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#21 Brother

[Jasslyn]

When I open my eyes once again, I found Aden's arms wrapped around me, he is sleeping.

I pushed away his hands softly, try not to wake him up.

I look at the clock on the wall, it's about 8 pm.

Wow, such a long sleep.

I turned and look at him, he is still sleeping peacefully.

Mom and Dad won't be around for a few days, they're celebrating their anniversary overseas.

So it means I have to solve my meals by myself. What a sad case.

But first, should I wake up Aden?

His chest rise and fall evenly through his breath, eyes closing without any fluttering.

I'll just let him rest then.

And I'll let him drive me to Mcdonald's, I thought with a evil grin.

I laid back in to my bed, looking at the boy sleeping in my bed.

I smiled, then I realized something.

All the time everything that I've been through, he's with me.

I don't have any siblings, but when I was small, I really wished to have an elder brother to protect me and treat me like a princess.

When I met Aden, all these thoughts disappeared somehow, which I really have no idea why.

But now I realized, he's being my big brother all the time.

Then I remembered a day when we were very young.

The day I met him and the day we started became friends.

* * *

We were about seven years old, I think.

That day, I'm walking alone towards the a swing, there's no one on it. So I sat on it, swinging it lightly.

Then out of a sudden, some boys who look elder than me and taller than me came in front of me.

I look at them with a really confused look. What are they trying to do? Do they want to make friends with me?

Then there's a boy, looks like the leader of the boys, pushed me hard on the chest, so I fell off the swing and hit the ground

"This is mine!" He protested and crossed his arms at his chest.

It's really painful, I wanted to cry.

But I got up quickly, and pushed him back hard.

The boy fell on the ground. He stood up quickly with an angry face. Then all of the boys walked forward and getting closer to me, I stepped backwards and wanted to turned away and run but then there's a boy who came in front me.

I tried to run from another direction, but another boy stepped in front of me. Very soon, all of the boys are surrounding me.

I'm scared.

I sat on the ground, buried my face in my little dirty hands, started to cry.

"Help..." I sobbed and whispered to myself, thinking there's no one will come to help and I'll being bullied from today onwards.

"Cry baby, huh." A boy said, sounded like mocking me though.

"How dare you push me back!" The leader of the boys said with grinding teeth.

"You're gonna pay for this, you little cry baby." Another boy said.

I'm getting scared more and more, but there's nothing I can do.

"Stay away from her!!" Then I heard a voice. My heart lightened up a little, but I still don't dare to look up.

I heard footsteps, then a groan.

"Stay away or I'll hit you all like how I hit him!" The voice got closer to me, probably right in front of me.

I look up, and saw a boy standing in front of me.

I saw the leader boy fell on the ground, pressing his tummy.

Did this boy in front of me just punched him in the stomach?

"Watch it!" The boys ran away, leaving me and the boy who saved me.

He squat down and face me. He made me stared at him for a while. He might be the cutest and best looking boy I've ever seen.

"Are you okay?" He asked, reaching out a hand.

I nodded and took his hand, he pulled me up.

He wiped away the tears on my face, gave me a warm smile.

"I'm Aden. You?"

"Jasslyn." I said with a soft voice.

"Let's be friends!" He grinned.

I smiled at him.

"Let me walk you home, to make sure you're safe." He put an arm around my shoulder.

I nodded started to walk back home.

When I reached home, he exclaimed.

"Hey, we're neighbours! My house is opposite to yours."

I grinned.

After that day, we started to come over to each other's house, go to the park together. We went to the same primary school, secondary school, and stayed at the same class every year.

I'm kind of weak and quiet in class, some boys love to bully me, which I really have no idea why.

Then there's Aden. He's always protecting me, being my listener, being my brother, being my best friend.

I'm really grateful to have him in my life.

* * *

"Hey." Did someone just shook me?

"Wake up sleepy head, I'll get you some dinner...Well, maybe supper at this time." Oh it's Aden.

I sat up and rubbed my sleepy eyes.

"What's the time?" I stretched my arms and ask.

"About 9pm." He stood up, staring at me.

"I want Mcdonald's." I look at him and grin.

"Okay, if you say so." He smiled and grabbed my hand.

He take me to my bicycle. I look at him curiously.

"Why bicycle?"

"It's not that far, I don't want to waste fuels." He smirked.

I smiled. He got on the bike and I sat on the back seat, wrapping my arms around his hips.

"Off we go!" He exclaimed playfully and I laugh.

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It's been a long time since I log in to Wattpad last time! Well this is not a long chapter but I tried my best 'cuz I'm still suffering through my semester exam, duhh. Hope you guys like this :)