The Brothers Down The Street

Chapter 35

I made my way over to Josh and Nina's, Nina had been messaging me none stop about seeing Lilli.

"Adorable, can I hold her?" She asked.

"Yeah, sure." I extracted Lilli from the carry cot, handing her over to Nina. "Nina can we talk?" I asked, sitting beside her.

"Of course." She said.

"What do you think of Ross?" I asked.

"Why?" She questioned.

"Just answer, please."

"I think he's a trouble maker." Nina replied. "Our lives would be simpler without him."

"Mine sure would." I sighed.

"What's that supposed mean?"

"Everything I tell you stays between us, right?"

"Always." She answered.

"Ross kissed me." I said. "And I kissed him back."

"Maddy." She gasped. "Why?"

"I don't know." I sighed. "Ross is... well he's Ross and he's always going to be Ross to me and that won't make sense to anyone but me."

"I'll admit, he's hot but you're with Will and he's so sweet."

"I know, I know." I replied. "But Ross is always at the back of my mind, he's like a bad penny!"

"So what are you going to do?" She asked.

"Nothing I love Will, I'm happy with him, Ross just complicates things." I said. "I feel like Ross is the type of guy who farts and traps his girl under the covers and Will is the type of guy who would cook me dinner."

She laughed quietly, trying not to wake Lilli off who had dozed off in her arms. "But if you love Will like you say you do, should you really have doubts?" She asked.

"They're not doubts." I said. "We're just talking, we should forget about this. How are you and Josh?"

"If you're sure." She shrugged.

"I am."

* * *

I took Lilli back to Gales and she instantly began cuddling, singing and playing with her. "So you got on okay with the baby?" Mum asked.

"Like a treat." I replied, channel surfing.

"Will you just pick one." Dad sighed, growing impatient.

A knock came from the door as it pushed open. "Got time for a drink?" Will asked me, gazing across the room and fixating his eyes on me.

"Of course." I smiled, pulling my jacket over my body, flicking my hair out the back of it.

Hand in hand we walked down to the pub. "What are we going?" I asked.

"Going to the pub." He laughed. "That birthing knock out a few of your brain cells?"

"Will how often are we alone?" I asked.

"Barely ever." He grinned, beginning to catch on to what I was saying.

"Then why don't we make the most of it?" I smirked, tugging him towards my house.

"You don't have to ask me twice." He grinned, swooping me up in his arms and running towards the house as we both laughed like children.

Ross's POV:

I watched as the two scurried into Maddy's house, I knew what they'd be doing in here and it was torture to me.

I hurried out of the shop and into our house, throwing the shopping on to the floor before throwing a fit of rage. I tore down a bookcase and swiped all the appliances off the counter, kicking off the trash can and pounding my fist through the door before dropping back against the wall. My splintered hand throbbing and my heart beating so loud it rang in my ears like an ugly song.

My legs slid from beneath me and my back dropped down the wall, I stayed in the corner, my arms loosely falling over my knees and my head hung low as my chest pounded up and down.

* * *

"What happened here?" Will asked, walking through the door happily with a sex glow.

"I thought I saw a rat." I lied. "Tried to find it but I wouldn't."

"Did you think it was in the door?" He asked, examining the fist shaped hole at neck height in the door.

"Then my team lost the football." I said.

"You don't like football."

"Basket ball."

"Isn't on at the moment."

"Well don't you just know everything?" I spat, pushing myself off the ground and storming up the stairs, slamming the door behind myself as I entered my bedroom. I knew my temper had gotten the best of me again but I didn't care, the only reason I'd been so good was to try and impress Maddy but clearly she was more interested in other things.

A light knock came from the door and I got up, by the time I reached the top of the stairs Will had already answered it.

Maddy stepped inside, holding a pair of boxers in her hand. I jumped back, hiding behind the wall. "Found them." She said, I could sense the grin in her voice.

"How convenient you found them twenty seconds after I left?" Will replied, the same smug and flirty tone in his voice.

"What happened in here?" She asked, I heard her heeled boots step further into the house.

"Ross threw a tantrum." Will replied in a dull voice.

"Well are you okay?" She questioned.

"Please, I can handle Ross." He scoffed, his voice changed as it always did when she touched him. "Besides I came home to it."

I was sick of them talking about me so I plodded down the stairs and into the kitchen where I pulled a beer from the fridge.

"What happened in here?" She asked.

I mentally rolled my eyes, I should of stayed upstairs. "Wouldn't you like to know?" I questioned, turning around.

"Ross." Will snapped.

"Don't you have a baby to take care of, or not?" I hissed at Maddy, trenching fast her.

I hated looking at them together, Will's arm around her, her body snuggled into his. "I'll be in my room, if you're interested."

"Unbelievable." I heard her say as I went back up the stairs.

They talked for a little while longer before he voice came through clear. "Bye Ross!"

I debated on replying but when I opened my mouth too the image of her and Will came into my head, the way her carried her inside, they were all over each other.

I shut it again, going back to my phone. A few seconds later I heard the door shut before heavy footsteps approaching my room.

"You didn't have to be rude." Will said.

"Shes your girlfriend, not mine, I don't owe her anything." I mumbled, not taking my eyes off my screen.