Did You Get What You Deserve?

Dad called the police. They said we should come down to the station, so Dad called Mikey to ask him to baby-sit Linda and Julia. Then Mum, Dad and I left for the police station.
At the station I had to talk to a police officer. The hardest part was not telling the story to a complete stranger, but telling it to my parents. The look on Dad’s face was something I never want to see again.

After the interview came the medical examination, something I had been dreading. The police doctor was as nice as anyone could be, but it didn’t make it any better. Finally, we could go home. As I curled up in the back seat, wrapped in a blanket, I just hoped that it was finally over, that I didn’t have to do anything else, that the police would take care of everything. My final, weird thought before I fell asleep was hoping that no-one at school would hear about this. Especially not Laura...

I awoke with a start, feeling something on my head. I jumped and strained my eyes to see through the dark. After a moment I saw James crouched beside my bed.

“James...”

He opened his mouth, closed it again, opened it and finally managed to choke out:

“I’m gonna kill that bitch.”

I smiled sadly.

“Leave it to the police, James.”

He sniffed.

“I can’t believe someone would do that to you.”

I nodded.

“I hope no-one at school hears about this.”

He laughed.

“That’s your biggest worry?”

I shrugged. He sniffed again and stretched out his arms. I gladly sat up and he hugged me. As he pressed his face against my head, I felt his tears trickle through my hair.

“I swear, Alec, I’m never going to leave you again. I’m always going to protect you.”

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the door open. After a moment it closed again. James smiled.

“I guess Dad’s leaving now.”

I clung to him.

“Don’t go.”

He shook his head.

“I’m staying here tonight.”

“Good.”

About five minutes later, Dad came in carrying a camp bed.

“You guys okay if I just set this up in here?”

I shook my head.

“We can do it, Dad.”

He nodded and left. James and I proceeded to set up the bed, and by the time we were done everyone else had gone to bed. Linda no longer slept in the same room as me. I crawled into bed and James turned off the light. After about five minutes I reached out my hand.

“James?”

“Yeah?”

“I don’t like you being so far away.”

After a moment I heard the sound of the bed being dragged along the floor.

“How’s this?”

I could just reach the edge of the camp bed. I shook my head.

“Can you... like... sleep up here?”

I heard a quiet giggle.

“Sure, Alec.”

I wriggled over and he climbed in next to me.

“Better?”

I nodded. He put his arms around me and I smiled. I felt so much safer, and I could feel myself falling asleep.

“James...?”

“Hm?”

“I... love... you...”

His arms tightened slightly around me.

“What?”

“Huh?”

He laughed softly.

“Never mind. Go to sleep.”

I nodded.

“G’night James.”

“Goodnight, Alec.”

**Author's Note: Not much to say really. I managed to inject some fluff, which is good.

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