the wall again.

"I become.. this, the thug that hurts people for a living. I do to people what others did to me, that isn't right. I hate him." He goes to swing at the wall, but Preston attempts to deflect it, resulting in getting knocked right in the nose.