•Are U Mine?•Aurelia Thorne&Alfie Solomons

chapter 5

"What does a 10 year old know about hell" Aurelia asked him while earning a look from Tommy.

"I'm turning 11 on Sunday" Finn said while he was frowning.

Tommy and Aurelia laughed at the purity and the innocence of the little boy as they saw themselves within him.

After that Tommy opened the door to see waves of people gambling on horses. Stupid men she thought. Giving their so hard earned money to gamble. With all of those money they could easily buy their children's shoes or food. Instead they fall for every single thing.

"Tommy! Aurelia! Look at the book! All on Monaghan boy" he said like a little child
"Good job John" Aurelia said and Tommy patted his back.

"Aurelia and Tommy! Get in here now!" Arthur said while he was on his office's door.

"Oh no, don't get me into this. I'm going at the pub, ihaveworkbye!" She said and met Tommy's eyes begging for her to stay with him. She left.

...

"Hello gentlemen what can I do for ya?" She told two men that looked that rubbish, smelled like it too.

"I'll have a beer thank you"said the blonde one with a tired smiled. They seemed like they were working for hours.

"I'll have you" the other man told her whilst trying to flirt with her. She then pretended to look at the menu and responded.

"I'm sorry sir but I cannot find a you in the menu"
"Well too bad because I don't fucking care if it's on the menu or not"
"Bad for you then cause I think it is off the menu, sir"
"Listen here you stupid girl, you will let me do anything to you because I'm a tired man that is in need of a good companion"
"I hear Lizzie Stark can be helpful for your case"

And as she ended her sentence and tried to go away he grabbed her hand

"You listen to me ya fucking slut. Girls like you need to be in the house and not anywhere around men. Cause like myself they won't be able to look away. They won't be able to not touch you. Even if you try to get away I will get you. Cause you're a fucking slut"he said mockingly

She took her hand off of him and then started walking out of the bar that was separating them. She got really close to
him and said "Say that again"

"You. Are. A. Fucking. Sl-" he got interrupted by her kicking his dongle. After that she took his head and crashed it to the bar only to leave him unconscious.

"Men like you deserve to be 6 feet deeper that the surface" she spat at the unconscious man and pour beer for his friend or whatever

It is needless to say that the whole pub was in a state of existential crisis as they saw a girl that they thought was an angel do such things.

Harry gave her the rest of the day off and she left before she could meet her brother or her friend Tommy.

...

"What happened here Harry?" Tommy asked
"Aurelia happened" he sighed "He started calling her things and invited her into his bed and she refused. Then he grabbed her wrist and told her that she was a slut. That's the moment she went off. I've never seen her like this Tommy. What happened to the angel we all knew?"

Tommy was shocked as well. He never thought that AJ could do something like this to another person. That's why she became a nurse after all. To prevent this stuff.

"War happened Harry...war"he sighed and then ordered a Irish neat whiskey

...

"Hey Mr Shelby! The Thorne girl came here moments ago and took 3 bottles of rum! Who's gonna pay?" A man yelled at Tommy

"You already are behind with our monthly Mr Fitzpatrick, so I don't think you should be the one complaining"he said and hurried along to go and find Aurelia

He thought the one place she would go and be alone. The stables. She wasn't there thought so he started getting worried. He looked everywhere, called anyone but nothing. And it hit him

She knew how Tommy would think. He would go on every place at the town except the most obvious one. He bloody house.

He knocked and knocked and then knocked again.

"Aurelia I know you are fucking in there let me in!"he yelled hoping for her to be in there. He called her Aurelia. Not AJ. Not Lia. But Aurelia. That meant he was mad and she was done having to explain herself to anyone.

"Aurelia fucking Thorne! Open the damn door!"he yelled and then knocked again

"GO HOME THOMAS" she yelled as she was mad as well.

"Unless you open this door I'm not"
Silence met him after that. Then he remembered that whenever she was upset about something she would never lock the door. Of course!!

He opened the door slowly and looked at the woman in front of him. Her mascara was running through her face making the dark circles under her eyes even more obvious. She was a total wreck.

She had already drank the 2 bottles of rum. He remembered how she used to say that alcohol is for broken people. That it's made for people that want to get away from the world and its' problems. How alcoholics are pieces of shit and they ruin their close ones.

But how could she think of herself that way. She was so confident in the past. So delicate and 'ladylike'. Now she was a total rebel, against the society's standards. Instead of short hair, she let hers grow long, she now wears mostly trousers. Now people start to feel fear when they see her.

Mostly because they were used to see her as a little good girl that works for the cause. An angel that turned into something shallow and dark. They didn't even recognize her.

As he walked towards her, Aurelia started throwing things at him
"GET AWAY FROM ME, NO PLEASE GO, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, I'M JUST A SIMPLE NURSE ,PLEASE!" she yelled at him whilst starring at him in deep fear.

"AJ it's me Tommy, your friend since you were 4 and I was 7! We used to go and ride wild horses together, that's how we got Dawn and Monaghan boy! You're in your house back in England!" He said to her but still keeping his distance.

"Don't let them hurt me Thomas" she told him and started crying again
He run over to her and hold her head to make her look at him
"They will never put their hands on you never again, I promise" and hugged her.

They were in that position for a while and then he helped her up.
"You can always talk to me you know"he said

"Will you?"she asked

The silence was good enough for both of them. She decided to end it.

"Tommy?"
"Mm?"
"Make love to me"