A Dark Love Story

Chapter 10

Alex's POV

I spent the rest of that day sitting outside alone. I was still shocked. My brothers don't believe me. I knew that Jacklyn hates talking about mom and dad. For a long time he's been wanting to completely destroy this house by burning it to the ground. He wants to get rid of the memory. Jacklyn wasn't always like this. When we were younger, he was like my best friend. Even though he was older than me. Then, after mom and dad died, he just changed. He pushed me further and further away from him. He started avoiding all of us.

After a couple of hours of me sitting on the ground outside, Andrew came out with a glass of water in his hand. He handed it to me "here Al. Ya sure have been out here for a while". I slowly drank the water and didn't respond. He sat down next to me "maybe you should come inside. It's getting pretty dark". I handed the glass back to him "..i don't want to". He sat there and sighed "well...ya can't stay out here forever. Ya need to come inside at some point. And eventually imma just come out here and drag ya inside". I didn't respond. He stood up and walked back inside and i sat there in the same spot as it got darker and darker outside.

Andrew's POV

When i came inside after talking to Alex, i decided to talk with Jacklyn. I walked upstairs and saw him leaning up against the wall at the end of the hallway looking out the window smoking a cigarette. I slowly approached him and without looking away he said "i hope you're not about to give me a little pep talk cause that shit don't work on me". I ignored him and leaned against the other side of the wall facing him. He glared at me "what do you want". I crossed my arms "Jacklyn...i understand that what Alex said is not very..believable. But he's still you're brother and you don't have to be a dick to him. What you did was a little ridiculous". He rolled his eyes. At this point i was fed up. I grabbed his cigarette, threw it out the window and got in his face "Don't you dare role you're eyes at me. I don't care if you're older than me or not i could care less. Right now all i know is that you better put you're eye balls back in you're damn face before i slap the hell out of you". His eyes widened. No one ever gets in his face like that. But at this point i didn't care. "You are gonna bring you're rude ass outside and talk to you're brother because you hurt him. You may be used to it because you hurt people all the time. But not under any circumstances will you hurt someone in you're family and get away with it". Suddenly i saw what i had never in my entire life seen before. A tear rolled down Jacklyn's face. He was crying. He never cried. He was the toughest out of all of us. The last time he cried was when he was 11 after mom and dad died. I backed away shocked. He quickly wiped his tears away embarrassed that he had just cried for the first time in a really long time. "I'm sorry" he said "just the thought that mom and dad might still be alive after i watched them die just...really hurt". I stood there in silence. "Ill go apologize to Alex". And with that he started walking down the hall. I just stood there still shocked. I looked out the window at Alex and watched.

Jacklyn's POV

I slowly walked down the stairs and went outside. I stood by the door for the longest time just staring at Alex. I still couldn't believe i had just cried in front of Andrew. I haven't cried since i was 11 years old. But that was only because mom and dad had died.

I slowly walked over to Alex and sat next to him. "Are you here to be a dick again. Tell me to grow up. Tell me to stop lyin and saying shit that ain't true" he said without looking up. I didn't want to look like a softy but i also wanted to tell him that i was really sorry. Without thinking i wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him. I could feel that he was shocked. I was shocked as well. "I'm sorry Alex. It's just hard for me to here something like that when i...saw them die". He pushed me off and sighed "yeah i know...and im sorry too. I..just really think i saw her and...maybe i was just seeing things but...ill never know unless i find out. Can you please just trust me". I sighed "fine...i trust you". He smiled "wow...what happened to my brother". I laughed "Don't tell anyone alright. They might think im a softy". He laughed "alright i won't". I messed up his hair. He sighed "what is it with u guys and messing up my hair". I laughed "oh please you're hair was already a mess". He glared at me. I stood up and ran. He chased after me. He chased me for a while and for the first time in a long time, i kinda missed who i use to be. Finally he caught up to me, jumped on my back and started slapping me". I grabbed his arm and flipped him over my head letting him hit the ground. He looked up at me and i smiled "You should know better than that Alex" I said. He groaned and stood up "whatever. I just wasn't paying attention". I grinned "are you paying attention now". He nodded "yeah why". Without saying a word i pushed him causing him to fall backwards. I just laughed. He stood up and punched my arm "You ass". I laughed again "Thank you i take that as a compliment". He rolled his eyes and we both went inside.