Gerard's POV

"You understand? Because if you don't I'll get Jake to come over and help make sense if it all because I can't wrap my head round this anymore." I said to my 14 year old brother, Mikey, as I was trying to help him to do his homework which was a massive failure.
I was sat in a booth with Mikey in the bar I worked at since we lived in the flat above the bar along with 3 other people who worked here.
It was also about the only time I could spend with Mikey as he was up before me to go to school and I didn't finish work until the early hours of the morning and most of the time Mikey is fast asleep.
"I understand see, all you have to do is this." Mikey said and wrote down and explained what he was doing at the same time.
Once he was done he looked at me and I must have the look of confusion on my face as Mikey laughed.
"This is why I go to school, because I have brains. You don't because you like sex too much to go." Mikey said and I looked at him.
"Sorry, that was out of context." Mikey said quietly and looked down.
"You want a drink?" I asked.
"Yeah, can I have a vodka and coke?" Mikey asked knowing what the answer will be but he still tried every day.
"No, so a coke will do?" I asked and Mikey chuckled and nodded.
"But your allowed to drink, why not me?" Mikey asked.
"Because I'm the older one and also because I want to make sure you aren't intoxicated for when someone thinks their grave enough to take a customer upstairs to fuck. You can't trust them." I said and got up and walked to the bar and got Mikey a coke and I got myself a lemonade and went back over to the booth and sat opposite Mikey and gave him his drink.
"Gee?" Mikey said and I looked up at him.
"Yeah Mikes." I said softly.
"Do you think mum and dad will ever come back for us?" He asked Sadly and looked down.
"We've been here for a year Mikes, if they haven't come now then I don't think they will ever come back for us." I said and looked down.
"I miss them." Mikey whispered and I reached over and caught hold of his hand which made him look at me.
"I miss them too, but we are better off without them." I said and someone walked over.
"You need to go upstairs and you need to go and get ready Gee." My boss, Quinn, said and I helped Mikey clear his stuff up and he headed upstairs and I watched him and sighed loudly and went to the dressing room and got ready.

"Hey guys, is there anything else I could get you?" I asked as I put some drinks on a table for a group of guys who was regulars.
"No thanks Gee." One of the guys said.
"Okay, you know where to go if you want me." I said and turned round and got my ass slapped by one of the guys and I sighed loudly and headed towards the bar and went behind it to sort the glasses out.
"Swear to fucking God if anyone slaps my ass once more I could just cry or something." I said to another worker, Max.
"Lighten up Gee, anyway get a few drinks inside them and you could be earning some extra money in lap dances and blow jobs and sex." Max said and I rolled my eyes at him.
"Thanks Max." I said sarcastically and Max just winked at me and carried on serving drinks to people.

"You want me to lick you clean off sweet heart?" I asked in a flirty way.
"And make me hard again? If I had the money then I would. Since I don't I'll just wipe myself down." My client said and I handed him a towel and a bottle of water.
I quickly looked at the time and saw it was 4 in the morning and I was exhausted, luckily this was my last client.
"Here's your money, I've even given you extra." My client said as he walked over to me after he cleaned himself off and gotten dressed.
"You didn't have too." I said and looked at him.
"Consider it as a gift for doing a good job tonight." My client said and I smiled and thanked him d with that he saw himself out.
I sat on the floor and quickly counted the money and was shocked at how much he had given me.
"Hey Gee, you coming up stairs?" Max said as he walked in the room and saw me counting what my client has just given me.
"Fuck Gee, how much is that?" Max said and sat in front of me.
"It's nearly 200 dollars." I said quietly.
"It's still not enough though, by the time I've paid Patrick for staying here with Mikes and then Mike's phone bill and then mine and all the other little things. Still can't get out of here. Even if I do fuck all the rich fuckers." I said and looked down.
"Hey, don't stress about it okay. You two will get out of here soon." Max said.
I laughed sarcastically and picked the money up.
"Been saying that since I started here and that was 3 years ago." I said.
"Yeah but do you really want to leave? You and Mike's are family now." Max said and I smiled and looked at Max.
"Your right." I said and Max smiled.
"Come on, you must be exhausted you had a busy night tonight." Max said and I smiled and stood up.

Me and Max walked up stairs and it was silent part from the snores coming from the other 3 people who work and live in the flat above the club.
"When's your day off?" Max asked quietly since Mikey was a light sleeper.
"Haven't got one until next week." I said and went to make myself a drink.
"Shit Gee, your going to kill yourself if you don't have a day off." Max said.
"I need money Max. I'm barley able to afford food for me and Mike's. I can't have a day off if I need the money to save to get out of here." I said and Max knew what I meant.
This business was like a drug business, once your in it, it's fucking hard to get out of it.
"So I'm going to bed so Mike's can get some decent sleep without worrying about me." I said and walked past Max and he put his hand on my arm.
"If you need help Gee you can come to me and I'll help you. You know I'll help you the best I can." Max said and I smiled.
"I know, it's the same to you as well." I said and Max smiled and moved back and opened his arms out.
"Hug?" Max asked and chuckled and walked into his opened arms and we hugged each other for a few minutes before we let go of each other.
"I'll see you when you wake up." Max said and I nodded and walked to mine and Mike's room and quietly shut the door behind me and I walked over to my bed and just collapsed quietly onto my bed.
"Gee?" Mike's asked sleepily.
"Yeah it's me, go back to sleep." I muttered falling asleep.
Before I did I felt my covers being lifted and someone climbing into my bed.
I knew it was Mikey and he normally only did this when he was having a shit night.

"Go to sleep, you have school in the morning." I muttered and fell asleep before Mikey could respond.

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