Blue eyes and Cigerettes // Lip Gallagher [Completed]

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"Lip" she whispered, she'd never been so over-joyed to see another person before but seeing Lip made her feel whole again, to her, he was home. She slowly stood up and ran into his arms, he was quick to drop Karen's hand and wrap his arms around her as tight as he could, it was like a couple who hadn't seen eachother in months. "I'm so sorry I didn't know he-" she began but he shushed her. "It's okay, alright ? I'm the one who should be sorry, I seriously overreacted" he whispered as she rested her head in the crook of his neck and they just stayed like that for what felt like years. He was the one to let go because he wanted to take in her face properly, he put his hand on her shoulders, smiled and then noticed her face so moved his hands to cup her cheek. "Your face" he said shocked, the anger was apparent and she didn't want to ruin the reuniting like that. "It's nothing, I promise" she practically begged, the boy turned to Ian who told him with his eyes to leave it and he listened. "What are your plans for the rest of the day ?" he then asked his brother who shrugged. "Seeing someone later" he said, the someone was blatantly Mickey, he was just afraid to to obviously expose his realtionship with him because Mickey made it very clear he didn't want anyone to know.

"Great, you're coming to Karen's" he insisted as she titled her head, she didn't know what he was doing. "I thought we were going to-you know" Karen said annoyed but he shook his head. "It's not like you mind Charlie coming right ?" he asked but Karen's face told them all she did. "I'll let you two get back to what you were doing" Charlie said while slugging back the rest of the beer she had taken earlier as Lip shook his head. "Don't be silly. Come. We're all friends here. Your dad is fixing some things round Sheila's anyway" he said, Lip and Charlie silently fought with their eyes until she eventually agreed and went with them to Sheila's. The walk was just Charlie and Lip talking and catching up while Karen awkwardly walked behind them.

Once the pair arrived, they put their shoes in plastic bags at request of Shelia and followed Karen into the kitchen. Shelia was leaning against the kitchen island sipping a cup of flavoured tea as she watched Chase trying to figure of why the plug whole was blocked. "Hi mom" Karen called but she was ignored. "Mom" the blonde said a little louder but her mother couldn't pull her eyes away from the man at the sink. "Dad" Charlie began, she barely finished the word when he turned around, threw off his rubber gloves and hugged her, it was so tight that was she was a couple of centimetres off the ground. "I missed you so much oh my god. My little girl, I'm so sorry I wasn't there" he whispered as she took it all in. "Don't be sorry" she whispered back with tears in her eyes as he pulled away and tried to hide his own tears. The pair adored eachother, nobody could deny it.

"Dinner tonight, alright ? My treat-uh-Private-. What happened to your face ?" he asked, finally noticing her face as she just looked at him and shook her head. "I was going to say you could bring a friend but I'm sorry, me and you need to talk. I'll give you a shout when I'm done here then I'm talking you to Patsy's" he said as she nodded and went back upstairs with Karen and Lip.

Karen was trying to get into Lip's pants, Lip was too focused on staring at the girl he considered his best friend and Charlie was lying motionless on the bed dreading the talk with her father. "How was New York ?" Lip asked, trying to find any excuse to hear her voice as she half smiled. "It was alright I guess, it wasn't a vacation but it was good" she explained as he nodded. "And uh, you going to tell me who did that to you ?" he asked as she shook her head. "I'm good" she whispered like it was a yes or no question so he rolled his eyes. She was unbelievably stubborn.
"Charlie" he said sternly as she kept her head. "I'm good okay. I promise. I'd tell you if I wasn't" she said as he sighed, he wasn't going to get anywhere with her. "My mom baked some cookies. I'm gonna go get them" Karen said while awkwardly getting up. She left randomly which Charlie found peculiar. She lied and told Lip she was going to the bathroom and followed Karen downstairs.

"I still don't know how you got a whole block of cheese stuck in your drain Ms Jackson" she heard her father say to the woman who laughed. "I've told you, enough with the Ms Jackson, it's just Sheila" she said through a laugh, Sheila was in the kitchen making a Chase a sandwich while he sat on the couch. Karen was standing infront of the tv, looking at him. She bent over to pick up her shopping bags from earlier but he just immediately looked away. "Charlie's upstairs and my moms in the kitchen. If yanno" she said while biting her lip as Chase immediately looked disgusted. "You are 18 years old" he said disgusted as he stood up. "I'm old enough" she said as he shook his head. "Woah. Woah. Jesus" he said while putting his cup in the sink as he thanked Sheila and walked straight into Charlie. "Come on. Sweetheart. Let's go get dinner" he said disgusted as Karen followed him to the hallway. "I thought we had something" she said confused as he shook his head. "What. The. Fuck" he said slowly before walking out with his daughter.

"Oh, so it's all you and Karen now ?" she asked sarcastically as he scoffed. "Don't be so sick" he said while shaking his head at her as they walked down the straight. "I agree, it's very sick but you and Sheila" she began as he shook his head. "That's enough from you" he said seriously but she just looked right up at him. "First of all, last time I checked, your my daughter, I didn't hire a matchmaker, not that I'd need one. Second of allOne is illegal and I'd never go there while the other is Frank's girlfriend." he explained as she sighed and knew she'd have to try again later before walking into the diner. Patsys.

Chase and Sean had been best friends in high school and once he got clean and opened a diner, it became Chase's mission to only eat there. They walked in and were greeted by Sean smiling at them before going back over the stack of bills on the counter. They found themselves a table and Chase ordered them both Salisbury steaks. They waited for seventeen minutes in silence until their food arrived and the second the plates were set on the table Chase went straight in with the questions.

"Enough with the shit, tell me what happened" he said instantly, she almost choked her coke, she wasn't expecting him to get straight into it. "Tell you what ?" she asked through coughs but all he had to do was look at her, it was his "dad" look so she sighed and nodded. "Brett" she whispered. "Tell me exactly what happened" he spat, he was beyond angry, he trusted Lindsay's boyfriend near his only child and this is how the girl was returned to him.
She explained about Lennon not liking them fighting and how Brett hit her and it all happened to fast so Chase put up his index finger.

"I'm am so ready to kill him" he said while taking a breath as Charlie shook her head. "Don't do anything" she said as he just took out his phone. "I'm calling your mother" he said as she shook her head. "Private. If I don't. I'll. I'll do something I'll regret" he said as he dialed Lindsay's number and waited a couple of seconds before she answered as Charlie just watched him.  She began talking as his face turned from a small scowl into full anger.

"Oh you bet I'm mad" he practically shouted as she talked but Charlie couldn't hear him. "I couldn't give a flying fuck about what she did Lindsay. You put my daughter in danger" he said before pausing and then began silently laughing. She knew her mother knew he was angry because he called her Lindsay. "Billy and Joe don't know about this. Do they ?" he said in a nice voice as Charlie heard her mother say that they don't and Charlie left after everything happened. "I've heard it all now Lindsay. I really have. Wait until they find out because they idolize my daughter. They see what i see in her.  They won't be happy" he said as she said something inaudible and Chase shook his head.

"She came to look after his kid. Who she cares about to the point where she got his name inked on her wrist and I know about how Brevin has been threatening Lip. So don't even" he began but she hung up on him. "Well that's Lindsay Sefton all over isn't it" he said  while finishing his food as they sat in silence.