Our little brother

Chapter 93

Nicholas POV:

B and I wait and watch Reid do his homework. It isn't much, but he's constantly stopping to yawn and rub his tired eyes. "All done?" I ask, when he closes my laptop, getting a nod. He slips off the chair and is probably going to see Hunter. "Come on, let's go up, leave the two lovebirds alone." I say making a face at Hunter and Liam. Is this how they always felt seeing me with Sophie? "You go, I'll be there in a second." Bellamy says with a grin on his face that means trouble. I swear he bothers everyone in the house as if he's just another sibling.

"Were you sleeping with Nicky?" I hear Reid ask Bellamy. "You're asking in past tense, but I am sleeping here with Nicky." Bellamy responds smugly. I roll my eyes at his response but don't hear Reid's. "I hate to say this, but you put the "little" in little man." Bellamy says as I walk into my room. "He's right, you are pretty tiny, we can all fit if you scoot over." I say making Reid blush. "Unless you'd rather me not, I can sleep on the floor, or in a guest room." Bellamy says quickly. I look to Reid to see what his answer is, but he shakes his head and moves to the middle of the bed. "Thank you little man." Bellamy says sweetly, lying on the bed beside him.

"I promise I'll sleep in my own bed tomorrow night." Reid mumbles as I lay down. "And leave me with alone with him!?" Bellamy sighs dramatically, getting a small smile from Reid. "You're sleeping over again?" He asks. "You're stuck with me for a week or so. My parents went on a road trip and so it's just me at home and you know I'd go crazy if I went home and had no one to talk to." Bellamy continues on his dramatic sob story. "You don't have to sleep on your own if you don't want to, you have me and At, and Alex and Spence." I cut in to stop Bellamy's insane antics. "And just because Noah's sleeping with Hunter doesn't mean you can't, you know that right?" I say, I don't get a response, so I leave it at that.

"Atlas is sick. Alex is with Hunter and Noah. Spencer doesn't like sleeping with me, he only tolerates it sometimes, but only when he feels bad, or he's done something wrong or wants something." Reid says suddenly. I wait for him to continue because he didn't have an excuse for sleeping with me. "S-sometimes you don't like being here." He whispers. "And um, S-sophie, says not to bother you. Because then you have to choose, and it makes you fight and then you leave." He continues, I freeze hearing his careful explanation. "I saw her name pop up on your laptop." He finishes.

"First of all little man, she's crazy. Don't ever listen to what she says." Bellamy says and I give him a hard look. Now is not the time to talk shit about my girlfriend. Ex girlfriend. "Second of all, remember what I told you at the zoo okay? Plus she has no right to tell you to leave Nick alone because he's your brother, and that will never change, in fact, I personally think you should bother him a hell of a lot more, like me." Bellamy says. "Listen, I know things have been a little rocky recently, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry for yelling at you, and leaving, and making you think you couldn't depend on me. I'm here okay?" I say, running my hand through his curls. "You'll be here when I wake up?" He asks and my hand falters in his hair. "B will. I'll be up already for work, but I won't leave without saying goodbye alright? Now get some sleep." I say.

He's asleep in minutes, and Bellamy has his lecture look on his face and I so badly want to leave, but Reid's cuddled into me. "Don't." I whisper shout as he opens his mouth. "He called you out on your behaviour. Really fucking proud of him for that, I honestly thought it would've been Alex to call you out on your shit." Bellamy whispers. Why am I best friends with this asshole? He goes on and on about why I shouldn't talk with Sophie, and is demanding to see what the message was that Reid saw on my laptop. "It just said that she can't wait to see me to talk. That's it." I say annoyed. "I know you think I shouldn't, but it's the very least I can do, I deserve to hear whatever the fuck has her acting like a psycho, and then decide for myself what to do next." I say.

After a while of going back and forth, he opens his mouth to say something else when my door swings open, hitting the wall making B and I flinch. Spencer barges in, and starts freaking the fuck out."Where the fuck is everyone!? I can't find Alex, and I can't find Reid or Seb or Aaron and Noah's not even in his fucking room!" He says, and I can see him shaking. "Spence. Chill the fuck out, Reid's right here, he's fine. Alex and Noah are in Hunters room, and Seb is probably in his room, you probably didn't see him under his blanket, but he's there. Aaron should be in his room, if he's not in yours on Reid's bed." I say, making him freeze and stop pacing. "Spence... Do you want me to go look for everyone with you?" Bellamy offers slowly. Spencer stares at Reid for a minute before shaking his head. "No, no. Sorry, I fell asleep and woke up and I—never mind." He says leaving quickly.

I grumble getting up, and shift Reid towards Bellamy. The one night Hunter decides to have a fucking date, is the night everyone needs something. I go after him, and find him fluffing the pillows on his bed, aggressively. "Spence—" I say but he cuts me off. "Don't! Just leave me alone, I'm fine!" He says angrily. "Spencer! That didn't seem fine, but whatever if you say you're fine then fine, you're fine." I say sarcastically making him glare at me. "If you keep fluffing that pillow you're going to rip it half." I say rolling my eyes as he ignores me.

He glares at me one more time, before leaving his room with the pillow. I leave to go back to my room, only to find Spencer on my bed with Reid and Bellamy. "Seriously? Are you fucking kidding me? You know what, never mind just move over." I say pushing him over. "My beds not as big as Hunters, you realize this right?" I grumble barely getting enough room for myself. "Maybe you should fucking get one that is then." He snaps at me, turning to sleep. "I literally didn't even do anything this time." I complain to Bellamy. "It's always not parenting enough, or not parenting right." I say with an eye roll. "Well, maybe if you start parenting enough, you'll learn to do it right." He says with a sarcastic smile. I glare at him before turning the side light off. "Turn that back on. Reid likes it on. Why are you acting like he's never slept here with you before?" Spencer says annoyed. I'm not gonna shove him off the bed, I'm not. As if B can hear my thoughts, he mouths "don't" to me.

Spencer's POV: (before he goes to Nicks room)

I jump up from my sleep breathing heavily and snap my head towards Reid's bed. Empty. It was just a dream, he's probably with Hunter, but where the fuck is Aaron? He's usually in Reid's bed if Reid isn't here. It's too quiet. What time is it? I scramble out of my bed, and head to Alex's room because he's probably still up anyways, but it's empty. Fucking empty! Spinning around I don't bother knocking, and barge into Sebs room but he's not here either. As a last resort, I check Noah's room, and he's not there either. I feel my stomach turning, but this isn't my dream, everyone's still fucking here, but where?

I hear Atlas sneeze so he's still obviously here, and I hear Hunter downstairs, I creep down quickly to see if everyone's down here, but see him and Mr Adler, no one else. Nick. He's got to be in his room, I rush back upstairs and into his room. Nick tells me to chill out, and only then do I see that Reid's there, and that I'm acting fucking crazy over a dream. I leave quickly and go back to my room, but Nick follows me. I fluff my pillow a little too harshly, and tell him I'm fine, not because he asked, but because I'm trying to convince myself that I'm fine.

I stomp out of my room, taking my pillow with me, and go back to Nicks room, like hell am I letting Reid out of my sight now that I know where he is. "Sleeping here too?" Bellamy asks, I nod stiffly, getting on the bed. "You wanna tell me what happened in that dream of yours?" He asks. "I don't—they just—it wasn't just Noah, they took everyone." I say, feeling my cheeks turn red. "It was a stupid dream." I mumble. "It was a normal reaction to something traumatic that actually happened, the dream just exaggerated it, turning it into a bigger fear. Plus the anxiety of the trial is coming up, I'm surprised you guys aren't having more nightmares." He says, as Nick walks in. "Whatever." I sigh, it was still just a stupid dream. Nick immediately shoves me over and makes a stupid comment about the bed, making me snap at him again. He's so frustrating, I just want to shove him off the bed.

Lmao Bellamy and Nick are like an old married couple and Bellamy is always ready to call his best friend out on his shit. And we finally get to see a tiny soft part of Spencer even if he still yells at Nick lol. Next chapter is gonna be an Alex centred chapter cause I feel like he needs it and I feel like I never do chapters on just him

May xx