Bad Things; Lip Gallagher ♡[1]

Where the fuck is Frank?

Once Frank had gone into the kitchen I turned back to the group with Liam. He had tightened his grip and was holding onto me as I rubbed his back lightly to soothe him. Ian was still on the table holding bloody tissue to his nose. Everyone had asked him if he was okay and was trying to help.

"I've got it," he said before making his way upstairs.

"Chloe, Carl" I looked at the kids' shocked faces, "are you guys okay?"

They both nodded and I gave them both a kiss on the head as I stood up, bouncing Liam up and down lightly as he shoved his face into my chest. I checked on Debbie too and she seemed okay.

Lip was standing on the other side of the coffee table so I walked towards him, "are you okay?"

He nodded and I gave him a smile before looking to Simon, who was still sat on the floor. I frowned when I took in his appearance: his face full of shock and his body language reeking of anxiety, a part of me thought he was going to have a panic attack.

"Simon?" I kneeled down in front of him, Liam still in my arms. He looked straight through me and I noticed his breathing was heavy, "Simon, are you okay?"

He jumped out of his trance and looked up to me, he nodded quickly and I bit my cheek nervously. Fucking hell.

I attempted to put Liam down but he wasn't having any of it so I tried passing him to Veronica but he still wouldn't let go. Fiona was stood in the kitchen and as I walked over to her I heard Frank say, "okay, okay, okay," before heading off.

"Fi?" I said.

She turned to me and I could see the tears in her eyes that she was trying to hold back. She took a breath, "hey, are you okay?"

"Of course," I smiled. "Are you?"

"Yeah," she nodded.

"I'm, uh, I think I'm going to head out but Liam doesn't seem to want me to leave."

She laughed and held out her hands to her little brother, "come on monkey!"

He smiled and let her take him from me, "thanks."

"No, thank you, Kirah."

I nodded, "thanks for dinner, Fiona. Let me know if I can help out at all."

"Okay," she smiled.

"Bye bye monkey!" I gave Liam a kiss on the cheek before turning back to the living room.

Simon stood up and walked over to me, "hey, uh, I'm going to go home, if that's okay?"

"Of course, I want to get Chloe home to be honest." I walked towards Chloe, "come on, Chlo. Time to go."

"Okay," she nodded.

"Can I come?" asked Carl.

Both Chloe and Carl looked at me hopefully and I smiled, "sure if it's okay with Fiona you can stay over if you want."

They grinned and ran towards the kitchen to ask. Looking around me I noticed that Lip wasn't there.

"He's upstairs," said Karen.

I looked to her and nodded, "thanks."

Carl and Chloe came back over to let me know that Fiona was fine with it. I jogged up the stairs and into the boys' room to say bye to them.

"Hey," I greeted Ian and Lip.

"Hi," smiled Ian.

Lip took a drag from his joint, "hey."