My Brothers

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Jeremiah's car pulled up to Evelyn's house, along with Bobby's beat up car behind him. Jeremiah, Bobby and Jack got out of the car; Jack pulling the seat up so Christina can get out to, and headed towards the house.

"Nice to be home."

"So, shit, Bobby. What've you been up to?" Jack asked. "I'm a freaking college professor, Jack. What do you think I've been doing?" Bobby said sarcastically.

"I doubt that."

"Same old Bobby." Jerry and Jack said at the same time, Christina laughed.

"What about you? You still sucking a little cock left and right, or what?" Bobby asked. "Fucker." They all laughed as they entered the porch; they were startled at the voice in the dark.

"Ya'll aint right, leaving me out in the cold like this."

They all spun around as Jerry flicked on the light, to see Angel sitting there. "Yo little brother! You asshole!" Bobby yelled happily as he walked over to Angel.

"I missed my plane." Angel tried to explain "Yea you missed our mother's funeral too, you jar head." Bobby said hugging him. Then he turned around to let Jerry say hello. "What's up boy?" Jerry said also hugging him. "You shaved the afro, huh?" Jack asked as it was his turn to say hello. "Did you get your teeth whitened?" Jack asked amused when they pulled back. "Man shut up Jackie -Poo." Jack just laughed and stepped away and went inside. Before Angel went to get his bags, he noticed Christina there.

"You aint gonna give me a hug Grim Reaper?" Christina smiled at the nickname Angel gave her when she was seven.

Flashback

"Angel look!"

Angel turned at the sound of Christina's excited squeal, but his happy smile quickly turned into a frown as his face clouded with fear and worry. Christina had somehow climbed up to the very top of a tree and was standing on a branch that was over the lake below. They were at a lake called Spike for a family vacation, and Angel was on duty of watching Christina as the others went with their mom to the store. Watching Christina seemed to be much harder then Angel thought.

"Christina get down before you fall and hurt yourself!"

Christina looked down to see Angel standing right by the tree with a worried expression on his face, afraid that she was going to fall. Christina shook her head, smile still intact. "No, look what I can do!" she yelled back as she walked further onto the branch, more towards the water.

"Christina what are you doing! Get down right now!" Angel yelled up to her again, growing more worried by the minute, his eyes never leaving her.

Christina looked back at him still with a smile. She continued forward on the branch only stopping when she reached the edge, then looked back at Angel still smiling. "Watch Angel, it's going to be fun!" Angel looked confused for a moment "What's going to be fun?" His eyes widened as she replied "This!" Then jumped.

"Christina, no!" Angel shouted alarmed but he was too late as Christina went in the water with a SPLASH and he rushed to the edge as she came up giggling.

"What were you thinking!" Angel yelled as he pulled her out of the water and into his arms. Christina stopped laughing when she saw that Angel was really upset with her. "I'm sorry." she apologized "I was just having fun; I thought you would like it." Angel looked into the disappointed face and the sad puppy eyes and sighed.

"Your gonna be the death of me Grim Reaper!"

Christina looked confused. "What's a Grim Reaper?" She asked.