Brothers

Chapter 5

Grayson's POV
I'm so happy that Alex bought me the elephant. It's just so cute and I don't wanna put it down. I drag Alex to toys-r-us with one hand while my other hand is holding my elephant. We finally got here and woah it's so cool! So many toys to look and choose from. I let go of Alex's hand and tells me to look around but to not go out of his sight. I nod and start to look around.
I turn the corner and my eyes widen. So many toys! I start looking at all of the toys and my eyes zoom to this huge lion. Oh my goodness I need it!
Wait..but Alex said that he can't buy me anything else. Maybe if I act really sad then he'll give in. I grab the lion and go looking for Alex.
I turn the corner and found Alex on his phone. Probably texting Noah to let him know where to meet us. I slowly walk over to him and tap his arms. He looks around and sees me and smiles
"Are you ready or do you wanna look around some more?"
I suddenly felt really nervous but I want this lion so bad.
"Umm..no I'm almost done but.." I sigh and look down.

Alex's POV
I tilt my head to the side m. Why does he look so sad and nervous? I notice that his arm is behind his back and..oh wait a minute I think I know what's going on.
I sigh knowing that there's probably going to be trouble.
"Grayson what is it? What do you have behind your back?"
    I ask and he looks up and he looks like he's about to cry.

"I..I found this lion and I know you said we can't buy anything else but I really want it! Please Alex can you buy me this?"
        "Grayson you already know the answer to that. I told you before we came in here that I can't buy you anything else. We still need to eat dinner before we go home." I say while hoping he won't throw a tantrum.
Grayson starts to tear up and he stomps his foot. -sigh- and here it comes..
"But Alex!"
He yells and it causes some attention and some people start to look at us.
"Grayson I said no"
       I reply sternly.
Grayson's lip starts to tremble and then all of a sudden he starts crying really loudly and throws the lion down
"I WANT IT!"
And then to my surprise he throws himself down on the floor and starts banging his fist and legs on the ground. He starts thrashing around while screaming at the top of his lungs.
"Grayson you need to stop that this instant!"
I kneel down beside him and try to grab him. He slaps at my hands away and continues to throw his tantrum.
"Grayson Anthony!"
I yell and this time it gets his attention. My brothers know if I call them by their middle names then they've gone too far. He stops and looks at me but he's still crying. I thought this is the only time I got to grab him and walk out of here. I try it again and this time I grab him and pick him up but not before I smack him once.
He whines "Alex!"
"Be quiet now Grayson"
I reply sternly. Still angry at him of what he did in the store.
He whines and hides his face in the crook of my neck while I hold him and walk out and towards the food area. I felt wetness on my neck and know that he's crying. I sigh and start rubbing his back.
I walk towards the food area and saw Noah sitting at a table waiting for us. He looks up and sees us and smiles but immediately frowns seeing Grayson.
"What happened?"
He asks when I sit down with Grayson on my lap. He's still hiding his face in my neck.
"We were at toys-r-us and he found this lion that he wanted but I already bought him an elephant and I told him I couldn't buy it for him and he started throwing a tantrum on the ground."
I reply while still rubbing Grayson's back up and down.
Noah sighs sadly
"Grayson you shouldn't have done that. You should be grateful that Alex bought you that elephant. You need to apologize to him."
Grayson whines and then slowly looks up at us and then at me "I'm sorry Alex. Please don't hate me." He sniffs and starts crying again.
My eyes widen. How could he think that?
I grab his chin and made him look at me.    " Grayson I could never ever hate you. You're my baby brother and I love you so much. I'm disappointed at you but I don't hate you. Okay?"
I say and wipe his tears away. He nods his head and lays his head down on my shoulder.
"But don't think that this is over. You're still in trouble but we'll deal with that when we get home."
I say and he whines loudly and shakes his head. I rock him alittle and ask what they want to eat.
"Pizza" Noah says.
I nod "Grayson what about you?"
"Pizza is fine." He replies. I nod.
"Okay I'll go get our food and you two stay here. Noah can you hold him please?"
"Sure"
He says and hold out his arms.
"You be good for Noah. I'll be right back."
  I say and kiss his head and hand him to Noah.
Noah's POV
I hold Grayson on my lap and his head is in the crook of my neck. I rub his back and rock alittle.
"Grayson you know what you did wrong right?" I ask
I felt him nod his head yes.
"I'm sorry Noah.."
I sigh sadly
"It's alright Gray. But you're gonna take whatever kind of punishment that Alex gives you, understand? If you cause any more trouble then I'll punish you myself. Are we clear?"
"Noah!" Grayson whines
"I'm serious Grayson. You can't throw tantrums whenever you can't get something and you know that."
I reply sternly and felt him slowly nod his head yes. I see Alex walking back towards us with our food.
"Sit up gray, Alex has our food"
He looks up and sees Alex with our food and smiles. He sits down and hands out our food.
"Eat all of your food and then we'll head home." Alex tells us. We nod and start to eat.