Wasted Times [LIP GALLAGHER]

t h i r t y f i v e

"That was a one time thing, we literally just started talking again." I reminded her but she just rolled her eyes.

"Never know unless you try." Mia mumbled kicking a stone ahead of her as we walked aimlessly.

"What about you, huh? Ever thought about Seb that way?" I asked turning the tables on her, she seemed a little caught off guard.

"Me and Seb? No eww, he's like a big mopey brother to me. I prefer a fuck and duck." Mia told me and I had no idea what she was talking about yet again.

"Oh come on, I'm not interested in relationships I'd rather just fuck and leave. I don't need the emotional baggage that comes with all that crap." Mia added and she sounded exactly like Lip but he had never directly said it to me.

It was around seven thirty and I was helping Grace finish her geography project that she had left until the last minute. The kitchen table was a complete mess with scraps of paper, glue, glitter and pencils all over it. I traced over the bubble writing that Grace couldn't get right after numerous attempts, she came back into the room with a printout of a French flag and the Eiffel Tower.

"I just need to stick these on and then I'm all done." Grace muttered putting glue on the back of the pictures.

"Then you clean all this mess up and in the future don't leave school projects until the night before they are due." I pointed out and Grace just huffed to herself.

I was about to head upstairs when I heard a knock at the door, I turned on my heel and opened the front door to see Lip with a dejected look on his face.

"Hey, is everything okay?"

"Monica is taking Liam so we all left dinner and went to Fiona and Steve's new house next door. Debs is a bit down so I was wondering if Grace could come over and maybe take her mind off everything for awhile?" Lip questioned and I gave him a sympathetic look.

"Sure I'll go get her." I answered walking back to the kitchen doorway where Grace was dumping a pile of glitter into the trash.

"Lip is here, Debs could really use a friend right now you mind heading over and checking on her?"

"Yes, no more cleaning. I'll get my coat." Grace raced past me before I could say anything else.

I walked back over to the door where Lip was still waiting, Grace had gone ahead across the street to the house beside the Gallagher's. 

"Frank isn't Ian's dad, turns out mom had an affair with one of Frank's brothers. Really adds to my existing image of her." Lip revealed and my eyes widened, he just let out a dry laugh.

"Is Ian okay? How did he take the news?" I asked because Ian didn't show much hatred towards Frank or Monica as much as Lip did.

"He doesn't care all that much, but I'm going to get him to track down his dad. Maybe it'll be his ticket out of the south side, imagine the life he could have..." Lip trailed off and I didn't expect it.

"Ian won't want to leave you guys, you're  his family. Lip, are you okay?" I wondered because he had talked about anything but himself and I knew he was bottling it all up.

"Not really, my little brother is being taken by my crackhead mom and her girlfriend. Everything is kinda going to shit." Lip confirmed my thoughts with watery eyes, I don't think I'd ever seen him like this before.

"I can come over too if you want? Some moral support." I offered with a shrug making Lip smile slightly.

"I-" Lip stopped talking and followed my gaze across the street where all the Gallagher's came out of the house next door as Monica and Bob were carrying Liam outside.

Lip left me at the door and joined his family across the street, I followed him just incase he decided to do something stupid. I stood next to Lip and Ian, all of our eyes focused on a crying Monica. Bob climbed into the truck and Monica stopped walking, she pressed a kiss to Liam's cheek. I glanced at Lip and saw the desperation in his eyes, I reached for his hand and held it in hopes that it would make him feel better in anyway at all.

Monica walked towards Fiona and handed Liam to her, Fiona was surprised but quickly adjusted Liam on her hip. Monica turned around and headed for the truck where Bob was waiting.

"Mom." Fiona called making Monica stop and turn around, Fiona nodded at her as thank you for not following through and taking Liam.

I squeezed Lip's hand as Monica climbed into the truck and they left, I looked at Ian to see watching mine and Lip's hands with a small smirk. I looked away and the Gallagher's all started walking back towards their house. I let Lip's hand go and he stopped walking turning to look at me.

"You're not coming in?"

"I don't want to interrupt, you need to be with your family." I countered and he held his hand out towards me again, a sign of hope that was bound to crush me at some point.

"What I need is a beer."

Author's Note;
I'm so excited to update more and more for this book because I have a really clear path of where it's headed.

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