My Brother Joey

Joey and I

"Reg listen...stop acting like a little bitch when I hit you cuz I never hit you that hard!"

"Yes you did Joey! That's why I passed out."

"Okay, keep acting like that."

"I'm not doing anything! What are you talking about?"

"Forget about it!" I shrugged it off my shoulder and let a few minutes of silence pass by. 

"Joey, I'm sorry for my previous actions. I just felt that you were treating me like trash and not your little brother."

"If you're referring to that day you walked home alone, yea I was mad at you because you were bullshitting around, not listening to what I had told you to do. That pissed me off then you called and asked me to come pick you up!"

"Because I don't like Daylin, he's always mean to me and I don't know what I did to him for him to act like that towards me. It's irritating."

"I understand that but when I tell you to do something I expect you to do it! Even if it's go talk to Daylin, just do it and say I told you to do it."

"Ok,"

"That's it. There's really nothing else I ask you to do."

"Now you're making me feel bad about myself."

"I mean you should! You put me through all this shit! I even bought you an iPhone then you sell it and get a new one on dad's plan? What the hell!"

"Daylin broke it!"

"He broke your new phone not your old one." I let it sink in and then Justin came back to the car. He said "Joey what'd you do?"

"Nothing, we was just talking it out and he said I was making him feel bad. What? Is he making a face back there?"

"Uh yeah. It looks like he's about to cry." I chimed in, "No I'm alright, I just feel bad for what I did to Joey." Justin questioned me "And what was that, that you did to Joey?" Joey turned around and both of them were looking at me. I nervously blurted out "Stuff," Justin smirked and added "What kind of stuff?" 

"Things that stressed him out like me walking home alone, and being a scardy cat around him and Daylin." 

"Is that all," Justin asked. Joey chimed in "No, he also throws a fit when he doesn't get his way!" Justin frowned at me and said "Really Reggie? You're almost 13 years old and you're out here throwing temper tantrums? Reggie that's unacceptable! You gotta change your ways." I looked out the window and said "I know, that's what Joey and I were talking about." Justin said "Well glad you two worked it out." He paused then added "So I talked to dad, we're on common grounds. Meaning, he don't want y'all back tonight. He's pissed off. I mean I would be pissed off too if my children weren't listening and fighting one another. He said you could come back Reggie, but Joey you had to stay with me tonight; And I told him that if one could come back then the other was coming back. As usual, he didn't agree so he said keep y'all both till tomorrow. But when y'all get back tomorrow, he want's that basement and living room cleaned, as well as yall's rooms!" I disputed "My room's clean!"

"Don't you share it with Keshawn?"

"Yeah,"

"Well then clean his side of the room."

"No, that's his side! I don't touch his stuff. If I touch something of his, he gets mad and wants to either fight me or knock something of mines off my dresser."

"Reggie, stop making excuses and just do what he asked, okay?"

"Yea." 

"That's part of the reason why y'all are here with me! Now at my house, yall gone listen to me or imma throw them hands cuz I don't play! Understand me, Reggie?"