The Light at the end of the Never Ending Tunnel 3/?
The Light at the end of the Never Ending Tunnel 3/?
Author: catherineackles
Beta: Thaanks to my Two awsome Beta's nikki5124 and majs_majs I dont know what i'd do with out you guys.
Characters: Jared/Jensen, Jack, Chris
Rating / Warning: NC-17 (contains child abuse)
Disclaimer: As you all know Jared, Jensen and Chris are real persons, who I have used in my fictional story. No harm intended.
Summary: Jared's parents died in a car accident when he was 8 and after that he moved in with his abusive uncle. When he was 16 they moved to a new town and everything changes when he met a guy named Jensen.
Words (this chapter): (aprox) 1639 words
Chapter 3
When the last bell rang, signaling the end of the day, Jared felt like he was going to throw up. He had been having such a great time with his new friend Jen that the thought of having to return to his excuse of a home made him feel sick to his stomach.
For the past two hours Jared and Jensen had been in Science class talking like there was no tomorrow. They were driving the teacher up the wall but just couldn’t stop the flow of conversation. Eventually, around the half hour mark, they were sent outside because the teacher couldn’t handle the constant chatter.
Not that they minded of course, because this just gave them a chance to not only talk more, but about more personal matters. Jensen had told Jared a lot about himself, including his true sexuality. Not that it made a difference to Jared since he was the type of person to accept people no matter what. When Jensen had asked about Jared’s sexual life, he admitted to having absolutely no idea since he’d never really had a relationship with anyone before. When the conversation headed in the direction of his home life, he’d quickly changed the subject. Not because he didn’t trust Jensen, but because he wasn’t ready to share something that personal with anyone yet.
After only knowing each other for only one day it felt as though they had been friends for years, Jared thought to himself. He didn’t know what it was about this guy, but just been around him made him feel as though he could forget about home for a little while. Although deep inside he knew that the cuts and bruises would heal, he also recognized the fact that the emotional trauma that his uncle had caused would haunt him forever, no matter where he went, no matter how hard he tried to forget.
While Jared grabbed his text books out of his locker that he needed for his homework, he suddenly remembered Jacks rules, and all the punishments he received when he disobeyed those rules. It was like a gory horror film running though his head 24/7 ,and no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t seem to switch it off. He suddenly felt panic rise deep within him. All he could do was stand there contemplating what was to come if his actions today were discovered. He knew that if his uncle knew he had become friends with someone, especially a guy, then there would be hell to pay. The reality of knowing he was soon going to be pulled from his safe haven at school, and returned to his own personnel living hell, hit him hard.
While still standing in the same place staring blankly into his locker, he was startled when he felt a hand land on his shoulder. Upon instinct he pushed the person away and screamed, "Get your hands off of me!"
By the time Jared came back to himself he realized it was Jensen.
Shocked, Jared didn’t know what to do. So he just stood there staring wide eyed at him.
As soon as he saw Jensen begin to approach him, Jared automatically took a step back. He knows that when he’s bad, he gets punished, and he assumes that Jensen must want to punish him in one way or another for what he’s done.
Jensen could see the fear grow in Jared’s eyes so he cautiously said, “Hey, Jay, come on man, you don’t have to back away from me. I’m not gonna bite. I’m not mad, ok?”
Jared continued to stare, trying to figure out why Jensen hasn’t gotten mad at him yet. He doesn’t understand, he hurt him, so why isn’t he mad?
Jensen could tell Jared was confused, although he wasn’t the only one. Jensen had never seen anyone look so scared in his life. He didn’t know what to do. He knew there must be something that caused Jared to act like this, he just couldn’t seem to figure out what it was.
He slowly tried to approach Jared again. “Jay, man, what’s going on? Your scaring me. Please..” He paused and took a deep breath before continuing, “Just let me in. I know you haven’t known me for long but . . . God, Jay, I can already tell something is bothering you. I cant help if you don’t let me in.”
As a tear slowly dripped down Jared’s cheek he said, “I appreciate it ,Jensen, but there’s nothing you can do to help me, alright? I think it would be better for both of us if you just stayed away. Its nothing personal, I just really cant deal with all of this right now. I’m sorry.”
With that said, Jared took one last longing look towards his first real friend in years, and turned away.
Jensen didn’t know what to do. He knew there had be something seriously wrong to make Jared act like that. They had been having a great time today, everything seemed fine. He was really worried about Jared and wanted nothing more then to run after him, but he knew that it wouldn’t do any good. He seemed too fragile right now, and pushing it would just make it worse. But Jensen was too worried to do absolutely nothing, so he pulled out the little piece of paper that Jared cautiously handed him earlier that day, and made a mental note to check up on him later.
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When Jared arrived home that day he ran straight towards his room, not bothering to find out whether or not his uncle was home. He didn’t know why telling Jensen they couldn’t be friends hurt so much. He he’s had to do it to plenty of other people before, but it had never affected him like this. When he walked away from Jensen, he felt like he was leaving a part of himself behind and he wondered if it would always be like this.
If he would always be so isolated and alone.
Jared didn’t want to think about any of this right now, he just wanted to sleep and forget it all. So he crawled into his warm and comfy bed and wrapped his quilt around him as tightly as he could, trying to block out the rest of the world. As he drifted of to sleep, the last thing he saw was the hurt look on Jensen face.
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The first thing Jared noticed when he woke up was that it was now dark outside.
The second was that his uncle was sitting at the bottom of his bed staring at him with the look that always meant he was in a whole lot of trouble.
“I-is something wrong Uncle Jack?” Jared asked, fearing the answer.
“Well, why don’t you tell me Jared?” With a wicked smile he added “So, tell me, how was you first day at school?”
Jared immediately broke out into a light sweat, fearing that his uncle would be able to see through his lie.
“It wasn’t too bad, just kinda boring.” Yeah, that sounded believable.
“So, how about you tell me this,” switching his face from playful to serious, “did you make any new friends?”
“Well, no, of course not.”
Oh God, please let him believe me.
“I know you said to keep to myself so that’s just what I did Uncle Jack.”
What happened next caught Jared right of guard. His uncle walked straight towards him and swung his fist at full force, connecting with Jared upper left cheek bone.
Jared let out a loud scream from the pain, which was quickly cut off as his uncle dragged him out of bed by his throat.
Jared was terrified. He had no idea what was going on. He was trying to figure out why his uncle snapped at him out of no where.
“You’re a lying bitch you know that Jared? I know for a fucking FACT that you’re lying to me!”
Still confused ,Jared replied “I honestly don’t understand what you’re talking about.”
Jack huffed a laugh. Letting go of Jared, he walked towards his old night stand cramped next to the door, picked up Jared’s cell phone, and threw it at him.
Jared was confused, he was sure he left it in the charger in the kitchen-Oh, shit.
Jack smiled when he saw realization dawn on Jared’s face. “It was ringing earlier on. Why don’t you check your voice mail, little bitch, cause I did.”
With shaking hands Jared dialed his voice mail number and slowly brought the phone up to his ear fearing what he would hear.
He recognized the voice straight away.
“Hey Jay, its me, Jen. Well, um, I just wanted to know what happened today, I was really worried about you. Things were going great between us today, well, at least
I thought they were. Just . . . Please, man, if something is wrong , just tell me. Jay, I promise I wont judge you or get mad, I just want to help. I mean everyone needs a friend, right? Well, anyways, I got to go. I‘ll see you at school tomorrow, ok? I just . . . hope you’re ok man, you looked really scared today. Bye Jay.”
Jared hung up and watched the phone slide out of his hand and drop to the floor. He didn’t know what to do. His uncle just stood there staring fiercely at him. He had no where to run, no where to hide. All he could do is stand there and wait for his uncle to make a move.
He was startled out of his thoughts when his uncle said between clenched teeth, “On the bed . . . . NOW.”
TBC . . . . Please Please Please comment. im only going to continue if i have enough people reading. So if you like it please let me know.
Chapter 4 Here