Baby Brother

8- Curfew

"Someone can only break your heart once, unless you give them the power to break it again"

When I get home I'm met with Marcus. "I'm guessing it went well," he smiled. I nodded shyly. "Well you're past curfew little bro, better talk to Josh before he beats your butt," he says. I nodded and walked off to Josh's office. That's usually where he'd be. Josh worked as a salesman, though he wanted to be a horror fiction writer. I slowly knocked on the door. "Come in Nath," he says. How'd he know it was me? I slowly entered, biting my lip. "Explain to me why you missed curfew," he says as he turned and looked at me. I swallowed my saliva as I looked to him. "I-I was with Mac and I lost track of time," I said honestly, feeling scared. "Why was your phone turned off?" He asked as he stood up. "W-we were at the movies," I lied. "The truth Nate!" His voice rose a couple notches. My breath hitches. "W-we were at a c-circus," I said. "There are no circuses in town, why are you lying to me?" I could tell he was pissed off. "Alright alright, I had forgotten to turn it on," I looked down. "What if something were to happen to one of us and your phone was off so you wouldn't know until it's too late?" Great, another speech on why you should never turn off your phone by the hulk. "I'm sorry," I muttered. He pulled me by my arm over his lap and pulled down my pants and boxers. "You're getting twenty bud," he says while tracing my bum. I whimpered before he began to harshly slap my bum. I was sobbing at the end of it. He slowly rubbed my back and whispered softly to me. I had rejected his affection and pushed myself to the floor. "I'm tired of being spanked for no reason!" I sobbed. "You're not being spanked for no reason," josh shook his head. "Yes huh! Timmy spanked me because some guys at my school stole my clothes and made me wear make up and a dress and go on a date with some creep that I got raped by some guys in the bathroom," I sobbed more. "And then you spanked me because I freaking forgot to turn on my phone!" That's when I ran out of the room sobbing, not caring if a was still naked from the waist down. I had locked myself in my room and continued to sob.

~Josh's POV~
I couldn't believe what little Nath had just said to me. Raped? He must've been so scared. His innocence was gone all because some punk kids at school were messing with my baby bro. That really ticks my timer and trust me, you don't want to see my hulk; at least that's what my brothers call my anger. "You didn't have to be so harsh on him," Marcus says from the doorway. "You're right," I sighed. "But that's not why he was crying so loudly," I shook my head. Marcus's frown deepened as he sat beside me on my bed. "The night he came home looking like a drag queen that had just came out of a box of raccoons is because he was bullied and raped," I looked down. "Baby Nath..." I hear him whisper as he put his fingers on his bottom lip. "What are we going to do Josh? He can't go back to school," Marcus grabbed my shirt. "I know," I nodded and sighed. "There's something I think we could try with him. To bring back the innocence of our baby brother," I say as I smiled a little at him. He gasped a little. "What's that?" Marcus asked, his eyes getting big. He was so adorable when he does this. "You'll find out tomorrow," I said and patted his head. He nodded. "Alright," he sighed and stood up. I watched him leave. Silence fell, I could hear our baby brother crying in his room.