Boys Club

Getting Better

**Trigger Warning** talk of things within a hospital setting that could be triggering: Self harm, Addiction, and Abuse

Ashton was just putting his stuff away when a staff member came in, "Are you Ashton?"

"Yes sir," Ashton replied.

"Oh wow that was polite and new," the staff member said with a chuckle, "Ashton it says in your chart you have 8 siblings? Is that accurate?" he asked.

"Yes sir, 7 brothers and 1 sister," he replied.

"Wow, okay well we just came up with a need to move one of the younger boys to this area for special circumstances. He's 13 years old, would you be okay with rooming with a thirteen year old?" the staff member asked.

"Ya sure I don't mind. Uhm sorry I didn't catch your name" Ashton asked.

"Oh it's Rob, I'll bring the kid over," he said leaving in a hurry.

Ashton made sure there was enough room for this new kid to put his things. A dark haired blue eyed boy walked in. He kinda looked like his Papa just with blue eyes but he had the same olive skin color as his Papa.

"Ashton, this is Spencer and vice versa. Dinner is in 30 mins see ya then" Rob said as he pushed the angry looking boy towards the empty bed.

"I had that bed in the last room. I don't like sleeping by the window," he seethed.

"No prob little bro I can move beds all ya gotta do is ask politely." Ashton got up and grabbed his already perfectly made bed and switched to the other bed he grabbed the blankets and sheets and put them on the now stripped bed he just left. He quickly made his bed and switched his stuff to the closer nightstand. As the boy just stood there in shock.

"Okay you're some type of flash, or just ADHD that's just great," he said sarcastically and threw a garbage bag on the bed and laid down not bothering to make the bed or put his stuff away.

"By the way I'm not your bro," he said rudely.

"Awe I see you are one of those. Chip on your shoulder the world hates me and I hate the world. My little sister Em felt like that when we first got her. Man has she changed a lot since then," Ashton said with pride in his voice.

"What did you mean when you got her? Did you buy her?" Spencer sounded worried.

"What? No, we adopted her. Well I mean my parents adopted her, but they adopted me too, all my siblings are adopted," Ashton told him.

"Your parents don't have kids of their own? They are all adopted, how many are there?" Spencer asked in disbelief.

"No, they don't have any biological kids but they always tell us we are their real kids. They picked us and that makes us even more special. I have 7 brothers and 1 sister, my Papa is a police officer and my daddy is a teacher," Ashton said proudly.

Spencer sat up and stared at Ashton in shock, "you have 8 siblings? and you have two fathers? One of which you call daddy? No wonder your in a hospital your family is a fucking freak show," Spencer started laughing.

Ashton was about to set him straight when Rob knocked on the door for dinner. Spencer jumped up and raced to the door looking at Rob then gesturing towards Ashton.

"Just great Rob you put me with a freak show who's family is more fucked up than mine. I'm probably going to have to sleep with one eye open" he laughs as he walks out of the room.