Never Forget (or something cheesy like that)

The Decision

(A/N ooooh, bestieeeeee, look at me with the actually serious title! Aren't you proud of me? You should be. :) Anyways, if I get anything wrong or make any continuity errors, feel free to yell at me about it in the comments. i need to be corrected. So yuh.)

                                                *****************Triston's POV*****************

It's the next day after Brandon and I got intimate in my bedroom, and I still haven't decided whether or not I want to sue Callie and especially her boyfriend, but I'm leaning more towards just leaving it alone. I'm not usually one who likes to be in drama, I like to witness it, but being a part of it is a different story. 

I'm currently sitting in an awkward silence at the kitchen table with Jake. I push the cereal in my bowl around with my spoon bringing a spoon of milk up to my lips every once in a while.

"So..." Jake begins

I just keep messing with my cereal. "So." I say

"Not to pry... but have you... made your decision yet?"

I sigh "Maybe... I think..."

He sits up straight and looks at me "Really?"

"Yup."

"Well... uh..."

"I'm not pressing charges ok?"

The table falls silent. I drop my spoon in the bowl with a clink and cross my arms starring at the table.

"Oh... I see..." Jake says

I start to stand up when Jake stops me "Wait! Are you sure?..."

"YES! Oh my god Jake! This is my decision not yours! And it's final! Ugh! Jesus..." I run off to my room and slam the door

I flop onto my bed and curl myself up in my blankets. I don't cry though. I just kind of lie there, allowing my frustration to seep into the pillows. I hear a soft knock on my door before hearing it open. Someone walks in and sits at the foot of my bed.

"I'm sorry." I hear Jake's voice say

I don't respond. I hear him sigh and he goes quiet for a second. 

"I just- I just love you, and care about you. You're my little brother, so I can't help but to think i know best. And you're right. It's your decision, and I'll support you no matter what."

I stay silent.

"C'mon Triston. I know I'm a jerk, but can we just... go back to normal? Back to before any of this bullshit happened?"

I sit up and turn to look at him. I don't say anything but I scoot down to where he's sitting and lay my head on his shoulder. He wraps an arm around my shoulder and lies his head on mine.

"Thank you." I practically whisper

"For what?" he asks

"For looking out for me, for caring for me, for being the brother I never knew I needed all these years. You could've been mean to me, or treated me the way everyone else did and no one would've cared. You didn't and still don't have to be as nice to me as you are. But you've always been this way. You've helped me in more ways than you could ever imagine. I don't deserve you." I say as a single tear rolls down my face and lands on his shirt

"No Triston. Thank you for being you. I've always admired how unapologetically yourself you are. It's truly refreshing. You have no reason to thank me or think that you don't deserve me. You're my family. And besides, I just treated you how any other decent human being would. You're amazing." he looks down at me and smiles

I smile back and wipe my tear stained cheek. I don't say anything in response I just hug him knowing that I truly must have the best brother in the world. (A/N keep in mind how many times I say the word 'brother'. Yeah you hooligans. They're brothers. B-R-O-T-H-E-R-S sure it rhymes with lovers, but it's NOT the same thing. Carry on.)

"Aaawwwwwww!! Oh my god! Look at my babies!"

We both turn heads towards the door and see our mother standing there with a hug grin on her face. I laugh at her and shake my head. She hurries up to us and gives us both one huge hug as she continues to coo. I smile to myself realizing just how lucky I am.

(A/N Yes I know. I left for the longest fucking time just to come back with a long ass excuse and short ass chapter. Don't worry. I'll post another chapter soon, but i have like three tests that I need to take online and I also have another story that I'm writing called "A Dark Place" Ooh yuh. Smooth transition into self promo, lets get it. Anyways, like I was saying, I already posted two chapters to "A Dark Place" and you should totally check it out. It's gay, obvi, but it's more of a sci-fi thriller type story with gay main characters than a rom-com drama coming of age story. So if that's your thing, you'll love it. It's actually something I wrote on notebook paper a while ago back when I was 10 or 11 I think (minus the gay part. I added that in the rewrite lol) and I really liked the concept, so I decide to post it here with it's bad bitch glow up and as a celebration for it finally coming out! Slay queen! Yas! Alright. That's all. Thank you, come again.)