The Sceptic

8. Brother, Reality.

^^Robin^^

||Tevan||

Christmas was fun. I went to Jack's apartment early in the morning of the 25th and we made a feast, well I made the turkey and all the food while Jack helped with peeling some vegetables. We set the coffee table in his lounge with all the casseroles and ate while sitting on the couch and watched Supernatural.

Jack and I have always spent Christmas together and it's always the best feeling to be with my loving brother all day, laughing and making lame jokes about our childhood. Although Jack would make sure not to mention our parents, they were a sore subject for me and I felt bad that Jack had to hold back on talking about them around me.

After we finished eating, we went into the kitchen and cleaned up the mess we had made. I was having fun but my mind was also occupied with something else, someone else. Steven had been on my mind ever since I left his house, and the fact that he has been blasting my phone doesn't help me think about him any less. Every time he called I would grab the phone and let my finger hover over the green button, I wanted to answer the phone but I feared that if I heard his voice, I would crumble and let him in.

Today is Saturday and I am still off at work but, Monday, I have to get back to the café. It's afternoon and I'm still lying on the couch with my phone in hand, playing a snake game. Today has been a lazy day for me, I woke up and just threw myself on the couch and turned on the TV to Cartoon network.

Knock knock

Urgh who is that. I groan and get up a before walking towards the door and turning the lock then opening the door. By the door stands Robin with a big bag from Burger King. I smile and step aside to let her come in.

"Hay T, I brought some grub" she says while walking into my apartment. I close the door and lock it before taking my seat next to her on the couch. She starts taking out the food from the brown back and lay it on the coffee table.

"Hay Robs, ah thanks for the food but I've already eaten."  Truth is I haven't had anything to eat today but I ate a lot at Jackson's on Thursday and yesterday I had an apple so I was still okay. "I'll just grab an apple to eat now" I say and grab her a plate to eat on as well.

"Oh okay, I'll just leave your burger in the fridge, you can have it later" she says and closes the fridge. We walk back into the lounge and watch Regular Show while we eat.

After hours of just chilling and talking about the TV shows, she gets up to leave and I follow her so I can lock the door behind her.

"See ya tomorrow. Maybe you'll tell me about the special guy who's got ya mind in such a mess" she says before getting out the apartment. Wait what? She said guy! And he does not mess up my mind, but how does she know its a guy?

OMG she knows I'm gay. What if she goes and tells everybody in the building and they gang up on me? I wouldn't survive that, they'd kill me brutally. I start to hyperventilate and slide down to the floor with my back against the door, it gets hard to breathe and my eyes sting with tears.

After an hour of panicking, I get up fast and grab a backpack before filling it with a few clothes and grab my phone and keys before leaving the apartment. I run down the hall fast and frantic, after I'm out of the building I leg it to Jack's apartment. Jack will protect me against them.

When I get to his door I bang hard on it, after a few seconds he open the door and from they way he looks- hair messy and in his plaid pijama pants and wife beater- he was sleeping.

I throw myself into his arms and start sobbing mercilessly. He holds me tight and pushes the door closed and walks me to the couch where he continues to cradle me as I cry.