Their Mockingbird- Complete

16

Wednesday

Nancy pov

I lay on my bed and buried my face on my pillows. Tears ran down my face and onto the soft bedding below me. I heard the door open but i hadn't the energy nor the care to look and see who it was. I felt the bed dip and a hand on my leg

"I know its hard love. But Arthur will be alright. It will take time but soon, he'll be back to his old self again" John's voice filled the room

"I don't care" I grumbled into my pillow

"What do you mean nance?" John asked me. I sat up and looked him the eyes. His eyebrows scrunched in worry

"I hate him. He was going to leave me all alone and he didn't even care. So why should I care about him? He's a selfish bastard who only thinks about himself" I yelled sobbing

"No honey. Arthur's having a very tough time at the moment. He's struggling and we need to help him. Not blame him" John said sternly

"But he was gonna leave me with no one. So I do blame him John. And I hate him for it" I cried

"You will never be alone Nancy. You have me, Tommy, ada and finn. Aunt pol and now we've even got our cousin back" he said

"You're wrong. Ada lives too far away. You have your own kids to look after. Finn is a teenager so he doesn't like anyone. I dont even like Michael, I just act like I do so aunt pol can be happy. But she's too busy trying to keep the family together and Tommy's spends too much time working. Arthur's the only one who always has time for me. And I know it's not anyone's fault. That's just the way the world works. But Arthur's my best friend. And if he died then I would be all on my own" John hugged me tightly as I sobbed into his shoulder

"Oh my darling. Why don't tomorrow, we go and see Arthur. I'm sure your face will cheer him up" John said rubbing my back. I pulled away and stood up off the bed

"No. If he wants to leave me then he can. I don't care about him anymore and I never want to see him again" I saw John's face fall in both pity and dissapointment. But I turned away and ran out of the room. I ran past finn on the stairs

"Nancy?" He yelled confused as I darted past him. But I didn't look back. Instead, I ran out of the house and into the windy, rainy world. I slammed the door and ran around the corner and into the alleys. I don't know how long I ran for but I could almost feel my feet fall off

As I went around a corner, I bumped into a figure and fell backwards onto my bum. The woman looked down at me and I recognised her straight away

"Aahh. The little mocking bird. We meet again" she muttered happily as she bent down. She offered her hand to help me up but I shook her away and stood up on my own. I wanted to run. This was her. The woman from the cinema. I turned to go the opposite direction in the alley but realised it was blocked. 2 men stood like walls, forcing me to stay put. I couldn't run past her either because 2 men were there also

"It's ok little mocking bird. I'll make this quick" she said in a weirdly king voice but i didn't fall for it one bit. Before I had time to answer, I heard a thud from behind and soon, the darkness had taken over

Tommy pov

I sat my Arthur's hospital bed in silence. No one had any words. What do you say in situations like this? When we tried to talk about his attempted suicide, Arthur started yelling and quickly shut down the conversation. So here we are. Not a word being exchanged

"Tommy" I looked up to see finn had run into the room with John. Both panting and out of breathe

"What is it?" Polly asked

"Where's Nancy?" John asked

"We don't know. She ran out the house. I tried to follow her but lost her when she went in the alleys. We've found her coat. It was on the floor covered in dirt and.....blood" finn said in a panick

"Fucking hell" Arthur yelled. He went to stand up out of bed and John helped him

"What the fuck are you doing" polly asked

"I'm fine pol. Look at me. Nancy is missing. And I'm not sitting here doing nothing" Arthur told her. He went to go get changed as I started to figure out a plan. All we could do at the time, was search the local area for her. Ask anyone if they saw anything. Go back to where the coat was found. Ask the neighbours.

It's gonna be hard but by God's grace will we find our little mocking bird

A/n
Sorry so short. Just wanted to post. But next chapter will be longer