Chapter 9
Bucky woke up with sweat. Bucky made no move to get up. Bucky just will not go to school even though he has to. Bucky could miss one day but in the end Steve will get hurt. Winifred knocks on the door and opens it a little. "Honey, it's time for school." Winifred says, but then gasps when she sees her son.
Bucky was pale, deadly pale. And Bucky was sweating and breathing fast. "Bucky!" Winifred says and runs to his bed. "Oh baby, you are going to be okay." Bucky whimpers. "I h-have to g-go." Bucky kept on saying. Winfred frowns. Why is her son acting this way? "Honey, why?" Winifred asks fearing the worst. "They w-will h-hur-rt h-im." Bucky manage to say. Winifred knew insantly who her son was talking about. "Steve is going to be alright." Winifred says. But Bucky shakes his head. "You don't understand." Bucky manage to say clearly. "Bucky, you need to tell me everything, you are scaring me." Winifred says shaking in fear.
Bucky sobs. "Mom, will you promise not to tell anyone?" Bucky says gasping for breath. Winifred's blood ran cold. Slowly she nodded. "Brock, he said i have to have-" Bucky closes his eyes shut. Winifred wraps her arms around her youngest son in her arms. Bucky skin was hot to the touch. Winifred is going to have to find a way to cool Bucky's body down. "You have to what darling?" Winifred says. "I have to have s-sex with him, or he is going to hurt Steve." Bucky wails and breaks down. "Oh my god." Winifred says. Her worst fears were right. George comes in. "What's going on?" He asks and William comes in as well. Winifred was not going to tell them now.
"Can you make sure Steve doesn't go to school and to come here asap." Winifred says and William ran off. "Shhhhhh, it will be alright." She soothes. Bucky just cries harder. "Why me!?" Bucky wails. "I don't know baby." Winifred says crying with him. Why do kids have to be so mean to Bucky? Just because of his disability? Winifred closes her eyes. "What's going on?" Steve asks. "Oh good your here. Help me." Winifred says in a small voice. This time she doesn't have to be strong. "Bucky, tell me what's wrong?" Steve asks and Winifred and Steve switch places. Bucky clings onto him and sobs even more.
Bucky just shakes his head. Steve heart breaks. Who the hell did this to make Bucky scared like this? Steve glares at William. "What did Brock say to him? Or was it you?" Steve says angrily. William shrugs. "I don't know man but I am going to find out." William says and storms out of the house. "I think it might be best if you and Bucky stay here today." George says. Steve nods. Both Winfred and George steps out of the room. "I'm sorry." Bucky says in a weak voice. Steve just pulls him even closer. "For what?" Steve asks. "For not going through with it, I thought I could, but I can't. " Bucky says. Steve didn't know what Bucky was talking about.
"I don't understand?" Steve says. Bucky just cuddles into Steve more. "He said he was going to kill you." Bucky says. Steve frowns. "Who? Brock?" Steve asks and Bucky nods. "What did he want you to do?" Steve asks. "He wanted me to.... ummmm." Bucky says struggling with the last words. "it's okay, you don't have to tell me." Steve says and kisses Bucky's temple. Bucky sighs and closes his eyes. "I love you." Bucky says weakly. "I love you too." Steve replies softly. Bucky somehow manages to drift off to sleep. Steve sighs and carefully walks downstairs. "Winifred, if you don't mind me asking, but what is going on?" Steve asks and sits down at the kitchen table. Winifred sighs and sits across from Steve.
"Apparently, a bully name Brock, has told him that if Bucky doesn't have sex wth him Brock was going to kill you." Winifred says. Steve bawls his hand into a fist and Steve grits his teeth. "What?" Steve says. George sits down. "Do you knw his name? " George says angrily. "Rumlow." Steve says. George nods. "I am going to have a long talk with hs parents." George says. Winifred nods in aagreement. "I am going to check on Bucky." Winifred says and sniffles. George nods. "I knew teenagers were bad, but I didn't think they go and do this to my son, all because he can't see fucking colour." George says.