Always//Tanner Fox

4

I sighed as I fell back on the floor. We spent the last two hours putting our new bed frames together and we still need to put our desks, dressers, and bedside tables together. We decided to get all new furniture for the bedrooms so we are trying to put it all together

"Tanner, this is taking so long"

"It would go a lot faster"

"I think I know someone who would help" I said pulling out my phone. I dialed the number and put the phone up to my ear

"Hello?"

"Hey dad, I was wondering if you could come help us finish putting our dressers and stuff together?"

"Of course, honey. Is it okay if I bring your mom and Parker?"

"Parker's here?!?" I asked excited

"Yeah and he wants to see you so bad"

"I want to see him too"

"Okay, we'll be there in 20"

"Okay, thanks dad. Love you"

"Love you too"

I slipped my phone back in my pocket and ran down the hall

"Help is on the way Tanner"

"What's going on? You look really happy over a phone call"

"Parker is home!"

"Parker?....who's Parker?"

"My brother"

"You have a-oh yeah"

"How could you forget I have a brother?"

"You haven't even mentioned him in like four years"

"Right, my bad"

"When was the last time you saw him?"

"When he was 7"

"How long has it been?"

"8 years"

" you haven't seen your brother in 8 years?"

"Nope"

"Wow....how old is he now? 15?"

"He's actually turning fifteen next week"

"I can't believe you haven't seen him in 8 years and you haven't mentioned him in the last four"

"I never talk about him because he doesn't live here. He lives with my grandpa in New York"

"Why?"

"Well...because he's only my half brother but it's a long, complicated story"

"I've got time"

"Okay. When I was around four years old, my parents split up"

"I remember you telling me about that"

"Well....when they split up, my dad met a girl named Jen. After about 7 months I think is what he told me, she got pregnant with Parker. Three months after she had him, she could tell my dad wasn't happy. He missed my mom a lot so Jen gave up her own happiness to make my dad happy. My parents got back together and Jen took Parker and they went to live with her dad"

"So what happened to Jen?"

"Well...when Parker was eleven months old, Jen passed away from cancer. That's why she moved in with her dad, because she was diagnosed with it"

"That's sad. Does he know about his real mom?"

"Yes he does but he has always called my mom his mom because she was the closest thing to a mother he had. She accepted him right into the family"

"Your family is so strange"

"Yeah, tell me something I don't know"

"Why did they split up in the first place?"

"Beats me"

"Oh"

I heard a knock at the door and I ran down the hall and up the stairs as fast as I could to answer it

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I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've just been so busy. And I thought it was time to add a new character to the book so I'm sorry if anyone is confused.

I'll try my best and keep it updated but it might be hard since I'm in school. But I will try my hardest

Peace out~Lexi