Brothers

Chapter 7

Noah's POV
It's getting late and Grayson is still sleeping on my lap. He looks so peaceful when he sleeps and I hate to wake him up but he needs to go to his bed and sleep.

Alex gets up and turns the tv off.

"I'm gonna go to bed. Will you be okay getting him to his bed?"
He asks while looking at me and Grayson. I nod
"Yeah that's no problem. Goodnight Alex love you."
"Thanks. Goodnight love you too."

He says and bends down to kiss Grayson goodnight and goes upstairs.

I gently shake him

"Grayson wake up. We have to go to bed now."
He stirs and slowly opens his eyes

"W-what? What's going on?"
He asks and looks around.

"It's time to go to bed." I reply back

He looks at me "can you carry me?"

I chuckle "yeah sure."

I stand up carefully and hold him close to my chest. He wraps his arms and legs around me and puts his head on my shoulder. I walk upstairs and towards his room.

I open the door and walk to his bed and pull the covers back and gently lay him down. I cover him in and kiss his head.

"Goodnight gray I love you."

"Love you too."

He mumbles quietly already going back to sleep. I smile and walk out and gently shut the door. I yawn and walk to my room and lay down and fall asleep.

I felt someone shaking me. I stay asleep thinking that I was just dreaming.

"Noah!"

"Noah please wake up!"

What? What is this? I slowly open my eyes and read the clock

3:37am
"Noah.."

I hear someone say and a sniff. I look over and see Grayson with tears running down.

I sit up fast and grab him.

"Grayson what's wrong?"

I ask and hold him in my lap.

"I had a nightmare"

He cries and puts his head in the crook of my neck. I just wrap my arms around him and start to rock him back and forth and rub his back.

"Shh Grayson it's okay I got you. Shh..shh it's alright."
I say and continue to rock him. His crying starts to stop and all I hear is sniffing.

"What was your nightmare about?"

He sniffs and looks up at me.

"Mom and dad.." and looks back down.

My heart breaks hearing that.

Our parents died when he was just 8. A car hit them and killed them instantly. I still get sad thinking about that day.

I hug him tighter

"Shh it's okay. They loved you so very much. They wouldn't want you crying and being sad."

"I miss them" he cries

"I know..I miss them too. But we'll see them again one day. Don't worry."

I say and try to smile. I wipe his tears away and hold him.

"You wanna sleep with me tonight?"

I felt him nod since he put his head bask against my neck. I gently pull him back and lay him down. I lay down beside him and pull the covers over us.

He scoots till his head is on my chest and has his arm around me. I just wrap my arm around his shoulder and pull him close and kiss his head.

"Go to sleep gray. I'm here you don't have to be scared anymore."

I say and look at him. I smile seeing him already back to sleep. I close my eyes and slowly go to back to sleep.