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Gabriel's POV continued (two days later)

I want to go back. In fact, I never wanted to f*****g leave in the first f*****g place. Now I'm back here, unable to tell anyone where I went, not that anyone asked. Sang dropped me back to the diner at almost one in the morning a few days ago, she parked, I felt the door open and a breeze on my side, but she didn't touch me once. As soon as I was out of the car the door was yanked out of my grasp and then there was a whoosh of air in front of me. I ripped my blind fold off, and ear plugs out instantly, but the Land rover was already pulling out of the car park. I was back at the diner like nothing had ever happened. Like my world hadn't been turned upside down, like I hadn't just met any of them.

I drop into one of the s****y chairs at our table. Everything seems muted here, like the colour has been drained out of life. BANG. I wince, F*****G North. His been in the garage basically since the Luke 'incident'. Luke's name hasn't been mentioned in the house, if anyone talks about 'the incident' it is referred to as 'the incident' and Luke's referred to as 'him' most of the time. No one can get North out of the f*****g garage. Kayli tried (once) and Silas tried many times, it hasn't worked. I can tell from here that he starting to dismantle the Jeep, again, the loud clanking is a good indication. I glace at the side holding our glass recycling, there's over twenty Jack Daniels bottles littering it. I would say that nineteen of them are probably Norths, I don't say all because I saw one of the Henshaw twins drinking as well. Normally it's f*****g Brandon that drinks, out of those two, but I'm pretty certain that this twin had a f*****g computer under his arm making it way more likely to be Corey. WTF is going on a round here?

"Gabey baby bear!" a voice whines from the other side of the door. Oh s**t how do I hide from this? Too late. "Gabriel," her voice continues whining, "Why didn't you answer me?" she tries to say with a pout, and I do my best not to wince as I shrug at her, pretending to look at my phone. "Gabriel Colman! Get up we are going shopping, Viccy's coming to pay so you just have to make sure it fits!" I wince fully this time, luckily, she's turned away and doesn't see. It awful seeing any of my brothers used as money bags. And Viccy? What the actual f**k? It's almost as bad as her whining with every sentence. I swear this never used to bother me that much. Vic appears behind her and she sends him a simpering smile. He grins, slightly goofily back at her, that is not Vic's f*****g smile, his eyes seem dim as well as if someone turned the fire setting down in them. How can I get out of this? Uncle! He might need me for a shift! Please say he needs me for a shift!

"Sorry no can do," her face goes into the expression of fake crying, "I've got a shift at the dinner!" they go from fake tears to slightly, in my opinion, cruel laughter in a second, all it establishes to me is that the disappointment wasn't really real. It sends a shudder down my spine

"Oh, you silly boy, Uncle won't mind if you're coming to help me!" she sings out, yes, he would Kayli; if I was actually working..."Don't you want to take me shopping!" she flutters her eye lashes, in what I'm sure she thinks is stunning way, but actually now looks like she's trying too hard. I have to fight another shudder as she stalks up to me, her hips swinging, she stops inches from me and leans forward, closer and closer. Her eyes close her hands coming to my shoulders as she moves her lips towards mine. How the f**k do I avoid this? Closer. I don't want to f*****g kiss her! I inch my way back a touch praying for someone to get me the f**k out of here.

There is only one person I want near my lips I realise as her breath hits my face, now I can see the makeup covering her face. A thick layer that hides her genuine natural beauty and changes her into something of a witch or a f*****g clown. She's millimetres away when my phone rings. Thank f****g god! I pull away, quickly scooping my phone out, an unknown number is shown. Kayli stumbles and almost falls, the silly smile turning to a scowl. She snatches my phone out my hands but doesn't say anything, I wince I have a good idea of who that could be, if it's Uncle I might get away with it, but Luke said he would call, and Uncle has no reason to be calling me right now. I wait for her to start screaming at me when a high-pitched noise comes from the phone. She almost drops it in shock shoving it back at me. I have to hide my smile.

"I think your phone's broken!" she hisses moving back to stand with Victor, just as North throws something else. She blanches and drags Vic from the room, both of them covering their ears. The f*****g noise stops the moment they are out of the room.

"Hiya!" a voice comes from the phone, "how are you, why did you have to come while I wasn't there!" it continues

"Jess, I called him, let me talk to him!" I hear her laughing as Luke's mock angry voice continues in the background.

"Nope you have to catch me first!" she manages though her laughter. I hear Luke shout something else then it sounds like the phone is dropped. The noises become muffled for a moment, the words inaudible. Then there is a whooshing noise like it's flying through the air.

"Thank you, Charlie, go back and sit with your dad and aunty who are both going to behave now! Aren't you?" Sang's soft voice comes though the phone, I can hear some murmured yeses before her voice comes out more clearly beside my ear. "Hello Gabriel," I like the way she says it, a lot, "Luke, was watching you on the camera's, decided you needed an out, phoned you, then realised that he couldn't exactly speak as Kayli would recognise his voice so disconnected one of the machines beside him and let the alarm go off, trying to give us heart attacks!" I could listen to this voice all day, "Then Jess decided that she deserved to talk to you because she wasn't here a few days ago and stole the phone, then Luke tried to get Charlie to steal it from her, as his still confined to bed for a few more days, but he brought it to me, anyway ...you good?" she sounds a lot more comfortable talking to me over the phone than face to face a fact I don't miss and I feel a slight wrench in my heart at that. I want to be able to talk to her like Jess and Luke do. Even just listening to her has me feeling so much calmer, more relaxed, after that b****h left. "Gabriel?" her voice questions. F**k I haven't answered and now she sounds worried.

"Yeah, I'm fucdgeing," I pause remembering how she reacted last time I swore, but apparently that's only a face-to-face thing as her breathing stays even across the phoneline, "...fine thank the idiot for watching me!"

"Thank me yourself!" Luke's voice comes from the phone, "Cupcake... Sang, had to go look for a pride of lions with Titch... Jess!" he sounds frustrated.

"And they left you on baby duty?" I ask, trying not to laugh, he sounds resigned when he answers,

"Kind of, the fact that I pulled the machine out meant they rushed back in before they had really left and they kind of did need to go quickly as there's a possibility that one of them isn't very well... " he trails off pausing briefly,"...I just really want to go with them, I can see them out doing all this stuff can saving so many and I want to be out there, I got a taste of it when I helped deliver Samira and Jeffrey and I want to help more. I loved it!" he stops to breath and I can't help but smile at his f*****g enthusiasm, something that I haven't heard in his voice since that bloody, f*****g, s**t mission.

"Ok man breath!" I mutter, "thanks for f*****g saving me..." I pause wondering if I should tell him about North and how bad it's gotten. But he knows me way too well.

"What is it man?" he asks me warily, he'll be able to tell if I lie, his been able to practically since we met. Even from just my voice

"North. It's f*****g North!" I tell him finally, trying not to speak to loudly, in case the guy in questions can hear me over the clanking noises now coming from the garage, I hear the sharp intake as I quickly continue, "His drinking again, and..." rather than explaining this point I hold the phone against the garage door for a few moments, just as North throws something that shatters against the door, I'm going to guess it's another f*****g bottle.

"Right got it!" Luke mutters when I bring it back to my ear, "I'll talk to Sang, she may have some ideas of how to stop him before he drinks himself to death, CHARLIE NO, Dammit Gabe I've got to go, Uncle says you can use work as an excuse whenever and he'll always back you up! Sorry, I really have to go!" he shouts something else then comes back to the phone, "Use this number at any time but ask Uncle how to get through to us!" I can hear him telling Charlie to come back as he hangs up the phone. The f*****r hung up on me!

Great now I have an out, I have no idea what Luke means by doing something about North though. Right now, though I need to get out of here before She decides that I can still go get clothes for her.

"GABYYYYYY!" her voice screeches though the house, sounded even worse after talking to the quiet soft voice of my trouble. No S**T , She's Luke's, and I can see how much they love each other after only two weeks even if they can't. Dammit I find someone I genuinely like, and I know that they are already happily in love, are you f*****g kidding me? I know now that what I was feeling for Kayli was not even infatuation it was sort of a weird vague interest and I think that was because of my other brothers 'falling' for her... "SHHHHOOOOOPPPPPPIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!" she whines...

I'm out of the house and into someone's car before she can say another word, I will not be her clothes horse any longer! I need to get out of this house for good, and I know where I want to go! 

Told you it wasn't that long 

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