I Giggled slightly as My Boyfriend's dark brownish Van Pulled Into the Driveway, I
Frowned as I Noticed that the Living Room
Light was On, "Baby, Didn't You say that You turned off the Living Room Light?" My boyfriend asked as he turned his head toward me, I nodded as I Opened the Passenger
Door to get Out, My Boyfriend's Hand Gently
But firmly grabbed my arm, "Do You want me to go Inside with You?" He asked me, His dark blue eyes were filled with Concern,
I shook my head slightly, My Heart warm at
His Concern, I Peck His Lips before stepping
Out Into the cold air, I Shivered Slightly
"It got colder Out" I Mumbled as I stepped
Onto the front porch, I turned around to Watch Jake leave, I Waved right before I
Walked Inside, What I saw In the Living Room
Made my Heart Ached, My Little Brother
Daniel was Sobbing, He was curled up on the
Couch, I Cautiously stepped toward as I
Said softly, "Daniel?" He slowly lifted His
Head Up to look at Me, "When Did You Get back?" I asked softly, he cleared His throat
As he replied, "A....few hours ago" a Few Hours ago? I felt a Pang of Guilt In My Chest
Before I Quickly pushed It aside, He Wiped
His Eyes As He stood Up From the Couch,
"I....Should Get Ready for Bed" He whispered, "It's....Only Five O Clock"
"I Know.... I'm Just sorta tired" He told me,
I sighed as I walked over to sit on the couch,
I patted the seat Next to me, He Hesitantly
Sat Back down, "Jane-" I Gently cut him off
With a, "I'm sorry Daniel....." He froze as If
He could not believe that I Apologized....Who
can Blame him? I had not been the Kindest
Sister.... Especially as Of Late, But the Guilt
Had always Ate away at me, "Y-Your what?"
He turned His head toward me, "You Heard me.... I'm sorry, I have not been the Kindest or greatest sister to You....and I Should Not have said that Men Can't Be abused....It's Just....Ellie had been Not Just my friend since we were Eleven and Twelve But Yours as well...." I trailed off as I Sighed before adding, "I Did Not want to believe that she'd do something as horrible as that to You"
Tears Filled His eyes as I asked, "Can You forgive me?" He thrown one arm over my
Shoulder to pull me Into him, "I-It'll Take some time, But eventually....Yes" He told me,
I smiled slightly as I Leaned My head On His
Shoulder, At that moment, My and Daniel's parents Had Decided to walk Into the House,
My And Daniel's Mom was Wearing a Bright Red Dress with a slit on the right side, It showed a little Bit of Her Cleavage, I Shivered a Bit, My and Daniel's Father was wearing a
Black T-shirt and a black Jacket, His Jeans
Were a faded Blue, I stood up with my hands
On my hips as I stared at them, "Were You guys at some sort of a club?" I asked, "Sure was, Darling!" Mom told me, "Danced our asses off!" Dad Added, I frowned at them,
"Is something the matter?" Mom asked, Catching my frown, "Yeah, You and Dad should've been here with Daniel!" I say,
"Why? He's Fully grown! He can take care of himself!" Dad Replied, His Voice hinting at
Frustration, was He serious!? "If He did not Join the Military, He would be able to! But
He has PTSD, Dad!" I say, "I Was In The-"
I cut him off sharply, "You Were In the Military For ONE Tour! While Daniel went for Three!"
"Watch Your tone with Your Father, Young Lady!" Mom scolded, From the Corner of my
Eye I see that Daniel Hesitantly stood Up,
"it's okay...." He told me, "No, It Isn't! They weren't here for You! I-" I trailed off as Tears
Sprung to my eyes, Daniel's Eyes soften as
He gently wrapped His arms around me, "You're here now...." He murmured to me,
I Nuzzled into His Neck, I've always felt
Guilty for not defending him....From Our Parents....From The Bullies when we were
Children, Even from some Teachers....and
Now I Failed to Protect Him from Ellie,
"I Promise....From Now On.... I'll Protect you"
He chuckled Lightly as He Pulled away, "I-"
I cut him off with a Glare, "O-Okay...thank You" He told me instead, I giggle slightly as
I turned back around to face our parents,
"I'll be In my room" I say, "And I'll Be In Mine, I was Going to go To my room Before You and Dad got here....But someone Convinced me
To stay In the Living room" Daniel said with a Light Chuckle, With that said, I walked Upstairs toward my room while Daniel followed shortly Behind, "Hey" He said softly from behind me, Once I turned around to Face him, He continued, "Thank You...."
He smiled slightly at me before going across
The hallway to His Bedroom, I Slightly Giggled before turning around to go Into my
Bedroom, Once I closed the door with a soft
Snap, I Jumped on my bed stomach first before Digging through my right blue Jean Pocket for my Cellphone, Once I found It
I dialed In Jake's Number, he had Picked Up
On the first Ring, "Thank God, You called!"
His Voice was Tinged with concern, "Yeah! The reason the Light was on was because of
My Brother" I say, "Oh! He's Back!?" I Giggle
I never Understood It, But Daniel and Jake Had always had a type a bond....that I would Classify as Brotherly? Maybe Daniel Is the
Brother that Jake Wished he had considering
He has Like....Six Sisters? I didn't remember...."Not funny! Why did You not tell me that He was back Sooner!?" Jake asked,
"Slipped my mind" I say Honestly Before asking, "How many Sisters do You have?"
Jake Sighed In Frustration and Fondness,
"Eight!" Jake told me, "Eight!?" I asked,
"Yeah! Don't get me wrong! I Love my sisters, But I Wish that I had a Brother...." Jake said,
"Technically! You have One!" I say with a giggle, "Right! Daniel!" Jake said with a Chuckle, "Yep!" I say, "Can Ya Let Daniel Know that I'm On my way Over?" Jake asked, I raised an eyebrow, "Tonight?"
"Yeah....I Missed Him while He was In the
Military!" He told me, I grimaced as I Recalled
That me, Mom and Dad didn't exactly roll
Out the Welcome Mat for Him, I sighed as I say, "I'll Tell Him" With that, I Hung Up the Phone and Rolled over on my back, I giggled slightly as I Imagined how Happy Jake and Daniel will be once they see each Other, They're truly like Brothers,