Our little brother

Chapter 88

Liam's POV: (surprise)

Doing paperwork in my office, I finally sign the form to bring back the school uniforms. It's almost the end of the year, so I've decided that the students have to wear their uniforms on only Mondays and Thursdays. It's been a mess since I took over from the last principal who let things get out of hand, I need to start fixing some of the small things he let go, not just the big things. Just as I'm about to bring the form to be photocopied in the main office, when I hear a small commotion.

"Please can I just see Mr Adler." A boy says as I come around the corner. "Honey, I'm sure that I can help you with whatever's going on." The secretary says, she's a supply and so I get why she's trying to help first rather than bother me, but I was definitely not prepared to see a troubled looking Reid. I make my presence known, and the secretary apologizes, but I wave her off saying it's fine. "I'll take it from here, if you could, get these photocopied for me please." I say and she takes the form from me as I lead Reid to my office.

Even thought Hunter and I are... I can't treat him any different than any other student, but he looks anxious, so I give him a minute and let him take the reins in this conversation. He should still be in class though, and I didn't get any calls about him leaving, so I do have questions for when he starts talking.

He nervously glances around my office until he's eyes stop at the drawing Noah gave me. "Noah drew that for me." I say gently, but I still startle him out of his thoughts. "I um, c-can I go see Alex?" He says quietly. "I-I know he's in detention but I really need him." He continues. "Do you need me to call Hunter?" I ask, not knowing if this is something serious or what yet. "No, I just want Alex." He says, his voice shaking. "I-I told my teacher I was going to the washroom, and-and that was so long ago, I left my things and now I'm, I'm going to be late for art and—" He rambles panicking, until I cut him, seeing him physically shaking.

"Reid, it's okay. I actually have some time right now, so why don't we go get your things from class, and then to find Alex, I'm sure I can spring him from detention for a couple minutes." I say. "Are you sure you don't want me to call Hunter too?" I ask, knowing that I might still pop him a call afterwards. Normally I'd call Atlas from his class too, but he's out sick today like a lot of other teachers.

"You can't, he's so busy today." Reid frowns. I nod and usher him out of my office to go get his things. I guess I'll just wait and see what happens with Alex since he looks okay physically. We get to his music class, and the supply teacher isn't very happy with him, but doesn't say anything seeing me. I apologize to her for the intrusion, but she just rolls her eyes at me. Damn, she is one prickly bitch, who let this lady become a teacher, she clearly hates people. Reid quickly grabs his things and rushes out. "Let's go find Alex now." I say guiding him towards the English hallway where Alex is in detention.

"Hi, I need to borrow Alex for a few minutes." I say knocking on the open door. "Oooooohhhhh" some kids collectively say, thinking he's in trouble. Alex's face tells me he also thinks he's in trouble so when he comes into the hallway, he goes to speak, but is cut off by Reid.

Alexander's POV:

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck. I'm never going to finish detention. But did I even do anything? Shit, I can't even remember if I did anything to get in trouble. Before I can explain that I haven't done anything, a body slams into me. Reid. "What's wrong? What happened?" I ask immediately, feeling him shaking. I look up at Mr. Adler for an explanation but he shrugs. What the fuck does he mean he doesn't know either? Is he not the principal? Shouldn't he be principaling?

"Come here, let's go in the staircase." I say, pulling Reid with me around the corner and into the staircase. No one even uses this one so we shouldn't be disturbed. "Hey! Look at me, take a breath, it's okay, you're fine, I'm fine, everything's fine right? Did you use your inhaler? Do you need it? Of course you need it. Give it, I'll help." I say, grabbing his backpack and rummaging through it to find what he needs. "I just wanted to see you." He mumbles, after using the inhaler. "Yeah well don't Spence, but you're my favorite little twin so I always wanna see you." I say.