The Brother

Chapter 4

I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock. I sprung up and got ready for the day, wondering about Marcel, but grimacing about Harry and Jade; of course, his posse, too. I got a bagel with cream cheese and walked to school, cautious of the black faded Cadillac. I looked around and kept walking, letting my messy hair do as it pleases. Once I got to school, I waited for a sign of Marcel. What seems to be hours later, I find his black bicycle parked at the racks. I looked around for Marcel, and luckily found him walking to the brick wall we usually stand at. I follow him and tap his shoulder. "Hey," he greets me with a smile. I notice he's wearing a lot of yarn bracelets on his left wrist, but choose to ignore it. It's probably his new style? "Hi. I missed you!" I hugged him tightly. He patted my head. "You too. How'd it go?" He asked. "Mmm... okay, I guess. Harry was so annoying." I rolled my eyes. He looked at me nervously. "How was your week?" I asked. "Uhm, fine, I guess. Just missed you, is all." he smiled. "Oh," I said. I think he's hiding something, but what? The first period bell rung. We walked in silence to our first class and sat down. Harry wasn't here... at least, for now. I paid attention to the lesson, clearing my head of all thoughts.

        After what seems like days, school ended. I looked around for Macel. Since we dont have seventh period together, we are supposed to meet  here after school. I finally found him walking with a guy. That guy looked familiar.. "Bailey! Meet Niall. Niall, you know Bailey." Marcel introduced me. "Hello, im Niall... you may not recognize me, but I know you," he smiled, showing off his braces. Niall had messy blonde hair and a thick Irish accent. "Um, hi. I'm Bailey. Are you new..or?" I asked. He laughed. "No, Im not. I'm friends with Zayn, Liam, Louis, Ashton, Calum, Michael, Luke, Jade, Sarah, and Harry." he said. "Oh, Harry." I replied in disgust. "Yeah, Harry. He's a good mate. Challenging at times, but really funny and cool. He's a great listener... besides Liam." he said proudly. Harry? A good listener? HA! The only thing he's good at is getting people annoyed and maybe even angry. "Oh, well when Oprah gets fired from bad advice, let me know," I said sarcastically, followed by a laugh. "Seriously, he is. If you knew him as long as I have, you'd know," Niall retorted. Harry called Niall from a distance, but Niall ignored him. ''Why don't you come to our place? It will be fun. You too, Marcel." Niall said invitingly. Harry walked to Niall. "Niall, come on." he urged. Niall frowned. "Wait, Harry. Look, I invited over a friend. A girl, too, so we don't just have Jade and Sarah." Niall told Harry. Harry looked at Marcel and I and punched Niall in the stomach. "No. Let's go." Harry grabbed Niall's wrist and dragged him away. "What a great listener!" I yelled to Niall. I began walking home, when Marcel caught up to me. "Look, Niall"s a great guy. He sure hangs out with the wrong crowd, but if we drag him out of it, he'd be perfect!" Marcel clapped. "Don't you see, Marcel? Niall is just like them. Dont talk to him, alright? Look, I got to go, Marcel. Stay safe," I said, walking towards home. Once I arrived, I saw the familiar black Cadillac parked in my driveway. Oh great. "Im home?'' I called. I saw Harry, Jade and louis sittting on the couch next to my brother. ''What are you doing here?'' I scolded at the three. "Bailey, who knew you had cool frends!" My brother, Kyle, squealed. ''Get out.'' I said through clenched teeth. ''We just want to talk,'' Harry smirked. ''Well then talk outside,'' I led them to the backyard. Luckily, my brother didn't follow us. ''So Marcel befriended Niall. Perfect.'' he rolled his eyes. ''I know. Im trying to get him away from Niall, but it won't work. I have to go to his house, for the first time in years, and talk him out of it." I nodded in agreement to myself. "No, not at his house." Harry said in thought. "Why? I want to meet his family, sonce he's met mine," I looked at Harry. ''Fine, but just let me- er - us, know when you'll be going first.'' he warned. ''Whatever,'' I rolled my eyes. ''So like, what will we do with Niall?'' Jade asked Harry. "Just keep him away from Marcel.'' Harry told her. '' Okay, commander,'' she giggled. I looked away in disgust and she just glared at me. ''Anyway, what will I do?'' Louis asked. ''If I'm not there, stall him if he wants to go hang out with Marcel. And if he doesn't listen, punch him until he does.'' Harry replied. Why is his solution always violance? ''Wait, why do they have to be apart?'' I asked. ''Because if they stay friends, it will ruin our image, and if they are best buddies, then it will mean to join Marcel into our group. And I will always be the leader of this group. But if he joins us, they will like hmmore than me.'' he sighed. Jade patted his shoulder. Her bright blue hair tied up in a bun, making her look like a slave from mars.