Eric's POV

"She's 16? How the fuck could your mother hide being pregnant? I would love being able to hide being pregnant." Callie asked completely confused by Rose being 16.
"I don't have a clue. I was 7 how the fuck didn't I notice." I said.
Callie came over and sat on my lap since Erin was in bed and we was making the most of peace.
"Man friend. He must of been in the picture way before us lot worked out. Fuck Rose was a bloody secret until today." I sighed.
"Maybe, but you have a sister and she sounds a bit lost and she needs her brothers and I know that you won't see anything happen to her just like you won't see Alex or Fred get hurt." She said and kissed me.
"I know." I said quietly.
"You should see her tomorrow. I know you guys are worried about Alex but maybe making her part of your small family will make her feel like she has someone." She said.
I looked at her.
"Fucking hate it when your right." I said and Callie chuckled.
"You love it really." She said quietly and kissed me.

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I was stood with Fred, Jack and Alex waiting to see if Rose showed up.
Luckily Alex wasn't sectioned but he was pretty close to being sectioned but we was glad that he wasn't and I think Jack had a word about Alex's meds and he was now off them.
"If she doesn't show I'm not going to be impressed." Jack said as Alex jumped on his back.
"Not going to be impressed if who doesn't show up?" Rose said from behind us which made us all jump.
"Never mind." Jack said as Alex got down from his back and looked at Rose and looked at her arm and he walked over and hugged her and said something quietly in her ear.
"Feel blessed it took me ages to get a hug off him." Jack said and Rose chuckled.
"I do don't worry." She said and looked at Alex who was annoying Jack.
"So where we going to?" Rose asked and looked at us.
"Food?" Fred asked.
"Yes I'm starving." Rose said and walked off and we all looked at each other but followed her.
"What did you say to her?" I asked Alex quietly.
" Look at her arm closely and you'll see faint white lines. She's self harmed and I told her that if she needed someone to talk to them she can talk to me and I'll understand." He said.
I smiled.
"Come on slow coaches." Rose said and grabbed hold of mine and Alex's hand and dragged us to where Fred and Jack was waiting.

"Does getting a tattoo hurt?" Rose asked as she looked at my tattoos since we was sat at the park with a McDonald's.
"Not really, just itchys a lot when it heals but other than that it doesn't hurt." I said and looked at her.
"Did that hurt." I asked and poked the end of her nose.
"Yes it bloody well did. So don't poke it." She said and glared at me.
I chuckled.
"So, did mum really leave you guys?" She asked.
"Yeah, I was in the middle of having a really bad breakdown and Eric had only just gotten out of hospital and Fred was trying to hold us all together but it didn't work. She left and went to your father." Alex said.
"I'm so sorry." She said and looked down.
"You don't have to say sorry. It wasn't your fault." Fred said.
"Maybe if I wasn't here then maybe you would still have mum." She said quietly.
"She was a fucking shit mum." Alex said.
Rose looked at him.
"She wasn't shit. She was just confused, she had to choose whether to lose her sons just so she could be in my life. She talked about you three every day. Stories on how you three would plan something and nearly blow a toilet or something. She always called you three her little terrors." Rose said.
I looked at Fred and then too Alex.
"I can't forgive her for what she did. She was like my rock and then she fucked off when I needed her. If I didn't have Jack then I would be dead." Alex said quietly.
Jack pulled Alex to his side and kissed the side of his head.
"She didn't want to leave you. But my dad wouldn't expect you or your brothers." Rose said.
"She should of brought you to us." Fred said.
"My dad had full custody of me and wouldn't let her see me unless she left you guys and went back." She said a d looked down.
"She does love my dad you know. I'm sure it was the same with your dad but her love for my dad never went I guess." She said.
We stayed quiet for a while.

"Daddy!" Erin said loudly and ran towards me.
I turned round and was flattened by Erin.
"Sorry, didn't know you guys would be and she wanted to go to the park." Callie said.
"Babe its fine." I said and Callie smiled and sat next to me.
"I'm Callie, Eric's girlfriend. You must be Rose." Callie said.
"Yeah, its nice to meet you." Rose said.
"Daddy who's that?" Erin asked and pointed to Rose.
"Its your auntie Rose." I said.
She looked at me confused.
I chuckled.
"Your hair is gorgeous." Callie said and looked at Rose hair.
"It looks like a birds nest right now." Rose said and messed with her hair.
"I can sort that out." Callie said.
"Seriously Callie?" I asked.
"What? Her hair is gorgeous, I'm jealous that I cut my hair off now." She said.
I just rolled my eyes.
"Go and annoy Fred." I said quietly in Erin's ear and she got up and ran over to Fred and jumped on him.
"Jesus Erin." Fred grumbled and Jack and Alex chuckled.
"How old is she?" Rose asked.
"Ren, how old are you?" Callie asked.
"Five." Erin said and showed us five fingers.
"She's cute." Rose chuckled.
"Nope she's a little bitch and a complete daddys girl." Callie said and looked at me.
"Can't help it if I'm her favourite." I said.
Callie just slapped my chest and lent against me.

"We have to go, I forgot my meds this morning and I need to take them otherwise I'll go AWOL." Alex said.
"We'll see you around then." I said and Erin looked at Alex.
"Will Lex go crazy without his happy pills?" Erin asked.
"Yeah I do go crazy without my pills Ren." Alex chuckled.
"Here have one. Skittles makes me happy, especially the red ones." Erin said and gave Alex a red skittle.
"I love red skittles." Alex smiled.
Erin hugged Alex's leg.
"Get better soon Lex." She said and looked up at him.
"I'll try." Alex said and him and Jack went off.

"Ugh, I need a relationship like theirs." Rose groaned.
"Don't rush into them things, you don't know what your getting yourself in for." Fred said.
I looked at him and frowned.
"We're fine, He's just stroppy from jet lag and the lack of sex." Fred said.
"Freddie! There's young ears around." Callie said and pointed to Erin and Rose.
"Please Rose has probably already done it anyway." Fred said.
Rose looked down and blushed.
"Ah! She's a fucking gaskarth!" I said and slapped Callies leg.
"Ow you fucking bellend. I'm not your brothers." Callie said and rubbed her leg which made Rose laugh.
"And that's why you don't rush into relationships. You have to put up with loads of crap." Callie said.
"You love me really." I said.
Callie just hummed.
"Well I have to go and give my fiancée what he wants." Fred said and got up.
"You a slut, you know that." I said.
"Please, I slut myself to one person and one person only." Fred said and kissed the top of Erin's head and did the same to Rose.
"Laters dudes." He said and walked off.

"We have to go as well Rose since grumpy here and other there will probably want something to eat." Callie said.
"Its fine I have to go anyway otherwise mum and dad will be looking for me." Rose said and got up.
I got up and helped Callie up and Erin looked at me.
"We going?" Erin asked.
"Yeah, say bye to Rose." Callie said.
"Bye bye Rose." Erin waved.
"Bye Erin." Rose smiled.
I walked over and pulled her into a hug.
"You be good and talk to us if you need help." I said.
"Thanks Eric." She said quietly.
"Your beautiful by the way, your hair suits you." Rose said to Callie.
"Thank you." Callie smiled.
"Here if you need to suit your hair out, bug Eric and he'll give you the name of where I work a d I'll sort it out for you." Callie smiled.
Rose smiled.
"I need it long for the moment until I tell the folks about this." She said and turned round and showed us the pericing on the back of her neck.
"Bloody hell child." I chuckled.
"Fucks aren't given really. I have you guys and right now that's all what I need." She said and walked off.
I looked at Callie who shurgged her shoulders.
We went home after that.

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