New beginnings

Part five

I walked to work with Carl by my side.
"I gotta go I'll catch up with you later, be careful call me if you need to." He said
I think that was the most genuine thing he's said to me.

Well other than him saying he cared about me.
Actually never mind, it would be the most genuine thing he's ever said, but last night something changed.
He said that he cared about me last night, he said that he wanted to let my dad know what he's missing out on, he put me in bed so I didn't have to sleep on the floor.
Jeez what did this Gallagher do to me I'm all mushy and soft now.

A week later
{ I forgot to mention Fiona got an abortion.}

Frank and that girl he brought over have been at it all morning.
"Shut up! Some of us are trying to sleep here!" I snapped
I groaned and got up from the couch.
I walked upstairs and saw Ian covering Liam's ears.
I said good morning to Ian and smiled at Liam. I went to the bathroom to get dressed and shower.
Someone knocked on the door.
I ran the shower and hopped in.
"Occupied." I said.
"Open up its me!" Debbie said
I groaned and got out with nothing but a towel covering me.

She pushed open the door all the way and I saw Carl smirking at me. I rolled my eyes and closed the door.
I got back in the shower while Debbie used the bathroom.
"Is it weird that I'm always sleeping here?" I asked her.
"No, I like it. Plus I'm never here anyway so I don't mind. And you know you can sleep in my bed, it's much more comfortable then the sofa." She flushed the toilet.
I put shampoo In my hair.
"Thanks I'll take note, close the door on your way out will yah?" She gave a thumbs up.
When I heard the door open I closed the curtain more.
Then it closed again.

I put conditioner in my hair and massaged it in my scalp.
The door opened while the conditioner was out and I started washing my body.
"Debbie is that you?"
"Nope." Carl said.
I peeked my head out of the shower and covered my body-of which I was very insecure about-behind the shower curtain.
"Carl I'm taking a shower can you get out?"
Ever since the day we slept at Sean's place we haven't talked much.
"I gotta pee just continue what you were doing." He said
"Eww." I rolled my eyes and washed my body.

He was still in here when I finished.
"Carl get out I need to get dressed."
He was just standing there waiting for me to get out.
Creep I thought
I turned off the water and wrapped myself up in my towel.
I opened the curtain and stepped out.
"Carl! Get out!"
He wouldn't budge.
I shoved past him and grabbed my clothes.
He smacked my ass when I was about to walk away.
I turned around and slapped him.

"Don't. Touch me. Again." I said in a stern voice.
Then I walked to Debbies room and got changed in there.
After I was dressed I got a call from an unknown number again.

I answer it this time cuz what the fuck.
"Hello?"
I said
"Is this Y/n?" The voice said
"Who's asking."
"Jaime, her brother."
My phone dropped.
I haven't heard from him in years.
"J-Jaime?" I said into the phone
"Hey! I'm out of prison... I wanna come see you. You still living with dad?"
I dried my hair and put him on speaker.
I set my phone on a drawer.
"When can you come?! I've missed you so much."
Jaime was in jail because he took a baseball bat to my dads car when he was beating me.

(If you know you know 😉)

He went to jail and was tried as an adult.
He's been in there for two years.
The judge should not have given him two years, I'm pretty sure he was a meth head and was good at hiding it.
My dad must have given him some money or drugs so my brother gets tried as guilty.
"I'm in Chicago so I can come anytime you want!"
"How long are you gonna be here?" I asked still drying my hair.
Carl bursted through the door.
"Who's that? Your boyfriend?" He asked
I just laughed and picked up my phone.
"Jaime say him to Carl. Carl, this is Jaime. My brother." My face went from laughing to serious.
What is up with him?! First he doesn't get out of the bathroom when I'm taking a shower, then he slaps my ass, and then assumes because I'm talking to a guy it's my boyfriend?!

"Hey Carl, I'm Y/n's older brother. And you are?"
"Oh calm down ass hat." I joked.
"He's just my friends brother." I said
He looked at me with a "What the hell" face.
"I gotta go Jaime I'll call you later. Bye love you!"
"Ok bye." I hung up.
I finished drying my hair with my towel and threw it at Carl.
"Put it down the laundry shoot will you?" I said.
He rolled his eyes and put it down.

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