Sebastian Rawlins

“Thank you so much,” the man repeated quietly, “That m-means a lot..”

“Y-you’re welcome Jacob,” he whispered, pressing his face into his brother’s shoulder for a moment. 

“Thank you so much,” Jacob whispered quietly, squeezing him tighter and letting out a heavy sigh, “I’m so glad you don’t hate me completely for what I did.”

“Y-you’ve done so much f-for me since y-you got here t-to prove you’re not th-the same as you w-were... I c-couldn’t hate you...”

“Okay… okay,” he whispered, resting his chin on his brother’s shoulder and sighing.

“Y-you’re my brother a-and I love you Jacob... I-I don’t care about w-what happened between u-us in the past, n-not anymore...”

“It is,” Jacob mumbled, wrapping his arms around Sebastian again, “I’ve been too cruel to you.”

“N-no it’s not,” he said, hugging Jacob back again. “N-none of that matters a-anymore Jacob...”

“It’s true though,” Jacob whispered as he leant into his brother and sighed heavily.

“Sh-shut up, no it’s n-not,” he replied, letting out a sigh. 

“Shh, d-don’t say that,” he whispered back, reaching up and gently giving his brother’s shoulder a gentle squeeze. 

“Okay… okay…” he whispered, clutching at his head a little, “I think I n-need to lie down…”

“O-okay, come on,” he said before leading Jacob over to the sofa and sitting him down on it. 

“Okay… okay…” Jacob mumbled almost incoherently, wiping his eyes with his sleeve while he sniffed a little.

“I-it’s going to be o-okay Jacob. W-we’re away from him now a-and we’re going to b-be okay.”

“Are you sure?” he replied, shaking a little as he pulled back and looked at his brother with tears in his eyes.

“I-I’m positive Jacob... we will n-never see him again, I p-promise,” he said, giving his brother a very weak smile.

“I don’t want to ever see him again,” he whimpered quietly, “I don’t want you to be hurt either…”

“M-me either Jaob... and w-we won’t ever have t-to... he can’t c-come here, we won’t e-ever see him a-again,” he whispered.

“Why can I hear his voice, why do you look hurt?” he cried as he held onto him, his knees feeling weak.

“I d-don’t know Jacob...” he whispered, squeezing his brother tightly and closing his eyes for a moment. He’d never really seen Jacob like this before...

“I’m going crazy,” Jacob whispered, wrapping his arms around his brother and burying his face in his shoulder.

“N-no your not. Y-you’re going to b-be fine Jacob,” he whispered, hugging his brother back tightly as he buried his face in his shoulder. 

“No… no of course I haven’t, I won’t do that while I’m staying here with AJ and Alisha,” he whispered, continuing to run his fingers over his brother’s face, “W-what’s going on… I don’t understand..”

Sebastian nodded a little as Jacob spoke. “I-I don’t know Jacob... I-I really don’t, I-I’m sorry...” he whispered.

“Y-you’re bleeding though… you’re hurt… what are you two talking about?” he asked, his voice shaking and breaking as he spoke, reaching up and touching his brother’s face, realising he couldn’t feel any cuts where he could see them.

“N-no... Jacob, I-I’m not,” he said, staring at his brother for a moment as he touched his face. “J-Jacob, nothing’s w-wrong with me... y-you must be seeing th-things... have... h-have you been taking d-drugs?” He asked. 

AJ let go of Jacob as he pulled away, frowning as Jacob started talking. “Jacob, what are you talking about?” She asked, frowning as he rushed over to his brother. 

"W-what... my f-face isn’t... w-what are you talking about J-Jacob? What’s th-the matter?” He asked. 

“I don’t like this,” he whispered, hugging her a little tighter and clinging to her.

“It’s okay Jacob, it’s gonna be okay,” she whispered back, squeezing Jacob tightly as he clung to her. 

Sebastian made his way to AJ’s apartment as fast as he could, knocking on the door as he reached it before trying it and finding that it was unlocked. He let himself inside, closing the door behind him and making his way through to AJ and Jacob. “J-Jacob... are you o-okay?”