Cherry Blossoms

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Jonathan Ashford was born in Lancaster Pennsylvania. He was the son of fourteen your old Katherine Marie and twenty-four year old, Michael Ashford. She had to give him up for adoption and was there for three years of his life. 

He was then adopted out for a while by Maria Johnson and William Johnson. They adopted him because their son was asking for a little brother. Once they got there, things changed.

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 "I don't want a brother!" Jonathan feels himself going to cry and looks down. "That's not really nice... we adopted him for a while..." Maria motions Johnathan over.  "Jonathan, this is Mr. Johnson, he's your dad... I'm your mom..." 

Jonathan looks at the other little boy and then back to his new parents. His mom smiles. "That's Elliot... he's always been an only child but has been asking for a brother..." Jonathan looks at him and then he looks away. Elliot is taller. "Mom, how old is Jonathan..." 

She looks between them "He's four... stick up for him since you're older..." Elliot nods and looks at Jonathan. "I'm thirteen!..." Jonathan nods and Elliot grabs his hand. "Are we sharing a room?" Their mom smiles. "Yes!" Elliot leads Jonathan to the bedroom. 

The door opens and he sees two beds. One just a bit bigger. He looks around and sees the smaller bed. "That's your bed..." Jonathan nods and remembers all the night at the adoption center when it would storm. Jonathan blushes and looks at Elliot. 

Elliott looks back at him and sees his flushed face. "Feeling okay?" Jonathan nods. Elliot smiles and hugs him. Jonathan stiffens and feels himself trembling. He feels his shorts get wet and he pulls away. Elliot looks down and then back up to Jonathan. 

He feels his eyes start to water and his face gets hot. Elliot leaves and comes back with his mom. "Jonathan..." He looks at her. "What happened..." She looks at Elliot. "All I did was give him a hug..." "El... you can't just hug someone... Jonathan came from an adoption center..." 

Jonathan looks down and sees his pants have gotten darker and lets some tears fall. Elliot sees him crying and looks at his mom. W-was he not loved..." His mom nods and Elliot frowns. "I love you, Jonathan..." Jonathan just keeps looking away. 

"El, the upstairs neighbors will watch you, we have to run to the store." Elliot nods. His parents leave and Elliot sees Jonathan standing there in his wet shorts. Elliot sees him looking down with tears running down his face. "Jonathan..." 

Jonathan looks up and sees Elliot looking at him. He feels his face getting red and they hear his stomach rumble. Elliot laughs. "Hungry?" Jonathan nods. "What do you want?" Jonathan shrugs. "Well, I don't know what you like but... we have ice cream..." Jonathan's eyes light up. 

Elliot smiles and grabs his hand. Jonathan walks but feels his pants are still wet. He whines and shifts as he walks. "Mom and dad should be back soon..." Elliot gets an idea. He turns around and goes back to their room. 

He opens a dresser drawer and pulls out a pair of jogging pants and a pair of small underwear. Jonathan looks at Elliot. "Mom and dad got a few clothes for you but I guess they're going to get some more..." Jonathan smiles and sees Elliot leaving. "You're four right?" Jonathan nods. 

"Can you get dressed by yourself?" Jonathan stays quiet. Elliot realizes a lot and goes back to him. He goes over to him and helps him. He changes him and Jonathan hugs him. "Thanks..." Elliot smiles and hugs him back. 

They go to the kitchen and Elliot gets them each a bowl of ice cream. Elliot sees Jonathan looking at the TV. "Wanna watch something?" Jonathan looks at Elliot and shakes his head Elliot sits on the living room floor and Jonathan sits beside him. 

Elliot hands him a bowl of ice cream and a spoon. Jonathan accepts it and they sit there in silence.. Jonathan feels pain is his head and whimpers. "You okay?" Jonathan places the bottom of his palm to his forehead. Elliot chuckles. "Brain freeze?" 

Jonathan whimpers and Elliot takes his bowl away. He pulls him onto his lap and hugs him. "What's wrong?" "Headache..." Elliot holds Jonathan and runs his hand over his head. Jonathan closes his eyes and leans into Elliot. Elliot gets up carefully and goes to their room. 

He lays Jonathan down and covers him. "Maybe you're a bit tired..." Elliot smiles sadly at him. " I don't want you as a brother...." Elliot sighs and yawns. He looks at his bed then Jonathan's bed. He crawls into his bed and covers up. He notices what Jonathan looks like. 

Brunette hair that looks gold when the sun hits it. Long eyelashes and a scar on his forehead. He wraps his arm around him. "I'll always be there for you..." He falls asleep.