The Littles

Chapter 5

Ford's P.O.V.

I went downstairs and saw mom and dad lecturing Zack in the living room.
I tried to sneak past them but mom caught me.
"Ford. Come here." She told me.
"Sit down." She said pointing to the spot next to Zack.
"Did you know that Zack pierced his ear?" She asked.
I shook my head no and she said "Take your hat off please."
I shook my head no and she took my hat off my head.

"What's on your ear?" She asked looking closer.
"Nothing." I answered.
She saw the earring and gasped.
"What did you do to my baby?" She asked Zack.
"I didn't do anything." Zack answered.
"You poked a hole in my baby!" Mom exclaimed.
"I didn't poke the hole." Zack said.
"Then who did?" Dad asked.

Elaine and Lydia walked past the living room and dad called them into the room.
"Did you do that to your brothers?" Dad asked.
"Yeah. But I only did it to Ford because he wanted to be like Zack. He was gonna cry if I didn't say yes." Elaine lied.
"Is this true?" Mom said turning to me.
"Yeah. Zack's looked super cool and I wanted one too. Can I keep it please, mom?" I asked with puppy dog eyes.
"No. You already have five holes in your head. You don't need another." Mom answered.
"But it hurts to take it out." I replied and got teary eyed.
"I know but you have to take it out." She said.
"But mommy, I just wanted to be like Zack." I said crying.
I knew she couldn't be mad at me if I called her mommy or cried.

She looked at dad and sighed.
"Fine. You boys can keep them in." Mom said giving in.
"Yay! You're the best mommy ever!" I replied hugging her.
"Anything for my baby." She said hugging me back.
We pulled away and I went into the kitchen.
John-Ryan was standing near the doorway and watched the whole thing unfold.
His jaw dropped when he looked at me and I said "That's how it's done."
He rolled his eyes and replied "Unbelievable."
I smirked and Elaine came into the room along with Zack and Lydia.
"Mom wasn't even mad at you. She's so mad at us." Elaine told me.
I smiled and said "Well she can't be mad at her favourite."
"I'm pretty sure you're everybody's favourite, Fordy." Lydia said hugging me.
"I mean, who can resist that cute little face?" Elaine cooed pinching my cheeks.
"Stop." I whined.
They laughed and let me go.

"Tickle monster!" Elaine said and started tickling me.
I burst out laughing and begged her to stop.
She stopped and I caught my breath.
"Did Ford tell you what Brady said last night?" John-Ryan asked them.
"No. Why? What did he say?" Elaine answered turning to me.
"I don't want to talk about it." I replied.
"He told us to play quieter and Brady said 'Why do you care? You're deaf anyway.'  Everybody laughed but me and then Ford ran upstairs." John-Ryan told them.
"And you let him say that?" Elaine asked as her and Lydia started hitting John-Ryan in the arm.
"Ow! Stop it!" He said and grabbed both of their arms.
"Why would you let him get away with saying that stuff about Ford?" Zack asked and I could tell he was pissed.
"I didn't let him get away with it. I gave him a black eye and told him to never talk to Ford like that ever again." John-Ryan told them.
"I'm not completely deaf. I'm half deaf there's a difference." I said.
"I know. I told him that." John-Ryan replied.

"The next time I see him I'm gonna beat the shit out of him." Zack said.
"Zack, he's three years older than you. He'll beat the shit out of you. The only person that's allowed to beat you up is me. If he says anything like that again, he's dead meat." John-Ryan told Zack.
Zack nodded and came over to me.
"I'm sorry Brady said that stuff." He told me and hugged me and wrapped his arms around my shoulders.
"It's fine. JR already handled it." I replied.
Zack hugged me tighter and then pulled away.
He's usually not this nice to me but whenever other people are mean to me, he is nice for a few days but then he's back to his old self. The same goes for John-Ryan. They only are nice to me when I'm upset or people are being rude to me.
"I'm having my friend Derek over to study." Elaine told us.
We nodded and she said "We have a huge Chemistry test tomorrow."
"JR, want to play soccer?" I asked.
"It's the middle of October." He stated.
"So? They made coats for a reason. And it's not that cold. Come on." I said.
"Fine." John-Ryan replied and went to get his coat.
I put my coat and my shoes on while John-Ryan got the soccer ball.
We went outside to the backyard and started playing soccer.