.Two Brothers. One Soulmate . Chapter 10: Does anyone know CPR. “Luca!” Jedidiah yelled out in anguish as he stared down at the water, watching it ripple where the boy fell. Luca just commuted suicide... He didn’t even notice Williams shuffling about till he was thrusting his winter coat into Jedidiah’s unclasped arms.“Liam?” Jedidiah stared at Williams. “W-What are you doing?.” “Go grab his stuff,” was Williams’s short reply as he started to kick off his shoes.“What?” He asked.“I said grab his stuff!!”. Williams’s voice was loud and commanding so Jedidiah just complied without any more questions. He looked around and spotted two bags on the side walk. Grabbing them quickly he threw the backpack over his shoulders then hoisted up the duffle with ease. He turned around to see Williams up on the railing.“Liam! What do you think you are doing? Get down from there!.” “Just call 911, okay?.” Willians rolled his neck trying to crack it. “It would be just like bungee jumping.”
Two Brothers. One Soulmate . Chapter 11: Just a bit of a lucky charm . Williams reached into his pocket for his phone and checked the time, twelve twenty seven am, before pulling up Jackson’s number.After the third ring the line clicked over and Jackson’s groggy voice was heard. “Hello?”.“Uh… Jackson, don’t get mad but… Jedidiah and I are on our way to the hospital… I uh… kind of jumped off a bridge,” Williams said sheepishly. A snort came from Jedidiah as he looked from Luca to Williams, torn between laughing at his brother’s words and crying over Luca. Jedidiah watched as Williams pulled the phone from his ear as his friend started yelling at him.“Hey, what the fuck are you on about? Williams Roswell, you are such an idiot!” Jackson yelled. “What on earth possessed you do something crazy like that?”.“Luca Knights.” Jedidiah said.“What?”.“Look just meet us at West Barium Centum Hospital,” Williams said. Before his friend could yell at him again some more, he quickly hung
Two Brothers. One Soulmate . Chapter 12: the nightmares were real? . “Williams are you okay?” asked Jedidiah as his soulmate gave him a boxy smile.“Just a bit of a concussion,” replied Williams. The boy was wearing a pair of hospital pajamas and his hair was mostly dry, his wet clothes were in a bag in his hand. “They wanted to put me in a room but I insisted on coming out here to be with you. Gave me some pills for the pain.”“He’s lucky that’s all he got from a fall that high,” said the doctor. “If the bridge had been any higher than a hundred feet both boys would be dead upon impact. Williams here at least knew enough to protect his ribs with his arms. Hello, you may address me as Doctor Jayden.” The man held out his hand to Jedidiah who took it and introduced himself.“We’d be dead depending on how we hit the water there doc,” replied Williams. The doctor just rolled his eyes at him.“If you didn’t have a concussion I’d hit you upside the head for being an idiot,” said Nath
Two Brothers. One Soulmate . Chapter 13: paradise at the end of hell . Williams tucked the bags under the bed before flopping down on the other side of Jedidiah. “While I was in the ER I overheard the doctors saying something about Luca’s injuries,” He said. They all looked at him as he sat up and moved behind Jedidiah putting his arms around his stomach and his head on his shoulder. “When we were in the ambulance I saw a whole bunch of bruises on his chest and I was pretty sure they didn’t come from his fall. From what the doctors were saying they had the same idea, possibly abuse. I tried asking but they wouldn’t tell me anything.”“Do you think that’s why Jedidiah was having nightmares about Luca? Because of the abuse?” Saint asked as he rested his elbows on his knees as he sat on the couch next to Harry.“But why would I only have the dreams?” asked Jedidiah. “Why not Williams too?”“Maybe that’s something you can ask the doctor,” said Nathan. “I mean, they should know more a
Two Brothers. One Soulmate . Chapter 14: fears, heights and dashing hopes . Cold and darkness was the first thing he remembered. Not being able to breathe as the pressure around him squeezed his body. His chest hurt and his head was swimming. Jedidiah, he had seen Jedidiah atop the bridge with another boy, who was that boy? He remembered reaching out and trying to catch himself. He remembered them reaching for him. He remembered arms wrapping around him and the warmth they provided. He remembered seeing faces, blurry through his lack of oxygen haze and tears. Voices, there were voices talking to him and without thinking he called out the first name that came to his mind, Jedidiah.“Yes Luca, it’s Jedidiah. Williams is here too.”“Williams?“I’m right here Luca.” He couldn’t help but sob as more tears spilled from his eyes and more warmth was wrapped around him. If he was dreaming he didn’t want to ever wake up. There were more voices and sharp movements making pain shoot thr
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 15: escalating... elevating problems .“Imagine my surprise to find five messages on my phone this morning informing me that my good for nothing son is in the hospital,” The man sneered.A shiver ran down Luca’s spine and he grabbed the back of Jedidiah’s shirt tightly causing the boy to look at him. “G-get o-out,” He stuttered, eyes wide in horror at his father. Even with his soulmates and their friends here he was still terrified. The boys, seeing his fear sprang into action immediately.“Security!” Harry yelled as he leapt across the bed to stand in front of Williams so there were two on his side between the man and Luca.Jedidiah scooted so he was more in front of Luca as he could without sitting on him and held up his arm in front of his soulmate. Williams also put an arm out in front of Luca and Jedidiah as Jackson and Saint moved closer. Jedidiah fumbled with the nurse call button and hit it several times, figuring that the more times
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 16: soft touches and back rubs..Luca didn’t know how long he spent just snuggled up with Williams and Jedi. For the first time in his life, or at least in the past four years, he truly felt at peace and safe as Jedidiah petted his hair while pressed against his back, his soulmate’s warmth seeping into his sore muscles. Williams had his forehead pressed to his as he played with Luca’s fingers, kissing each digit and massaging them with his own. Occasionally the brunet would press a kiss to his nose or forehead making him smile and a couple of times he would try and tickle him lightly to get a small giggle out of him. No words were said between them only sweet, comfortable silence.It wasn’t until nurses came in and fussed at the two boys saying they shouldn’t be smothering Luca and laying on his wires that they pulled away from their cuddle session. Williams protested that they had every right to smother their Luca with love and affection wh
. Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 17: could have saved you .Adrien switched to the subject Luca was dreading the most. “When did the sexual abuse start?”.Not subtle in the least bit and Luca sucked in a breath squeezing both his soulmates hands that were still clasped with his. He tried to hide himself behind Jedidiah’s shoulder.“S-six months ago,” He let out. Adrien nodded. “Why did it start? Why the change?”Luca shrugged. “I don’t really know why,” He shivered as he tried to stay calm. “Dad, c-came home one day angry. He l-lost his job which I got a beating for and then later his girlfriend at the time c-called and s-said she was d-done with him. I was trying to do my h-homework when he came into my room. He b-blamed me and next I knew he had me pinned to the wall and that’s… that’s when he raped me for the first time.”“What are some of the things he would do to you?”. A shiver ran down Luca’s spine and his face paled as he turned it and pressed it into Jedidiah’s
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Final Chapter: love and everything in between .The keeper at the animal shelter has no idea what Jedidiah’s trying to say.“So, you’re looking for a cat,” she repeats after Jedidiah slowly. He nods. “But you also want a dog?”“No, no,” Jedi says, waving his hands in front of him. “No, I’m looking for a cat, a specific cat, grey tabby, nasty temper, but, she’s called Dog.” The girl stares at him. Jedi shrinks under her gaze. “Her name is Dog. It wasn’t me, by the way.”“Don’t worry,” the keeper says, an amused grin spreading on her face. “We get all sorts of weird names and weird people. Some redhead in tiger-stripe glasses came in the other day hysterically searching for a cat called Elizabeth 3rd. As long as all the animals go to good homes and are looked after right, we’re not here to judge.”“Good to know,” Jedi mutters under his breath, keeping his eyes peeled as the keeper leads him past rows and rows of crates. “Um, anyway, Dog should’ve been broug
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 60: heart beat fast, affection so overwhelming.Of course Liam forgets to close the bedroom door.Of course Dog jumps onto Jedidiah’s face in the middle of the night.Jedi, in a violent subconscious reaction, whacks Luca in the face, kicks Liam right in the crotch, and accidentally yanks on Dog’s tail while scrabbling for the lamp.Hell hath no fury like a grumpy cat scorned.*** “Whoa, what the hell happened to your face—”“Cat.”“Oh. Right. I’m assuming that’s the same reason you smell like cat pee?”“I hate my life.”“Welcome to cat ownership, I guess. Oh, wait, more like the cat owns you.” Stefan chortles to himself as he sets down his suitcase. “Hah!”*** The glorious, glorious weekend finally comes. Luca’s free from university classes, having handed in his last design assignment in on Friday, Liam doesn’t have CEO meetings or business classes to attend too until Monday, and Jedi is free of the big Man for two short days of freedom.Unfor
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 59: Cat claws sting.“Why is there shit on the sofa.”Jedidiah Roswell, 25, executive assistant to legal bigwig Miguel Midas, has just come home to his cozy little apartment on the second floor of a new residential complex in upper side of New York.Jedidiah Roswell, 25, is standing at the shoe alcove of the lovely abode he shares with his two boyfriends, holding a suitcase full of paperwork, and staring at a huge steaming pile of shit on his favourite sofa.“I can explain,” a guilty-looking Williams says, holding his hands up. Jedidiah levels him with a gaze, blowing a strand of hair away from where it’s matted down to his forehead. “Don’t freak out, okay?”At that moment, Luca chooses to trot in from the kitchen, holding an entire roll of paper towels. Luca spots him, freezes mid-step, and looks at Jedidiah with a mixture of panic and horror.“Please tell me it wasn't you who shat on the sofa,” Jedidiah says slowly, and Luca just lets out a ner
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 58: all good things last . Luca walks into the apartment and he smiles as he remembers the kind greeting from the doorman downstairs. Walking into the warmth of his home with the smell of food being extracted from the oven lulls Luca into a happy daze, love making itself apparent in the warmth in his chest. “I’m home, Jackson!” Luca nuzzles into Jackson’s shoulder, looking at the beautifully cooked food being split between seven plates."You're my baby," Jackson tells him as he kisses the top of Luca’s head that has butterflies settling into Luca’s stomach. It doesn't matter how many times his friends' shower him in affection, it'll always make his heart flutter.Luca sits on the counter by Jackson, tired from a long day of filming famous bands in their complex music videos. He instantly feels comfortable when he breathes in the food’s delicious smell, feeling the love poured into his midweek dinner date. “How about a game night tonight?” Jac
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 57: safe . Luca walks into the apartment and he smiles as he remembers the kind greeting from the doorman downstairs. Walking into the warmth of his home with the smell of food being extracted from the oven lulls Luca into a happy daze, love making itself apparent in the warmth in his chest. “I’m home, Jackson!” Luca nuzzles into Jackson’s shoulder, looking at the beautifully cooked food being split between seven plates."You're my baby," Jackson tells him as he kisses the top of Luca’s head that has butterflies settling into Luca’s stomach. It doesn't matter how many times his friends' shower him in affection, it'll always make his heart flutter.Luca sits on the counter by Jackson, tired from a long day of filming famous bands in their complex music videos. He instantly feels comfortable when he breathes in the food’s delicious smell, feeling the love poured into his midweek dinner date. “How about a game night tonight?” Jackson suggests as
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 56: D-Day.The day of the audition finally arrived. They boys woke up early to get ready. The older boys came over in the morning and Mrs Roswell made them all a big breakfast before they left. They all piled in the van and drove to the menu. There were a lot of people when they arrived.“Wait here while I check us in,” said Nathan as he went up to the reception desk.“Are we the only big group?” asked Harry as he looked around.Saint looked around as well. “Seems like it,” he said. “10,000 dollars says we’re going to be performing last.”Harry looked at him with narrowed eyes. “I’m not taking that bet,” he said. “You’ll most likely win.” Saint smirks at him.Nathan returned and handed out badges on lanyards to everyone. “Keep these with you,” he said. “We are in waiting room seven.” He led the boys down a series of hallways till they found their room, though they weren’t the only ones in there. They shared the room with two other groups though
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 55: dwindle in the past, no! Move forward .The days following the trial were busy as the boys spent most of their time at the dance studio either practicing their dance or working on their song in Luca’s room. With Wilder’s help Saint and Nathan were able to get their recording equipment back from their old college. They set up half the equipment at the studio and the other half at their apartment. At the moment all seven of them were in the private room. Liam was laying on the floor near a wall by the couch with a comic book in hand. Jedi and Luca were on the couch going over a notebook with music notes and lyrics. Harry, and Saint were at the desk making adjustments on the computer. Jackson and Nathan were down in the cafeteria getting them all lunch.“You should show these to him,” whispered Jedi.Luca scratched the back of his head. “I don’t know,” he replied. “I don’t really think these ones are any good.”“But they are good,” said Jedi. H
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 54: breathe and relax .Luca stood in front of the bathroom mirror trying to fix his tie. He was extremely nervous as the trial was merely hours away. Sarah had bought him a brand new suit so that he would look presentable in court. The suit was a dark gray color with a white button up shirt and a purple tie. He growled in frustration as he undid the tie for the fifth time because he just couldn’t seem to get it right. “Jedi!” he called. “Help!”Jedi stepped into the bathroom and smiled at Luca. “Here,” he said and took the tie from Luca. “Relax babe.”Luca huffed as Jedidiah secured the tie around his neck. “Easy for you to say,” he mumbled.Jedi leaned forward and gave Luca a quick kiss. “Everything is going to be fine, you’ll see.”Luca looked at him for a minute or so before he sighed and wrapped his arms around Jedi, pressing his face into his soulmate’s shirt. Jedi just smiled and hugged him back tightly.“No fair, I want hugs,” called Lia
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 53: we’ll win that too .The doorbell rang causing Luca to jump and spill juice on the counter. “Shit,” he mumbled to himself and grabbed a towel to clean it up.“I’ll get it!” yelled Williams as he tossed his controller to Jedi. Jedi not being prepared, squeaked and nearly dropped his laptop as Liam ran to the door. “Harry! What brings you over?”“What? So I can’t come and visit my younger ones every once in awhile? I’m insulted!” Harry’s cheerful laughter filled the house before he came into sight. The brunet spotted Luca in the kitchen and his already large grin got wider as he made a beeline for the boy. “Luca!”“Hi Harry,” replied Luca as the older wrapped an arm around his shoulders. “How are you?”Harry beamed at the boy and ruffled his hair. “I’m good,” he said. “So, guess what I woke up to this morning?” Luca shrugged. “Both Nathan and Saint working away at their computers for a brand-new song that they said you wrote.”Liam slid onto o