Josh walked into his dad's corner shop, completly avoiding eye contact with his brother.
"Sorry mate, I am waiting for this new order to come through, Managers rigts!" Gilly answered proudly, tapping the manager bagde entitled 'Gilly Roach' on his chest.
"Jese, your manager of a corner shop, not king of the world. Hey Josh, I'll come with, get me away from this idiot"
Josh gave his former brother harsh evils, then directed his approach back to Gilly.
"Nevermind, maybe tomoro?"
"Hey, Josh...."
"Yeah, definetly, i will wangle it with D... u mean, Nev later" Gilly stuttered, realising his mistake. Although thankfully it seemed to go unnoticed.
"Yeah, cool. I'll go and see if Chaelas free"
"Micheala, football?! Your having me on!"
Josh ignored his brothers attempt of a conversation and walked out.
"For crying out loud, what do i have to do to get him back?"
Gilly glared at Rhys for a moment,
"Try not sleeping with your sister? May be a start"
Pulling a sarcastic face, Rhys remembers something.
"Hang on, did you nearly just call Nev your dad?"
"Uh, um, No!" Gilly stumbles.
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I wish that everything could go back to normal. That these past few months had never happened. I wish that Neville was actually my father, which is strange, cos a while back i would have done anything for him not to be. This way, me and Beth could have been together, she would never have died and we would never have broken Gilly's heart and hurt everyone else along the way. He sat on the swing in the park , thinking that things can only get better with time, surely god knows it couldn't get any worse. Making his way home, he thought of nothing else but ways to get Josh back as his brother again, do the things they used to, before all this palava. Head fixed to the floor, he didn't notice the person in front of him, and walked straight bang into them. "Hey, watch where your going!" they chourused, looking into each others eyes.
Josh wondered home from Michealas, who was writing up some 'mega' story for the local news paper. He walked along scuffing his shoes on the ground, head fixed on the moving pavement below his feet, annoyed that nobody seemed to want to hang around with him anymore, apart from the one person he wanted to hang about with most. But no, Rhys had hurt him too much, he would never forgive him for what he had done, nearly destroying his family. And yet, he wants to play football with him, like nothings happened, that none of these past few months mattered. What Rhys did disgusted him, he couldn't even bear to look at him. With his head in the clouds, Josh didn't notice the person infront of him, and they bashed into each other. "Hey, watch where your going!" they chourused, looking into each others eyes.
Sorry, have to do the ground work at the mo, the good parts are coming up! Am working on them. Thanx for reading xx
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Tears were streaming down her face, mascara smudged everywhere.
"N...nothing i would talk to you about, cheat"
Josh shrugged and walked past sadly.
"No, J...Josh w..wait" she sobbed.
He swung round as she burst into tears, holding his arms towards her she ran into him and sobbed harshly into his shoulder.
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Grabbing her hand, Rhys led Sarah onto a nearby park bench, where she tried to settle herself. He stifled about in his jacket and jean pockets, finally coming across an un-used tissue, which he held out for her.
"Thanks" she smiled weakly, taking the tissue.
There was silence for a few minutes as she cleaned the mascra away from under her eyes to reveal them puffy and red. She had obviously been crying for some time. Finally, deciding to break the subtle silence, he spoke.
"What happened then?"
"It's...craig!"
"Craig, but i thought he was in...."
"Dublin, yeah but he's back. Parading around like nothings wrong, like the last 10 months haven't happened!"
"Oh Sarah, he's not worth your tears"
"You weren't worth my tears, still they came!"
"Well, are you sure about that, i am rather handsome" he joked, slicking his hair back by running his hand through it.
Sarah smiled slightly.
"See, thats what we like to see!"
"I'm smiling at the fact that your big head is still there, after everyth...."
Rhys looked to the floor.
"I...um, sorry, I you knoe, i didn't me..."
He smiled.
"It doesn't matter. Life goes on, and i have. But this isn't about me"
"I just can't believe him, how could he do this?"
"He's a guy" Rhys shrugged, making Sarah smile again.
"Just like you!"
"Am I? I hadn't noticed!"
"No, neither had I" she giggled.
"OI!" he mocked, anything for her to stop crying. "Do you fancy a drink?"
Although he didn't want to admit it, Rhys had missed her company, people of his own age, infact anyones company, he had been so lonely, and thought maybe, just maybe, him and Sarah could go and have a laugh.
"Well, i look a right mess!"
"Really, i can't see any change?" he laughed.
"Hey! Some things hurt you know" But she was still grinning.
"Well why don't you go home, get changed and we can make a night of it?"
Rhys nearly had his fingers crossed he wanted this time, this company so much.
"Um, well, yeah! Why not?"
"Cool, meet you at The Dog at around 7 for a quick drink, then into town?"
"It's an.. arrangement!" she smiled, for nothing else to say,
"Have you spoken to him?"
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Josh held out his hand to Amy, who he had knocked to the ground.
"Amy? Whats happened, is it Ste?"
Amy started to cry even harder. Josh took her into his arms as she sobbed into his shoulder.
"Look, no ones home if you want to come back and have a cup of tea?"
"No, I..i best get back" she tried to pull away, but Josh hugged her tighter and then put his hands on her shoulders, pushing her outwards to look at him.
"How about we nick a couple of bottlesd of cider from the shop?"
Amy gave him a watery smile,
"Okay, youv'e twisted my arm"
Josh put his hand around her neck, as she lay on his shoulder, tears still silently rolling down her cheeks as they walked.
"Amy, wheres Leah?" Josh asked quizzically, noticing the toddlers abscence.
"Oh, she's with s..." She stuttered, before rolling into more frightened sobs.
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Ten minutes later and they were sat on the Ashworths sofa, Amy's head resting on Josh's legs, which were propped onto the Pouffe as they swigged a big bottle of strongbow each, in which Josh had managed to nab from the shop without Gilly noticing. He felt a little disloyal as he had only been manager of the shop for a week, but Amys needs were greater. Everyone was out for the day and Josh had managed to put a smile back on her face, not letting on that she had done the same for him.
"I've missed this" Amy prounounced, lifting her head a little to look at Josh.
"Missed what?"
"This, us. Having a laugh like we used to, it makes me feel safe"
Josh secretly grinned as she rested her head back down, placing a hand on her cheek.
"Amy, i don't want you to get upset again, but, if you want to talk, you know, about whats happened?"
He felt gutted as she sat bolt upright, staring at the floor.
"I want.... I... its difficult, it's you, feels kinda weird."
Tears began to slip down as she tried to hold them back, but it was to hard.
"Amz, i will be okay, you need a friend to talk to, I thought if anything we are still mates"
"I, yeah i know, of course we are. "
She turned to face him, and as she did so, Josh saw her flinch.
"Amy, what's happened, your not preg..."
"No, no. I'm not, course not. This was a mistake, i should..."
Josh reached out and lifted up her shirt, he gasped.
"It's not what it..."
"Amy, who do this to you, Ste?"
She couldn't speak, just burst into a relapse of fresh tears and nodded. Josh pulled her into a hug, not abled to get the image of the bruises all down the side of her stomach out of his head.
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