Brothers

Chapter 6

Alex's POV
We got done eating and put our trash away. I hold Grayson's hand while we walk out of the mall. He keeps whining and trying to pull his hand away but I just keep a tight grip and sternly tell him to stop. He pouts but thankfully stops pulling. We all get in the car and I start driving home.
"Alex?" I hear Grayson say in the backseat. I look in the rear view mirror
"Yes?"
"Am I..am I still in trouble when we get home?"
"Yes Grayson you are. When we get home I want you to go to your room."
He whines but agrees. I see Noah looking smile sadly at Grayson. I hate doing this. I pull up to our driveway and turn the car off. I see Grayson opening the door and start walking to the door.
"Don't go too hard on him." I hear Noah say to me.
"I won't but he needs to know that he can't throw tantrums."
He sighs and nods and we both get out of the car and go into the house. I put the keys down on the table and Noah goes to the living room to watch tv. Grayson is already in his room. I run my hands through my hair.
"Time to get this over with" I say to myself and start walking up the stairs towards his room. I knock before entering and I see him laying on his bed but sits up when he sees me. I smile sadly at him and sit beside him on the bed.
"You know what you did wrong,right?" I ask and he nods sadly and looks down.
"Tell me what you did wrong today Grayson"
He pouts "I threw a tantrum when you said I couldn't get the lion even though I already knew that I couldn't have it..."
I nod "okay so here's what I'm gonna do."
He looks at me with wide eyes
"I'm gonna spank you 20 with my hand and 10 with a brush and if you struggle it'll be bare,understated?" I say and he gulps and nods yes
"Okay" I pat my lap "jeans down and over my lap"
He whines loudly but does as he's told. Once he's over I get my grip on him and wait till he's ready. I tap his bottom gently "ready?" I ask and he takes a few seconds and nods his head and gets a grip on my leg.
I raise my arm
SMACK
He jerks "owww" he whines
SMACK
SMACK
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He whines and starts moving around
"Owww Alex stop!"
"We're just getting started Grayson." I say and continue
SMACK
SMACK
SMACK
SMACK
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"OWWWW ALEX PLEASE IM SORRY OWWW IT HURTS PLEASE STOP ILL BE GOOD I PROMISE!" He yells and starts thrashing around more. I just wrap my leg around his legs and keep him in place.
SMACK x9
I stop and he's already crying and I feel bad and want to stop but I still need to use the brush.
"Almost done buddy. Just 10 more"
"I don't want anymore! I'm sorry!" He yells.
I rub his back to calm him down alittle. I reach over and grab the brush.
"Okay I'm starting again" I say and bring down the brush harshly.
He jerks and starts yelling
"IT HURTS ALEX STOP! OWWWW!!"
I spank him 4 more times and then tilt him forwards. He screeches and tightens his grip on my leg
"NO PLEASE DONT! IM SORRY ALEX IM SORRY!"
I rub his back "shh calm down. These last 5 are gonna be fast but harder. It's okay." I say and bring down the brush fast and hard. He screams and thrashing but I just hold onto him.
I land the last one and throw down the brush and scoop my little brother up and hold him. He wraps his arms around my neck and legs around my waist and cries hard into my neck.
"IM SO-SORRHYY ALEX! PLEASE DONT HATE ME! I PROMISE ILL BE GOOD!" He cries and tightens his grip and hides his face in the crook of my neck.
I rock him back and forth and rub his back up and down.
"Shh..shh Grayson it's okay. Shh calm down. I don't hate you baby. We already discussed this and you know I could never hate you. Everything is forgiven and I'm not mad at you anymore. It's okay..shhh." I say continue to rock him. He's still crying and he sniffs and then looks up at me.
"You're not -sniff- mad at me any-hiccup- anymore?"
He asks still crying. I wipe his tears and hug him.
"No Grayson I'm not mad at you anymore. I promise."
I say and rock him and start humming. He sniffs some more but thankfully he stopped crying. I hear him yawn and I smile alittle.
"You wanna lay down or come downstairs and lay down with Noah and I?"
"I wanna come with you" He says and clings to me even more.
"Alright buddy" I say and stand up with him still clinging on me. I slowly walk down the stairs and go in the living room where Noah is. He hears us and looks up. He smiles sadly at us.
"Is he okay?"
He asks while looking at Grayson. I nod and sit down and continue to rub his back trying to get him to sleep.
"Yeah he's okay. He wanted to lay down with us down here."
I say and he nods and watches us.
"Grayson im gonna lay you down, okay?"
I say and loosen my grip on him and start laying him down with his head on Noah's lap and his legs on my lap.
He whines alittle bit goes quiet when his head is on Noah's lap. He turns his head towards Noah's stomach and grips his T-shirt in his hands and goes to sleep.
Noah smiles and runs his hand through his hair keeping him asleep. I smile at the sight.
Sometimes it gets crazy but I wouldn't change anything about my life.