As Time Goes By

Darion 48

I was having a great time in Boston with Marcel, JD and Julio when I got the call from Marquise, and I felt like shyt because I knew better; I should've went back to Noah's with Odi when he mentioned he wasn't feeling good but I was too caught up in the city. When I got back to Noah's house and Odion was sitting on the couch drinking coffee and I knew that Noah was trying to raise his core body temperature, me and Odion's eyes met and he winked but I knew it was just a front he just didn't want to talk about it with a room full of people. Odion got up and walked to the back of Noah's house and I heard the door open, I knew Odion was heading to the basement where we were sleeping and I followed after him; when I got downstairs Odion was sitting on the couch and watching T.V. I sat next to him, we sat there quietly when Marquise, JD and Julio all came and sat with us for the longest time we were just looking at each other until JD couldn't take the silence anymore.

"So what's up Odion are you like having another break down?" JD asked and I swear I wanted to smack him ass, but Odion just started laughing.

"Nah just a momentary lapse in character but I'm coo now, y'all have nothing to worry about and y'all better not say shyt to my dads because then they'll start trippin and if I can't go to Saint Trinity Island during Spring Break I'm going to be pissed." Odion said smirking, that seemed to put Marquise and JD at ease but I was still shook. Even though Odion was my big brother I felt like I was the older brother and I should've been looking after him....... I looked down at my phone and saw that I had a couple missed calls from back home; Ace, Dad, Fabricio, Danielle...... I'd call them back later right now Odion had all my attention. I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't realize that they had been calling my name until JD smacked the back of my neck.

"So wassup Darion you coming with us or not?" JD asked and I looked at the confused.

"Huh?" I asked confused and they all started shaking their heads, damn how much did I miss? I guess a lot because Marquise wasn't standing next to me anymore, he was across the room drinking something that I was sure wasn't water.

"My girl is driving down here and her people is throwing a little party, so I thought I'd show y'all how we partied on the east coast." Julio said and I looked at Odion.

"Ayy don't look at me little bro, I'm definitely going and there's no point in trying to stop me because you can't....." Odion said smirking, we stood there staring at each other for about five minutes. Though we didn't speak we had both said a lot, I could read Odion better than anyone and it was the same with him. "Y'all give me and my bro some space." Odion said and they all sat down watching us.

"Let's go upstairs....." I said walking towards the stairs, me and Odion got upstairs and walked to the back porch. "Odi you know you can't go.... you just had a slip like an hour ago and now you think it's a  good idea for you to go to a fuckin party, why can't you just chill for the night. Plus you could be sick and......"

"Darion I'm in control of this shyt, it doesn't control me...... now you got two options either you can stay here and sulk or you can go start getting ready because Julio showed me a couple pictures of the people that are going to be there and I'm feeling a little mischievous tonight..... and no I'm not going to cheat on Xavier but I am going to have a good time." Odion said smiling.

"Or I can choose door number three which is call Blaze and let him know what's going on." I said and for a split second Odion's eyes turned dark brown which let me know he was beyond pissed but he quickly settled down.

"Darion you can't protect me all the time, what happens when we go to college? I love you bro but I am NOT going to the same college as you, y'all meaning you, dad and Blaze are going to have to start letting me learn to deal with this on my own." Odion said. "Plus I'm the older brother so you gotta listen to me, look Cori, Marquise, Marcel, JD and Julio will all be there what's the worse that can happen?" We stood there and Odion shrugged. "I'm going......" He said walking back in the house.