magser | Someone Elses's Life

Title:Someone Elses Life
Chapter: 24/?
Wordcount:2,816
Characters, Pairing: Jared/Jensen, Chad, Sandy, Chris, Steve/Sophia, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Wisdom, David Boreanaz, mentions of Jared/omc; Jensen/ David .
Summary:Jared Padalecki is a young man living hand to mouth, trying to save the only two friends he has in the world. Jensen ackles is a man with a broken heart and dented pride, and enters Jareds life long enough to leave him with a drawing and a dream of what Jared could have had. When one of Jareds friends dies tragically, Jared is left with no choice but to run, and ends up living a life that isnt his, a life that he can never have. What happens when Jensen finds Jared living in the house meant for the fiance that broke his heart, and can they come to an arrangement that suits them both?

Chapter 23

The sun was high in the early morning sky, when Chad next emerged from the bedroom. Jensen was sitting in the armchair, a cup of cold coffee by his side and his hands folded against his chin as he sat alone staring into space. He had sent Steve and Chris to sleep in the spare room hours ago, and the two had reluctantly gone, ribbing each other about bed space the way only two friends as close as them could.

Chad stopped when he spotted Jensen sitting there. The man was exhausted but obviously too keyed up to sleep. A rustle of his foot attracted Jensen’s attention and he turned his tired eyes in his direction, immediately coming alert. “Is he alright? Does he need anything?”

Chad looked at him for a few seconds before nodding his head and replying softly “Yes, he needs something.....he needs you.” He pushed himself from the door and moved into the room to sit opposite Jensen, facing him head on.

“I want to apologise Jensen. I was way out of line earlier; I had no right talking to you that way. I’m sorry.”

Jensen shook his head and made to reply but Chad help up his hand and continued “I know you spoke out of shock and I understand, I’m not too sure how to handle this myself truth be told, but, I have to, cause Jared needs me, he needs us. He has patched up my cuts and bruises so many times over the years, he has seen parts of me that no friend should, but someone had to do it and he always did without a word. He hasn’t rejected you Jensen, he just knows me, and we have been through this before, only with me on the receiving end. He thought you would be disgusted by what he needed done, he is hurting and he is scared and it’s going to take a long time before he forgives himself for what he thinks he did wrong. He thinks he betrayed you by letting that bastard touch him, but he knows he had no choice.....He is in love with you Jensen, he doesn’t want to be, but he is....he is frightened that you won’t or can’t love him now.....I should have known you would be feeling the same shock and anger I was and that Jared was. I should have understood that you never seen this side of life before and I should have kept my mouth shut. So I’m sorry.”

Jensen cleared his throat and attempted a smile, “That’s quite a speech Chad. We seem to have gotten off on the wrong foot somehow when we should actually have hit it off right away. We have the most important thing in common you and I, we both love Jared. I shouldn’t have used that word on Jared, that was unforgivable and I can only say I was stunned by the fact that we had been played so fucking brilliantly by that bastard. I just....I’m sitting here trying to get my head around the fact that Jared did this for us....for me. He put himself in harms way and that bastard hurt him in my name. He used me to hurt Jared that way. I’m so angry Chad, so fucking angry. So look, let’s just wipe the slate clean and start again huh?”

Chad smiled and held out his hand and both men shook on it easing the tension with a grin Chad turned toward the kitchen, “So why don’t you go in to Jared huh? He has been asking about you dude, I’m just gonna make him some coffee and toast and I can bring you in some too if you’d like?”

Seeing the offer for what it was, an olive branch, Jensen took it with a smile, “Yeah ok, I would love a fresh cup.”

“Cool, now go in there and see if you can get him to close his eyes for more than five minutes, whatever shit they gave him has left him weak but he is fretting and not resting at all. Nothing I did or said worked man.”

Jensen moved to leave the room but stopped, “Chad?”

“Uh huh?” The voice came from the direction of the kitchen area and Jensen followed him in, “Umm what happened to Jared, it doesn’t matter that he said yes.....it was rape.”

Chad nodded, “Yes it was.”

“Shouldn’t we be calling the police? I mean, the state he is in they would have to act right?”

Chad nodded again and then sighed, “I agree, but, he won’t hear of it, he says he just wants to forget and move on, and if he is unwilling, nothing we do is going to make the police take this further.”

Jensen nodded and moved away, and Chad followed him to the door, “Listen, please don’t think I’m interfering here again, especially after our talk but....Jensen, please don’t try and force him to go to the police? I have never seen him so broken, after Edward he was bad....but he picked himself up, locked himself down and continued, and no amount of begging from us would get him to let the tears out. But now.....he isn’t really talking, he has just lain there all night, shaking and crying silently. I don’t know what to do....he just says a few things in bursts, like ask for you, but, otherwise he just cries......not a sound....just silent tears and it scares me. I’m just not sure he can handle a police investigation right now, especially when the chances of Robert actually getting convicted are slim to none.”

Jensen just nodded, not being able to find words to reassure Chad just then. He smiled a small smile and turned toward the bedroom and Chad called after him;

“I will bring in the coffee and head out and see what I can find out.”

“You sure that is wise?”

Chad chuckled, “Probably not, I won’t go near Robert and his crew, but there are a few places I can dig. I just want to make sure Jared is going to be left alone now. Anyway, I think he needs something to wear so I will just go pick him up something.”

“Ok.” And Jensen turned for the bedroom, taking a deep calming breath and leaned his head against the closed door, steeling himself, before opening the door and quietly slipping inside shutting the door behind him.

Jared was sitting up, leaning against the headboard, arms wrapped around the legs he held tightly against his chest. He turned his head toward the door, eyes sunken and dark rings circling, giving him an even more haunted look. Jensen attempted a smile that fell well short of the mark and walked to the bed, sitting down on the edge, not making any attempt to touch the tense man watching him.

“You haven’t slept Jared, you look like hell dude.”

Jared snorted at that, “Like you look much better man, been sitting up all night haven’t you?”

Jensen shrugged and gave into the urge to touch and reaching his hand out, just ghosted it down the side of Jared’s face, fingertips just brushing the hair as they moved.

“I was worried about you; I wanted to be in here....with you....I just wasn’t sure if you wanted me here.”

Jared stared at him in surprise, “Why wouldn’t I want you in here? You’re not the one who....” and just like that, Jared shut down, as memories and thoughts and self hatred all bubbled to the surface again. Jensen watched as the dead look returned and Jared turned away, head resting on his knees, away from Jensen.

“Hey, hey Jared come on dude, you did nothing wrong. Look at me Jare, please baby, you did nothing wrong, I promise you.”

Jensen had moved and was now on his knees facing Jared as he took his face in his hands and forced his head up to look in his tortured eyes. “Jared, listen to me, you did nothing wrong. This isn’t your fault. You hear me? None of this is your fault. I......Jared I love you man, and none of this is your fault. No one blames you.”

Jared stared back, eyes filling at Jensen’s words and his hands reached up to clutch at Jensen’s as they held his face, his thumbs stroking softly.

“Jensen.....I tried Jensen.....but he said he would hurt you and Chad and I couldn’t let him hurt anyone else.....he hurt Sandy....she killed herself because of this.....because of what he made her do....because of me......I couldn’t .......not you too....not Chad....I couldn’t Jensen....I’m sorry....I’m sorry Jensen....I’m so sorry.....so sorry...I let you down.....and....fuck I’m sorry....”

Jensen moved then and scooting as close as he could, wrapped himself around Jared and held him as tightly as he could, stroking his hair, as he started to shake and cried silent tears, muttering sorry over and over and over, “Shhhhhhhh, Jared it’s ok, it’s ok....shush baby.....it’s over....it’s all over...he won’t ever touch you again I promise.....it’s ok.....you did nothing wrong baby I swear to you....I love you.....it’s not your fault....”

The words were repeated endlessly, Chad came in with the coffees and toast he had promised and Jared never noticed, didn’t move from the position he was in, clutching Jensen now and head turned into his chest as he cried himself into an exhausted sleep. Chad just nodded and pulled the blanked up over the two men as Jensen awkwardly manoeuvred them both into a lying position, never letting go of his grip on the man who held on tight. Nodding to Jensen, he quietly left the room and no more was spoken, except for Jensen’s soft shushing when Jared shuddered or his body shook on a sob as he fell into a deeper sleep. Exhaustion finally overtook Jensen and his hand absently still occasionally stroking through soft locks of hair, he drifted to sleep, still wrapped around the man who never let go of his grip, and together they finally slept.

***********

Chad sat outside the private hospital room watching. He tried not to squirm in the tight leather pants he wore, and only tugged at the tight T shirt once. He knew he looked like a low class hooker, with the outfit and the makeup he almost never wore, but this was a special reason. He needed to look cheap and he needed to act cheap, but he was waiting, biding his time before making his move.

He had watched a couple of people come and go from the room in the last hour, but none of them had been what he was looking for. He needed a high profile client to walk into that room before he moved, he had been around this city and its people long enough to know when someone was full of their own self importance and when someone was genuinely an influential person, who could make or break you.

Looking down the hall, he buried his face behind the newspaper he held, when he spotted two men heading for the room he was watching. Now this was what he had been waiting for. One man wore an expensive Armani suit and every movement exuded success and influence, from the slick grey hair to the polished black shoes on his feet. The man accompanying him was obviously an assistant of some sort.

Chad smiled as the men entered the room and sat back, giving them a minute or two to get settled into their visit, before pulling out a wad of chewing gum and popping it into his mouth and touching up the bright red lipstick he wore. Grinning widely and winking at the snotty nurse who had been watching him closely since he arrived, he rose and stretched, making sure the leather was stretched over the right parts just so, fluffing his hair and adding a swagger to his walk that would have had Jared in tears of laughter normally, he walked to the door, took a deep breath and burst in.

David Boreanaz was propped up against fluffy pillows, broken ribs strapped tight and snug, right arm in a cast and the fingers of his left also strapped. His left leg was slightly raised and snug in a cast and the bruises on his face varied in colour from black to purple to yellow. Martin DeSilver was one of his most influential clients and the highest of the high class that David was so desperate to get a foot in on. He was a deeply religious man who had the strict morals only someone of his high standing could possibly live up to, but David was getting there, earning his trust and the fact that he had come in this morning to visit would have had David jumping for joy if he weren’t stuck in this goddamn bed.

They were talking politely, David subtly steering the conversation towards functions and Martin hinting at sending one or two more people his way, when the door burst open and David’s worst nightmare walked, no fucking swayed in! Floating and sashaying his way across the floor, Chad grinned wide and bright and perched at the side of the bed as close to David as he could get, causing a wince and a barely swallowed oath as he knocked against his strapped ribs.

“So sorry to disturb you men...” Chad used the lightest, airiest tone of voice he could muster and winked broadly at Martin DeSilver who stood open mouthed, staring at the hooker who was now draping himself across David’s chest and turning his full attention on the blustering man. “But David, you naughty boy! You forgot to pay me the other night! I have......um....needs to take care of, you know that sweetie!” Chad pouted as David choked on a reply he couldn’t come up with and Martin’s eyebrow rose in a disapproving stare. “Or are you sulking just ‘cause you fell down my stairs with your pants around your ankles? I already told you I was sorry! How was I to know you would tumble back while I was blowing you? You forgive me don’t you baby?”

He brushed David’s cheek with his lips, leaving a bright red lip print, before licking a stripe up the side of his face and grinning wide again. “Although I do think you might deserve it baby, after all....my ass is so sore I still can’t sit right! See?!” And with a very lady like jump from the bed, turned his ass on the horrified men and pulled down his trousers low enough to show the now yellow bruises covering his ass cheeks.

Winking broadly at Martin as he turned back around, he leaned in close to David’s ear, so only he could hear and whispered through the smile on his face “Stay away from Jared and Jensen you son of a bitch!” Nipping at David’s ear then, he licked at the lobe before continuing “You’re lucky you’re alive after what you’ve caused! But I can fix that easy...”

He straightened up and smiled at the men “Don’t you forget what I said now you hear? You come see me when you’re all better baby and I will even let you tie me down again.” Turning to DeSilver he walked over and ran his hands over the ramrod straight shoulders “Bring your friend here; I’m sure I could loosen him up.” And with a last pout of his lips he swayed from the room, not needing the wait around to know that David Boreanaz’s career was at this moment leaving the room with him.

Feeling ten times better than he had an hour ago, Chad grinned to himself as he picked up the bag of clothes he had bought for Jared where he had left them, in the men’s bathroom, changed out of the clothes he had been wearing and washed off the makeup. Feeling human again he walked from the hospital and headed once more for Jensen’s apartment and his friend.

Maybe it was time to quit the city, he had enough money stashed away to start afresh somewhere. Maybe he could head back down with Jared, stick close for a while, maybe get a job, a real one.....he smiled to himself as he travelled, his heart hopeful and his gait light. Between them, he and Jensen would get Jared through this.

Getting Jared to forgive himself was going to take some doing. Chad had failed Jared once; he sure as hell wasn’t letting him out of his sight to do it again. He knew Jared and Jensen needed space to sort themselves out; space and time would repair the damage this had surely caused. But he was going to be close by, just in case Jared needed his friend. He was going to need all the friends he could get.

chapter 25

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Oh wow. Am I first?

God I think I fell in love with Chad in this chapter *hugs him* this chapter was almost boardering on fluffy, at least it made me giggle. It was the least David deserved.

Robert & co will be a differant matter, and won't be so easily sorted out but I have faith in you.

Just out of interest, are Jared and Jensen still technically engaged? I know wedding bells are a long way off but...*G*

I love how all teh guys are so protective of Jared, and I lovelovelove this chapter. For some reason I was channelling Pretty Woman for a while when I was reading it ;D

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