Family

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After 5 minutes we heard a loud knock at the door and I sat up so that Phil could answer it, while he was doing that I could try and make it less obvious that I had been crying. Soon Phil returned to my room with a tall man following him "Y/N this is Adam" Adam was about the same height as Dan and looked quite similar to him apart from the fact he had piercing green eyes, shaggy, curly hair and he wore colour duo clothes.

"Hi" I sniffed my nose and coughed to make it seem like I was sick and hadn't been crying for the last 15 minutes straight. "Hey Y/N, sorry we had to meet in a situation like this" I knew how he felt, it wasn't exactly ideal meeting anyone for the first time when you have been crying. "Now, let me have a chat with Dan".

Dans POV-

Shit, was that Adam at the door? If it was then I am screwed.

I heard footsteps getting closer and closer to my room so I sat bolt upright and tried to hide my laptop under my blanket, if he knew I had it then he would use that to his advantage. "Daniel James Howell, what on earth is wrong with you lately?" I slouched back down in my bed and he stood at the end of my bed with his arms crossed and a concerned frown on his face "nothing" I said angrily, I just wanted him to leave me alone and stop bugging me. "Well there obviously is, you're being a twat to your girlfriend and you haven't texted me in weeks" his voice started to soften and change from angry to genuine concern.

"I've missed you a lot and I'm sure your girlfriend doesn't appreciate how you're treating her" I looked away from him and turned my attention to the window, I didn't want to look at him when he was yelling at me. "Maybe I just don't want to talk to you, ever think about that?" I hated fighting with him as often as we do but this time it was an important fight, "that's fine, but it doesn't explain to me why you're being horrible to your girlfriend".

"Fuck off Adam".

He stormed around the bed so that he was stood next to me and lifted me up buy the shoulders so that I was sat upright again. "Don't ever swear at me again" that was quite a risqué thing for me to do, the last time I swore at my brother was when I was 14 and he was 16 and he kept knocking me off the track in Mario kart. "Just tell me what's wrong" I looked up at him and felt a rouge tear fall from my eye.

"It all started with a guy called Felix.."

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Once I had finally finished my long and very angry rant, Adam just sat there, staring at me blankly. "I can definitely see why you're upset" I'm glad someone finally understood, everyone else has been on Y/N's side, totally ignoring my point of view "but I can also see why Y/N is confused at your sudden outburst" I knew that it was too good to be true, even my brother had turned on me now.

"She sees Felix as a friend and you see him as a threat, wrongfully so may I add" I didn't need him to lecture me again. That's all he ever does when we see each other, he only ever lectures me and I'm sick of it. "You need to believe in yourself, Felix isn't going to take your place and Y/N is allowed male friends" I crossed my arms and huffed, today has been shit.

"Don't bloody huff, Y/N is allowed male friends just like you're allowed female ones" I guess he was right there, I just need to grow up. I've had so much pent up anger and confusion about little things that irritate me. "Fine, can you stop having a go at me now" I sighed and leaned back onto the pillows that were pilled up behind me.

"There's something else bothering you, isn't there?" I glanced back up at him, he always had an inexplicable knowledge of me and what's annoying me, he always has even when we were kids. "I don't know, I just want to try something new" I looked out the window and stared at the beautiful blue sky and fluffy white clouds. "I'm tired of being expected to wear jeans and shirts and all that jazz" I mumbled, I think that was it, I'm tired of conforming to the unspoken, yet very obvious, rules of gender norms.

"I know what you can do, you can apologise to Y/N and she can take you shopping for some new clothes" he smiled at me warmly, I've always been so jealous of his smile, it is the most welcoming smile I've seen. "That sounds nice".