My Nerdy Boy Transformed Into A Bad Ass

Chapter 11 Liars

I was still in shock. How can he be here? He is supposed to be six-feet under.

Liam is my other older brother though he's the middle kid because he's 22 and he supposedly died 2 months ago in Afghanistan in battle when he saved his men in battle by taking a grenade for them. He was the leading officer in the group which meant he made the commands as a leader. And since it was 2 months ago means a month before seeing Nathan. We didn't have the funeral since mom and dad used their money on alcohol and drugs.

"H-how are you alive?" My older brother Jason asked. "Let me in and I'll explain" Liam answered after a second of staring at us both with amazement and love and regret. We let him in. He was dressed well.

"I had to pretend I was dead," he started once we all sat down.
"The Afghans needed to think I was so they would leave and not come back, because I was undercover as a drug dealer and that's what these others were. I had a bullet-proof vest on and everything but I knew they would plant a bomb so I told my crew about my plan and they went through with it." That made sense, since his best friend Colby was in his crew and he's the one who told my parents and me that he was dead. That's not the reason my parents started drinking of course because that has gone on since I was 5 years old.

"Why are you back now, though?" I asked.

"The rest of my team wiped them out completely and so now I can come back alive." He replied.

I was angry now. "Why did we have to believe that you were dead though?! You know how depressed I was before it and then you put more grief on me and our brother?! I'm sure mom and dad didn't care and they won't now since their sorry asses are in jail so why?!" I was crying again and I saw Jason just sitting there, smiling at Liam who was staring at me with sorrow.

"I'm sorry, Skylar. I shouldn't have but it was the only way." He stood up and came to me and I took a step back. No one was going to touch me right now, otherwise I might hurt them. "It wasn't the only way! You had a crew of 12 and they had what? Like 10? You could've taken them out easily!" He shook his head. "As we were scoping them out, we saw they had a missile launcher to take out aircraft like what we had. I had to Skylar and I hated it."

My lip quivered and I started crying more "but you still could've brought in the marines and the navy if you wanted to instead of leaving me. You know how sad I was? I'm still grieving over Nathan even now! And then Colby came and told us you were gone and I was just a big mess and plus those 2 shitheads of people that are our parents were making me worse! Hell ask Jason because he saw most of it. Even when I was in a hospital for getting beat up by a creep they still made me feel like shit! And then how about your wife too? She used to call me everyday and we would talk about you and just cry over the phone and even meet up just to cry with each other! So you could've done more."

That's when Jason stepped in and he touched my arm that was shaking with anger and I didn't realize it was him until after I punched him in the face but for the moment I was mad at Liam. "I'm sorry Jason but don touch me when I'm angry like this" I said but looking at Liam with hate and sadness.

"I couldn't because then they would get suspicious and them take us out! I'm sorry Skylar." He slowly came closer until his hands were in mine and he squeezed them and the tears flowed again.

I was close with both of my brothers. When we all went to school together (the middle school was in a connected building to the high school) they would both protect me from bullies like Reed the creep. They would give the bullies a glare or mouth off, even one time they beat a junior because he called me an attention seeking bitch just because my brothers followed me around. The middle schoolers ate in the same cafeteria as the high schoolers but at a different set of tables, though we could all sit together if we wanted and that's what both my brothers did. Jason on my left and Liam on my right. I didn't ask them to and even told them they didn't have to or need to but they refused it so I sat with them. And then when Jason graduated and went to college after my 6th grade year, Liam was there until I started high school since he graduated too. And that's when I had those 3 boys and girls. They were already a group of friends that just added me to theirs and we became friends instantly when we were 5.

Liam slowly came in for a hug and this time I didn't step back and wrapped my arms tightly around him as I felt Jason behind me coming in the hug too. I sobbed into his shoulder until I was just sniffling as they both were comforting me. I pulled away since it was hot being sandwiched in-between two big guys. "I already saw my wife and she told me after kissing me on the face so many times to see you guys so now Cher is okay. Now onto our parents." I shook my head "don't you hear me? They are in jail and don't care about us." He shook his head and said "how are they in jail? And yes they do care." I snorted. Has he been on crack while in hiding?

"They abused me and were a using drugs and alcohol, that's how and no they don't care. If they did they wouldn't have made me clean the house like some dirty Cinderella maid and criticized everything I did. And they would've helped you both out with college. But you know who did that? Me. So don't spit bullshit about them Liam."

He sighed and said "I try to see the good in them and they just show me that they are lunatics." I laughed humorlessly and said "there is no good in them."

After catching up with Liam and him telling us where he's been hiding all this time he had to leave after saying he was going to make up with his wife some more and I knew what that meant and I'm not going to think of it any longer.

I laid in bed and fell asleep once I hit the pillow.

I was having a nightmare.
The door to my old house where my parents were was knocked on and I opened it to see Colby again. As he was telling me that my brother had died I was thinking 'your lying I just saw him' which is exactly what my thoughts were when Colby had come up and then it went to a sight if a bomb going off and my brothers body flying threw the air and before he landed on the ground, I sat up in my bed, panting and sweating.

Jason came in and asked while he was sweating and panting too "did you have a bad dream too?" He asked and I nodded. "Can I sleep with you in your bed please?" I asked him. That's where I used to sleep when I had bad dreams about... Nathan. Damn I can't go a day without him in my mind. Jason nodded to my answer and even though I didn't ask, he carried me bridal style in my t-shirt and underwear to his room.

He laid down next to me and asked "what was your dream about?" I sighed and told him "it was about the day Colby came by and told us he was dead and what was going through my head as he said it because I thought he was lying. Then I saw a bomb go off and his body flew in the air but before he hit the ground, I woke up." He looked at me weirdly and said "that was my dream too, but it was when Colby came to my apartment."

"I was so scared and depressed that day" I admitted. "I know. You had come like an hour after Colby told me and we both had cried and then I called Cher and she came over too and we cried and just mourned him all night." I started tearing up at that memory. I haven't seen Cher in ages. Maybe I'll go see her after school tomorrow or-"you think we can invite her and Liam over for dinner? I haven't seen her in forever." Jason nodded.

As if noticing for the first time that I was only wearing underwear and a shirt he said "do you want some sweatpants?" I shook my head and said "I'm still hot from sweating in my sleep" he nodded. I turned my whole body to my side so I was fully facing him and I just looked at him. He was my twin brother, well I had a trio, Liam looked like me too. We all had brunette hair and green eyes, though I think mine are duller than theirs. Theirs were more like a lime green and mine were leaf green.

I ran my hands through his hair softly and said "I love you, big bro." He smiled and replied "I love you too, little sis." And we fell asleep with my face in his neck and his arm wrapped around me as if to protect me from a burglar that broke in the apartment.
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Tada! I'm done for this weekend! I can only write on weekend until the summer unless I'm not too busy with school so that really is a bummer :( but anyways Goodnight! Good morning! An Good afternoon! Lol