Unstable lovers

Chapter Two

"Mikey come on get up!" I say as I switch on his bedroom lights and walk across the room to open the curtains.

"Nooooo" he whimpered as he covered his eyes. He rolled over to grab his pillow before covering his face with it. We both haven't left the house all summer. And the curtains haven't been open for the last 6 weeks either. We need to go to school today. It's for our own good. I just need to act brave. If I don't then me and my brother would never eat and would never even leave our rooms, i can't do it anymore, it's hard.... But life's hard.

"Come on, you can stick with me bro." He didn't move, and I began to get angry. "oh my god. Get up you lazy shit. We're gonna do this together, we have to! And we only have 10 minutes. I haven't woke Darren up yet either." I have never been a good persuader. I walked over to his closet and picked him out a plain black long sleeved shirt and some black ripped jeans. I had pretty much the same outfit. Except I had a flannel on. Then I put the clothes on the end of his bed and began to walk off to give him time to change.

"Wait Lilly!" He yelled. I paused in the doorway and turned to see what he wanted.
"I love you. Thanks squirt," he said with a tired edge to his voice.

"I love u too sprout, now get yourself up and ready. You have 5 minutes," I said before closing his door and going across the hall towards Darren's bedroom.

Darren was lying naked on his bed again like usual. What a sight. Ew. Why he doesn't wear clothes to bed I will never know.
"Oh god. Darren get up!" I say while putting my hands over my eyes and pulling a face to show him I was disgusted. He woke up and fell off the bed onto the floor before groaning. Still half asleep. "Whhyyy!" He moaned. Then he pulled his duvet off his bed onto the floor with him. I walked over to him and yanked it off him before putting it back neatly on his bed.
"Get up you have 5 minutes to get changed," I say. Before gently kicking him.

"But lillyyy," he wailed.

"God damn it don't be a baby!" I said laughing slightly. "I think you should get some clothes on!" I say before walking out of the room and heading downstairs to make them some food.
I don't eat food most of the time so it's just Mikey and Darren who I cook for.

About 2 minutes later I had them a fry up cooking. When it was done I put Mikey's on his favourite Pokemon plate and Darren's on his normal blue one and I had layed them out on the table.

On que Mikey walks in all dressed with his bright green hair actually brushed. This was the first time in all holidays that he had actually bothered to try look nice. He hadn't done his hair all holidays, or got dressed out of his pajamas so it felt strange seeing him again with his hair brushed and actually wearing normal clothes. He sat down and started eating like a pig.
"Lil why haven't you made any for yourself?" He said with a mouth full of food. "You know I hate it when you skip meals, please eat something," he added. Pleading.

"I'll  grab a breakfast bar or something on the way to school don't worry," I tell him. I wasn't actually planning on buying one. It's a waste of money. I just didn't want him to worry.

"Is Darren awake?" He asked me.

"Erm. He should be," I said before yelling at the top of my voice for him to come downstairs.

Darren came hopping into the room, putting his sock on. He wore a white muscle tee with black skinny jeans and a grey beanie. He had one sock on and the other in his pocket.

"Why are you so unorganised?" I say laughing at him. The sight of him jumping up and down trying to balance made me laugh. It was kinda cute. But I'm not gonna admit that Darren's cute. He may be. But as a friend. He was never ready on time.

"Sorry," Darren said while walking over to the back door to put in his shoes. He slipped them on and tucked the laces in- too lazy to tie them.

I sat down and watched them eat. Ignoring the urge I had inside me to eat something myself. I was so hungry. But I just don't want to eat. I had a terrible headache too. Probably due to lack of sleep. I have to remind myself to buy some ibuprofen on the way to school otherwise I won't last the whole day.

Michael appreciated the food a lot. He smiled for the first time in what felt like forever. And I felt like a proud mother to see him do so. Which is weird because he's my brother. But I'm the closest to a parent he has so I suppose it makes sense. Darren ate it quickly, licking his lips afterwards before standing up and going to the hall to find his jacket.

"We ready to go?" I heard him say.
Michael looks at me before saying
"Are you good to go?" He sounded worried.

"Yeah. I'm good," I replied with. I was actually terrified. But I don't want to worry him so I decided it is best to lie, like I do every day. He seems to know when I'm lying though. He walks over to me and hugs me and I hear him whisper "your not," I wasn't sure if he wanted me to hear or not. But he pulled away eventually. We grabbed our bags and got ready to walk to school.

Hi. Thanks for reading (if anyone is) I'm sorry it's quite boring but I have plans for the next few chapters that shouldn't be as boring as these past few were. I hope your enjoying it and I'm gonna update again later on tonight if I have time. :-)
-Sophie