I turned my cheek and saw my older brother Jake running towards me. He pushed Michael off of me,
"you touch her one more time, and you're gonna wish you didn't" he threatened. The three bullies walked away without another word and Jake wrapped a protective arm around my shoulder as we walked home. When we finally walked through the door, he spoke to me,
"What were you doing walking alone in that alley!?"
"I.. uhm.." I stammer, "uh... shortcut?"
"You need to be fucking careful," he says, kicking his boots off, "what if I didn't see you?"
"But you did, and nothing happened!" I try to calm him. I know how he gets. It's a little overwhelming at times but he's my brother and he's just looking out for me like any other good brother would.
"Just be careful" he sighs. I nod and walk upstairs to my room, taking two steps at a time. I'm not really sure why I'm in such a hurry. I pulled my laptop out and laid on my bed with it. I get my headphones out while the windows start up. I log onto my Facebook while Pandora plays in another tab sounding a song by Ariana Grande. There's a friend request and a message. I decide to check the friend request first. It's from Ashton so of course I instinctively accept. The message is from Calum,
"hey babe"
"what do you want?"
"if your brother hadn't showed up, you don't know how much fun we would've had."
"uhm okay"
"I know you like me"
"uhm I have to go somewhere. bye."
What was that about?! He's such a creep. Do I like him..? I used to have a major crush on Calum... but not anymore. Right? A chill runs up my spine thinking of the short conversation we've just had.
