What comes next? -Sequel to college years-lams fanfic

Chapter 23

Trigger Warning: Mentions of abuse.

John POV

*At the coffee shop*

"Hey John, Alex it's great to see you again!" George greets us. "And Philip we haven't met but I was one of you're dad's professors in college" He says to Philip.

"Oh so you're the one they lived with?" Philip asks.

"Yeah, that's me, Oh and this is Martha" He says,

"It's good to see you boys again." She says.

"It's good to see you guys too" Alex says and we sit down at a table

.

"So how are you guys holding up? We heard about Eliza, I'm so sorry" Martha says sympathetically.

"I guess we're alright, the first couple of days were the hardest and I mean it's still hard but we're doing ok, what about you guys anything happening in your lives?" I ask.

"No not really, we don't really get drunk teens coming home anymore so it's pretty quiet." George says and we laugh a bit.

"Ok I wanna hear what they did! I'm sorry they're not allowed to get mad at me if I have stuff against them" Philip says and me and Alex roll our eyes.

"Ha, oh a good one was the first night they were staying with us and when we called them down for dinner Alex had hickeys all over his neck and obviously I had to say something and you should have seen their faces it was so funny" Martha laughs.

Alex puts his head in his hands in embarrassment. "That reminds me of the time they went out and Alex came to pick up John in a shirt that said 'I'm fucking John Laurens'" George adds.

"I'm pretty sure he still has that" I say.

"So enough about John and Alex, what's up with you Philip?" Martha asks.

"Uh not much School's pretty normal and we finished exams so no more assignments for the rest of the term." He explains.

"Him and His boyfriend are really mean to me" I comment.

"Wait you have a boyfriend? Who?" Both Martha and George asks at the same time.

"His names George Eacker and Dad's just over reacting" Philip answers

"I am not! They moved Kork's cage" I say and they both gasp

"How are you still alive Philip?!" George laughs.

*A couple hours later, when they arrive back home*

Alex pulls into the garage and we all get out. Before I go into the house I walk up to the mailbox and get the mail, there's a couple of this addressed to Alex which I assume are work related and there's one for me.

I walk inside and give Alex his mail then sit on our bed and open mine.

An old friend of mine, Samuel Seabury gave me your address, he also said you and Alex have been going through something after you cheated on him. Well when he inevitably leaves you, which will likely be soon given how bad your relationship is, I will be here. you will get back together with me and you'll never leave me again. If your separation takes to long I'm fine with getting rid of him myself, make your decision quickly.

Charles Lee.

I can feel my heart rate increasing but Alex is in the room so I try to stay calm. "You ok?" He asks clearly noticing somethings wrong.

"Yeah it's just work, one of the turtle's died" I lie.

"Oh that sucks." he replies then walks over and hugs me.

*During the Night*

"Why are you home so late?" Charles asks as I walk into our doom.

"Sorry, I had to do some work with Eliza" I reply.

"She's straight right? Was she hitting on you?" He asks walk towards me so I'm almost against the wall.

"N-No we were just doing some homework for English" I stutter scared of what he might do to me.

Before I know it he punches me in the rips "Don't lie to me!" He yells, I quiver and fall to the ground.

"I-I'm not, I promise" I plead with tears welling in my eyes.

"I told you, you have to be back here my 8:30 it's currently 9" He says kicking me again.

"I'm s-sorry it won't happen again, C-can I go to bed now?" I beg, He just kicks me again, and again then pulls me up by my shirt.

"You'll go to bed when I say." He glares at me. I try not to wince at the pain. Suddenly there's a knock on the door. "Don't move." He whispers. I watch him open the door and see Lafayette standing there.

"Oh hey Charles, I was just wondering if John was okay, I haven't seen him in a while." Laf says.

"Oh yeah he's fine, he's just a little sick." Charles replies smiling.

"Is he ok? Can I see him?" Laf asks.

"No. He's already asleep so it's best to not wake him." Laf nods and walks away. "What the fuck was that about?" He walks back over to me.

"I-I don't know" I reply.

"Why was he looking for you? You better not be cheating on me" He threatens.

"I'm not, I would never." I say wiping some blood from where he kicked me in the face.

"Let me see you phone." He demands. I shakily hand him my phone and he looks through my messages. "I don't want you seeing or talking to Lafayette, Hercules or Peggy anymore." He deletes their numbers. "And If you're home late again you won't be talking to Angelica or Eliza either, do you understand?" He asks.

I nod and he roughly pulls me up. I'm going out. Don't have anyone over, don't go out and don't eat anything, you're already too fat." He snarls walking towards the door. " And You better not be asleep when I get back because you've been broken one of the rules so you'll pay my back tonight and it better be good."

"O-Ok" I reply looking down.

"Don't look down when I'm talking to you." He slaps me again.

"I'm Sorry" I look up into his eyes.

"I love you." he says and walks out.