Excuses.. *TBNRDuty / Poofless*

Chapter 6

Preston's Pov

I told him the ip and we joined the server. I showed him round then showed him my team of pixelmon. He chose eevee as his starter and he started training.

MrWoofless joined the game.

"Whose that"

Lachlan asked,

"Oh that's Rob, haha"

I laughed.

< MrWoofless > whose TheKustomL?

< TBNRfrags > it's Lachlan

< MrWoofless > oh hey Lachlan!

< TheKustomL > hi Rob

I invited him to the Skype call, he picked up.

"Hey guys!"

Rob yelled once he picked up. Lachlan waved through his web cam.

"Hey Robbie!"

I laugh. We played for a couple of hours..

"LACHLAN!!"

Someone yelled,

"Sorry guys I have to go, bye"

< TheKustomL disconnected the server >

He hung up before we could say goodbye. I looked at Rob who was even more confused. Then we decided we should record one of our pixelmon episodes.

Once we finished the recording I didn't feel like playing anymore minecraft, so I told Rob that my dinner was ready and left.

Lachlan's Pov

"LACHLAN!!"

My dad yelled from down stairs,

"Sorry guys I have to go, bye"

I quickly hung up and closed my laptop. I scrambled up from my seat and walked down stairs, mum was in the kitchen and she was crying. Dad was standing in the dinning room waiting for me.

"What were you doing?"

He said in a calm voice but his eyes betrayed him. I gulped.

"I.. I was talking to my new friends..."

I stuttered and looked at my feet.

"Now who are your new friends?"

He asked with a smirk.

"His name.. Is Pr..Preston."

I stammered again while playing with the bottom of my shirt.

"Well it's good you've made friends."

He smirked at me. I was confused now, he hasn't slapped me or harmed me in any way.

"Henry.."

Mum whispered through the doorway and looked worried.

"Don't interfere! I've told you thousands of times that he deserves to be punished!"

My dad said furious, he didn't sound drunk tonight either. He stalked towards me and grabbed me by the arm. I was dragged outside, away from the eyes of my mum. I felt tears rim my eyes. Dad threw me to the ground and looked down at me.

"Can I tell you a secret?"

My dad said with venom lacing his tongue. I lay there with my legs tucked to my chest, as I waited for the story he told me thousands of times.

"Your parents never wanted you. So they gave you too us, we didn't want you but mum felt sorry for you. Everyone pity's you because they think your weak, worthless. They are correct."

I felt the tears flow down my face, but the real pain hadn't even started. He went on and on about how worthless I am and everything, I eventually zoned out and just saw his moving mouth.

"Are you listening to me?!"

He screamed at me, I shook my head. I wasn't listening. Then he kicked me, not hard enough to break or fracture the bones, but enough to leave blue bruises over my stomach. I tried to make myself as small as possible so he couldn't hit me in many places. Once he was done with his work he left me and walked back into the house.

"Oh Lachlan.."

My mother cried and ran out to my limp body. I looked into her eyes. She saw the message and shook her head. Tears started to cloud my vision.

"Here, we can go back to your room."

She helped me up and we limped to my room, passing my dad who laughed at me. Mum laid me on the bed and took my shirt off. She got out a cloth and dabbed the already surface bruises, I winced at her attempt to soothe the pain.

"Shh lachy. One day Lachlan. It's ok, we can get through it"

She soothed me while bandaging up my stomach. She pulled me into a hug and I cried into her chest.