Our little brother

Chapter 97

Hunters POV:

"How did you even know we were in here!?" Alex complains. I nod to baby monitor on my side table, and watch the realization in all their eyes. "How long has that been there?" Alex asks, glaring at it. "Since Noah came home." Bellamy snickers. "How the fuck did we not know?" Spencer groans.

Quietly, I walk over to the bed, and pull the covers off Noah's head. He still has his hands over his eyes. "Hmm, I wonder where Noah went? He's supposed to be asleep...right...here!" I say tickling him. "Ah! N-Noah wake! Right here!" He says rolling over Reid to get away from me. "I thought that was you!" I joke.

"What are you doing up silly goose?" I ask Noah. "Wake up and have to find Lex! Lex n-need help and I help! Find everyone and have to call Nonna! Nonna not mad no worry. Say see very soon!" Noah responds getting groans from everyone.

"Noah!" Reid says.
"What happened to not telling anyone anything!" Alex says.
"He's as bad as you as keeping secrets!" Spencer says.
"Oh my god." Sebastian says.

"Oh yeah, forget it's s-secret." Noah frowns. "Not much of a secret considering I already heard it all." I say sarcastically. "You're such a creep, were you just sitting and staring at the monitor waiting to hear us?" Spencer grumbles. "Yes Spence, I just spend all my free time waiting and listening." I deadpan, getting an eye roll from him. "Whatever I'm going to my room." He grumbles. "Same. Goodnight." Sebastian says leaving as well. "And then there was... one two three four five six. And then there was six." Alex says, breaking the silence.

"Can go back to s-sleep now? Finish h-helping Lex. M'sleepy now." Noah mumbles, rubbing his eyes. "Yeah buddy, come here." I say, opening my arm for him to snuggle close. He immediately dives into me, pulling the blanket right up to his chin. "Love you." I whisper, leaning down to kiss his forehead. "L-love too!" He says sleepily, closing his eyes.

Brushing my hand through Reid's messy curls, I pull back gently so he's looking towards me. "You change your mind about sleeping here bub?" I ask, and he glances quickly at Nick, before shaking his head and clumsily slipping out of the bed. Before he can run off, Nick wraps an arm around him. "C'mon, another night with us won't hurt right?" He says. "And B won't be up talking all night this time either." He says, flicking Bellamy on the forehead. "Shut the hell up, I wasn't the one yapping all night, that was you!" Bellamy complains as the three leave my room.

"And then there were three." I say to Alex who's just standing there, staring at nothing. "Alex." I say, startling him from his thoughts. "How are you feeling?" I ask nodding him over to the bed. He sighs, but carefully sits down on the other side of Noah. "Drained. But like I wouldn't be able to sleep even if I tried." He says, and I hear the exhaustion in his voice. "I'm sorry we woke up Noah, I just—" he sighs. "I kept forcing myself to focus on something and Noah wanted to help and I wasn't thinking straight." He says.

"It wasn't your fault, or anyone's for that matter. Plus, it sounds like Noah woke up ready to help you guys with anything. I think he was worried about you, and missed out on seeing you all day. He was highly offended that he couldn't go run with you." I say. "I didn't want him to see me like that. What if I lashed out at him?" He frowns. "You didn't. You got up this morning, and immediately separated yourself from him because you knew how you were feeling." I say. "Alex, you are stable, you are completely aware of what your body and mind tells you, and you are one hundred percent safe to be around, you always have been. Some days you're gonna be raging for no reason, and some days you're not going to feel anything at all. We don't love you any less, especially for things you can't control." I say.

He quickly swipes at his face sniffling lightly. "I'm not fucking crying okay, I'm just tired." He says almost defensively. "Never said you were." I laugh. Slowly, Alex reaches down to pull Noah's fingers from his mouth, and he shifts, but thankfully doesn't wake up. "I think—I think I need something to help me sleep tonight." He mumbles.

"You want to try some tea first?" I ask, sleeping pills are always a last resort, and even then, he rarely uses them. "I'll make you a cup first, if you still can't sleep I'll give you one okay?" I say, nudging Noah off of me. Alex makes an incoherent noise, curling up on the bed. Noah rolls over and bear hugs him as I leave them.

Aaron jumps when I enter the kitchen, throwing his apple at me in defence. "Sorry, where have you been hiding out all night? Boys had a whole mission upstairs without you." I say, picking up the apple. "They did?" He frowns. "I was just listening to music, I think I fell asleep for a bit, and when I came down, no one was down here." He explains. "Well, I think everyone's up for the night already, Spence and Seb are probably still awake though." I say and he nods. "I think I'm gonna sleep soon too." He says going up.

When I get back upstairs, Alex is completely passed out, an arm and leg hanging off the bed. Gently, I position him back on the bed properly, and cover him with the blanket. "Night Alex." I whisper, leaving the tea on the side table.

I open Nicks door slowly, hoping Reid's already asleep in there. "Holy shit, maybe dont open the door like you're the fucking grudge next time?" Nick says, with a hand over his heart. "I'm literally not even sorry. And don't think you've gotten out of your phone call. Let's go." I say, waiting for him and Bellamy to get up.

"Just do it." Bellamy says, as we both stare at Nick, staring at his phone. "Maybe we should just wait until tomorrow." Nick mumbles. "Stop being a little bitch and call her." Bellamy says. Grabbing the phone. "No wait!" Nick says trying to get it back. "Too late." Bellamy says, tossing the phone back as it rings on speaker. Nick sets it on the coffee table and we listen to it ring.

"Should I be ready for war since you're calling my sister?" Sarah's voice rings through. "Oh thank god it's you." Nick sighs. "Never heard you so happy to hear my voice." Sarah laughs. "But seriously what's up? I've only got a few minutes before she gets out of the shower." She continues.  "Nicks finally gonna talk to her." Bellamy says. "Oh im so not missing this, should I come over?" She says. "Come over where? And is that my phone? Who are you talking to?" We hear Sophie ask in the background. "Shit hang up! Hang up!" Nick whispers frantically, scrambling to pick up his phone.

We hear some shuffling, and muffled voices, before a door slams shut, and then the call ends. "Oh my god she's going to murder me." Nick says with wide eyes. Nicks phone pings with a text, and he carefully picks it up. "SOS. We're coming over. Be ready." It says from Sarah. "So like, is this worse than the phone call or?" Bellamy asks and Nick throws a pillow at him. "Worse! This is way fucking worse. I think I'm gonna throw up." He panics.

"Nick seriously calm down, please." I say, resting my hand on his bouncing knee. The doorbell rings 3 times, and I roll my eyes. That's definitely Sophie, because we told Sarah not to ring the doorbell since the boys all had early nights. "We heard it the first time you rang it." I say dryly, opening the door on the fourth ring. "Always a pleasure to see you too Hunt." Sophie says sarcastically. "My god Soph, I told you not to ring the doorbell, would you chill out? We're here to talk, stop being a bitch already." Sarah says jogging up to us.

Nicholas POV:

Bellamy and I sit out in the backyard, waiting for Hunter to bring them out. "Dude I'm sweating, I'm so fucking nervous." I say, and he laughs. "Serious note, what the fuck do you think this is about?" He says, looking back at the door. "God I have no idea, that's why I'm so nervous." I say, as the door opens.

LMAOOOO YALL IM SORRY 😂😂😂
I ended it here because who doesn't love a cliffhanger like are we actually gonna see this hot mess between Sophie and Nick finally play out? I'm so excited to write it because everyone's super hot headed and ready to fight. Anyways I promise to try and keep my momentum going and write the next chapter asap before I lose my train of thought too lol so like happy early thanksgiving/halloween (I'm literally hoping next chapter is in a few days tho so fingers crossed)

May xx