Jason stood in the doorway of his older brothers bedroom and watched as he silently played the electric piano in front of him. His headphones were on and his eyes were closed, lost in his own little word as he had been for the majority of Jasons life.
Just as Jason turned to leave, Travis' eyes suddenly opened and he stopped what he was doing before taking off his headphones and giving his younger brother a quizzical look.
"Hey dickhead I need something from you"
Travis chuckled slightly whilst shaking his head at his brother's choice of phrase.
"Well Jase, since you asked me so nicely how could I possibly say no?"
"I need you to give me a condom and don't even think of saying you don't have any because at this point they are as necessary to you as oxygen is"
Travis chuckled once more, amused by his brothers sudden growth in confidence
"I do have some but I'm just wondering why you need them, surely your face is the only form of birth control that you need
" Fuck you! " Jason spat, well aware of the ease at which his brother could get a rise out of him.
" Sorry Jase , I have plenty of beautiful blonds to do that for me already"
Travis stood up from the keyboard and strolled across to his bed, dropping down on to it and watching his sibling with interest.
He'd grown a lot since Travis had gone off to college but was still a good few inches shorter than the eldest Kelce brother, he'd widened out too, Travis could only imagine that was due to the football he played. The football their mother was so very proud of.
"You are beyond messed up Travis do you know that?"
"And you are beyond dillusional if you think a living, breathing girl is going to go anywhere near your dick, but here..." Reaching over, Travis rummaged in his bedside cabinet, retrieving a couple of foil packages and tossing them to his brother.
"Don't let me stand in the way of you and your eventual humiliation"
Travis' eyebrows lowered in confusion when instead of taking the condoms and leaving, Jason walked further into his room, approached his dresser and picked up his cologne.
"This the one that gets you all the chicks?"
"No, that would be my great looks, my amazing hair, hot body and cool but brooding personality but seeing as how you have none of those feel free to take the cologne"
Travis laughed loudly and dropped down further so he was lying on his bed not seeing his brother grab the cologne, storm out of the room and slamming the door as hard as he could in reply.
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Storming in to the kitchen where his mother sat reading, Jason dropped heavily in to the seat opposite her and fixed her with a furious gaze.
"Did you have to let that asshole move back here?"
Sighing, Karen Swift dropped her book down on to the pine kitchen table and then pushed her glasses from her face up in to her hair and massaged the bridge of her nose.
Being a widowed mother to two boys had never been easy but it seemed the older they got the harder it got.
"What's he done this time?"
"He's a complete jackass. Isn't he old enough to get a place of his own?"
"I wish. Jay, I know this is hard and believe me, it's not what I want either but it's in his bail conditions that he has to stay here"
Huffing out a breath Jason threw himself back in his seat
"You should have just left him in jail"
Squeezing her eyes shut, Karen couldn't help the part of her that agreed with her youngest son but no matter what, Travis was her flesh and blood and she could never find it in herself to just let him rot in a jail cell
"Jason, he's still your brother"
"I don't care who he is, I hate him!"
"Just try your best to ignore him. You look lovely though baby, are you going out this evening?"
Jason couldn't help the huge smile that spread over his face as he thought back to the moment Taylor finally caved in and said yes to him
"I have a date"
"Really?" Karen's English voice lit up at the thought of her youngest son going on a date, he'd been moping over a girl from his school for months now, hopefully this would pull him out of it.
"Who's the lucky girl?"
"Taylor Swift" he was so excited his voice came out much higher than normal, almost sounding like he squealed her name like an over excited school girl.
"Oh my God Jay" Karen reached and grabbed hold of Jasons hand in excitement
"She finally said yes, I told you all it would take was some gentle persuasion. I'm so excited for you, tell me all about it, like where are you taking her?"
"Eduardos, I don't really know what she likes but everyone likes Italian food don't they?" Jason ran his hand through his straight locks, feeling a bit unsure of himself for the first time in a long time.
Taylor Swift was the girl every guy wanted, she was hot, spunky, oozed class but now he was this close to finally getting her he couldn't help but fear he would mess it up.
"Pizza or pasta, what's not to like?"
"Or you could have just asked her" Travis cut in as he walked through the mint green kitchen and opened the tall, silver refrigerator
"This is none of your business, mom, tell him to keep his nose out"
Karen didn't even turn to look at her eldest child, she just lowered her head and then spoke
"Travis, don't upset your brother"
Spinning on his heels Travis looked at what remained of his 'family'
"Come on Jason, your weren't upset when you were in my room asking me for a condom and cologne. Why are you so touchy now?"
"Fuck you Travis"
"It would be the only fuck you get tonight
Karen once again dropped her head and observed the table in front of her as though it were the most interesting piece of art she had seen in her life
" Mom tell him! " Jason whined
" Travis, why don't you take that vulgar mouth of yours and go somewhere we aren't"
"I will have you know this is a very talented mouth Karen"
Fast as a whip Karen turned her head to face Travis
"You really are the most disgusting..."
"Singing, I meant my mouth is talented at singing, geez, get your head out of the gutter mother"
And with that Travis reached in to the refrigerator, taking out a bottle of water and an apple before turning and walking out of the room
"You should have left him in jail" Jason seethed as he watched his brother leave
"Maybe I should have"
