quick as a flash (Completed)

Poor child

Dianne

Joe had just fallen asleep as we had finished eating dinner, my dad had picked up the twins about an hour ago so for dinner it was just me joe, Zoe and Noah. I tucked joe into bed and told him I would come up when Noah had gone, and if he needed me to shout.
Me and Noah are playing a card game, it's called go fish. It's now about 9:30 and it's still a no show from Noah's mum, so I decided to message her.

Dianne - Hi, seen as it's quite late and Noah seems to be falling asleep I was wondering whether you would find it helpful for Noah to just sleep here tonight and you come collect him tomorrow?
Noah's mum - sure

"Come on Noah"
"Where are we going"
"To bed"
"But what about mummy"
"I asked mummy whether she would mind if you had a sleepover as it's pretty late and I know your tired"
"What did she say"
"She said that would be fine"
"Yay"
"Come on then little one lets set you up a bed in joes room"

Dianne - hey Tracey is it ok if Noah stays over tonight as it's really late and his mum still hasn't come to get him and I don't think she is planning on coming
Tracey - hi Dianne yes that would be fine sweetheart, that poor little boy
Dianne - I know I feel bad for him
Tracey - me two, anyway how are you
Dianne - I'm ok but just worried about joe, if you didn't know he is being bullied in school not just verbally but physically as well.
Tracey - oh my goodness, is he ok
Dianne - he can't really do anything at the moment without support, and he's crying a lot
Tracey - I will be home in a few hours so you will probably be asleep by then, I will speak to him in the morning. Try and get some rest and make sure he gets some as well.
Dianne - ok I will try and yeah he is asleep right now anyway
Tracey - ok then sweetheart I will see you tomorrow then
Dianne - see you tomorrow

D"ok noah let's go"
Me and noah went up the stairs and into joes room, I grabbed the blow up mattress that was in the cupboard and set in up next to my side of the bed. I then put a bunch of pillows ontop of it and a spare duvet that was also in the cupboard. I then gave noah one of joes tops to wear as he is only tiny meaning that joes top would be like a dress on him. I then tucked him into the makeshift bed and kissed his forehead. I then grabbed one of joes jumpers and went into the bathroom and changed into it. I walked back into joes room and climbed into bed next to him, joe instantly snuggled into me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I rested my head on his chest.
"Dianne" I heard noah whisper, I turned my head to look at him.
"Yeah"
"Goodnight"
"Goodnight noah"
I snuggled back into joe and closed my eyes, falling into a deep sleep.

Beep beep beep

I rolled over and pressed snooze for like the twelfth hundredth time. I don't know why joe has an alarm set for Saturdays but he does, the worst part is, is that he never wakes up to them. After the minutes it went off again so I decided to turn it off and go downstairs to make some breakfast. I slowly got myself out of joes grip and walked down the stairs, as I reached the bottom I smelt something delicious.
"Good morning Dianne"
"Morning Tracey, did you sleep well"
"I did indeed, and you"
"Very well thank you"
"How's joe"
"Still sleeping"
"Bless him, and noah"
"Also still asleep"
"Well at least there both getting a lot of rest, now here you go Dianne"
Tracey handed me a tray which had three plates with pancakes on them, and three glasses of water, and two painkillers"
"Thank you"
"No problem sweetheart, enjoy"
I walked back up the stairs balancing the food and drinks on the tray. I placed the tray on top of joes dresser, I then walked over to joe and kissed him. I watched his eyes flutter open, I smiled at him before going back over to the tray. I put it onto the bed. Joe took the painkillers with some water before we both dug into our pancakes. I decided to let noah sleep for a little bit longer as he was up really late again and he seemed so tired. Once we had finished eating we drunk our waters, I then heard Noah crying. I shot up and ran over to him, I pulled him into a hug and he rested his head on my stomach.
"Shhhh, it's ok what happened"
"I... I... Mummy... Dream... Left me... Scared"
"Shhhhh, Noah's it's ok. Deep breathe ok"
He slowly calmed down, I looked down to see my shirt was completely soaked. I didn't care though, as long as he was ok that's all I cared about.
"You ready to explain now"
He nodded at me before taking a deep breathe.
"I had a dream that mummy left for work one day and never came back, I'm scared that it might actually happen"
"Mummy wouldn't do that Noah she loves you"
"But she loves work more, shes always there it's like she doesn't have time for me anymore since daddy left"
"Noah I'm sure that's not true"
"But it is true, that's why I'm scared. If mummy doesn't come back, where will I go"
"Hey little man"
Noah looked at the door to see Tracey.
She walked over and sat down next to me.
"You listen to me, it's a mums job to love her children. And if by magic your mummy does leave, your not alone remember that. You always have us ok"
He nodded his head, I wiped his eyes.
"You hungry"
His eyes widened as he shook his head really fast.
I got his plate of pancakes and water, I gave them to him.
This poor little boy, scared that his own mother will not come back to him. He's broken, he needs to be fixed and I know amber can help him.

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Hope you guys liked this chapter,

Side note
Someone has requested that I make a book based on Noah's backstory. If you guys would be interested in this let me know. It wont be a super long book, and it will be based around Noah's life up until he met amber.